 Assmann at the Paralympic athletics meeting in Paris in 2014. | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 October 1974 Le Raincy, France | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  France | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Emmanuelle Assmann, (born October 27, 1974) is a French wheelchair fencer and a sports leader. She was chair of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee. [1] She was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honor, in 2013. [2]
She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, winning a bronze medal in women's épée team. [3] She competed in Women's foil A, [4] Women's foil team, [5] and Women's épée A. [6]
She works for EDF Sport Energie. [7] She is a board member of the French Disabled Federation. She chaired the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) from May 2013 to December 2018. [8] [9]
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Pál Szekeres is a retired Hungarian foil and sabre fencer. He has the distinction of being the first person to have won medals at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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