Jean-Paul Banos

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Jean-Paul Banos
Personal information
Full nameJean-Paul Banos
NationalityCanadian
Born (1961-01-27) 27 January 1961 (age 64)
Lavelanet, France
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Fencing
ClubScaramouche Fencing Club [1]
Retired1996 [1]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Individual sabre
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1983 Caracas Team sabre
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1983 CaracasIndividual sabre
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1987 IndianapolisTeam sabre
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1991 Havana Team sabre

Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer, who lives in Montreal, Canada. [2] [3] He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996. [4] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he defeated Russian future Olympic champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov of the gold-medal-winning Unified Team. [5]

His brother, Jean-Marie Banos, also fenced for Canada at four Olympic Games. [6]

Banos now coaches at HuaHua Fencing Club in Markham, Canada. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jean-Paul Banos and Jean-Marie Banos | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  2. ↑ "Jean-Paul Banos". 18 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Jean-Paul Banos". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Jean-Paul Banos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  5. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanislav Pozdnyakov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  6. 1 2 Foisy, Paul. "Jean-Paul Banos and Jean-Marie Banos". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
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