Vincent Anstett | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Strasbourg, France | 26 July 1982|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||
Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Souffel Escrime Club | |||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vincent Anstett (born 26 July 1982) is a French sabre fencer.
Anstett's greatest accomplishment is winning the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final. [1] He accomplished this with his teammates Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson. [1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Anstett was a substitute for the same teammates that Anstett won the 2006 World Fencing Championships with, Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson, defeating the US in the final. [2]
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Anstett is the coach of the Egyptian fencing team. He was criticized for also coaching French fencers, when Egypt and France competed against each other [3] .
Substitute for France's men's sabre team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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