Erwann Le Péchoux

Erwann Le Péchoux (born 13 January 1982) is a French left-handed foil fencer.^[1] Le Péchoux is a four-time team European champion and four-time team world champion. A five-time Olympian, Le Péchoux is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist and 2021 team Olympic champion. Le Péchoux competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Erwann Le Péchoux
Le Péchoux at the 2014 Master de fleuret
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Petit Homme
Born	(1982-01-13) 13 January 1982 (age 42) Pertuis, Vaucluse, France
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Weapon	Foil
Hand	left-handed
National coach	Franck Boidin
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championships 2005 Leipzig Team 2006 Turin Team 2007 St Petersburg Team 2014 Kazan Team 2011 Catania Team 2019 Budapest Team 2013 Budapest Team 2017 Leipzig Team European Championships 2014 Strasbourg Team 2015 Montreux Team 2017 Tbilisi Team 2019 Düsseldorf Team 2011 Sheffield Team 2012 Legnano Team 2016 Torún Individual 2007 Ghent Individual 2014 Strasbourg Individual

Le Péchoux is married to Tunisian foil fencer Inès Boubakri.^[2] Since Muslim women were forbidden to marry non-Muslim men in Tunisia until September 2017, he converted to Islam to marry her.^[3][4]

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Team men's foil	2nd[5]
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team men's foil	1st[6]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2005	Leipzig, Germany	Team men's foil	1st[7]
2006	Turin, Italy	Team men's foil	1st[8]
2007	St. Petersburg, Russia	Team men's foil	1st[9]
2011	Catania, Italy	Team men's foil	2nd[10]
2013	Budapest, Hungary	Team men's foil	3rd[11]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team men's foil	1st[12]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team men's foil	3rd[13]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team men's foil	2nd[14]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2007	Ghent, Belgium	Individual men's foil	3rd[15]
2011	Sheffield, United Kingdom	Team men's foil	2nd[16]
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team men's foil	2nd[17]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Individual men's foil	3rd[18]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team men's foil	1st[19]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team men's foil	1st[20]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Individual men's foil	2nd[21]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team men's foil	1st[22]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team men's foil	1st[23]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
16 May 2003	Espinho, Portugal	Individual men's foil	1st[24]
21 January 2005	Paris, France	Individual men's foil	2nd[25]
18 March 2005	Cairo, Egypt	Individual men's foil	2nd[26]
24 June 2005	Havana, Cuba	Individual men's foil	1st[27]
25 May 2007	Cairo, Egypt	Individual men's foil	1st[28]
10 June 2007	Havana, Cuba	Individual men's foil	3rd[29]
25 January 2008	Paris, France	Individual men's foil	3rd[30]
2 May 2008	Shanghai, China	Individual men's foil	2nd[31]
1 May 2009	Shanghai, China	Individual men's foil	1st[32]
9 May 2011	Shanghai, China	Individual men's foil	1st[33]
3 March 2012	Venice, Italy	Individual men's foil	1st[34]
15 May 2015	Shanghai, China	Individual men's foil	3rd[35]
19 May 2017	Shanghai, China	Individual men's foil	3rd[36]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
25 March 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Individual men's foil	1st[37]
2 October 2006	St. Petersburg, Russia	Individual men's foil	3rd[38]
13 January 2007	Copenhagen, Denmark	Individual men's foil	1st[39]
23 March 2007	Venice, Italy	Individual men's foil	1st[40]
15 June 2007	Margarita Island, Venezuela	Individual men's foil	1st[41]
5 January 2008	Copenhagen, Denmark	Individual men's foil	3rd[42]
1 March 2008	Bonn, Germany	Individual men's foil	1st[43]
29 May 2008	Montreal, Canada	Individual men's foil	1st[44]
31 January 2009	A Coruña, Spain	Individual men's foil	2nd[45]
6 February 2010	A Coruña, Spain	Individual men's foil	3rd[46]
28 January 2011	Paris, France	Individual men's foil	1st[47]
17 February 2012	A Coruña, Spain	Individual men's foil	2nd[48]
26 April 2013	Seoul, South Korea	Individual men's foil	2nd[49]
5 February 2016	Bonn, Germany	Individual men's foil	3rd[50]
11 November 2016	Tokyo, Japan	Individual men's foil	3rd[51]
11 October 2017	Tokyo, Japan	Individual men's foil	1st[52]
1 March 2019	Copenhagen, Denmark	Individual men's foil	2nd[53]
3 March 2019	St. Petersburg, Russia	Individual men's foil	3rd[54]

References

1. "LE PECHOUX Erwann". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
2. "Due cuori e un fioretto". Pianeta Scherma (in Italian). 2 August 2014.
3. Erwann Le Péchoux and Inès Boubakri. Ines and Erwann: Together Against Every Prejudice. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
4. "Tunisia ends ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims". France 24. 14 September 2017.
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6. "01 Aug 2021 | olympic Games". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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31. "02 May 2008 | grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
32. "01 May 2009 | grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
33. "09 May 2011 | grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
34. "03 Mar 2012 | grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
35. "15 May 2015 | grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
36. "19 May 2017 | grand Prix". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
37. "25 Mar 2005 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
38. "10 Feb 2006 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
39. "13 Jan 2007 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
40. "23 Mar 2007 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
41. "15 Jun 2007 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
42. "05 Jan 2008 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
43. "01 Mar 2008 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
44. "29 May 2008 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
45. "31 Jan 2009 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
46. "06 Feb 2010 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
47. "28 Jan 2011 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
48. "17 Feb 2012 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
49. "26 Apr 2013 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
50. "05 Feb 2016 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
51. "11 Nov 2016 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
52. "10 Nov 2017 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
53. "01 Mar 2019 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
54. "03 May 2019 | world Cup". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

External links

• Erwann Le Péchoux at the International Fencing Federation
• Erwann Le Péchoux at the European Fencing Confederation (archive)
• Erwann Le Péchoux at Olympedia (archive)
• Erwann Le Péchoux at Olympics.com
• Erwann Le Péchoux at Équipe de France (in French)
• Erwann Le Péchoux at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)