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Cannone, originally only a scheduled as a replacement athlete, was the youngest member of the 2020 [[France_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics#Fencing|French team]].<ref>https://www.archyde.com/romain-cannone-olympic-champion-first-gold-medal-for-france/</ref> However, on June 18, 2021 when teammember [[Daniel Jérent]] was removed from the team for a failed drug test, Cannone was selected to take his place.<ref>https://www.barrons.com/news/french-pull-2016-fencing-champion-jerent-from-tokyo-team-for-doping-01624012809</ref> On July 25, 2021, he defeated the Russian [[Sergey Bida]] in the quarter-finals (15-12) and the Ukrainian [[Ihor Reizlin]] (15-10) in the semi-finals,<ref>https://newsrnd.com/sports/2021-07-25-tokyo-olympics--romain-cannone-qualified-for-the-epee-final--third-medal-assured-for-the-blues.ryuSWa9CO.html</ref> and went on to win the gold medal (15-10) against the previous world champion [[Gergely Siklósi]].<ref>https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/olympics-fencing-cannone-of-france-wins-gold-in-mens-epee-individual</ref><ref>https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-07-25.htm</ref> |
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==References== |
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| Born | 12 April 1997 Boulogne-Billancourt, France | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://fie.org/athletes/35617 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | France | ||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée | ||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Club | VGA escrime (Val-de-Marne, France)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Michael Mokretsov [3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | 47 [5] | ||||||||||||||
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Romain Cannone (born 12 April 1997) is a French fencer and a 2020 Olympic gold medalist in individual epée.[6][7] He was named Sportsperson of the Year for 2020 in Colmar, France.[8]
Canonne was born in France, but moved to Brazil with his family while in kindergarden.[9] He moved with his family to New York City while still young and began fencing there at the age of 12,[10] subsequently training under Michael Mokretsov[11] at the age of 13 at the New York Fencing Academy. [12] In 2019, Cannone ranked 30th in the individual Mens épée World Championships in Budapest.[13] Prior to his gold medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, his highest ranking was 7th place at the Vancuver World Cupon February 8, 2019.[14] As of 2019, when Cannone qualified for the Olympics, he was a student at Skema Business School.[15]
2020 Olympics
Cannone, originally only a scheduled as a replacement athlete, was the youngest member of the 2020 French team.[16] However, on June 18, 2021 when teammember Daniel Jérent was removed from the team for a failed drug test, Cannone was selected to take his place.[17] On July 25, 2021, he defeated the Russian Sergey Bida in the quarter-finals (15-12) and the Ukrainian Ihor Reizlin (15-10) in the semi-finals,[18] and went on to win the gold medal (15-10) against the previous world champion Gergely Siklósi.[19][20]
References
- ^ https://www.escrime-ffe.fr/fr/equipes-de-france/portrait-des-tireurs/romain-cannone.html
- ^ https://www.escrime-ffe.fr/fr/equipes-de-france/portrait-des-tireurs/romain-cannone.html
- ^ https://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/
- ^ https://fencenyfa.com/coaches/michael-mokretsov-head-coach/
- ^ http://fie.org/fencers/fencer/35617
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/results-men-s-epee-individual-r32-001400-.htm
- ^ "Romain Cannone profile". Eurosport.
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1351036-cannone-romain.htm
- ^ https://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/fencing/athlete-profile-n1351036-cannone-romain.htm
- ^ https://fencenyfa.com/coaches/michael-mokretsov-head-coach/
- ^ https://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/romain-cannone-wins-men-s-fencing-individual-epee-in-debut-olympics
- ^ https://cceverybody.com/who-is-romain-cannone-the-olympic-champion-that-nobody-expected-at-the-olympics/
- ^ "A focus on Romain Cannone, high-achieving athlete at SKEMA". SKEMA. 16 December 2019.
- ^ https://www.archyde.com/romain-cannone-olympic-champion-first-gold-medal-for-france/
- ^ https://www.barrons.com/news/french-pull-2016-fencing-champion-jerent-from-tokyo-team-for-doping-01624012809
- ^ https://newsrnd.com/sports/2021-07-25-tokyo-olympics--romain-cannone-qualified-for-the-epee-final--third-medal-assured-for-the-blues.ryuSWa9CO.html
- ^ https://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/olympics-fencing-cannone-of-france-wins-gold-in-mens-epee-individual
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/all-sports/olympic-schedule-and-results-date=2021-07-25.htm
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