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Boris Sanson

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Boris Louis Sanson (born 7 December 1980 in Bordeaux, France) is a French sabre fencer. Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in Turin after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Nicolas Lopez. He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for France, winning a team gold medal and finishing 14th in the individual event. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Sanson is the 209th most popular fencer (up from 306th in 2019), the 5,977th most popular biography from France (up from 6,645th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Fencer.

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Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Boris Sanson ranks 209 out of 349. Before him are Aleksey Frosin, Jeon Hee-sook, Jean-Michel Lucenay, Gu Bon-gil, Mihai Covaliu, and Damien Touya. After him are Yana Shemyakina, Érik Boisse, Aleksandr Shirshov, Tamás Decsi, Matteo Tagliariol, and Imke Duplitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Boris Sanson ranks 838. Before him are Yvonne Bönisch, Begoña Fernández, Erison Carlos dos Santos Silva, Sigurd Pettersen, Necati Ateş, and Bojan Isailović. After him are Vladimir Malakhov, Miklós Ungvári, Martín Vassallo Argüello, Kjetil Mørland, Grant Hackett, and Aleksa Palladino.

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In France

Among people born in France, Boris Sanson ranks 5,977 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandre Alphonse (1982), Thievy Bifouma (1992), Rod Fanni (1981), Didier Digard (1986), Kenny Lala (1991), and Damien Touya (1975). After him are Frédéric Née (1975), Bryan Mbeumo (1999), Jonathan Bamba (1996), Sébastien Bassong (1986), Gilles Marini (1976), and Leny Yoro (2005).

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Among FENCERS In France

Among fencers born in France, Boris Sanson ranks 46. Before him are Brigitte Latrille-Gaudin (1958), Lionel Plumenail (1967), Nicolas Lopez (1980), Franck Boidin (1972), Julien Pillet (1977), and Damien Touya (1975). After him are Érik Boisse (1980), Brice Guyart (1981), Erwann Le Péchoux (1982), Mathieu Gourdain (1974), Gauthier Grumier (1984), and Jérémy Cadot (1986).

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