Gauthier Grumier

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Born (1984-05-29) May 29, 1984 (age 41)
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight84 kg (185 lb)[1]
SportFencing
Gauthier Grumier
Gauthier Grumier in 2012
Challenge RFF-Trophée Monal 2013
Personal information
Born (1984-05-29) May 29, 1984 (age 41)
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Weight84 kg (185 lb)[1]
Fencing career
SportFencing
CountryFrance
WeaponÉpée
HandLeft
ClubLevallois Sporting Club Escrime[1]
Retired2016
Highest ranking1
FIE rankingCurrent ranking
Medal record

Gauthier Grumier (born 29 May 1984, in Nevers) is a French left-handed épée fencer.[2]

Grumier is a three-time team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, and five-time team world champion.

A two-time Olympian, Grumier is a 2016 team Olympic champion and 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist.

Grumier won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates Érik Boisse, Ulrich Robeiri and Fabrice Jeannet. He was also part of the French teams that won in 2010, 2011 and 2014.[3] He won the silver medal in the individual épée event at the 2010 World Fencing Championships and at the 2015 World Fencing Championships.[3][4]

Grumier competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

He began fencing at the age of 3, taken along to training sessions by his father who was a fencing coach.[3]

Medal Record

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