Jean-Paul Banos
Canadian fencer (born 1961)
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Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer, who lives in Montreal, Canada.[2][3] He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996.[4] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he defeated Russian future Olympic champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov of the gold-medal-winning Unified Team.[5]
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| Full name | Jean-Paul Banos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 January 1961 Lavelanet, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Scaramouche Fencing Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1996[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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His brother, Jean-Marie Banos, also fenced for Canada at four Olympic Games.[6]
Banos now coaches at HuaHua Fencing Club in Markham, Canada.[6]
