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| TREVEJO Ivan |
| NOC |
France
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| Gender | Men |
| Born |
01 Sep 1971
in Havana, CUB
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| Height | 1.85 m |
| Weight | 80 kg |
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Further Personal Information |
| Marital status |
Married |
| Family |
Wife Isabelle, son Johan |
| Residence |
Montpellier, FRA |
| Occupation |
Athlete |
| Languages |
English, French, Italian, Spanish |
Sport Specific Information |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began competing in fencing in 1991. |
| Club / Team |
AS Saint Gratien: France |
| Name of coach |
Hugues Obry [national], FRA |
| Handedness |
Left |
General Interest |
| Hobbies |
Basketball, cinema, reading. (baku2015.com, 24 Jun 2015) |
| Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta while competing for Cuba. (baku2015.com, 24 Jun 2015) |
| Other information |
FROM CUBA TO FRANCE
Born in Cuba, he won a silver medal for the Caribbean nation in individual epee at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. After becoming disillusioned with the challenges he faced everyday, he decided to make a new life for himself in Europe. With help from Spaniards he knew through fencing, he crossed the border into Spain following the 2002 World Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. His friends had to smuggle him across the border as the Cuban coach had kept all the athletes' passports during the tournament. He spent two years in Spain before moving to France, where he became a citizen in 2010. "None of my teammates knew what I was about to do when we went to Portugal. I wanted to keep it a secret so nobody would try to stop me. I had it all planned before I went. It was almost at the end of the competition when I escaped. It all happened like in a movie." (thenational.ae, 30 Jun 2015; leparisien.fr, 16 Jun 2013; lequipe.fr, 21 Feb 2013) |
| Olympic Games |
| 2000 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Sydney, Australia |
| 2000 |
6 |
Individual Epee |
Sydney, Australia |
| 1996 |
2 |
Individual Epee |
Atlanta, GA, United States |
| World Championships |
| 2013 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Budapest, Hungary |
| 1999 |
3 |
Team Epee |
Seoul, South Korea |
| 1999 |
7 |
Individual Epee |
Seoul, South Korea |
| 1998 |
6 |
Team Epee |
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland |
| 1997 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Cape Town, South Africa |
| European Championships |
| 2013 |
4 |
Team Epee |
Zagreb, Croatia |
| 2013 |
8 |
Individual Epee |
Zagreb, Croatia |
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