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LUCENAY Jean-Michel |
NOC |
France
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Gender | Men |
Born |
25 Apr 1978
in Fort-de-France, MTQ
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Height | 1.86 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
Handedness |
Left |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began fencing at age six at the Durandal a Fort de France club in Martinique. |
General Interest |
Nicknames |
Titi, Jimmy, Jean-Miche (escrime-ffe.fr, 11 Jun 2008) |
Most influential person in career |
His brother Laurent. (franceolympique.com, 11 Jul 2011; la1ere.francetvinfo.fr, 28 Jan 2017) |
Awards and honours |
In 2010 he was named Male Athlete of the Year by the French Fencing Federation [FFE]. (laruedubac.com, 12 Dec 2010) |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English, French, Spanish |
Family |
Two children |
General Interest |
Injuries |
He suffered a back injury in November 2012. (escrime-ffe.fr, 16 Nov 2012) |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
Sport Management - Claude Bernard University Lyon: France |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Cinema, team sports, spending time with family, travelling. (NOC Media Guide, 2016) |
Other information |
RETIREMENT He retired from competitive fencing after competing in July 2017 at the world championships in Leipzig, Germany. (escrime-ffe.fr, 31 Jul 2017)
FURTHER STUDIES He has a master's degree in sport organisations management from Claude Bernard University Lyon in France. (LinkedIn profile, 2016) |
Famous relatives |
His brother Laurent has also represented France in fencing. (Facebook page, 28 Jan 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 10 May 2009) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
He and his brother were inspired to start fencing after watching movies with sword fighting in them. "The epee was the weapon of duels, and when I started fencing I was too young to use one, which made me want to do it even more." |
Olympic Games |
2016 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2008 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Beijing, China |
World Championships |
2017 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Leipzig, Germany |
2017 |
8 |
Individual Epee |
Leipzig, Germany |
2014 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Kazan, Russia |
2012 |
2 |
Team Epee |
Kiev, Ukraine |
2011 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Catania, Italy |
2010 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Paris, France |
2010 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Paris, France |
2009 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Antalya, Turkey |
European Championships |
2017 |
Final 5-6 |
Team Epee |
Tbilisi, Georgia |
2016 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Torun, Poland |
2014 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Strasbourg, France |
2012 |
7 |
Individual Epee |
Legnano, Italy |
2010 |
1 |
Individual Epee |
Leipzig, Germany |
2010 |
6 |
Team Epee |
Leipzig, Germany |
2009 |
5 |
Team Epee |
Plovdiv, Bulgaria |
2008 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Kiev, Ukraine |
2008 |
3 |
Individual Epee |
Kiev, Ukraine |
2006 |
5 |
Team Epee |
Izmir, Turkey |
2003 |
1 |
Team Epee |
Bourges, France |
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