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| Born | 12 April 1997 Boulogne-Billancourt, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | VGA escrime (Val-de-Marne, France)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Michael Mokretsov[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | 1[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Romain Cannone (born 12 April 1997) is a French right-handed épée fencer, 2022 team world champion, 2022 individual world champion, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.[5]
After winning gold in individual men's épée at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt, Cannone became the first person to win back-to-back world titles in individual men's épée since Pavel Kolobkov's world titles in 1993 and 1994.[citation needed]
He was named Sportsperson of the Year for 2020 in Colmar, France.[6][7][8]
- ^ a b "Romain Cannone". escrime-ffe.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Who is Romain Cannone, the Olympic champion that nobody expected at the Olympics?". 25 July 2021.
- ^ "MICHAEL MOKRETSOV, HEAD COACH". 21 March 2018.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "Fencing CANNONE Romain". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Fencing – CANNONE Romain vs LIMARDO GASCON Ruben – Table of 32 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Romain Cannone profile". Eurosport.