Julien Pillet

Julien Pillet

Julien Pillet
Personal information
Born (1977-09-28) 28 September 1977
Dijon, France
Sport
Sport Fencing

Julien Pillet (born 28 September 1977 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or) is a French sabre fencer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, again in the sabre team event. He finished 4th in the individual sabre event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[1][2]

Pillet won the individual bronze medal at the 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship and the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Vincent Anstett, Nicolas Lopez and Boris Sanson.

Other achievements

2000 Sydney Olympics, team sabre
2004 Athens Olympics, team sabre
2005 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship, individual sabre
2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
2007 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
2008 Beijing Olympics, team sabre

References

  1. "Olympics Statistics: Julien Pillet". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
  2. "Julien Pillet Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-03.


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