Nicolas Lopez (fencer)

{{short description|French fencer}}

{{Infobox fencer

| name = Nicolas Lopez

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tarbes, France

| weapon = sabre

| hand = Right-handed

| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| natlcoach = Jean-Philippe Daurelle

| formercoach = René Geuna

| club = Amicale tarbaise

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| retired = 2012

| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/2922 current ranking]

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's sabre}}

{{MedalCountry|{{FRA}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2008 Beijing | Team sabre}}

{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing| Sabre}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2006 Turin|Team sabre}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 St Petersburg|Team sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Leipzig|Team sabre}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Koblenz|Team sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Zalaegerszeg|Sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Ghent|Team sabre}}

{{MedalBronze|2009 Plovdiv|Team sabre}}

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Nicolas Lopez (born 14 November 1980 in Tarbes) is a French sabre fencer.

Lopez won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final.{{cite web|last=The Canadian Press|title=France golden at fencing worlds|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/france-golden-at-fencing-worlds-1.576901|publisher=CBC|access-date=24 October 2010|date=6 October 2006}} He accomplished this with his teammates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics he helped his team win a gold medal in fencing, after beating the United States in the final.{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=France gets gold in team saber|url=http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080817091333220377108&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN|access-date=24 October 2010|newspaper=New York Times|date=17 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220612/http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080817091333220377108&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}} Lopez also won the silver medal in the individual sabre fencing, losing to Zhong Man in the final.{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=China's Zhong beats France's Lopez for saber gold|url=http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080812113341636967708&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220624/http://2008games.nytimes.com/olympics/story.asp?i=20080812113341636967708&ref=rec&tm=&src=OLYMPICS_DOLY_FEN|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2011|access-date=24 October 2010|newspaper=New York Times|date=12 August 2008}}