Vincent Anstett
{{short description|French fencer}}
{{Infobox fencer
| name = Vincent Anstett
| image = Vincent Anstett 2014 European Championships SMS-EQ t105830.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Anstett at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|7|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Strasbourg, France
| country = {{FRA}}
| weapon = Sabre
| height = 1.74 m
| weight = 71 kg
| hand = right-handed
| club = Souffel Escrime Club
| fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/2693 current ranking]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2006 Turin|Team sabre}}
{{MedalSilver|2007 St.Petersburg|Team sabre}}
{{MedalBronze|2005 Leipzig|Team sabre}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Leipzig|Individual sabre}}
}}
Vincent Anstett (born 26 July 1982) is a French sabre fencer.
Anstett's greatest accomplishment is winning 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 Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Anstett was a substitute for the same teammates that Anstett won the 2006 World Fencing Championships with, Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson, defeating the US in the final.{{cite web|title=France secure gold in men's sabre|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/fencing/7566622.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=24 October 2010|date=17 August 2008}}
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Anstett is the coach of the Egyptian fencing team. He was criticized for also coaching French fencers, when Egypt and France competed against each other.{{Cite news |date=2024-07-31 |title=Paris 2024 : entre sabreurs français et égyptiens, un duel fratricide qui vire au dilemme |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2024/07/31/paris-2024-entre-sabreurs-francais-et-egyptiens-un-duel-fratricide-qui-vire-au-dilemme_6262465_3242.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |language=fr}}
Achievements
:Image:Med 1.png 2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
:Image:Med 2.png 2007 World Fencing Championships, team sabre
Substitute for France's men's sabre team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
References
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Category:French male sabre fencers
Category:Sportspeople from Strasbourg
Category:Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for France
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
Category:Fencers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Category:World Fencing Championships medalists
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
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