Hugues Obry Explained

Hugues Obry
Nationality:French
Birth Date:19 May 1973
Birth Place:Enghien-les-Bains, France
Height:185 cm
Weight:75 kg
Sport:Fencing
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Hugues Obry (born 19 May 1973) is a retired French fencer and current coach. He won a gold medal in team épée at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Érik Boisse, Fabrice Jeannet and Jérôme Jeannet. He won two silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] [2]

Following his victory at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.[3]

Obry became assistant coach of the French men's épée team in 2008, and head coach from 2012 to 2016.[4] He is also technical director of the Levallois Sporting Club.[5]

Obry now coaches the Chinese Épée team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugues Obry . Sports-reference.com . 30 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100725020742/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/hugues-obry-1.html . 25 July 2010.
  2. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Hugues Obry . 2012-03-03 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102072020/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=OBRYHUG01 . 2 November 2012 .
  3. News: Décret du 24 septembre 2004. 20 August 2016. Journal officiel de la République française. 26 September 2004.
  4. News: Escrime - Obry : "Pourquoi j'ai décidé d'arrêter après les JO 2016". 20 August 2016. BFMTV. 19 July 2015. fr-FR.
  5. News: Rio 2016 - Hugues Obry, un meneur d'hommes en or pour les épéistes français - Les jeux olympiques. 20 August 2016. France TV Sport. 15 August 2016.