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Gaëlle Gebet

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Nickname(s)
  
Gallou

Weight
  
62 kg (137 lb)

Height
  
1.67 m (5 ft 5 ⁄2 in)


Hand
  
left-handed

Weapon(s)
  
foil

Name
  
Gaelle Gebet

Gaelle Gebet

Born
  
29 June 1984 (age 39) Tours, France (
1984-06-29
)

National coach(es)
  
Franck Boidin, Emeric Clos

Gaëlle Gebet (born 29 June 1984) is a French foil fencer, bronze medallist at the 2014 World Fencing Championships.

Career

Gebet took up fencing at the age of six at her local club in Beynes. She earned a bronze medal at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Plovdiv. In 2010 she was selected into the French national senior team that ranked 5th in the European Championships and the World Championships. The 2013–14 season saw her win a bronze medal both in the European Championships and the World Championships. The next season she climb her first individual World Cup podium with a bronze medal in Cancún.

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Alongside her career as an athlete, Gebet is a police officer.

References

Gaëlle Gebet Wikipedia