Vincent Anstett

Vincent Anstett
Anstett at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born	(1982-07-26) 26 July 1982 (age 42) Strasbourg, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	right-handed
Club	Souffel Escrime Club
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record World Championships 2006 Turin Team sabre 2007 St.Petersburg Team sabre 2005 Leipzig Team sabre 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.[1] He accomplished this with his teammates Nicolas Lopez, Julien Pillet and Boris Sanson.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Achievements

2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre

2007 World Fencing Championships, team sabre

Substitute for France's men's sabre team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

References

1. The Canadian Press (6 October 2006). "France golden at fencing worlds". CBC. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
2. "France secure gold in men's sabre". BBC Sport. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
3. "Paris 2024 : entre sabreurs français et égyptiens, un duel fratricide qui vire au dilemme" (in French). 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-07-31.