Iván Trevejo

Iván Trevejo (born 1 September 1971) is a Cuban-born French fencer, silver Olympic medallist in 1996 and team world champion in 1997 for Cuba. He earned a team bronze medal for France in 2013.

Iván Trevejo
Iván Trevejo in 2013
Personal information
Full nameIván Trevejo Pérez
Born (1971-09-01) 1 September 1971
Havana, Cuba
NationalityFrench
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponépée
Handleft-handed
ClubCercle d'Escrime de Saint-Gratien
FIE rankingcurrent ranking (for France)
ranking (archive, for Cuba)
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaÉpée
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyTeam épée
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1997 Cape TownTeam épée
Bronze medal – third place1999 SeoulTeam épée
Representing  France
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 BudapestTeam épée
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuÉpée
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuTeam épée

Biography

He won a silver medal in the individual épée event at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the team event at the 2000 Summer Olympics for Cuba.[1][2] He made world team champion at the 1997 World Fencing Championships in Cape Town and placed third in the team event of the 1999 World Fencing Championships in Seoul.

After the 2002 World Fencing Championships in Lisbon he decided not to go back to Cuba.[3] He settled in Southern France and went on fencing on the national circuit.[3] He married a French woman, had a daughter and eventually became a French citizen in 2010, which allowed him to be selected in the French fencing team.[3] After ten years away from high-level competition, he reached the quarter-finals in the Legnano World Cup in January 2013 and won a bronze medal in the Challenge RFF (Paris World Cup) in May. He was a member of the French team that won the bronze medal in the World Championships in Budapest and finished the 2012–13 season at 10th place in FIE rankings. In the 2013–14 season he earned a bronze medal in the Legnano World Cup and in the Vancouver Grand Prix.

References
  1. "Olympics Statistics: Iván Trevejo". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. "Iván Trevejo Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. (in French) "Trevejo, acte II", L'Équipe, 15 February 2013.
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