Véronique Trinquet

Véronique Trinquet (born 15 June 1956) is a French fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Véronique Trinquet
Personal information
Born (1956-06-15) 15 June 1956
Marseille, France
Sport
SportFencing
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1976 MontrealFoil, women's team

Her younger sister Pascale Trinquet is also a former fencer and Olympic medalist. Véronique and Pascale are the daughters of a Saint-Tropez retail pharmacist, and after their sporting career was over, they owned a pharmacy in Paris 16th arrondissement.[3]

References

  1. "Olympics Statistics: Véronique Trinquet". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. "Véronique Trinquet Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. Pacary, Catherine (17 April 2016). "On a retrouvé les sœurs Trinquet, qui ont mené l'escrime vers les sommets". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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