Jean-Michel Henry

Jean-Michel Henry medal table
fencing
France
Olympic games
silver	Seoul 1984	Epee team
gold	Los Angeles 1988	Epee team
bronze	Barcelona 1992	Sword
bronze	Atlanta 1996	Epee team
World championships
gold	Vienna 1983	Epee team
bronze	Lausanne 1987	Epee team
silver	Lyon 1990	Epee team
silver	Essen 1993	Epee team
bronze	Athens 1994	Sword
gold	Athens 1994	Epee team
silver	The Hague 1995	Epee team

Jean-Michel Henry (born December 14, 1963 in Marseille ) is a former French sword fencer . He is an Olympic champion and became a world champion.

successes

Jean-Michel Henry won numerous medals with the team at world championships . In 1983 in Vienna and 1994 in Athens he became world champion with her, and he took second place with her in 1990 in Lyon , 1993 in Essen and 1995 in The Hague . In 1994 he achieved the only podium finish with bronze. Henry took part in the Olympic Games four times and won a medal each time. In 1984 in Seoul he won silver with the team. Four years later he finished 18th in the singles in Los Angeles . With the team he reached the final against Germany after victories over Hungary and the Soviet Union , which France won 8: 3. In addition to Henry, Frédéric Delpla , Olivier Lenglet , Philippe Riboud and Éric Srecki were Olympic champions . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , he won the bronze medal in singles after a final victory against Kaido Kaaberma . With the team he just missed another medal in fourth. This was achieved in Atlanta in 1996 , when the French team beat Germany in the battle for bronze. Henry finished the individual competition in sixth place.

Web links

• Jean-Michel Henry in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )