Gaëlle Gebet

Gaëlle Gebet

Personal information
Nickname(s) Gallou
Born (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984
Tours, France
Weapon(s) foil
Hand left-handed
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5 12 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
National coach(es) Franck Boidin, Émeric Clos
Club AS Bourg la Reine
Head coach(es) Yann Détienne
FIE Ranking current ranking

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[1] 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.[2]

Alongside her career as an athlete, Gebet is a police officer.[3]

References

  1. "Gebet dans le grand monde". L'Équipe (in French). 5 November 2010.
  2. "Gebet, troisième à Cancun". L'Équipe (in French). 19 October 2014.
  3. "France Mondiaux 2010. Toujours pas de médaille française au Grand Palais". Ouest France (in French). 7 November 2010.
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