Philippe Beaudry

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Philippe Beaudry

Personal information

Nationality

Canada

Born

March 16, 1987^[1]
Sherbrooke, Quebec Canada

Medal record

Competitor for Canada
Fencing
Pan American Games
Gold	2007 Rio de Janiero	Individual sabre
Gold	2011 Guadalajara	Individual sabre
Silver	2007 Rio de Janiero	Team sabre
Silver	2011 Guadalajara	Team sabre

Philippe Beaudry (born March 16, 1987 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian Olympic fencer as well as a Pan American Champion and 10 time National Champion in both the junior and senior level. He began fencing when he was 13.^[2]

Beaudry won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the men's sabre discipline and in doing so qualified to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

On August 12, 2008, Beaudry won his first bout at his debut Olympics 15-8. Beaudry was defeated in the second round of the competition 4-15.

On July 29, 2012, Beaudry had a BYE from the first round of the competition at the 2012 London Olympics, but was once again eliminated in the second round.

On October 26, 2011, Beaudry repeated as the Pan American Games champion, becoming the only athlete from outside the United States to win a gold medal.^[3]

References

↑ Biography
↑ "Philippe Beaudry". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ Update: OCT. 26 2011 Pan American Games

Persondata
Name	Beaudry, Philippe
Alternative names
Short description	Fencer
Date of birth	March 16, 1987
Place of birth	Sherbrooke, Ontario
Date of death
Place of death

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