Jean-Paul Banos
Personal information
Full nameJean-Paul Banos
NationalityCanadian
Born (1961-01-27) 27 January 1961
Lavelanet, France
Sport
Country Canada
SportFencing
ClubScaramouche Fencing Club[1]
Retired1996[1]

Jean-Paul Banos (born 27 January 1961) is a Canadian former fencer, who lives in Montreal, Canada.[2][3] He competed in the individual and team sabre events at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1984 and 1996.[4] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, he defeated Russian future Olympic champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov of the gold-medal-winning Unified Team.[5]

His brother, Jean-Marie Banos, also fenced for Canada at four Olympic Games.[6]

Banos now coaches at HuaHua Fencing Club in Markham, Canada.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jean-Paul Banos and Jean-Marie Banos | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  2. "Jean-Paul Banos". 18 September 2011.
  3. "Jean-Paul Banos". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. "Jean-Paul Banos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanislav Pozdnyakov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  6. 1 2 Foisy, Paul. "Jean-Paul Banos and Jean-Marie Banos". The Canadian Encyclopedia. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 January 2014.


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