Gauthier Grumier (born 29 May 1984, in Nevers) is a French left-handed épée fencer.
Grumier is a three-time team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, and five-time team world champion.
A two-time Olympian, Grumier is a 2016 team Olympic champion and 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist.
Career Grumier won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates Érik Boisse, Ulrich Robeiri and Fabrice Jeannet. He was also part of the French teams that won in 2010, 2011 and 2014. He won the silver medal in the individual épée event at the 2010 World Fencing Championships and at the 2015 World Fencing Championships.
Grumier competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
He began fencing at the age of 3, taken along to training sessions by his father, who was a fencing coach.
Medal Record
Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIndividual Men's Épée3rd2016 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilTeam Men's Épée1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2006 Turin, ItalyTeam Men's Épée1st2009 Antalya, TurkeyTeam Men's Épée1st2010 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Épée2nd2010 Paris, FranceTeam Men's Épée1st2011 Catania, ItalyTeam Men's Épée1st2012 Kyiv, UkraineTeam Men's Épée2nd2014 Kazan, RussiaIndividual Men's Épée3rd2014 Kazan, RussiaTeam Men's Épée1st2015 Moscow, RussiaIndividual Men's Épée2nd
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2009 Plovdiv, BulgariaIndividual Men's Épée3rd2011 Sheffield, United KingdomTeam Men's Épée1st2015 Montreux, SwitzerlandIndividual Men's Épée1st2015 Montreux, SwitzerlandTeam Men's Épée1st2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Men's Épée1st
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition2006-01-27 Kuwait City, KuwaitIndividual Men's Épée3rd2009-01-16 Kuwait City, KuwaitIndividual Men's Épée1st2009-03-06 Stockholm, SwedenIndividual Men's Épée3rd2009-06-12 Bogotá, ColombiaIndividual Men's Épée2nd2010-01-29 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Men's Épée2nd2011-06-04 Bern, SwitzerlandIndividual Men's Épée3rd2014-12-05 Doha, QatarIndividual Men's Épée3rd2016-03-18 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Men's Épée1st
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2003-05-02 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd2004-05-08 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Men's Épée3rd2009-02-14 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée2nd2009-05-09 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Épée1st2009-05-29 Montreal, CanadaIndividual Men's Épée1st2010-03-26 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd2011-03-04 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée2nd2011-03-18 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Épée3rd2011-06-17 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIndividual Men's Épée1st2012-03-02 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée2nd2012-04-27 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée3rd2014-02-21 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée3rd2014-05-23 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIndividual Men's Épée2nd2014-10-24 Bern, SwitzerlandIndividual Men's Épée3rd2014-11-14 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée1st2015-11-13 Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Men's Épée3rd2016-01-21 Heidenheim, GermanyIndividual Men's Épée1st2016-05-20 Paris, FranceIndividual Men's Épée1st
Mediterranean Games YearLocationEventPosition2005 Almería, SpainIndividual Men's Épée1st2009 Pescara, ItalyIndividual Men's Épée1st
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