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Boris Sanson

1980 - Today

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Boris Louis Sanson (born 7 December 1980 in Bordeaux, France) is a French sabre fencer. Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in Turin after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his teammates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Nicolas Lopez. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Sanson has received more than 14,096 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Boris Sanson is the 295th most popular fencer (down from 224th in 2019), the 6,583rd most popular biography from France (down from 5,793rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Fencer.

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  • 25.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FENCERS

Among fencers, Boris Sanson ranks 295 out of 349Before him are Mathieu Gourdain, Olha Zhovnir, Yana Egorian, Lee Hye-in, Rareș Dumitrescu, and Renal Ganeyev. After him are Radosław Zawrotniak, Gergely Siklósi, Andrea Santarelli, Race Imboden, Jérémy Cadot, and András Rédli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Boris Sanson ranks 1,223Before him are Mmusi Maimane, Ádám Steinmetz, Al Harrington, Trevor Murdoch, Quentin Richardson, and Sean Avery. After him are Tomohide Nakazawa, Iván Velasco, Troy Murphy, Raman Piatrushenka, Tomi Shimomura, and Jo Swinson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Boris Sanson ranks 6,583 out of 6,770Before him are Fabien Lemoine (1987), Laura Flippes (1994), Anthony Turgis (1994), Lucas Gourna-Douath (2003), Jessica Houara (1987), and Dimitry Bertaud (1998). After him are Paul Baysse (1988), Bafodé Diakité (2001), Ugo Legrand (1989), Yacine Bammou (1991), Simon Pouplin (1985), and Geoffrey Jourdren (1986).

Among FENCERS In France

Among fencers born in France, Boris Sanson ranks 54Before him are Érik Boisse (1980), Brice Guyart (1981), Romain Cannone (1997), Cécilia Berder (1989), Astrid Guyart (1983), and Mathieu Gourdain (1974). After him are Jérémy Cadot (1986), Charlotte Lembach (1988), Manon Brunet (1996), Sara Balzer (1995), Pauline Ranvier (1994), and Marie-Florence Candassamy (1991).