{{Short description|Canadian fencer (born 1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Dylan French | image = | image_size = 150px <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = {{CAN}} | strokes = | club = | collegeteam = University of Notre Dame<ref name=COCprofile>{{cite web |title= Dylan French profile |url= https://olympic.ca/team-canada/dylan-french/ |website= Canadian Olympic Committee |access-date= November 3, 2023}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|5|16}} | birth_place = Surrey, British Columbia<ref name=COCprofile/> | death_date = | death_place = | hometown = Richmond, British Columbia<ref name=COCprofile/> | height = | sport = Fencing | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's fencing}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalComp|Pan American Fencing Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalComp|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2023 Santiago|Epée}} {{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Team épée}} {{MedalComp|World Junior Fencing Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Plovdiv|Epée}} }} '''Dylan French''' (born May 16, 1997) is a Canadian fencer. French was a Pan American Games champion when he won gold in the individual épée at the 2023 Pan Am Games in Santiago, as well as a silver in the men's team épée.
==Career== French started fencing at the age of eight with the Dynamo Fencing Club in Richmond, British Columbia, and started fencing competitively in the sport at the age of 11.<ref name=COCprofile/><ref name=RN>{{cite news |title= Gold for Richmond fencer at Pan Am Games |url= https://www.richmond-news.com/local-sports/gold-for-richmond-fencer-at-pan-am-games-7772073 |website= Richmond News |date= November 2, 2023}}</ref> He went on to the 2014 World Junior Fencing Championships where he won a bronze medal in the cadet men's individual épée.<ref>{{cite news |title= Canada's Dylan French earns bronze at world fencing championship |url= https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/article/canadas-dylan-french-earns-bronze-at-world-fencing-championship/ |website= CTV News |publisher= The Canadian Press |date= April 5, 2014 |access-date= November 3, 2023}}</ref> French served as Team Canada’s Opening Ceremony flag bearer at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.
<ref name=COCprofile/> French competed at the 2019 World Fencing Championships as part of the men's team épée competition. He first started competing individually in the men's épée at the 2022 World Fencing Championships and again at the 2023 World Championships.
French then led the Canadian fencing team into the 2023 Pan American Games where he won gold in the individual men's épée.<ref>{{cite news |title= GOLD MEDAL: B.C.'s Dylan French claims épée individual title at Pan Am Games |url= https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2277938755670 |website= CBC Sports |date= October 31, 2023}}</ref> This was Canada's first ever Canadian men's épée gold at the Pan American Games and the first individual fencing gold since the 2011 Pan American Games.<ref name=RN/><ref>{{cite news |title= Canada’s Sanoa Dempfle-Olin qualifies for Olympic surfing at Pan American Games |author= Donna Spencer |url= https://www.cbc.ca/sports/pan-american-games/sanoa-olin-olympic-berth-canada-pan-am-games-roundup-1.7012490 |website= CBC Sports |publisher= The Canadian Press |date= October 30, 2023}}</ref> French followed up his historic gold by helping the team win silver in the men's team épée competition.
==Personal== He graduated from the Mendoza College of Business at University of Notre Dame in 2019.<ref name=COCprofile/> As of 2023, he worked for a financial technology company.<ref name=COCprofile/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:French, Dylan}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada in fencing Category:Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:Sportspeople from Richmond, British Columbia Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in fencing Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Category:Canadian male épée fencers Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen Category:Medallists at the 2013 Canada Summer Games