Franck Boidin

{{Short description|French fencer (born 1972)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Franck Boidin | image = Franck Boidin CIP 2015 quals t171944.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hénin-Beaumont, Pas-de-Calais, France | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | weapon = Foil | hand = Right-handed | natlcoach = | formercoach = | club = | headcoach = | country = France | retired = 2004 | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/2726 archive] | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Foil}} {{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalBronze|1996 Atlanta|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|1997 Cape Town|Team}} {{MedalGold|2001 Nîmes|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2002 Lisbon|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2001 Nîmes|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1999 Bolzano|Team}} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Franck Boidin''' (born 28 August 1972) is a French foil fencer. He won an individual bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics<ref name="databaseolympics">{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOIDIFRA01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Franck Boidin |accessdate=11 February 2012 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026105046/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BOIDIFRA01 |archivedate=26 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/franck-boidin-1.html |title=Franck Boidin Olympic Results |accessdate=11 February 2012 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326033514/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/franck-boidin-1.html |archivedate=26 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> and in the 2001 World Championships. He is also twice team World champion (1997 and 2001).

After his retirement from competition Boidin became coordinator of the foil Youth Development Centre in Châtenay-Malabry. In 2008 he was named national coach for the French women's foil team. After the 2012 Summer Olympics he took responsibility over both the men's and women's foil teams.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Escrime/Actualites/Comment-la-france-s-est-redressee/521522|title=Comment l'équipe de France s'est redressée|author=Annabelle Rolnin|newspaper=L'Équipe|date=23 December 2014|language=French}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{sports links}} * [http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/franck-boidin/ Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202143743/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/franck-boidin/ |date=2 February 2015 }} at the European Fencing Confederation

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boidin, Franck}} Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hénin-Beaumont Category:French male foil fencers Category:Olympic fencers for France Category:Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for France Category:Olympic medalists in fencing Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:French fencing coaches Category:Sportspeople from the Pas-de-Calais Category:20th-century French sportsmen Category:World Fencing Championships medalists