Bruno Boscherie is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 fencer

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 who took part in the 1980

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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 in Moscow

Moscow

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Boscherie was trained by Ernest Revenu in Melun

Melun

Melun is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, Melun is the capital of the department, as the seat of an arrondissement...

, alongside with teammates Daniel Revenu

Daniel Revenu

Daniel Revenu is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition, and medalists in four successive Olympics.Daniel Revenu is the son of French fencing coach Ernest Revenu, from Melun. In the 1960s and 1970s Revenu Sr...

, Bernard Talvard

Bernard Talvard

Bernard Talvard is a French fencer. He won three bronze medals in the foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Hugues Leseur, Daniel Provost, Jacky Courtillat

Jacky Courtillat

Jacky Courtillat is a French Olympic fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 and Frédéric Pietruszka

Frédéric Pietruszka

Frédéric Pietruszka is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same events at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...

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Boscherie became Olympic fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 champion at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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. He was part of the French

France

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 team which won team gold in the foil

Foil (fencing)

A foil is a type of weapon used in fencing. It is the most common weapon in terms of usage in competition, and is usually the choice for elementary classes for fencing in general.- Components:...

 ahead of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 and Poland

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. The others in the team were Pascal Jolyot

Pascal Jolyot

Pascal Jolyot is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil and a silver in the individual foil events at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Philippe Bonin

Philippe Bonin

Philippe Bonin is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1980 Summer Olympics.-References:...

, Didier Flament

Didier Flament

Didier Flament is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 and Frédéric Pietruszka.

Olympic medals

• 1980
  Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types , but women competed only in foil events...
  
     Moscow
  Moscow
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   - Gold in fencing, team foil   France
  France at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  France competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, France competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag...