Pascale Trinquet (born 11 August 1958 in Marseille) is a French fencer and Olympic champion in foil competition.

She won a gold medal in the foil event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. She also won a gold medal in team foil with the French team.

Pascale Trinquet

In an earlier event in the United States, Trinquet competed in a 1979 international invitation tournament at the New York Athletic Club, winning the women's foil with only eight touches against her while scoring 25 against her opponents.

Pascale Trinquet

Her elder sister Véronique Trinquet is also a former fencer and Olympic medalist. Pascale and Véronique are the daughters of a Saint-Tropez retail pharmacist, and after their sporting career was over, they owned a pharmacy in Paris 16th arrondissement.

Pascale Trinquet

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1958 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Marseille

French female foil fencers

Olympic fencers for France

Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Olympic gold medalists for France

Olympic bronze medalists for France

Olympic medalists in fencing

Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Universiade medalists in fencing

FISU World University Games gold medalists for France

Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade