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BAYARD Alexis

epee
Rank26
Pts61.000
Age29
HandL
LicenseValid

Personal Information

Residence Grimisuat, SUI

Occupation Armed Forces Athlete

Languages English, French, German, Italian

Higher education Sports Science - University of Fribourg: Switzerland

License number 10061996001

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup-2-2
Heidenheim (GERMANY), 2023-02-23
Berne (SWITZERLAND), 2023-11-10
Zone Championships--11
Antalya (TÜRKIYE), 2022-06-19
-325
Genève (SWITZERLAND), 2016-10-01Genève (SWITZERLAND), 2017-10-07
Genève (SWITZERLAND), 2018-09-30Genève (SWITZERLAND), 2022-10-01
Genève (SWITZERLAND), 2019-10-05

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age nine.

Why this sport? He followed his cousin into the sport, who practised fencing at Societe d'escrime Sion in Switzerland. "Since that day, the pleasure of playing with a sword, like in the movies, has never left me."

Club / Team Societe d'escrime Sion: Switzerland

Handedness Left

General Interest

Hobbies Golf, mountaineering. (Instagram profile, 14 Mar 2023)

Injuries In January 2020 he sustained a thigh injury. (Societe d'escrime Sion Facebook page, 13 Jan 2020)

Sporting philosophy / motto "I always try to find joy in everything I do. This pleasure allows me to train everyday with the aim of achieving my goals." (alexisbayard.ch, 2024)

Other information FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2024 he completed a master's degree in sports science from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. His thesis titled 'repeated sprint training in hypoxia induced by voluntary hypo ventilation in elite fencers' was short listed for the 2023 Swiss Olympic Sciences Award, and also received financial support from Swiss Fencing and the Swiss Olympic Association. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2024, 01 Feb 2024; alexisbayard.ch, 01 Jan 2023; swiss-fencing.ch, 24 Aug 2023)

Statistics

rank
points
season
26th (S)
61.000
2024/2025
17th (S)
84.000
2023/2024
15th (S)
84.000
2022/2023
24th (S)
58.500
2021/2022
103rd (S)
17.000
2020/2021
106th (S)
17.000
2019/2020
134th (S)
10.500
2018/2019
69th (S)
26.500
2017/2018
102nd (S)
16.500
2016/2017
330th (S)
1.000
2015/2016
876th (S)
0.000
2014/2015
8th (J)
79.000
2015/2016
9th (J)
86.000
2014/2015
84th (J)
19.000
2013/2014
231st (J)
2.000
2012/2013
386th (J)
0.000
2011/2012

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