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Bruce Dickinson, frontman of legendary heavy metal band Iron Maiden, participated in a prestigious fencing tournament in northern France on Sunday.
The singer, who has been fencing since he was a youngster, placed 13th out of 31 contestants in the veterans category at the Circuit Européen 2025 competition in Fâches-Thumesnil, losing out to former Olympic gold medallist Pascal Jolyot.
The heavy metal legend is said to be a talented swordsman and even used to train with the British Olympic fencing squad back in the 1980s.
“The last time that I came here (to Lille), it was in 2000 with Iron Maiden to do rehearsals for the world tour,” Dickinson told La Voix du Nord. “But now, I am here for a fencing competition – a veteran foil for older people, like me.”
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Besides leading one of the greatest heavy metal bands of all time, Dickinson also brews beer and was previously a commercial pilot with about 7,500 hours of flying under his belt. To this day, he still pilots the bands Boeing 747-400, named Ed Force One.
[Source: CNN]
