Araceli Navarro

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Araceli Navarro
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Personal information
Full nameAraceli Navarro Laso
Born (1989-08-09) 9 August 1989 (age 34)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityFlag of Spain.svg Spain
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Fencing
Weapon sabre
Handright-handed
ClubClub de Esgrima de Madrid
FIE  ranking current ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing Flag of Spain.svg Spain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Cairo Individual
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Basel Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 BaselTeam

Araceli Navarro Laso (born August 9, 1989) is a Spanish sabre fencer. [1] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt. [2] Navarro represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event.

At the Olympics, she defeated Mexico's Angélica Larios in the preliminary round of sixty-four, before she was forced to retire in her next match against United States' Rebecca Ward, because of a dislocated left shoulder injury, with a score of 7–12. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. "Women's Individual Sabre – Round of 32". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. "La sablista Araceli Navarro se lesiona en pleno combate" [Saber fencer Araceli Navarro injured in a match] (in Spanish). Publico España. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.