Astrid Guyart

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Astrid Guyart
Astrid Guyart FFE press conference 2013-07-25.jpg
Guyart in 2013
Personal information
Born (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)
Suresnes, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country France
Sport Fencing
Weapon Foil
Handright-handed
National coach Franck Boidin
FIE  ranking current
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Leipzig Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Moscow Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Wuxi Team
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Zagreb Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Plovdiv Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Strasbourg Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Almería Individual

Astrid Guyart (born 17 March 1983) is a French right-handed foil fencer, author, and aerospace engineer. [1] [2] [3]

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A three-time Olympian, Guyart is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.

She is the younger sister of foil fencer and Olympic champion Brice Guyart. She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk. [4]

In 2021 she became co-president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee's Athletes' Commission alongside archer, Romain Girouille. [5]

Medal Record

Olympic Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Foil2nd [6]

Grand Prix

DateLocationEventPosition
04/28/2012 Flag of France.svg Marseille, FranceIndividual Women's Foil3rd [7]
05/19/2012 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil3rd [8]
02/01/2013 Flag of Poland.svg Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil2nd [9]
04/27/2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South KoreaIndividual Women's Foil2nd [10]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
06/19/2010 Flag of the United States.svg New York, United StatesIndividual Women's Foil2nd
05/06/2011 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd
05/04/2012 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil1st
06/03/2012 Flag of Russia.svg St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Women's Foil3rd
03/22/2013 Flag of Italy.svg Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Foil3rd
01/16/2015 Flag of Poland.svg Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil1st
02/03/2017 Flag of Poland.svg Gdańsk, PolandIndividual Women's Foil3rd

Mediterranean Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2005 Flag of Spain.svg Almería, SpainIndividual Women's Foil1st [11]

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