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| Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wheelchair fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Silke Schwarz is a German wheelchair fencer.
Schwarz competed at the 1996 Paralympics, where she won a gold medal in the individual foil A event, a silver medal in the épée team and a bronze medal in the foil team event, and at the 2000 Paralympics, where she won silver medals in the individual épée A and épée team events and a bronze medal in the foil team event. [1] [2]
Alison Yu Chui Yee is a wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong. When she was 11 years old, she had bone cancer, leading to the amputation of her left leg. She began as a swimmer but switched to fencing at the age of 17. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals in both the individual and team events of épée and foil. She was the first athlete to win four gold medals in fencing in category A in 2004. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she represented Hong Kong again, but since the team matches were canceled, she only won one gold and one silver medal in the individual events.
Roberto Marson was an Italian multisport athlete who competed at the Summer Paralympics on four occasions and won a total of 26 Paralympic medals. He lost the use of his legs when a pine tree he was chopping down fell on his back.
Great Britain competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012 as the host nation. A total of 288 athletes were selected to compete along with 13 other team members such as sighted guides. The country finished third in the medals table, behind China and Russia, winning 120 medals in total; 34 gold, 43 silver and 43 bronze. Multiple medallists included cyclist Sarah Storey and wheelchair athlete David Weir, who won four gold medals each, and swimmer Stephanie Millward who won a total of five medals. Storey also became the British athlete with the most overall medals, 22, and equal-most gold medals, 11, in Paralympic Games history.
Caz Walton OBE is a British retired wheelchair athlete and former Great Britain Paralympic team manager. She was a multi-disciplinary gold medallist who competed in numerous Paralympic Games. Between 1964 and 1976 she won medals in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and fencing. She took a break from the Paralympics, entering the basketball and fencing competitions in 1988. In total Walton won ten gold medals during her Paralympic career, making her one of the most successful British athletes of all time. Walton should also have been awarded gold in the 1968 Tel Aviv Women's Pentathlon incomplete but, due to a miscalculation of her total score which went unnoticed at the time, she was given third place and a bronze medal.
Piers Alexander Gilliver is a British wheelchair fencer, who competes in both épée and sabre. He is the 2020 Paralympic champion in the Individual Épée, A classification. He is the first British Paralympic champion in the sport since Carol Walton in 1988.
Chan Yui Chong is a Hong Konger wheelchair fencer who has been part of the national team since 2002. She has competed for her country at the Summer Paralympics, the Asian Para Games and at the IWAS World Championships.
Marta Makowska is a Polish wheelchair fencer who has won multiple medals for her country at the Paralympic Games, including four at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia.
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák is a Hungarian Paralympic wheelchair fencer. She has won 11 medals at the Paralympic Games, with the first two coming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won two bronze medals. She has also won medals at European and World Championships. Krajnyák was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability in 2006.
Saysunee Jana is a Thai wheelchair fencer. She is Thailand's first female Paralympic gold medallist when she won the Épée B event at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. She has won two gold, one silver, and three bronze in total from five appearances at the Paralympic Games.
Sun Gang is a Chinese wheelchair fencer. He represented China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and in total he won two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. He also won two gold medals in the men's foil A event, men's team foil and the silver medal in the men's épée team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Dariusz Pender is a Polish wheelchair fencer. In 2000, he won the gold medal in the men's épée individual A event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia. He also won the silver medal in the men's foil team event. Pender also won medals at the Summer Paralympics in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Carmen Hillinger is a German wheelchair fencer.
Gyöngyi Dani is a Hungarian wheelchair fencer who has won silver medals at several Paralympic Games. She was Hungary's flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. She returned with a bronze medal.
Dimitri Coutya is a British wheelchair fencer. He won a team silver, a team bronze and two individual bronze medals for Great Britain in Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at the Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan.
Ludmila Vasileva is a Russian wheelchair fencer. She fences in the foil and épée in category B. Ludmila is a four-time European champion, world champion, and bronze medalist at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Games in Tokyo (Japan). She competes under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
Artur Yusupov is a Russian wheelchair fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and placed fifth individually. Between 2011 and 2019 he won two gold, four silver and seven bronze medals in épée and foil events at the world championships.
Éva Andrea Hajmási is a Hungarian wheelchair fencer. She represented Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and she won the silver medal in the women's team foil event. She also won the bronze medal in this event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Emmanuelle Assmann, is a French wheelchair fencer and a sports leader. She was chair of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee. She was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honor, in 2013.
Maria Cristina Perez Naranjo is a wheelchair fencing athlete from Spain. She won two bronze medals at the Summer Paralympic Games.
Simone Briese-Baetke is a German wheelchair fencer in épée, foil and saber. She won a silver medal at the paralympics.
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