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| Nationality | Egyptian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Yara El-Sharkawy (born 11 April 1999) is an Egyptian fencer. [1] She competed in the women's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]
She competed at the 2015 African Fencing Championships, 2017 African Fencing Championships, 2018 African Fencing Championships, and 2019 African Fencing Championships. [3]
Valentyna Ksenofontivna Rastvorova was a Ukrainian who was a Soviet fencer who competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Olympics in the individual foil and team foil events. She won an individual silver medal and team gold medal in 1960, and a team silver medal in 1964. She also won six gold and two silver medals at the world championships of 1956–67.
Yelena Borisovna Grishina is a former Soviet fencer. She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. In the 1989 World Fencing Championships and the 1990 World Fencing Championships she won silver medals in foil team competing for the Soviet Union, and in 1995 she won a bronze medal in the European Championships in foil.
Lee Kiefer is an American right-handed foil fencer and two-time Olympic champion in women's individual foil, having won the event at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the most decorated women’s foil fencer in American history.
Anissa Khelfaoui is an Algerian female fencer.
Larisa Viktorovna Korobeynikova is a Russian right-handed foil fencer, 2021 team Olympic champion, 2021 individual Olympic bronze medalist, three-time team world champion and two-time team European champion. She received the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class in 2012.
Amira Ben Chaabane is a Tunisian sabre fencer; gold medallist at the 2010 African Fencing Championships. She qualified to the individual event of the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the best top-ranked fencers of the African zone. She was defeated 15-12 in the first round by Chen Xiaodong of China. In 2019, she won the African Fencing Championships again.
Anita Blaze is a French right-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist. Blaze competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Vivian Kong Man Wai MH is a Hong Kong left-handed épée fencer. A three-time individual Asian champion and two-time Olympian, she won gold in women's individual épée at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Edgar Cheung Ka-long is a Hong Kong left-handed foil fencer, two-time individual Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 individual Olympic champion.
Mohamed Hamza is an Egyptian foil fencer who graduated from Princeton University. He competed for Egypt in both the men's team foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics and men's foil individual and team events at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Alanna Goldie is a Canadian Olympic fencer.
Jessica Zi Jia Guo is a Canadian left-handed foil fencer.
Yuka Ueno is a Japanese fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan. She also won the gold medal in the women's team foil event.
Chen Qingyuan is a Chinese right-handed foil fencer. She won the silver medal in both the women's individual and team foil events at the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships held in Seoul, South Korea.
Kata Kondricz is a Hungarian foil fencer. She competed in the women's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Katina Proestakis is a Chilean fencer. She competed in the women's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Martyna Jelińska is a Polish fencer. She competed in the women's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2017, she won the bronze medal in the women's team foil event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan. She also competed in the women's individual foil event.
Noha Hany is an Egyptian fencer. She competed in the women's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Leonie Ebert is a German fencer. She competed in the women's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
The fencing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run from 27 July to 4 August at the Grand Palais strip. A total of 212 fencers, with an equal distribution between men and women, will compete across twelve medal events at the Games. For the second straight time, Paris 2024 will witness both men and women fence against each other in the individual and team events held in all three weapons.
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