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Fencing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Foil
The women's foil competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 28 July at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. The medalists were all from Italy. Elisa Di Francisca won the gold medal, beating Arianna Errigo in the final, while Valentina Vezzali Maria Valentina Vezzali (; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five athletes in the history of the Summ ... took bronze. Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Results Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Women's foil Women's foil 2012 in women's fencing Women's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ExCeL London
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House, Newham, Custom House area of London Borough of Newham, Newham, East London. It is situated on a site on the northern quay of the Royal Victoria Dock in London Docklands, located between Canary Wharf and London City Airport History The centre was designed by Moxley Architects and built by Sir Robert McAlpine. It opened in November 2000. In May 2008 it was acquired by Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company. Phase II of development, which included building London's first International Convention Centre (ICC) and creating an "eastern arrival experience", was completed on 1 May 2010 with Phase 3 expected to be completed by 2023/24. In 2015, CentrEd at ExCeL was opened, which expanded the centre's facilities to incorporate training and meeting space near the western entrance of the venue overlooking Royal Victoria Dock. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inna Deriglazova
Inna Vasilyevna Deriglazova ( rus, Инна Васильевна Дериглазова, , ˈinːə dʲɪrʲɪˈɡɫazəvə; born 10 March 1990) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer. Deriglazova is a two-time team and two-time individual European champion, and three-time team and three-time individual world champion. A three-time Olympian, Deriglazova is a 2012 team Olympic silver medalist, 2021 team Olympic champion, 2021 individual Olympic silver medalist, and 2016 individual Olympic champion. Deriglazova competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Career Deriglazova began fencing at the age of 8 in hometown Kurchatov. She underwent training under Ildar Mavlyutov. Despite her diminutive frame as a child, she became accustomed to fencing athletes much older than herself. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Cadet World Championships in Taebaek, followed a year later by the gold medal in the individual an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johana Fuenmayor
Johana Beatriz Fuenmayor Choles is a Venezuelan épée fencer. Career She qualified to the women's foil event of the 2012 Summer Olympics through the zone tournament for the Americas. She defeated 15–9 Egypt's Eman El Gammal in the first round, but lost 4–15 in the next round to eventual Italian silver medallist Arianna Errigo. Personal life She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the .... References Venezuelan female épée fencers Living people Olympic fencers for Venezuela Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Venezuelan Latter Day Saints 1979 births Sportspeople from Maracaibo Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela South American Games g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskia Garcia
Saskia Loretta van Erven García (born August 29, 1987 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch- Colombian female fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's foil, and was defeated 9-14 in the second round by Carolin Golubytskyi. She was also defeated in the second round of the 2016 Olympics, by Aida Mohamed, 15-12. Van Erven García studies journalism at a university in Amsterdam, while she trains fencing at SchermCentrum Amsterdam. Although she was born and raised in the Netherlands, she changed her fencing nationality to her mother's country Colombia in 2011, and represented Colombia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Van Erven García's mother comes from Cali, Colombia. She took up fencing at the age of 6 because her parents were involved in the sport. Indeed her mother, Gloria Garcia Pacheco, also represented Colombia internationally, winning a gold medal in the team foil at the 1971 Pan-American Games. She represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolin Golubytskyi
Carolin Elisabeth Golubytskyi (née Wutz, born 19 December 1985 in Bad Mergentheim, Germany) is a German foil fencer. Biography Carolin Golubytskyi attended Riemenschneider-Realschule Tauberbischofsheim and the Kaufmännische Schule Tauberbischofsheim. Golubytskyi fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She is coached by her husband, Sergei Golubytskyi, a former world class fencer, 3 time consecutive World Champion, and Olympic silver medallist. Golubytskyi was part of the German team winning the bronze medal at the 2009 World Fencing Championships in Antalya, Turkey. She also won three medals at European Championships and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was nominated again to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Golubytskyi won her first round bout against Colombian Saskia Garcia but was defeated in the round of 16 by Elisa Di Francisca of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeon Hee-Sook
Jeon Hee-sook (Hangul: 전희숙; or ; born 16 June 1984 in Seoul) is a South Korean foil fencer. Jeon won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her team mates Jung Gil-ok, Seo Mi-jung and Nam Hyun-hee. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan. She also won the silver medal in the women's team foil event. Achievements : 2009 World Fencing Championships, individual foil : 2006 World Fencing Championships The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. The event took place from 29 September to 7 October 2006. Same Thing of the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter ..., team foil References External linksProfile on the 2009 Summer Universiade official website* 1984 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chieko Sugawara
Chieko Sugawara ( ja, 菅原 千恵子; born 15 August 1976) is a Japanese fencer. She represented Japan and competed in the women's individual foil events at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * 1976 births Living people Japanese female foil fencers Olympic fencers of Japan Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in fencing People from Kesennuma, Miyagi Fencers at the 2002 Asian Games Fencers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games 21st-century Japanese women {{Japan-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Maîtrejean
Corinne Maîtrejean (born 8 November 1979 in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Rhône) is a French foil fencer who won a bronze medal in the foil team event of the 2005 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig with her teammates Adeline Wuillème, Céline Seigneur and Astrid Guyart. In 2013, she was part of the French team that won team silver in the World Championships, with Anita Blaze, Astrid Guyart and Ysaora Thibus. She is right-handed. She lives in Aubervilliers. She competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and at the 2012 Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in London as part of France's fencing squad. References * External links * * * * 1979 births Living people People from Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mona Shaito
Mona Shaito ( ar, منى شعيتو) (born 12 May 1994) is a Lebanese-American fencer, who along with her brother Zain Shaito, represented Lebanon in foil at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Shaito was born and raised in Texas and attended Ohio State University, and holds Lebanese-American dual citizenship.Dan Hope (2012-06-19Ohio State fencer named Buckeyes Male Athlete of the Year, headed to London Olympics - Sports - The Lantern - Ohio State University. The Lantern. Retrieved on 2012-10-11. References External links Mona Shaitoprofile at USA Fencing The United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing in the United States. The USFA was founded on April 22, 1891, as the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) by a group of 20 New York City fen ... Living people 1994 births American people of Lebanese descent American female foil fencers Lebanese female foil fencers Fencers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaimaa El-Gammal
Shaimaa El-Gammal (born 30 January 1980) is an Egyptian fencer. She competed in the women's foil events at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming her nation's first female competitor to appear in four Olympic games. Her sister, Eman El Gammal was also an Olympic fencer at the 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... and 2012 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1980 births Living people Egyptian female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Egypt Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian women 20th-century Egyptian people 21st-century Egyptian women 21st-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-fencing-bio-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Sheppard
Natalia Sheppard (née Więckowska; born 27 May 1984) is a Polish-born British foil fencer, who represented Great Britain at the individual and team events of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career Sheppard was born in Gdańsk, Poland. She took up fencing when she was ten— her sister Irena is also a fencer, specializing in sabre, and took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Natalia herself won the Polish national foil championships several times and earned a team gold medal at the 2000 Junior World Fencing Championships in South Bend. When she was seventeen she came to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bath and gave up international competition. She graduated in Mathematics and Computer Science in 2006, then took up law studies. She married a Briton, Gary, in 2007. At his suggestion she came back to the piste and was quickly selected into the British team. Her first major competition bearing the Union Flag was the 2010 European Fencing Championships in Leipzig. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Troiano
Sophie Troiano (born 18 March 1987) is a British fencer. She has represented Great Britain in both the women's individual and team foil events and in June 2012 she was chosen to represent Great Britain in the 2012 London Olympics. Troiano studied at Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu .... References 1987 births Living people British female foil fencers Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers from London Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford {{UK-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
