Adele du Plooy (born 11 October 1980) is a South African sabre fencer. Du Plooy represented

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

at the

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, where she competed in two sabre events. For her first event, the women's individual sabre, du Plooy lost the first preliminary match to Ukraine's

Halyna Pundyk Halyna Vasylivna Pundyk ( uk, Галина Василівна Пундик; born November 7, 1987) is a Ukrainian gold medallist in sabre fencing. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in sabre at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Uk ...

, with a score of 7–15. Few days later, she joined with her fellow fencers and teammates Shelley Gosher, Elvira Wood and

Jyoti Chetty Jyoti Chetty (born January 26, 1982 in Pretoria) is a South African sabre fencer. Chetty represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in two sabre events. For her first event, the women's individual sabre ...

, for the women's team sabre. Du Plooy and her team, however, lost the seventh place match to the Canadian team (led by

Sandra Sassine Sandra Sassine (born September 28, 1979) is a Canadian fencer. She was born in Chibougamau, Quebec. She competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In the women's sabre in 2008, she competed in section 3, beat ...

), with a total score of 16 touches.

References

External links

NBC Olympics Profile
* * South African female sabre fencers Living people Olympic fencers for South Africa Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Johannesburg Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent South African people of German descent 1980 births {{SouthAfrica-fencing-bio-stub