Corinna Lawrence (born 25 June 1990) is a British

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

fencer. Lawrence was the

British Olympic Association The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom. It is responsible for organising and overseeing the participation of athletes from the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team, at both ...

's 2011 Olympic Athlete of the Year for Fencing. She competed at the

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 ...

in the Women's épée, but was defeated in the second round by reigning European champion

Simona Gherman Simona Gherman (née Alexandru; born 12 April 1985) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, European champion in 2012 and 2016. She was twice team World Champion in 2010 and 2011 and five-time team European Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 201 ...

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at the European Fencing Confederation British female épée fencers 1990 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Olympic fencers of Great Britain Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics People educated at Plymouth High School for Girls European Games competitors for Great Britain Fencers at the 2015 European Games {{ UK-fencing-bio-stub