Emma Katinka Renée Samuelsson (born 17 October 1988) is a Swedish

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, silver medallist in the 2007 European Championships.

Career

Coached by Ukrainian master

Sergey Paramonov Sergey Paramonov (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Парамонов; born 16 September 1945) is a Soviet fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), offi ...

, she won a bronze medal in the 2006 Junior World Championships in Taebaek, followed by a gold medal in the 2007 edition in Belek. That same year, she took part in her first

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

. She reached the final after defeating Russia's

Tatiana Logunova Tatiana Yuryevna Logunova (russian: Татьяна Юрьевна Логунова, born 3 July 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian épée fencer. She won two gold medals in the team épée event at the 2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, ...

and Estonia's

Irina Embrich Irina Embrich, née Zamkovaja (born 12 July 1980) is an Estonian left-handed épée fencer. Embrich is a two-time team European champion and 2017 team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Embrich is a 2021 team Olympic champion. Embrich compet ...

, but was overcome in the final by France's

Laura Flessel Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, with f ...

. A scholarship from Swedish newspaper ''

Svenska Dagbladet ''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...

'' allowed her to train harder. She received a wildcard for the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, but lost in the quarter-finals to Germany's

Britta Heidemann Britta Heidemann (born 22 December 1982) is a German épée fencer. In 2016, Heidemann became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Career Épée Fencing At the age of 14, already being a successful athlete and swimmer, Britta ...

, who eventually became Olympic champion. In the 2009–10 season she climbed her first World Cup podium with a second place in Barcelona, followed by another silver medal in Luxembourg. She finished the season no.21 in world rankings, a career best as to 2015. In the 2011–12 season she won the Saint-Maur World Cup after prevailing over China's Sun Yujie. She sought to qualify to the

2012 Olympic Games 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 ...

, but failed against

Laura Flessel-Colovic Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, with f ...

in the semifinal of the European qualifying tournament in Bratislava. In 2015, she failed to qualify to the final table of 64 in the Ciutat de Barcelona tournament, but lead Sweden to their first team World Cup victory since the 1970s. They defeated Australia, Hungary, Switzerland and Romania before meeting Italy in the final. Samuelsson reversed an Italian 12–16 lead and defeated reigning world champion

Rossella Fiamingo Rossella Fiamingo (born 14 July 1991) is an Italian left-handed épée fencer and two-time individual world champion. A three-time Olympian, Fiamingo is a 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist and 2016 individual Olympic silver medalist. She is e ...

on the last relay to close on 45–33 for Sweden.

References

External links

Profile
at the Swedish Olympic Committee
Profile
at the European Fencing Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsson, Emma Swedish female épée fencers 1988 births Living people Olympic fencers for Sweden Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Sweden Fencers at the 2015 European Games