Meelis Loit (born 15 April 1971) is an Estonian fencer. He competed in the individual and team

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 ...

events at the

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and

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, but received no medals. Loit's bout with Kovacs in the 2001 Team World Epee Championship helped instigate rules against passivity, because Loit refused to engage with his opponent.

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* 1971 births Living people Estonian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Estonia Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tallinn 20th-century Estonian people 21st-century Estonian people {{Estonia-fencing-bio-stub