Nili Drori ( he, נילי דרורי; born 7 August 1960) is an Israeli fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

, and

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, at the age of 15, she went 2-3 in Round One (defeating Mahvash Shafaie of Iran and Maria Collino of Italy -- who won the silver medal), and 1-4 in Round Two (defeating Carola Mangiarotti of Italy). At the 1984 Summer Olympics at the age of 23, she went 3-3 in Round One (defeating Miyuki Maekawa of Japan, Vincent Bradford of the United States, and María Alicia Sinigaglia of Argentina), 3-1 in the quarterfinals (defeating Jana Angelakis of the United States,

Marcela Moldovan-Zsak Marcela Moldovan-Zsak (born 3 June 1956) is a Romanian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los An ...

of Romania, and

Sabine Bischoff Sabine Bischoff (21 May 1958 – 6 March 2013) was a German fencer. Biography Sabine Bischoff fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. She won a gold medal in the team foil at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics ( ...

of West Germany), and 1-4 in the semifinals (defeating

Debra Waples Debra Lynn Waples (born July 30, 1953) is an American fencer. She was the captain of the USA fencing team and competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

of the United States). Her daughter

İrem Karamete İrem Karamete (born June 20, 1993) is a Turkish fencer competing in the foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is the first Turkish fencer to qualify for the Olympics since 1984. Early life Karamete was born into a fencing family in Ist ...

competed for Turkey in foil in the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

."Young Turkish fencer on way to represent Turkey at Rio Olympics"
/ref> Her husband, Mehmet Karamete, whom she married in 1985, coached both the Israeli and the German national fencing teams.

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* 1960 births Living people Israeli female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Israel Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1974 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Israel Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games Immigrants to Turkey {{Israel-fencing-bio-stub