Taymi Chappé Valladares (11 September 1968 – 3 November 2020) was a Cuban-Spanish fencer. She competed in the women's individual

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 ...

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1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. She won gold in women's épée at the 1990 World Championships under the Cuban flag. For Spain, she won a team gold at the 1994 World Championships and a bronze medal at the 1997 World Fencing Championships. Chappé died on 3 November 2020, aged 52.

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* 1968 births 2020 deaths Cuban female épée fencers Spanish female épée fencers Olympic fencers for Spain Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers from Havana Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Universiade medalists in fencing Fencers at the 1991 Pan American Games Universiade silver medalists for Cuba Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade 20th-century Cuban women 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban women {{Spain-fencing-bio-stub