Theodora Gkountoura (; born 14 March 1997) is a Greek

sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

fencer. She participated at the

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, winning a bronze medal. She won again the bronze medal at the

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, defeated in the semi-final by the world champion

Misaki Emura Misaki Emura ( ja, 江村美咲, born 20 November 1998) is a Japanese fencer. She is a two-time gold medalist in the women's sabre event at the World Fencing Championships (2022 and 2023). Career In 2014, she won the gold medal in the mixed te ...

by 15-14. She has won the silver medal in the Orléans Grand Prix 2021 and the gold medal in the Grand Prix of Seoul in 2023. As for the World Cup, she has won the bronze medal in Athens in 2020, the silver medal in Tbilisi in 2022, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2022, the silver medal in Tashkent in 2023, the bronze medal in Athens in 2023, the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2023, the bronze medal in Algiers in 2023 and the bronze medal in Sint-Niklaas in 2024. She has also won the bronze medal at the individual women's sabre event of the

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So far, she has reached a career highest ranking of 3rd place in the 2021–2022 season. She has been a fencing athlete of

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadelf ...

multi-sport club, but she's currently an athlete of A.O. Ariston Paianias. She has been 4 times champion in

in Greece.

Medal record

World Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

European Games

European Championship

National Championship

Personal

Her paternal origin is from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gkountoura, Theodora 1997 births Living people Greek female sabre fencers Fencers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Fencers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Greece Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Greece 21st-century Greek women Sportspeople from Athens Fencers at the 2023 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Greece European Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics