Yulen Pereira (born 12 July 1995) is a Spanish

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 team medallist in the

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Career

Pereira is the son of Manuel Pereira, Spain's only World champion in épée. He began playing with plastic and foam swords at home when he was four before taking up fencing proper. His first major medal was a bronze in the 2011 Cadets European Championships in Klagenfurt. In the 2012–13 season he won a bronze medal in the Junior European Championships in Budapest and a silver medal in the Junior World Championships in Poreč. These results caused him to be selected into the senior national team along with

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, Pau Roselló, and Elías Casado. His first senior competition was the Senior World Championships in Budapest. In the individual event, he defeated Switzerland's

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in the first round, but was stopped right afterwards by World No.1 Rubén Limardo. In the team event, Spain was defeated by Poland in the table of 32. Pereira finished the season No.4 in Junior World rankings. In the 2013–14 season he earned a silver medal in the European Junior Championships in Jerusalem. He also took part in his first senior Fencing World Cup competition, the Trophée Monal in Paris, where he defeated World No.15

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of Korea, but ceded in the second round to France's Jonathan Bonnaire. At the

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in Strasbourg, he was defeated in the second round by Maksym Khvorost of Ukraine. In the team event, Spain created an upset by overcoming France, then Russia. They were defeated by reigning European champions Switzerland and came away with a silver medal in the first European podium for Spanish fencing since Jorge Pina's gold in sabre at the 2007 edition in Ghent. At the World Championships in Kazan Pereira was eliminated by

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in the preliminary table of 64. In the team event, Spain edged out Kazakhstan in the table of 64, but were defeated by Hungary and finished 15th. Pereira ended up World No.1 in Junior rankings.

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at the European Fencing Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Pereira, Yulen Spanish male épée fencers 1995 births Fencers from Madrid Living people Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games European Games competitors for Spain Fencers at the 2023 European Games