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Johana Beatriz Fuenmayor Choles is a Venezuelan
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.


Career

She qualified to the women's foil event of the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
through the zone tournament for the Americas. She defeated 15–9 Egypt's
Eman El Gammal Eman El Gammal is an Egyptian fencer. At the 2008 Olympics, she competed both as an individual and in the Egyptian team, losing in the first round to the Netherlands' Indra Angad-Gaur and the team lost in the first round to Russia. At the 2012 ...
in the first round, but lost 4–15 in the next round to eventual Italian silver medallist
Arianna Errigo Arianna Errigo (born 6 June 1988) is an Italian left-handed foil and sabre fencer. Errigo is a nine-time team European champion, two-time individual European champion, six-time team world champion, and two-time individual world champion. Known ...
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Personal life

She is a member of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
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References

Venezuelan female épée fencers Living people Olympic fencers for Venezuela Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Venezuelan Latter Day Saints 1979 births Sportspeople from Maracaibo Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela South American Games gold medalists for Venezuela South American Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Venezuelan women {{ Venezuela-fencing-bio-stub Fuenmayor family