Lauren Rembi (born 9 March 1992) is a French right-handed

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 contain ...

fencer and two-time team European champion and 2016 Olympian.

Career

Rembi competed in the women's individual épée and the women's team épée events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the individual épée, she defeated the 2016 European individual épée champion

Simona Gherman Simona Gherman (née Alexandru; born 12 April 1985) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, European champion in 2012 and 2016. She was twice team World Champion in 2010 and 2011 and five-time team European Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 201 ...

in the round of 32 and lost to the current world no. 1 Emese Szász in the semi-finals. She lost the bronze medal match to Sun Yiwen 13-15.

Personal life

Rembi's father is from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

and her mother is from

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in ...

. Rembi began fencing at age six and her older sister Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin represented France in fencing.

Medal Record

European Championship

World Cup

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rembi, Lauren 1992 births Living people Fencers from Paris French female épée fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in fencing French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent French people of Martiniquais descent Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century French women Black French sportspeople