Misaki Emura (Japanese: 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). She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 Asian Fencing Championships held in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
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| Born | 20 November 1998 Ōita, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 2014, she won the gold medal in the mixed team event at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[2] A month later, she competed in the women's individual sabre and women's team sabre events at the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea. In 2017, she competed in the women's sabre event at the World Fencing Championships held in Leipzig, Germany. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's individual sabre event at the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan.[3] She also won the gold medal in the women's team sabre event.[3]
In 2021, she competed in the women's sabre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She also competed in the women's team sabre event.
She won the silver medal in both the women's individual and team sabre events at the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships held in Seoul, South Korea. She won the gold medal in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[4]
For the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Japanese Olympic Committee designated Emura and breakdancer Shigekix as the national delegation's flag bearers.[5] In the individual sabre event, Emura lost to South Korean fencer Choi Se-Bin in the round of 16.[6] In the team sabre event, Emura defeated France's Sara Balzer in the final bout to secure the bronze medal.[7]
References
edit- ^ 江村美咲 - Fenc-ing Now - 日本フェンシング協会
- ^ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "B-BOY SHIGEKIX, FENCING'S EMURA MISAKI NAMED JAPANESE FLAG-BEARERS FOR PARIS 2024". Olympics.com. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympics: Misaki Emura a shock loser in sabre fencing last 16". Kyodo News. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympics: Misaki Emura leads Japan to bronze in women's team sabre". Kyodo News. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
External links
edit- Misaki Emura at the International Fencing Federation
- Misaki Emura at Olympics.com
- Misaki Emura at Olympedia
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