Ysaora Thibus

Ysaora Thibus (born 22 August 1991) is a French foil fencer.[1][2] She won a silver medal in team foil at the 2012 European Fencing Championships in Legnano, Italy[3] and a bronze medal in individual foil at the 2013 European Fencing Championships in Zagreb.

Ysaora Thibus
Thibus at the French Fencing Championship 2013
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991
Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country France
SportFencing
Event(s)Foil
ClubAS Bourg-la-Reine[1]
Medal record
World Championships
2013 BudapestTeam
2018 WuxiIndividual
2014 KazanTeam
2015 MoscowTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2017 LeipzigIndividual
2018 WuxiTeam
European Championships
2012 LegnanoTeam
2013 ZagrebTeam
2019 DüsseldorfTeam
2013 ZagrebIndividual
2014 StrasbourgTeam
2015 MontreuxTeam
2016 TorúnTeam
2017 TbilisiIndividual
2018 Novi SadTeam
2019 DüsseldorfIndividual
Universiade
2011 ShenzhenTeam

Thibus represented France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in two foil events. For her first event, women's individual foil, Thibus defeated Russia's Inna Deriglazova in the preliminary round of thirty-two, before losing out her next match to Japan's Kanae Ikehata, with a final score of 11–15.[4] Five days later, she joined with fellow fencers and teammates Anita Blaze, Corinne Maîtrejean, and Astrid Guyart for the women's team foil. Thibus and her team, however, lost the bronze medal match to the South Korean team (led by Nam Hyun-Hee), with a total score of 32 touches.[5]

She started the EssentiElle program for women athletes. [6] [7]

References
  1. "Ysaora Thibus". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ysaora Thibus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  3. "Championnats d'Europe: Les fleurettistes françaises en argent" [European Championships: French foil fencers win silver] (in French). RMC Sport. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  4. "Women's Individual Foil Round of 16". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  5. "Women's Team Foil Bronze Medal Match". London 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  6. "Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus: 'I'm an athlete, but first I'm a woman, I'm a Black woman'". CNN. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  7. "Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus: 'I'm an athlete, but first I'm a woman, I'm a Black woman'". Unfold Times. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-22.


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