Misaki Emura

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).

Misaki Emura
Born (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998
Ōita, Japan
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
SportFencing
HandRight-handed
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Japan
World Championships
2022 CairoIndividual
2023 MilanIndividual
2022 CairoTeam
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Fencing Championships
2014 Suwon Individual
2022 Seoul Individual
2022 SeoulTeam
2015 Singapore Individual
2017 Hong Kong Individual
2015 SingaporeTeam
2016 Wuxi Team
2017 Hong KongTeam
2019 Chiba Team
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei Team
2017 TaipeiIndividual

Career

In 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]

References
  1. 江村美咲 - Fenc-ing Now - 日本フェンシング協会
  2. "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  4. Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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