Dimitri Coutya

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Dimitri Coutya
Born (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997 (age 24)
NationalityBritish
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée B / Foil B
National coachPeter Rome
ClubUniversity of Bath
Medal record
Wheelchair fencing
Representing  Great Britain
Summer Paralympics
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Men's Team Foil
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Men's Individual Foil B
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Men's Team Épée
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Men's Individual Épée B
IWAS World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Cheongju Épée B
Silver medal – second place 2019 Cheongju Foil B
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rome Épée B
Gold medal – first place 2017 Rome Foil B
Silver medal – second place 2015 Eger Foil B
IWAS European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Terni Épée B
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Terni Foil B
Silver medal – second place 2016 Torino Foil B
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Torino Épée B

Dimitri Coutya (born 7 October 1997)[1] is a British wheelchair fencer. He won a team silver, a team bronze and two individual bronze medals for Great Britain in Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics at the Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Fencing internationally in Epee Cat B and Foil Cat B, he won a total of 48 Men Single Individual medals for Paralympics GB. He is the first British wheelchair fencer to win a Major individual Title in Foil (Rome 2017 World Championship - Men Individual Cat B Foil Gold).

After reaching the Epee quarter final in Rio 2016, Dimitri won two world championships golds in Rome 2017.[3] He won his first European championships Gold in 2018 in Terni - Italy [4].At the 2019 world championships in Cheong Ju - South Korea, Dimitri won a Gold in Epee and a Silver in Foil.[5]

For several years Dimitri has been ranked world no.1 in both Wheelchair Fencing Cat B Epee and Cat B Foil.

References[]

  1. ^ https://paralympics.org.uk/athletes/dimitri-coutya
  2. ^ "Wheelchair Fencing".
  3. ^ "Britain's Coutya wins two world titles". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Coutya wins wheelchair fencing gold". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "British duo win gold & silver at Worlds". BBC Sport.
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