Ysaora Thibus

Ysaora Thibus

Thibus at the French Fencing Championship 2013
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 (age 30) Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Foil
Club	AS Bourg-la-Reine[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2013 Budapest Team 2018 Wuxi Individual 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2017 Leipzig Individual 2018 Wuxi Team European Championships 2012 Legnano Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2019 Düsseldorf Team 2013 Zagreb Individual 2014 Strasbourg Team 2015 Montreux Team 2016 Torún Team 2017 Tbilisi Individual 2018 Novi Sad Team 2019 Düsseldorf Individual Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Team

Ysaora Thibus (born 22 August 1991) is a French right-handed foil fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.^[2]

Thibus competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.^[3][4]

Thibus took up fencing at the age of 7 in Guadeloupe. At 17, she moved to France to train with the French national youth team in Aix-en-Provence, joining the senior training team in Paris a year later.^[5]

Thibus founded the EssentiElle program for women athletes, which aims to amplify their voices within the world of athletics.^[6]

Thibus and American foil fencer Race Imboden met at a party after the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and began dating shortly afterward. The couple became engaged at the Pigalle in Paris after the Tokyo Olympic Games.^[7]

Medal Record[]

Olympic Games[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Women's Foil	2nd[8]

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2013	Budapest, Hungary	Team Women's Foil	2nd[9]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Women's Foil	3rd[10]
2015	Moscow, Russia	Team Women's Foil	3rd[11]
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Team Women's Foil	3rd[12]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[13]
2018	Wuxi, China	Individual Women's Foil	2nd[14]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Foil	3rd[15]

European Championship[]

Year	Location	Event	Position
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team Women's Foil	2nd[16]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[17]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Women's Foil	2nd[18]
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Women's Foil	3rd[19]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Women's Foil	3rd[20]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Women's Foil	3rd[21]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[22]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Women's Foil	3rd[23]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[24]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Women's Foil	2nd[25]

Grand Prix[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
03/13/2015	Havana, Cuba	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[26]
06/03/2016	Shanghai, China	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[27]
05/19/2017	Shanghai, China	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[28]
02/07/2020	Turin, Italy	Individual Women's Foil	1st[29]
03/26/2021	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[30]

World Cup[]

Date	Location	Event	Position
02/08/2013	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[31]
03/01/2013	St. Petersburg, Russia	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[32]
05/02/2014	Shanghai, China	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[33]
01/16/2015	Gdańsk, Poland	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[34]
10/16/2015	Cancún, Mexico	Individual Women's Foil	1st[35]
01/13/2017	Algier, Algeria	Individual Women's Foil	1st[36]
01/25/2019	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[37]
05/03/2019	Tauberbischofsheim, Germany	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[38]
11/22/2019	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[39]
01/10/2020	Katowice, Poland	Individual Women's Foil	3rd[40]

References[]

External links[]

• Profile – FIE
• Profile – French Olympic Committee (in French)
• EuroFencing Profile
• NBC Olympics Profile

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