Misaki Emura

Misaki Emura
Personal information
Born (1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 25)
Ōita, Japan
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryJapan
HandRight-handed
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Milan Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cairo Team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Asian Fencing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Kuwait City Individual
Silver medal – second place 2014 Suwon Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Seoul Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Seoul Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hong Kong Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuxi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hong Kong Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Chiba Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Kuwait City Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Individual

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.

Career

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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]

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

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  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. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ "B-BOY SHIGEKIX, FENCING'S EMURA MISAKI NAMED JAPANESE FLAG-BEARERS FOR PARIS 2024". Olympics.com. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Olympics: Misaki Emura a shock loser in sabre fencing last 16". Kyodo News. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Olympics: Misaki Emura leads Japan to bronze in women's team sabre". Kyodo News. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Japan
Paris 2024
With: Shigekix 		Succeeded by
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