Alexandre Camargo Explained

Alexandre Camargo
Birth Date:25 April 1999
Birth Place:Curitiba, Brazil
Weapon:épée
Height:1.77m (05.81feet)
Weight:75kg (165lb)
Fieranking:current ranking

Alexandre Pereira de Camargo (born 25 April 1999) is a Brazilian epee fencer.[1] [2]

Career

In 2016, Camargo appeared as a great promise in Brazilian fencing, winning the Junior Pan-American Championship in épée.[3]

He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] [4]

In the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships he won a bronze in the individual épee competition, at just 18 years old.[5]

He participated at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the Brazilian foil team, participating as a reserve. In the men's épée team, he finished 5th.[6] [7]

At the 2021 South American Fencing Championships, held in Lima, Peru, he obtained the silver medal in épée.[8]

At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Chile, he won a bronze medal in the individual épée. [9]

Camargo was at the 2023 World Fencing Championships, held in Milan, Italy. He participated in the Brazilian men's épée team, which defeated Great Britain 44-40 in the first round, but in the 2nd phase, faced the powerful Italy, who would go on to become champions of the tournament, losing 44-21. [10]

Seven years after emerging as a promise, and gaining experience over the years, Camargo won a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games hosted in Santiago, Chile, in the Men's épée, defeating Colombian Jhon Rodríguez in the quarter-finals, 10th in the world and best in the Americas at the moment. In this category, only Arthur Cramer, in Winnipeg 1967, 56 years ago, had come this far to Brazil.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympedia – Alexandre Camargo. www.olympedia.org.
  2. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  3. Web site: Olhar Olímpico: Nova geração da esgrima dá as caras no Pan e encerra jejum de 56 anos. October 31, 2023. UOL.
  4. Web site: ATLETAS OLÍMPICOS - Confederação Brasileira de Esgrima - CNPJ 42.178.699/0001-24 - Rua da Assembleia 10 / 2612 - [21]32890568- Rio de Janeiro - RJ]. June 20, 2020.
  5. Web site: Alexandre Camargo fica com o bronze da espada no Pan. Fernando. Gavini. June 14, 2017. Olimpíada Todo Dia.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20200306144947/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/FE_Results_Book_1.0.pdf Pan 2019 results
  7. https://cbesgrima.org.br/pan-2023-espada-masculino-dominante-no-brasil-alexandre-camargo-quer-brigar-por-medalhas-nas-americas/ PAN 2023 – ESPADA MASCULINO – Dominante no Brasil, Alexandre Camargo quer brigar por medalhas nas Américas
  8. https://www.cob.org.br/pt/galerias/noticias/alexandre-camargo-e-leopoldo-gubert-garantem-1-medalhas-brasileiras-no-sulamericano-de-esgrima/ Alexandre Camargo e Leopoldo Gubert garantem 1° medalhas brasileiras no Sul-Americano de esgrima
  9. Web site: Karina Trois e Alexandre Camargo conquistam o bronze nos Jogos Sul-Americanos - Confederação Brasileira de Esgrima - CNPJ 42.178.699/0001-24 - Rua da Assembleia 10 / 2612 - [21]32890568- Rio de Janeiro - RJ]. Nelson. Ayres. October 4, 2022.
  10. Web site: Equipes brasileiras encerram Mundial de Esgrima no top-30. Adielson de. Barros. July 28, 2023. Olimpíada Todo Dia.

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