| Dimitri Coutya | |
| Nationality: | British |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1997 |
| Weapon: | Épée B / Foil B |
| Club: | University of Bath |
| Natlcoach: | Peter Rome |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
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 Épée Cat B and Foil Cat B, he won a total of 72 Men Single International Individual medals for GBR. He is the first British Parafencer to win a Major individual Title in Foil (Rome 2017 World Championship - Men Individual Cat B Foil Gold).
After reaching the Épée 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 Épée and a Silver in Foil.[5]
During the preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Dimitri won 7 European Titles, World Championship Bronze and Silver medals, and his first European Sabre medal, a Silver in the Paris 2024 European Championship.
For several years Dimitri has been ranked world no.1 in both Wheelchair Fencing Cat B Épée and Cat B Foil.
On 3rd July 2024, Dimitri became the first British Fencing athlete to be selected for the Paralympics, to fence in all three individual weapons (Sabre, Foil and Epee).