Irma Khetsuriani Explained
Irma Khetsuriani is a Georgian wheelchair fencer. She won the world championship in October 2015, which was held in France,[1] [2] and again in 2017 in Rome,[3] and in 2018 in Warsaw, Poland.[4] She won silver in the sabre B discipline in the world championships held in Eger, Hungary, in 2015.[5] [6]
She is the first wheelchair fencer in Georgia, and took up the sport after it was suggested to her by the country's paralympic committee. She has a spinal disease.
At the 2015 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation world cup event she competed in all three fencing disciplines of épée, sabre and foil, while most other competitors competed in only one discipline.
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Notes and References
- News: Georgian Female Fencer Takes World Championship Gold . 5 January 2019 . Caucasus Business Week . 23 October 2015.
- News: Akhalaia . Ana . Georgian Fencer Wins Gold Medal at World Cup Competition . 5 January 2019 . Georgia Today . 24 October 2015.
- News: Irma Khetsuriani claims Wheelchair Fencing Championships gold in Rome . 5 January 2019 . Agenda.GE . 8 November 2017.
- News: Wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani wins World Cup gold in Warsaw . 5 January 2019 . Agenda.GE . 9 July 2018.
- News: Georgian female fencer takes World Championship silver . 5 January 2019 . Agenda.GE . 23 September 2015.
- News: Zou stuns again with second world title . 5 January 2019 . International Paralympic Committee . 21 September 2015.
