Jérémy Keryhuel Explained

Jérémy Fafa Keryhuel
Birth Date:28 October 1994
Birth Place:Paris
Country:Ivorian
Weapon:Foil
Hand:Left-handed
Club:US Pecq

Jérémy Fafa Keryhuel (born 28 October 1994) is an Ivorian fencer specializing in foil.

Career

Jérémy Fafa Keryhuel held dual French-Ivorian nationality, being born to a French father and an Ivorian mother.[1] He trained at US Pecq since 2000[1] and joined the Ivorian national team in 2017.[1]

In 2024, Keryhuel won the Olympic qualification tournament in Algiers,[1] [2] becoming the first male Ivorian fencer to qualify for the Olympic Games.[3] That same year, he won a bronze medal in individual foil at the 2024 African Fencing Championships in Casablanca.

Medal record

YearLocationEventPosition
2017 2017 African Championships (Cairo)Individual Men's Foil3nd
20242024 African Championships (Casablanca)Team Men's Foil3rd

Notes and References

  1. Web site: en . JO Paris 2024: The fencer from Le Pecq will represent Côte d'Ivoire. actu.fr . 16 May 2024 . Roudeillat . Philippe . 9 June 2024.
  2. Web site: fr. JO Paris 2024-Fencing: Jeremy Fafa Keryhuel secures his ticket . sport-ivoire.ci . 29 April 2024 . Koffi . Lebéni . 9 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Fencing - African Olympic qualification championships: Complete results with the list of quotas obtained . olympics.com. Kohlhuber. Nicolas. 28 April 2024. 9 June 2024.