Lauren Rembi Explained

Lauren Rembi
Birth Date:9 March 1992
Birth Place:Paris, France
Weapon:épée
Hand:right-handed
Weight:60kg (130lb)
Club:AS Bondy
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Lauren Rembi (born 9 March 1992) is a French right-handed épée fencer and two-time team European champion and 2016 Olympian.[1]

Career

Rembi competed in the women's individual épée and the women's team épée events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the individual épée, she defeated the 2016 European individual épée champion Simona Gherman in the round of 32 and lost to the current world no. 1 Emese Szász in the semi-finals. She lost the bronze medal match to Sun Yiwen 13-15.[2] [3]

Personal life

Rembi's father is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and her mother is from Martinique. Rembi began fencing at age six and her older sister Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin represented France in fencing.[4]

Medal Record

European Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Women's Épée2nd[5]
2017 Tbilisi, GeorgiaTeam Women's Épée1st[6]
2022 Antalya, TurkeyTeam Women's Épée1st[7]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2013-01-19 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Épée3rd[8]
2013-03-08 Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée3rd[9]
2014-05-16 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIndividual Women's Épée1st[10]
2016-01-22 Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée2nd[11]
2017-02-10 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Women's Épée2nd[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-08-05 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  2. Web site: Lauren Rembi . 6 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806044940/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/lauren-rembi . 6 August 2016 .
  3. Web site: Jeux Olympiques - Épée : Lauren Rembi manque la médaille de bronze. 6 August 2016. L'Équipe.
  4. Web site: Lauren Rembi's FIE biography. FIE website.
  5. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 4 May 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  6. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 4 May 2022 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  7. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-07-18 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  8. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-08-05 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  9. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-08-05 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  10. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-08-05 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  11. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2021-05-09 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.
  12. Web site: INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website . 2022-08-05 . INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website.