Lea Moutoussamy Explained

Lea Moutoussamy
Birth Date:	18 October 1997^[1]
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Country:	Algeria
Sport:	Fencing

Lea Melissa Moutoussamy (ليا ميليسا موتوسامي) is a right-handed Algerian sabre fencer.^{[2] [1]} At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's sabre, losing in the first round to Russian Sofiya Velikaya by a score of 15–6.^[2] When she competed in 2012, she was the youngest fencer to ever have participated in the Olympics; she was 14 years and 288 days old.^{[3] [4]}

Moutoussamy was born on 18 October 1997, in Paris, France.^[2] She fences with the club US Metro, in Paris.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lea Melissa Moutoussamy - Fencing - Olympic Athlete | London 2012. 18 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120718125147/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/moutoussamy-lea-melissa-1116190/ . 18 July 2012 .
2. Web site: Lea Moutoussamy Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417083007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/lea-moutoussamy-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 25 January 2013.
3. Web site: Fencing | Olympics at . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040457/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/FEN/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports-reference.com . 25 January 2013.
4. Web site: Fahad . Syed . Algerian Lea Moutoussamy youngest fencer at London Games . Brecorder.com . 23 July 2012 . 25 January 2013.