Dimitri_Coutya

Dimitri Coutya

Dimitri Coutya

British wheelchair fencer

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]

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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.

References

  1. [1]
    "ParalympicsGB | Dimitri coutya".
  2. [2]
    "Wheelchair Fencing". Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Britain's Coutya wins two world titles". BBC Sport.
  4. [4]
    "Coutya wins wheelchair fencing gold". BBC Sport.
  5. [5]
    "British duo win gold & silver at Worlds". BBC Sport.
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