Dimitri Coutya (born 7 October 1997)[2] 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.[3]
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| Born | 7 October 1997 London, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Épée B / Foil B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Peter Rome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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, Coutya won two world championships golds in Rome 2017.[4] He won his first European championships Gold in 2018 in Terni - Italy.[5] At the 2019 world championships in Cheong Ju - South Korea, Coutya won a Gold in Épée and a Silver in Foil.[6]
During the preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Coutya 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 Coutya has been ranked world no.1 in both Wheelchair Fencing Cat B Épée and Cat B Foil.
On 3 July 2024, Coutya became the first British Fencing athlete to be selected for the Paralympics, to fence in all three individual weapons (Sabre, Foil and Epee).
References
edit- ^ "ParalympicsGB | Paralympicsgb announces wheelchair fencing squad for paris 2024 paralympic games". ParalympicsGB. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "ParalympicsGB | Dimitri coutya".
- ^ "Wheelchair Fencing". Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Britain's Coutya wins two world titles". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Coutya wins wheelchair fencing gold". BBC Sport.
- ^ "British duo win gold & silver at Worlds". BBC Sport.