Enzo Lefort
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Full name | Enzo Boris Lefort | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cayenne, Guiana, France | 29 September 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Club d'escrime Melun Val-de-Seine / INSEP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Enzo Lefort (born 29 September 1991) is a French right-handed foil fencer.[1]
Lefort is a four-time team European champion, 2014 team world champion, and two-time individual world champion.
A three-time Olympian, Lefort is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist and 2021 team Olympic champion.
Lefort competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Career
[edit]This section needs to be updated. The reason given is: 2014–2019 need to be given more detail.(June 2022) |
Lefort was born in French Guiana. He discovered fencing when he was five, while watching fellow French Caribbean Laura Flessel win the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta.[2] He began fencing at CREPS in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, where he trained under Ruddy Plicoste along with Jean-Paul Tony Helissey and Ysaora Thibus.[3] He later joined the centre for promising athletes in Châtenay-Malabry in metropolitan France.
Lefort won the French national championship in 2012. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the second round.[4] In the team event, France were defeated 39–45 against the United States in the quarter-finals. After the fencing section of the Lagardère Paris Racing was dissolved, Lefort joined the Cercle d'Escrime Melun Val de Seine.
In the 2013–14 season Lefort won the Challenge International de Paris, his first World Cup medal,[5] and climbed the podium in Venice, Saint-Petersburg and Havana. In the European Championships at Strasbourg, Lefort was defeated in the second round by Denmark's Emil Ulrik Andersen. In the team event, France received a bye, then overcame the Czech Republic and Russia to meet Italy in the final. They prevailed 45–41 to earn the gold medal. A month later in the World Championships at Kazan, Lefort was seeded number two. He made his way to the quarter-finals, where he defeated reigning European champion James-Andrew Davis, but was defeated in the semi-final by Aleksey Cheremisinov of Russia and came away with a bronze medal.[6] In the team event, No.2 seeded France received a bye, then knocked out Hong Kong, Germany and hosts Russia to meet China in the Final. They beat China 45–25 to earn the gold medal.[7] Lefort finished the season No.2 in FIE rankings.
In 2017, he was the flag bearer for France at the World Military Championships.[8]
At the 2019 World Championships in Budapest, he won gold in the individual men's foil.[9] That year, he also won bronze in the European Championships.[10]
National Honours
[edit]He was named a Knight of the National Order of Merit in 2016, and a Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour in 2021.[8]
Medal record
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[11] |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Team Men's Foil | 1st[12] |
World Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[13] |
2014 | Kazan, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[14] |
2014 | Kazan, Russia | Team Men's Foil | 1st[15] |
2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[16] |
2019 | Budapest, Hungary | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[17] |
2019 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[18] |
2022 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[19] |
2022 | Cairo, Egypt | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[20] |
European Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2012 | Legnano, Italy | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[21] |
2014 | Strasbourg, France | Team Men's Foil | 1st[22] |
2015 | Montreux, Switzerland | Team Men's Foil | 1st[23] |
2017 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Team Men's Foil | 1st[24] |
2019 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[25] |
2019 | Düsseldorf, Germany | Team Men's Foil | 1st[26] |
Grand Prix
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2014-03-01 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[27] |
2014-03-15 | Venice, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[28] |
2016-12-02 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[29] |
2017-12-01 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[30] |
World Cup
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2014-01-17 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[31] |
2014-05-23 | Havana, Cuba | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[32] |
2014-11-07 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[33] |
2015-01-16 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[34] |
2017-02-10 | Bonn, Germany | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[35] |
2018-11-09 | Bonn, Germany | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[36] |
2020-01-10 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[37] |
References
[edit]- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Jean-Luc Ferré (16 July 2014). "Enzo Lefort, la nouvelle pépite de l'escrime tricolore". La Croix.
- ^ Arnaud Bevilacqua (23 January 2014). "Les Antilles font toujours le bonheur de l'escrime tricolore". La Croix.
- ^ "Enzo Lefort". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ "Enzo Lefort : " C'est le déclic, je crois ! "". Le Parisien. 20 January 2014.
- ^ Patrick Issert (19 July 2014). "Du bronze pour Lefort". L'Équipe.
- ^ Patrick Issert (22 July 2014). "Fleuret : les Bleus sacrés". L'Équipe.
- ^ a b "Enzo Lefort profile – INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "2019 World Championship – INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "2019 European Championships – INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Enzo Lefort at the International Fencing Federation
- Enzo Lefort at the European Fencing Confederation
- Enzo Lefort at Olympedia
- Enzo Lefort at Olympics.com
- Enzo Lefort at Équipe de France (in French)
- Enzo Lefort at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
- French male foil fencers
- Living people
- French people of French Guianan descent
- Olympic fencers for France
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Cayenne
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
- Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- World Fencing Championships medalists
- 21st-century French sportsmen
- Fencers at the 2023 European Games
- European Games silver medalists for France
- European Games medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for France