Dimitri Coutya

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]

Dimitri Coutya
Born (1997-10-07) 7 October 1997
NationalityBritish
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée B / Foil B
National coachPeter Rome
ClubUniversity of Bath
Medal record
Wheelchair fencing
Representing  Great Britain
Summer Paralympics
2020 TokyoMen's Team Foil
2020 TokyoMen's Individual Foil B
2020 TokyoMen's Team Épée
2020 TokyoMen's Individual Épée B
IWAS World Championships
2019 CheongjuÉpée B
2019 CheongjuFoil B
2017 RomeÉpée B
2017 RomeFoil B
2015 EgerFoil B
IWAS European Championships
2018 TerniÉpée B
2018 TerniFoil B
2016 TorinoFoil B
2016 TorinoÉpée B

Fencing internationally in Épée Cat B and Foil Cat B, he won a total of 48 Men Single Individual medals for Paralympics GB. He is the first British wheelchair fencer 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]

For several years Dimitri has been ranked world no.1 in both Wheelchair Fencing Cat B Épée and Cat B Foil.

References
  1. https://paralympics.org.uk/athletes/dimitri-coutya
  2. "Wheelchair Fencing".
  3. "Britain's Coutya wins two world titles". BBC Sport.
  4. "Coutya wins wheelchair fencing gold". BBC Sport.
  5. "British duo win gold & silver at Worlds". BBC Sport.
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