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Foil, Individual, Women

Date	25 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Participants	34 from 18 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

34 foil fencers from 18 countries qualified for the individual event at Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion was Russian fencer Inna Deriglazova and she was also the three-time World Champion since 2015. Nevertheless she lost the final against US-fencer Lee Kiefer 15-13. Deriglazova’s teammate Larisa Korobeynikova fought against Italian Alice Volpi in the bronze bout and was happy to triumph by a 15-14 result. This was the first time a US fencer had won an Olympic gold medal in foil.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	3	Lee Kiefer	USA	Gold
2	1	Inna Deriglazova	ROC	Silver
3	15	Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC	Bronze
4	4	Alice Volpi	ITA
5	5	Arianna Errigo	ITA
6	6	Yuka Ueno	JPN
7	9	Jeon Hui-Suk	KOR
8	23	Kelleigh Ryan	CAN
9	2	Ysaora Thibus	FRA
10	7	Adelina Zagidullina	ROC
11	8	Chen Qingyuan	CHN
12	11	Nicole Ross	USA
13	12	Jessica Guo	CAN
14	13	Leonie Ebert	GER
15	16	Fanni Kreiss	HUN
16	19	Eleanor Harvey	CAN
17	24	Sera Azuma	JPN
18	14	Pauline Ranvier	FRA
19	17	Martina Batini	ITA
20	18	Inès Boubakri	TUN
21	20	Jackie Dubrovich	USA
22	21	Anita Blaze	FRA
23	22	İrem Karamete	TUR
24	10	Rio Azuma	JPN
25	26	Saskia van Erven	COL
26	25	Noha Hany	EGY
27	28	Yara El-Sharkawy	EGY
28	27	Noura Mohamed	EGY
29	29	Kata Kondricz	HUN
30	30	Amita Berthier	SGP
31	32	Martyna Jelińska	POL
32	34	Flóra Pásztor	HUN
33	31	Meriem Mebarki	ALG
34	33	Katina Proestakis	CHI

Round One

Date	25 July 2021 — 9:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul		Inna Deriglazova	ROC				bye
Bout #2	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Martyna Jelińska	POL	15 – 12	Katina Proestakis	CHI
Bout #3	25 Jul	Red Piste	Martina Batini	ITA				bye
Bout #4	25 Jul		Fanni Kreiss	HUN				bye
Bout #5	25 Jul		Jeon Hui-Suk	KOR				bye
Bout #6	25 Jul		Sera Azuma	JPN				bye
Bout #7	25 Jul		Noha Hany	EGY				bye
Bout #8	25 Jul		Chen Qingyuan	CHN				bye
Bout #9	25 Jul		Arianna Errigo	ITA				bye
Bout #10	25 Jul		Yara El-Sharkawy	EGY				bye
Bout #11	25 Jul		Anita Blaze	FRA				bye
Bout #12	25 Jul		Jessica Guo	CAN				bye
Bout #13	25 Jul		Leonie Ebert	GER				bye
Bout #14	25 Jul		Jackie Dubrovich	USA				bye
Bout #15	25 Jul		Kata Kondricz	HUN				bye
Bout #16	25 Jul		Alice Volpi	ITA				bye
Bout #17	25 Jul		Lee Kiefer	USA				bye
Bout #18	25 Jul		Amita Berthier	SGP				bye
Bout #19	25 Jul		Eleanor Harvey	CAN				bye
Bout #20	25 Jul		Pauline Ranvier	FRA				bye
Bout #21	25 Jul		Nicole Ross	USA				bye
Bout #22	25 Jul		İrem Karamete	TUR				bye
Bout #23	25 Jul		Noura Mohamed	EGY				bye
Bout #24	25 Jul		Yuka Ueno	JPN				bye
Bout #25	25 Jul		Adelina Zagidullina	ROC				bye
Bout #26	25 Jul		Saskia van Erven	COL				bye
Bout #27	25 Jul		Kelleigh Ryan	CAN				bye
Bout #28	25 Jul		Rio Azuma	JPN				bye
Bout #29	25 Jul		Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC				bye
Bout #30	25 Jul		Inès Boubakri	TUN				bye
Bout #31	25 Jul		Flóra Pásztor	HUN	15 – 8	Meriem Mebarki	ALG
Bout #32	25 Jul		Ysaora Thibus	FRA				bye

Round Two

Date	25 July 2021 — 9:55
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Inna Deriglazova	ROC	15 – 8	Martyna Jelińska	POL
Bout #2	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Fanni Kreiss	HUN	15 – 10	Martina Batini	ITA
Bout #3	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Jeon Hui-Suk	KOR	11 – 10	Sera Azuma	JPN
Bout #4	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Chen Qingyuan	CHN	15 – 6	Noha Hany	EGY
Bout #5	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Arianna Errigo	ITA	15 – 2	Yara El-Sharkawy	EGY
Bout #6	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Jessica Guo	CAN	15 – 12	Anita Blaze	FRA
Bout #7	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Leonie Ebert	GER	15 – 14	Jackie Dubrovich	USA
Bout #8	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Alice Volpi	ITA	15 – 5	Kata Kondricz	HUN
Bout #9	25 Jul	Green Piste	Lee Kiefer	USA	15 – 4	Amita Berthier	SGP
Bout #10	25 Jul	Green Piste	Eleanor Harvey	CAN	15 – 9	Pauline Ranvier	FRA
Bout #11	25 Jul	Green Piste	Nicole Ross	USA	15 – 5	İrem Karamete	TUR
Bout #12	25 Jul	Green Piste	Yuka Ueno	JPN	15 – 5	Noura Mohamed	EGY
Bout #13	25 Jul	Red Piste	Adelina Zagidullina	ROC	15 – 8	Saskia van Erven	COL
Bout #14	25 Jul	Red Piste	Kelleigh Ryan	CAN	12 – 11	Rio Azuma	JPN
Bout #15	25 Jul	Red Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC	15 – 3	Inès Boubakri	TUN
Bout #16	25 Jul	Red Piste	Ysaora Thibus	FRA	15 – 13	Flóra Pásztor	HUN

Round Three

Date	25 July 2021 — 13:35
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Inna Deriglazova	ROC	15 – 10	Fanni Kreiss	HUN
Bout #2	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Jeon Hui-Suk	KOR	14 – 11	Chen Qingyuan	CHN
Bout #3	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Arianna Errigo	ITA	15 – 7	Jessica Guo	CAN
Bout #4	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Alice Volpi	ITA	15 – 13	Leonie Ebert	GER
Bout #5	25 Jul	Green Piste	Lee Kiefer	USA	15 – 13	Eleanor Harvey	CAN
Bout #6	25 Jul	Green Piste	Yuka Ueno	JPN	15 – 9	Nicole Ross	USA
Bout #7	25 Jul	Red Piste	Kelleigh Ryan	CAN	15 – 9	Adelina Zagidullina	ROC
Bout #8	25 Jul	Red Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC	15 – 12	Ysaora Thibus	FRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 2021 — 15:25
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Inna Deriglazova	ROC	15 – 7	Jeon Hui-Suk	KOR
Bout #2	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Alice Volpi	ITA	15 – 7	Arianna Errigo	ITA
Bout #3	25 Jul	Green Piste	Lee Kiefer	USA	15 – 11	Yuka Ueno	JPN
Bout #4	25 Jul	Red Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC	15 – 11	Kelleigh Ryan	CAN

Semi-Finals

Date	25 July 2021 — 18:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round pool.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Final Piste	Inna Deriglazova	ROC	15 – 10	Alice Volpi	ITA
Bout #2	25 Jul	Final Piste	Lee Kiefer	USA	15 – 6	Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC

Final Round

Date	25 July 2021 — 19:50

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	25 Jul 20:45	Final Piste	Lee Kiefer	USA	15 – 13	Inna Deriglazova	ROC
Bout 3/4	25 Jul 19:50	Final Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova	ROC	15 – 14	Alice Volpi	ITA