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Épée, Individual, Women

Date	24 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 épée fencers from 18 countries qualified for the individual event at Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion, Emese Szász of Hungary, did not qualify for Tokyo nor did any of her national compatriots. The reigning World Champion, Nathalie Moellhausen from Brazil, lost her first bout against the Italian Rossella Fiamingo. Fiamingo then lost her quarter-final against the eventual bronze medallist Katrina Lehis from Estonia, who won her medal against Ayzanat Murtazayeva from Russia. In the final Sun Yiwen from China met Ana Maria Brânză-Popescu from Romania, who was the reigning Olympic Team Champion in Rio, and won very closely 11-10.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	4	Sun Yiwen	CHN	Gold
2	2	Ana Maria Popescu	ROU	Silver
3	11	Katrina Lehis	EST	Bronze
4	33	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC
5	8	Vivian Kong	HKG
6	21	Federica Isola	ITA
7	23	Julia Beljajeva	EST
8	30	Rossella Fiamingo	ITA
9	5	Lin Sheng	CHN
10	6	Mara Navarria	ITA
11	13	Zhu Mingye	CHN
12	16	Kelley Hurley	USA
13	15	Song Se-Ra	KOR
14	19	Aleksandra Jarecka	POL
15	24	Renata Knapik-Miazga	POL
16	26	Nozomi Sato	JPN
17	1	Choi In-Jeong	KOR
18	3	Nathalie Moellhausen	BRA
19	7	Gang Yeong-Mi	KOR
20	10	Coraline Vitalis	FRA
21	9	Olena Kryvytska	UKR
22	12	Sarra Besbes	TUN
23	14	Violetta Kolobova	ROC
24	18	Kat Holmes	USA
25	17	Erika Kirpu	EST
26	20	Courtney Hurley	USA
27	22	Ewa Trzebińska	POL
28	25	María Doig	PER
29	27	Yuliya Lichagina	ROC
30	28	Ndeye Binta Diongue	SEN
31	29	Malika Khakimova	UZB
32	34	Kiria Abdul Rahman	SGP
33	32	Kaylin Hsieh	HKG
34	31	Coco Lin	HKG

Round One

Date	24 July 2021 — 9:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul		Choi In-Jeong	KOR				bye
Bout #2	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC	14 – 7	Kaylin Hsieh	HKG
Bout #3	24 Jul		Erika Kirpu	EST				bye
Bout #4	24 Jul		Kelley Hurley	USA				bye
Bout #5	24 Jul		Olena Kryvytska	UKR				bye
Bout #6	24 Jul		Renata Knapik-Miazga	POL				bye
Bout #7	24 Jul		María Doig	PER				bye
Bout #8	24 Jul		Vivian Kong	HKG				bye
Bout #9	24 Jul		Lin Sheng	CHN				bye
Bout #10	24 Jul		Ndeye Binta Diongue	SEN				bye
Bout #11	24 Jul		Federica Isola	ITA				bye
Bout #12	24 Jul		Sarra Besbes	TUN				bye
Bout #13	24 Jul		Zhu Mingye	CHN				bye
Bout #14	24 Jul		Courtney Hurley	USA				bye
Bout #15	24 Jul		Malika Khakimova	UZB				bye
Bout #16	24 Jul		Sun Yiwen	CHN				bye
Bout #17	24 Jul		Nathalie Moellhausen	BRA				bye
Bout #18	24 Jul		Rossella Fiamingo	ITA				bye
Bout #19	24 Jul		Aleksandra Jarecka	POL				bye
Bout #20	24 Jul		Violetta Kolobova	ROC				bye
Bout #21	24 Jul		Katrina Lehis	EST				bye
Bout #22	24 Jul		Ewa Trzebińska	POL				bye
Bout #23	24 Jul		Yuliya Lichagina	ROC				bye
Bout #24	24 Jul		Mara Navarria	ITA				bye
Bout #25	24 Jul		Gang Yeong-Mi	KOR				bye
Bout #26	24 Jul		Nozomi Sato	JPN				bye
Bout #27	24 Jul		Julia Beljajeva	EST				bye
Bout #28	24 Jul		Coraline Vitalis	FRA				bye
Bout #29	24 Jul		Song Se-Ra	KOR				bye
Bout #30	24 Jul		Kat Holmes	USA				bye
Bout #31	24 Jul	Red Piste	Kiria Abdul Rahman	SGP	15 – 11	Coco Lin	HKG
Bout #32	24 Jul		Ana Maria Popescu	ROU				bye

Round Two

Date	24 July 2021 — 9:55
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC	15 – 11	Choi In-Jeong	KOR
Bout #2	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Kelley Hurley	USA	15 – 14	Erika Kirpu	EST
Bout #3	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Renata Knapik-Miazga	POL	15 – 8	Olena Kryvytska	UKR
Bout #4	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Vivian Kong	HKG	15 – 11	María Doig	PER
Bout #5	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Lin Sheng	CHN	15 – 6	Ndeye Binta Diongue	SEN
Bout #6	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Federica Isola	ITA	14 – 12	Sarra Besbes	TUN
Bout #7	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Zhu Mingye	CHN	15 – 8	Courtney Hurley	USA
Bout #8	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Sun Yiwen	CHN	15 – 10	Malika Khakimova	UZB
Bout #9	24 Jul	Green Piste	Rossella Fiamingo	ITA	10 – 9	Nathalie Moellhausen	BRA
Bout #10	24 Jul	Green Piste	Aleksandra Jarecka	POL	15 – 11	Violetta Kolobova	ROC
Bout #11	24 Jul	Green Piste	Katrina Lehis	EST	11 – 10	Ewa Trzebińska	POL
Bout #12	24 Jul	Green Piste	Mara Navarria	ITA	15 – 12	Yuliya Lichagina	ROC
Bout #13	24 Jul	Red Piste	Nozomi Sato	JPN	15 – 14	Gang Yeong-Mi	KOR
Bout #14	24 Jul	Red Piste	Julia Beljajeva	EST	15 – 5	Coraline Vitalis	FRA
Bout #15	24 Jul	Red Piste	Song Se-Ra	KOR	15 – 12	Kat Holmes	USA
Bout #16	24 Jul	Red Piste	Ana Maria Popescu	ROU	15 – 10	Kiria Abdul Rahman	SGP

Round Three

Date	24 July 2021 — 13:35
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC	12 – 11	Kelley Hurley	USA
Bout #2	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Vivian Kong	HKG	15 – 8	Renata Knapik-Miazga	POL
Bout #3	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Federica Isola	ITA	15 – 9	Lin Sheng	CHN
Bout #4	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Sun Yiwen	CHN	15 – 8	Zhu Mingye	CHN
Bout #5	24 Jul	Green Piste	Rossella Fiamingo	ITA	15 – 13	Aleksandra Jarecka	POL
Bout #6	24 Jul	Green Piste	Katrina Lehis	EST	15 – 10	Mara Navarria	ITA
Bout #7	24 Jul	Red Piste	Julia Beljajeva	EST	15 – 10	Nozomi Sato	JPN
Bout #8	24 Jul	Red Piste	Ana Maria Popescu	ROU	15 – 6	Song Se-Ra	KOR

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 July 2021 — 15:25
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Blue Piste	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC	15 – 10	Vivian Kong	HKG
Bout #2	24 Jul	Yellow Piste	Sun Yiwen	CHN	11 – 10	Federica Isola	ITA
Bout #3	24 Jul	Green Piste	Katrina Lehis	EST	15 – 7	Rossella Fiamingo	ITA
Bout #4	24 Jul	Red Piste	Ana Maria Popescu	ROU	15 – 8	Julia Beljajeva	EST

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 2021 — 18:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	24 Jul	Final Piste	Sun Yiwen	CHN	12 – 8	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC
Bout #2	24 Jul	Final Piste	Ana Maria Popescu	ROU	15 – 11	Katrina Lehis	EST

Final Round

Date	24 July 2021 — 19:50

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	24 Jul 20:45	Final Piste	Sun Yiwen	CHN	11 – 10	Ana Maria Popescu	ROU
Bout 3/4	24 Jul 19:50	Final Piste	Katrina Lehis	EST	15 – 8	Ayzanat Murtazayeva	ROC