Lauren Rembi (born 9 March 1992) is a French right-handed

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

fencer and two-time team European champion and 2016 Olympian.

Career

Rembi competed in the women's individual épée and the women's team épée events at the

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. In the individual épée, she defeated the 2016 European individual épée champion

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in the round of 32 and lost to the current world no. 1

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in the semi-finals. She lost the bronze medal match to

Sun Yiwen Sun Yiwen (, born 17 June 1992) is a Chinese left-handed épée fencer. Sun is a three-time team Asian champion and two-time team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Sun is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 individual Olympic bronze m ...

13-15.

Personal life

Rembi's father is from the

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and her mother is from

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. Rembi began fencing at age six and her older sister Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin represented France in fencing.

Medal Record

European Championship

World Cup

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rembi, Lauren 1992 births Living people Fencers from Paris French female épée fencers Olympic fencers for France Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in fencing French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent French people of Martiniquais descent Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for France Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century French sportswomen Black French sportspeople