Emma Katinka Renée Samuelsson (born 17 October 1988) is a Swedish

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, silver medallist in the 2007 European Championships.

Career

Coached by Ukrainian master Sergey Paramonov, she won a bronze medal in the 2006 Junior World Championships in Taebaek, followed by a gold medal in the 2007 edition in Belek. That same year, she took part in her first

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. She reached the final after defeating Russia's

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and Estonia's

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, but was overcome in the final by France's

Laura Flessel Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and Fencing, épée fencer who served as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France), Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won th ...

. A scholarship from Swedish newspaper ''

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'' allowed her to train harder. She received a wildcard for the

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in Beijing, but lost in the quarter-finals to Germany's

Britta Heidemann Britta Heidemann (born 22 December 1982) is a German épée fencer. In 2016, Heidemann became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Career Épée Fencing At the age of 14, already being a successful athlete and swimmer, Britta ...

, who eventually became Olympic champion. In the 2009–10 season she climbed her first

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podium with a second place in Barcelona, followed by another silver medal in Luxembourg. She finished the season no.21 in world rankings, a career best as to 2015. In the 2011–12 season she won the Saint-Maur World Cup after prevailing over China's

Sun Yujie Sun Yujie (; born 10 August 1992) is a Chinese fencer. At 2012 Summer Olympics she won gold medal in team épée with Li Na Li Na (born 26 February 1982) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No ...

. She sought to qualify to the

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, but failed against

Laura Flessel-Colovic Laura Flessel-Colovic (born 6 November 1971) is a French politician and épée fencer who served as Minister of Sports from 2017 to 2018. Born in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, she has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman, with ...

in the semifinal of the European qualifying tournament in Bratislava. In 2015, she failed to qualify to the final table of 64 in the Ciutat de Barcelona tournament, but lead Sweden to their first team World Cup victory since the 1970s. They defeated Australia, Hungary, Switzerland and Romania before meeting Italy in the final. Samuelsson reversed an Italian 12–16 lead and defeated reigning world champion

Rossella Fiamingo Rossella Fiamingo (born 14 July 1991) is an Italian left-handed épée fencer and two-time individual world champion. A three-time Olympian, Fiamingo is a 2021 and 2024 team Olympic bronze and Gold, respectively, medalist and 2016 individual Ol ...

on the last relay to close on 45–33 for Sweden.

References

External links

Profile
at the Swedish Olympic Committee
Profile
at the European Fencing Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsson, Emma Swedish female épée fencers 1988 births Living people Olympic fencers for Sweden Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Sweden Fencers at the 2015 European Games 21st-century Swedish sportswomen People from Kungsbacka Municipality Sportspeople from Halland County