Erika Kirpu

Erika Kirpu
Kirpu in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 31) Moscow, Russia
Nationality	Estonian
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Épée
Hand	right-handed
Club	Tartu Kalev
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team épée World Championships 2017 Leipzig Team épée 2014 Kazan Team épée 2014 Kazan Individual European Games 2015 Baku Team épée 2015 Baku Individual European Championships 2013 Zagreb Team épée 2016 Toruń Team épée 2015 Montreux Team épée 2012 Legnano Team épée 2018 Novi Sad Team épée

Erika Kirpu (born 22 June 1992) is an Estonian right-handed épée fencer.^[1]

Kirpu is a two-time team European champion and 2017 team world champion.

A two-time Olympian, Kirpu is a 2021 team Olympic champion.

Kirpu competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.^[2]

She graduated from Tartu Annelinna Gümnaasium in 2010 and from the Faculty of Law of Tallinn University of Technology in 2014.

She lives in Milan, Italy with her partner and fellow épée fencer Enrico Garozzo.

Medal Record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Women's Épée	1st[3]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Kazan, Russia	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[4]
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Women's Épée	2nd[5]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Women's Épée	1st[6]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2012	Legnano, Italy	Team Women's Épée	3rd[7]
2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Team Women's Épée	1st[8]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Women's Épée	2nd[9]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Women's Épée	1st[10]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Women's Épée	3rd[11]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2012-02-25	Budapest, Hungary	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[12]
2014-12-06	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[13]
2020-01-24	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[14]
2022-01-28	Doha, Qatar	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[15]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2012-03-23	Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[16]
2015-02-13	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Individual Women's Épée	2nd[17]
2016-05-20	Legnano, Italy	Individual Women's Épée	1st[18]
2017-05-05	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Individual Women's Épée	3rd[19]

References

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