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

Round Two

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

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Inna Deriglazova (1)	ROC	15 – 8	Martyna Jelińska (32)	POL
Bout #2	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Fanni Kreiss (16)	HUN	15 – 10	Martina Batini (17)	ITA
Bout #3	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Jeon Hui-Suk (9)	KOR	11 – 10	Sera Azuma (24)	JPN
Bout #4	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Chen Qingyuan (8)	CHN	15 – 6	Noha Hany (25)	EGY
Bout #5	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Arianna Errigo (5)	ITA	15 – 2	Yara El-Sharkawy (28)	EGY
Bout #6	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Jessica Guo (12)	CAN	15 – 12	Anita Blaze (21)	FRA
Bout #7	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Leonie Ebert (13)	GER	15 – 14	Jackie Dubrovich (20)	USA
Bout #8	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Alice Volpi (4)	ITA	15 – 5	Kata Kondricz (29)	HUN
Bout #9	25 Jul	Green Piste	Lee Kiefer (3)	USA	15 – 4	Amita Berthier (30)	SGP
Bout #10	25 Jul	Green Piste	Eleanor Harvey (19)	CAN	15 – 9	Pauline Ranvier (14)	FRA
Bout #11	25 Jul	Green Piste	Nicole Ross (11)	USA	15 – 5	İrem Karamete (22)	TUR
Bout #12	25 Jul	Green Piste	Yuka Ueno (6)	JPN	15 – 5	Noura Mohamed (27)	EGY
Bout #13	25 Jul	Red Piste	Adelina Zagidullina (7)	ROC	15 – 8	Saskia van Erven (26)	COL
Bout #14	25 Jul	Red Piste	Kelleigh Ryan (23)	CAN	12 – 11	Rio Azuma (10)	JPN
Bout #15	25 Jul	Red Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova (15)	ROC	15 – 3	Inès Boubakri (18)	TUN
Bout #16	25 Jul	Red Piste	Ysaora Thibus (2)	FRA	15 – 13	Flóra Pásztor (34)	HUN

Round Three

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

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Inna Deriglazova (1)	ROC	15 – 10	Fanni Kreiss (16)	HUN
Bout #2	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Jeon Hui-Suk (9)	KOR	14 – 11	Chen Qingyuan (8)	CHN
Bout #3	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Arianna Errigo (5)	ITA	15 – 7	Jessica Guo (12)	CAN
Bout #4	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Alice Volpi (4)	ITA	15 – 13	Leonie Ebert (13)	GER
Bout #5	25 Jul	Green Piste	Lee Kiefer (3)	USA	15 – 13	Eleanor Harvey (19)	CAN
Bout #6	25 Jul	Green Piste	Yuka Ueno (6)	JPN	15 – 9	Nicole Ross (11)	USA
Bout #7	25 Jul	Red Piste	Kelleigh Ryan (23)	CAN	15 – 9	Adelina Zagidullina (7)	ROC
Bout #8	25 Jul	Red Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova (15)	ROC	15 – 12	Ysaora Thibus (2)	FRA

Quarter-Finals

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

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Blue Piste	Inna Deriglazova (1)	ROC	15 – 7	Jeon Hui-Suk (9)	KOR
Bout #2	25 Jul	Yellow Piste	Alice Volpi (4)	ITA	15 – 7	Arianna Errigo (5)	ITA
Bout #3	25 Jul	Green Piste	Lee Kiefer (3)	USA	15 – 11	Yuka Ueno (6)	JPN
Bout #4	25 Jul	Red Piste	Larisa Korobeynikova (15)	ROC	15 – 11	Kelleigh Ryan (23)	CAN

Semi-Finals

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

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Bout #1	25 Jul	Final Piste	Inna Deriglazova (1)	ROC	15 – 10	Alice Volpi (4)	ITA
Bout #2	25 Jul	Final Piste	Lee Kiefer (3)	USA	15 – 6	Larisa Korobeynikova (15)	ROC

Final Round

Date	25 July 2021 — 19:50

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