Yuka Ueno
Japanese fencer (born 2001)
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Yuka Ueno (上野 優佳, Ueno Yūka, born 28 November 2001)[1] is a Japanese fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan.[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's team foil event.[2][3]
 Ueno at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 November 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won the gold medal in the girls' foil event and also the silver medal in the mixed team event.
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships held in Seoul, South Korea. She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.
In 2023, she competed in the women's foil event at the World Fencing Championships held in Milan, Italy. Ueno, Sera Azuma, Komaki Kikuchi and Karin Miyawaki won the bronze medal in the women's team foil event. Ueno and her teammates replicated the feat, winning another bronze medal in the women's team foil event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, marking Japan's first ever Olympic medal in the event.[4]
