Amira Ben Chaabane

Amira Ben Chaabane
Personal information
Nationalitytunisian
Born (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 36)
Tunis, Tunisia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
National coachEmil Oancea
ClubASFT
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Tunisia
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2010 TunisIndividual
Gold medal – first place2019 BamakoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2011 CairoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2012 CasablancaIndividual
Silver medal – second place2014 CairoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2015 CairoIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2009 DakarIndividual

Amira Ben Chaabane (Arabic: أميرة بن شعبان; born 29 May 1990) is a Tunisian sabre fencer; gold medallist at the 2010 African Fencing Championships. She qualified to the individual event of the 2012 Summer Olympics as one of the best top-ranked fencers of the African zone. She was defeated 15–12 in the first round by Chen Xiaodong of China. In 2019, she won the African Fencing Championships again.

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

References

  1. 1 2 "Amira Ben Chaabane Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Besbes winning streak ends at African Fencing Championships as compatriot claims women's sabre title". www.insidethegames.biz. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Fencing Worldwide". www.fencingworldwide.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
  5. ↑ "Fencing - BEN CHAABANE Amira". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-02. Retrieved 2021-08-17.