Yuki Ota
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| Nationality | Japanese | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 November 1985[1] Otsu, Shiga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68kg[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuki Ota (太田 雄貴 Ōta Yūki, born 25 November 1985 in Otsu, Shiga) is a Japanese foil fencer.
He started his career as a fencer in his junior high school years, influenced by his father, who had been also a fencer. He won the national junior high school championships. In Heian High School, he got third consecutive championship victories in national high school championships. Ota won the 2008 Asian Fencing Championships held in Bangkok.
In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ota reached the final of the men's individual foil held on 13 August 2008, by beating Germany's Peter Joppich 15–12 in the quarter finals and Salvatore Sanzo 15–14 in the semifinals. He lost 15–9 to Benjamin Kleibrink in the final, thus winning the silver medal.[3][4] He is the first Japanese to be awarded an Olympic medal for foil fencing. He moved to the top of the world rankings after finishing runner-up in a Fleuret World Cup meet in Russia on 28 May 2009.[5] In April 2009, he was invited by French fencing club Aix-en-Provence to participate in the 2009 French national championships.[6]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he lost in the third round of the individual foil competition, but won a silver medal in the team foil event.[7]
Achievements
2008 Asian Fencing Championships, Men's individual foil- 2008 Summer Olympics, Men's individual foil
- 2012 Summer Olympics, Men's team foil
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yuki Ota Profile". Yahoo! Sports. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Yuki Ota". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ↑ "Yuki Ota Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ↑ "Fencer Ota climbs to No. 1 in world rankings". Japan Times. 2009-05-28. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Ota regains focus to win". Japan Times. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Olympics fencing: Italy beat Japan to win men's team foil". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
External links
- Sanspo.com (Japanese)