1. Anita Blaze was born on 29 October 1991 and is a French right-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.
10 Facts About Anita Blaze
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Anita Blaze was born in Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France.
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Anita Blaze took up fencing at the age of four and learnt the sport in the club of Petit-Bourg.
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Anita Blaze quickly showed talent and was selected into a centre for promising athletes in metropolitan France.
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Anita Blaze won a team silver medal in the 2008 Cadet European Championships in Rovigo and an individual silver medal in the 2010 Junior World Championships in Baku.
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Anita Blaze joined the French senior national team, with whom she earned a team silver medal in the 2012 European Championships in Legnano.
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Anita Blaze competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as first reserve.
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Anita Blaze managed to reduce the 12-hit advantage acquired early by Korea, but France lost eventually 32 to 45.
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Anita Blaze finished 30th in the Fencing World Cup, a career best as of 2014.
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Anita Blaze took another team silver medal at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, after France was again defeated by Italy.