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Charlotte Lembach

Charlotte Lembach (born 1 April 1988) is a French right-handed sabre fencer, 2018 team world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.[1]

Charlotte Lembach
Personal information
Nickname(s)Chacha
Born (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 36)
Strasbourg, France
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachJean-Philippe Daurelle
ClubStrasbourg Université Club
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Leipzig Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Montreux Individual
Silver medal – second place 2015 Montreux Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toruń Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Toruń Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team

Lembach competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Career

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Lembach was first called into the French national team for the 2009 European Championships in Plovdiv, but a hamstring injury prevented her from attending the competition.[2] She was selected again for the 2012 European Championships in Kyiv, but did not earn a qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

After the Games, three members of the French team retired, leaving Lembach as team elder: at the age of 24 she acquired the nickname “Mamie” (“Granny”). The 2012–13 season saw her breakthrough: at Tianjin she climbed on the podium of a World Cup event, which no other French sportswomen had accomplished in two years and a half.[3] She however failed to earn a medal in the 2013 European Championships and the 2013 World Championships.

In the 2013–14 season Jean-Philippe Daurelle replaced Cyril Tahon as coach of the French women's sabre team, which Lembach described as “a breath of fresh air”.[4] Under his coaching Lembach won a silver medal in the Dakar World Cup and climbed to the podium in Chicago and Beijing.[4] In the European Championships held in her native Strasbourg, Lembach defeated teammate Cécilia Berder, but failed in the second round against No.1 seed Vassiliki Vougiouka and finished 13th.[4] In the team event, France defeated Germany, but were overcome in the semi-finals by reigning champions Russia. They prevailed over Poland to come away with a bronze medal. In the World Championships at Kazan, she fell in the second round again, this time at the hands of Małgorzata Kozaczuk of Poland.[5] In the team event France defeated Hungary, then created an upset by beating Russia in the quarter-finals and Italy in the semi-finals. Their winning streak was snapped in the final by the United States led by twice-Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis and France came away with a silver medal.[6]

Lembach is a student at EDHEC Business School.

Medal Record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2021   Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 2nd[7]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2014   Kazan, Russia Team Women's Sabre 2nd[8]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd[9]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Women's Sabre 1st[10]
2019   Budapest, Hungary Team Women's Sabre 2nd[11]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2014   Strasbourg, France Team Women's Sabre 2nd[12]
2015   Montreux, Switzerland Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[13]
2015   Montreux, Switzerland Team Women's Sabre 2nd[14]
2016   Toruń, Poland Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[15]
2016   Toruń, Poland Team Women's Sabre 2nd[16]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[17]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[18]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd[19]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
05/25/2013   Tianjin, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[20]
05/24/2014   Beijing, China Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[21]
06/02/2017   Moscow, Russia Individual Women's Sabre 1st[22]
01/10/2020   Montreal, Canada Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[23]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
02/07/2014   Dakar, Senegal Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[24]
05/02/2014   Chicago, Illinois Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[25]
11/01/2014   Margarita Island, Venezuela Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[26]
02/17/2017   Athens, Greece Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[27]
01/26/2018   Baltimore, Maryland Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[28]
05/10/2019   Tunis, Tunisia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[29]

References

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  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. ^ "Lembach bisse sa première sélection". 20 Minutes (in French). 4 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Charlotte Lembach, l'ennemie publique N.1 des Orléanaises". La République du Centre (in French). 1 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b c Olivier Paquereau (13 July 2014). "Lembach a "les cartes en main"". L'Équipe (in French).
  5. ^ Patrick Issert (18 July 2014). "Lembach tombe, reste Berder". L'Équipe (in French).
  6. ^ Patrick Issert (21 July 2014). "Les Françaises en argent". L'Équipe (in French).
  7. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
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  24. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  25. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  26. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  27. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  28. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  29. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
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