Ysaora Thibus

Ysaora Thibus (born 22 August 1991) is a French right-handed foil fencer, three-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.[2]

Ysaora Thibus

Thibus at the French Fencing Championship 2013
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	(1991-08-22) 22 August 1991 Les Abymes, Guadeloupe
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Fencing
Event(s)	Foil
Club	AS Bourg-la-Reine[1]
Medal record Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2013 Budapest Team 2018 Wuxi Individual 2014 Kazan Team 2015 Moscow Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2017 Leipzig Individual 2018 Wuxi Team European Championships 2012 Legnano Team 2013 Zagreb Team 2019 Düsseldorf Team 2013 Zagreb Individual 2014 Strasbourg Team 2015 Montreux Team 2016 Torún Team 2017 Tbilisi Individual 2018 Novi Sad Team 2019 Düsseldorf Individual Universiade 2011 Shenzhen Team

Thibus competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.[3][4]

Thibus took up fencing at the age of 7 in Guadeloupe. At 17, she moved to France to train with the French national youth team in Aix-en-Provence, joining the senior training team in Paris a year later.[5]

Thibus founded the EssentiElle program for women athletes, which aims to amplify their voices within the world of athletics.[6]

Thibus and American foil fencer Race Imboden met at a party after the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and began dating shortly afterward. The couple became engaged at the Pigalle in Paris after the Tokyo Olympic Games.[7]