Araceli Navarro Laso (born August 9, 1989) is a Spanish sabre fencer.[1] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[2] Navarro represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's individual sabre event.
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| Full name | Araceli Navarro Laso | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1989 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Weapon | sabre | ||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Club de Esgrima de Madrid | ||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the Olympics, she defeated Mexico's Angélica Larios in the preliminary round of sixty-four, before she was forced to retire in her next match against United States' Rebecca Ward, because of a dislocated left shoulder injury, with a score of 7–12.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Araceli Navarro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Women's Individual Sabre – Round of 32". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "La sablista Araceli Navarro se lesiona en pleno combate" [Saber fencer Araceli Navarro injured in a match] (in Spanish). Publico España. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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