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[[File:France podium 2013 Fencing WCH FFS-EQ t215410.jpg|thumb|left|Blaze (left) with Team France at the [[2013 World Fencing Championships]]]]
[[File:France podium 2013 Fencing WCH FFS-EQ t215410.jpg|thumb|left|Blaze (left) with Team France at the [[2013 World Fencing Championships]]]]


Blaze was born in [[Guadeloupe]], an [[Overseas region|overseas region]] of France. She took up fencing at the age of four and learnt the sport in the club of [[Petit-Bourg]]. She quickly showed talent and was selected into a centre for promising athletes in [[metropolitan France]]. She 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagardereparisracing.com/fiche-actualite-50039.html&id=428&area=50275|title=Argent content !|publisher=Lagardère Paris Racing|date=9 April 2010|language=French}}</ref>
Blaze was born in [[Guadeloupe]], an [[overseas region]] of France. She took up fencing at the age of four and learnt the sport in the club of [[Petit-Bourg]]. She quickly showed talent and was selected into a centre for promising athletes in [[metropolitan France]]. She 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lagardereparisracing.com/fiche-actualite-50039.html&id=428&area=50275|title=Argent content !|publisher=Lagardère Paris Racing|date=9 April 2010|language=French}}</ref>


She joined the French senior national team, with whom she earned a team silver medal in the [[2012 European Fencing Championships|2012 European Championships]] in Legnano. She competed in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London as first reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domactu.com/actualite/123262357442866/guadeloupe-escrime-anita-blaze-et-isaora-thibus-iront-aux-jo/|title=Escrime : Anita Blaze et Isaora [sic] Thibus iront aux JO|author=Karen Bourgeois|publisher=DOMactu.com|date=29 March 2012|language=French}}</ref> After defeating Poland in the quarter-finals, France were routed 45–22 by Italy, whose team comprised all three individual Olympic medallists. France met South Korea in the final for the bronze medal. Blaze managed to reduce the 12-hit advantage acquired early by Korea, but France lost eventually 32 to 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/jeux-olympiques/londres-2012/equipe-de-france/actualites/encore-rate-pour-l-escrime-574435|title=Encore raté pour l’escrime|author=Florian Egly|date=2 August 2012|language=French}}</ref>
She joined the French senior national team, with whom she earned a team silver medal in the [[2012 European Fencing Championships|2012 European Championships]] in Legnano. She competed in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London as first reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.domactu.com/actualite/123262357442866/guadeloupe-escrime-anita-blaze-et-isaora-thibus-iront-aux-jo/|title=Escrime : Anita Blaze et Isaora [sic] Thibus iront aux JO|author=Karen Bourgeois|publisher=DOMactu.com|date=29 March 2012|language=French}}</ref> After defeating Poland in the quarter-finals, France were routed 45–22 by Italy, whose team comprised all three individual Olympic medallists. France met South Korea in the final for the bronze medal. Blaze managed to reduce the 12-hit advantage acquired early by Korea, but France lost eventually 32 to 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport24.lefigaro.fr/jeux-olympiques/londres-2012/equipe-de-france/actualites/encore-rate-pour-l-escrime-574435|title=Encore raté pour l’escrime|author=Florian Egly|date=2 August 2012|language=French}}</ref>

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Anita Blaze
Personal information
Born (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 32)
Baie-Mahault, France
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb; 8.2 st)
Sport
CountryFrance France
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
ClubCM Aubervilliers
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's Foil
Representing  France
World Fencing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
European Fencing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zagreb Team

Anita Blaze (born 29 October 1991) is a French foil fencer, team silver medallist at the 2013 World Championships and at the 2012 and 2013 European Championships. She competed in the women's team foil competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Blaze (left) with Team France at the 2013 World Fencing Championships

Blaze was born in Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France. She took up fencing at the age of four and learnt the sport in the club of Petit-Bourg. She quickly showed talent and was selected into a centre for promising athletes in metropolitan France. She 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.[2]

She joined the French senior national team, with whom she earned a team silver medal in the 2012 European Championships in Legnano. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as first reserve.[3] After defeating Poland in the quarter-finals, France were routed 45–22 by Italy, whose team comprised all three individual Olympic medallists. France met South Korea in the final for the bronze medal. Blaze managed to reduce the 12-hit advantage acquired early by Korea, but France lost eventually 32 to 45.[4]

In the 2012–13 season Blaze reached the quarter-finals in the Budapest Grand Prix and earned a double silver medal in the French national championship. She finished 30th in the Fencing World Cup, a career best as of 2014. She took another team silver medal at the 2013 European Championships in Zagreb, after France was again defeated by Italy.[5] History repeated itself at the World Championships a month later in Budapest: France met Italy in the final and lost heavily 45–18, coming home with a silver medal.[6] In the 2013–14 season Blaze reached the quarter-finals in the Tauberbischofsheim Grand Prix, but otherwise disappointing results and a calf strain caused her to be dropped from the French team that won bronze medals in the European Championships and the World Championships.

In the 2014–15 season Blaze climbed the first World Cup podium in her career with a bronze medal in the Torino Grand Prix, after she was defeated in the semi-final by twice World champion Arianna Errigo.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Anita Blaze Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Argent content !" (in French). Lagardère Paris Racing. 9 April 2010.
  3. ^ Karen Bourgeois (29 March 2012). "Escrime : Anita Blaze et Isaora [sic] Thibus iront aux JO" (in French). DOMactu.com.
  4. ^ Florian Egly (2 August 2012). "Encore raté pour l'escrime" (in French).
  5. ^ "Zagreb : L'argent pour les Françaises" (in French). France Bleu. 18 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Mondiaux 2013 Budapest: Médaille d'argent pour le fleuret dames par équipes" (in French). Eurosport. 10 August 2013.
  7. ^ Fabrizio Turco (29 November 2014). "Scherma, fioretto: un'altra rivincita per la Errigo. Suo il derby con la Di Francisca". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).

External links

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