Sophie Lamon
| Sophie Lamon medal table |
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 Switzerland
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| silver | 2000 Sydney | Epee team |
| Fencing World Championships | ||
| silver | 2001 Nîmes | Epee team |
| European Fencing Championships | ||
| gold | 2000 Madeira | Sword |
| Junior fencing world championships | ||
| gold | 2005 Linz | Epee single |
| gold | 2005 Linz | Epee team |
Sophie Lamon (* 8. February 1985 in Sion / Sion ) is a former Swiss epee - fencer .
Lamon is one of the most successful female fencers in Switzerland. At the age of 15, she won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney with the team led by Gianna Hablützel-Bürki , Diana Romagnoli and Tabea Steffen , only in the final they were inferior to the Russian team.
In the same year, Lamon won the European championship in Madeira , and she was also world champion in the cadet class in 2000. In 2001, she became vice world champion , again with the Swiss epee team . Again the final was lost to Russia. In the following years Lamon did not achieve any further great successes, also failed to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens . In 2005 she became two-time junior world champion in Linz , winning the title both individually and with the team. The Swiss Sport Aid Foundation named Lamon the Young Athlete of the Year 2005.
After the Junior World Championships Lamon had to undergo a hip operation at the end of 2006, which is why she only qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing at the last chance, when she was third in the zone tournament in Prague . At the Olympics she managed a victory over the Venezuelan outsider Maria Gabriela Martinez , but failed in the round of 16 against Li Na, who was seeded at number 4 . The team competition was not Olympic in 2008.
Due to persistent hip problems, Sophie Lamon announced on January 7, 2011 that she would not participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics and that she would immediately retire from top-class sport.
Web links
- The official homepage of Sophie Lamon
- Sophie Lamon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Pre-Olympic portrait by Sophie Lamon
- ^ Report on Lamon's 2008 Olympic participation
- ↑ Lamon resigns at the age of 26 , NZZ Online, January 7, 2011
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| SURNAME | Lamon, Sophie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sion / customs |