Astrid Guyart (born 17 March 1983) is a French right-handed foil fencer, author, and aerospace engineer.[1][2][3]

Astrid Guyart
Guyart in 2013
Personal information
Born (1983-03-17) 17 March 1983 (age 41)
Suresnes, France
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachFranck Boidin
FIE rankingcurrent
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Leipzig Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Legnano Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zagreb Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Plovdiv Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Individual

A three-time Olympian, Guyart is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.

She is the younger sister of foil fencer and Olympic champion Brice Guyart. She is openly lesbian and was among the six French LGBT athletes featured in the documentary We Need to Talk.[4]

In 2021 she became co-president of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee's Athletes' Commission alongside archer, Romain Girouille.[5]

Medal Record edit

Olympic Games edit

Year Location Event Position
2021   Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Foil 2nd[6]

Grand Prix edit

Date Location Event Position
04/28/2012   Marseille, France Individual Women's Foil 3rd[7]
05/19/2012   Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Foil 3rd[8]
02/01/2013   Gdańsk, Poland Individual Women's Foil 2nd[9]
04/27/2013   Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Foil 2nd[10]

World Cup edit

Date Location Event Position
06/19/2010   New York, United States Individual Women's Foil 2nd
05/06/2011   Shanghai, China Individual Women's Foil 3rd
05/04/2012   Shanghai, China Individual Women's Foil 1st
06/03/2012   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Women's Foil 3rd
03/22/2013   Turin, Italy Individual Women's Foil 3rd
01/16/2015   Gdańsk, Poland Individual Women's Foil 1st
02/03/2017   Gdańsk, Poland Individual Women's Foil 3rd

Mediterranean Games edit

Year Location Event Position
2005   Almería, Spain Individual Women's Foil 1st[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  2. ^ "Astrid Guyart, P2006, Space Engineer - AIRBUS DEFENCE & SPACE– Championne d'escrime | EPF Ecole d'ingénieurs". www.epf.fr. Retrieved 2019-02-21.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Astrid Guyart". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013.
  4. ^ Buzinski, Jim (2021-06-21). "6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride". Outsports. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  5. ^ "Guyart and Girouille new co-Presidents of French NOC Athletes' Commission". www.insidethegames.biz. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  6. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  7. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  8. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  9. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  10. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
  11. ^ "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Mediterranean Games". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links edit