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Cécilia Berder

Cécilia Berder (born 13 December 1989) is a French right-handed sabre fencer, 2018 team world champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic silver medalist.[1]

Cécilia Berder
Personal information
Nickname(s)Cec
Born (1989-12-13) December 13, 1989 (age 34)
Morlaix, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachJean-Philippe Daurelle
ClubCercle d'Escrime Orléanais / INSEP
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Antalya Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kazan Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Leipzig Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Leipzig Team
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Basel Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Strasbourg Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Montreux Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Toruń Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Novi Sad Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Kyiv Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tbilisi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Düsseldorf Team

Career

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Berder was born in 1989 in Morlaix, and grew up in the nearby city of Quimper. A very energetic child, she was pushed by her parents toward sport. Her first choice was rock climbing, but the class was full, so she opted for fencing at Escrime Quimper Cornouaille.[2]

She first tried foil, the traditional teaching weapon, but found it boring. Coach Serge Larher suggested she try sabre, even though the class had only boys.[2] After her baccalauréat, she joined the centre for promising young athletes in Orléans, where she trained with the likes of Anne-Lise Touya and Léonore Perrus.[3] She won the bronze medal in the 2007 Junior European Fencing Championships at Prague.

In 2008, Berder was selected as reserve for the Beijing Olympics. The same year, she took her first national senior title.[2] In the 2009 World Championships at Antalya, she climbed her first international podium with a team silver medal after France was defeated in the final by Ukraine. The next season, Berder climbed her first podium in the World Cup with a bronze medal in the Orleans Grand Prix, hosted by her own club. France was defeated again by Ukraine in the 2010 World Championships at home in Paris, this time in the semi-finals. In the small final, they overcame the United States, weakened by the injury withdrawal of Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis, to earn the bronze medal.[4] In 2011, Berder made her way to the final of the Orléans Grand Prix, where she was defeated by Zagunis.

In the 2013–14 season Berder won her first World Cup title in Antalya, defeating reigning Olympic champion Kim Ji-yeon along the way.[5] She also earned her first medal in the European Championships with a team silver in Strasbourg. In the World Championships, she got to the table of 16, a personal best to date, but was stopped by Zagunis. In the team event, France defeated Hungary, then host Russia and Italy to meet the United States in the final. France stood their ground for most of the match, leading 20–15 at some point, before giving way in the seventh leg. They were eventually beaten 39–45.[6] Berder finished the season 16th in world rankings, a personal best.

Berder is pursuing a master of journalism at the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris.[7]

Berder is competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She defeated Ibtihaj Muhammad in the second round.[8]

Medal Record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2021   Tokyo, Japan Team Women's Sabre 2nd[9]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2009   Antalya, Turkey Team Women's Sabre 2nd[10]
2010   Paris, France Team Women's Sabre 2nd[11]
2014   Kazan, Russia Team Women's Sabre 2nd[12]
2015   Moscow, Russia Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[13]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[14]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd[15]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Women's Sabre 1st[16]
2019   Budapest, Hungary Team Women's Sabre 2nd[17]

European Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2008   Kyiv, Ukraine Team Women's Sabre 3rd[18]
2014   Strasbourg, France Team Women's Sabre 2nd[19]
2015   Montreux, Switzerland Team Women's Sabre 2nd[20]
2016   Toruń, Poland Team Women's Sabre 2nd[21]
2017   Tbilisi, Georgia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[22]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[23]
2018   Novi Sad, Serbia Team Women's Sabre 3rd[24]
2019   Düsseldorf, Germany Team Women's Sabre 3rd[25]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
02/05/2010   Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[26]
02/11/2011   Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[27]
12/16/2016   Cancún, Mexico Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[28]
03/31/2017   Seoul, South Korea Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[29]
12/15/2017   Cancún, Mexico Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[30]
02/22/2019   Cairo, Egypt Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[31]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
03/14/2014   Antalya, Turkey Individual Women's Sabre 1st[32]
01/27/2017   New York, New York Individual Women's Sabre 1st[33]
01/25/2019   Salt Lake City, Utah Individual Women's Sabre 1st[34]
03/12/2021   Budapest, Hungary Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[35]

References

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  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  2. ^ a b c Gérard Classe (19 August 2010). "Cécilia Berder. Quimper l'a touchée au coeur". Le Télégramme (in French).
  3. ^ "Cecilia Berder, joyau de l'escrime quimpéroise". Ouest France (in French). 23 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Mondiaux d'escrime : la France sabre le champagne". AFP (in French). 9 November 2010.
  5. ^ Olivier Louarn (16 March 2014). "Berder : " Je l'avais dans mon sabre "". Le Télégramme (in French).
  6. ^ Philip Hersh (21 July 2014). "Chicago fencer Stone wins world team gold". The Chicago Tribune.
  7. ^ Mael Moizant (6 June 2014). "Quand Berder interroge Berder…". Le Télégramme (in French).
  8. ^ Stefan Bondy (10 August 2016). "Ibtihaj Muhammad, first U.S. athlete to wear hijab at Olympics, eliminated during women's sabre tournament". New York Daily News.
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