Despina Georgiadou

Despina Georgiadou (gr. Δέσποινα Γεωργιάδου) is a Greek sabre fencer. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[1] She won a silver medal in World Cup 2022 in Hammamet, Tunisia[2] and a gold medal in World Cup 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3][4] She has also won the gold medal in the Grand Prix of Orléans, France, 2021, the bronze medal in the Grand Prix of Orléans, France, 2022, and the gold medal in the Grand Prix of Tunis, Tunisia, 2023.[2] She has reached a highest end-of-season ranking No 3 in sabre in 2021/2022 season and a highest ranking No 2 in March 2023.[2] The latter is the highest ranking ever reached by a Greek fencer.[5]

Despina Georgiadou
Δέσποινα Γεωργιάδου
Personal information
NationalityGreek
Born (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportFencing
Event(s)Sabre
ClubPanathinaikos
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking2 (sabre, 2023)
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Greece
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoIndividual
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona Individual sabre

In 2018, she won a bronze medal for Greece, at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.

She is a fencing athlete of the Greek club Panathinaikos and she was named Female Athlete of the Year of this multi-sport club in 2021.[2][6] In 2016, she came first at the national championship.[7][8] In total, she has won 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze in national championships.[9]

Medal record

World Championship
Year Location Event Position
2022 Cairo, Egypt Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

Grand Prix
Year Location Event Position
2021 Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 1st
2022 Orléans, France Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Tunis, Tunisia Individual Women's Sabre 1st

World Cup
Year Location Event Position
2022 Hammamet, Tunisia Individual Women's Sabre 2nd
2023 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Individual Women's Sabre 1st

Mediterranean Games
Year Location Event Position
2018 Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

Satellite
Year Location Event Position
2019 Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[2][10]

National Championship
Year Location Event Position
2016 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 1st[8]
2018 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[8]
2019 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[8]
2020 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[8]

References
  1. Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - GEORGIADOU Despina". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  3. "Senior Women's Saber". www.fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. Grigoriadou, Elisavet. "Παγκόσμιο κύπελλο: Χρυσό η Γεωργιάδου, αργυρό η Γκουντούρα!" (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  5. "Το καλύτερο πλασάρισμα όλων των εποχών, αφιερωμένο σε όλες τις γυναίκες του κόσμου!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  6. "ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΑ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΑ". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  7. "Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδας η Γεωργιάδου!". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
  8. "ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ - Sabre Women's Senior άτομο". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  9. "Despina Georgiadou". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  10. "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - 26 Oct 2019 satellite". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
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