Irina Embrich

Irina Embrich
Embrich at the Challenge International de Saint-Maur 2013
Personal information
Nickname
Ira
NationalityEstonian
Born (1980-07-12) 12 July 1980 (age 45)
Tallinn, Estonia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
Handleft-handed
ClubPõhjakotkas
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 LeipzigTeam
Silver medal – second place2002 LisbonTeam
Silver medal – second place2006 TurinIndividual
Silver medal – second place2014 KazanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2007 St. PetersburgIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2025 TbilisiIndividual
European Games
Silver medal – second place2015 BakuTeam épée
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 ZagrebTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 ToruńTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 BaselIndividual
Silver medal – second place2003 BourgesTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 MontreuxTeam
Bronze medal – third place2007 GentIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2012 LegnanoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2018 Novi SadTeam

Irina Embrich, née Zamkovaja (born 12 July 1980) is an Estonian left-handed épée fencer.[1] Embrich is the 2024 individual European champion, a two-time team European champion, and a 2017 team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Embrich is a 2021 team Olympic champion.

Embrich competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[2]

Biography

Embrich's first sport was gymnastics, but she resented the hard discipline of the Soviet era.[3] She later took to rhythmic gymnastics and then fencing under coach Samuil Kaminski.[3] She ranked 20th then 12th at the cadet World championships in 1996 and 1998, but snatched the bronze medal at the junior event in 1999.[citation needed]

After high school, Embrich studied chemistry at the Tallinn University of Technology.[3] In 2004 her coach left Estonia for Norway. Épée champion Nikolai Novosjolov, who is the same age as her, accepted to train her under an equal footing more than a student-master relationship.[3] The same year she married a fellow student and gave birth in 2005 to a daughter, Maria.[3] She went on in her fencing career and won the silver medal at the épée 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing the final 15–11 versus Tímea Nagy,[4] and then the bronze medal in 2007. She was named Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 2007 for these performances.

In the 2012–13 season, she took a bronze medal at the World Cup events of Leipzig and Saint-Maur and won the team gold medal with Estonia in the European Championships in Zagreb. She ranked 10th in the World Championships in Budapest after she lost her T16 bout against Emese Szász, who eventually took a bronze medal.

In the 2013–14 season, she placed second at the Budapest Grand Prix after being defeated 7–15 in the final by world no.1 Ana Maria Brânză. This result helped her reach the 4th place in world rankings. At the 2014 European Championships at Strasbourg, she was stopped in the table of 32 by World No. 1 Emese Szász. In the team event, Estonia were defeated by Russia in the semi-final, then by Italy and finished fourth. At the 2014 World Championships in Kazan, Embrich reached the quarter-finals, defeating World No. 2 Ana Brânză along the way. She was then defeated by Italy's Rossella Fiamingo, who eventually won the gold medal.

Medal record

Olympic Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2021Japan Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Épée1st[5]

World Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2006Italy Turin, ItalyIndividual Women's Épée2nd[6]
2007Russia St. Petersburg, RussiaIndividual Women's Épée3rd[7]
2014Russia Kazan, RussiaTeam Women's Épée2nd[8]
2017Germany Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Épée1st[9]

European Championship

YearLocationEventPosition
2007Belgium Ghent, BelgiumIndividual Women's Épée3rd[10]
2012Italy Legnano, ItalyTeam Women's Épée3rd[11]
2013Croatia Zagreb, CroatiaTeam Women's Épée1st[12]
2015Switzerland Montreux, SwitzerlandTeam Women's Épée2nd[13]
2016Poland Toruń, PolandTeam Women's Épée1st[14]
2018Serbia Novi Sad, SerbiaTeam Women's Épée3rd[15]
2024Switzerland Basel, SwitzerlandIndividual Women's Épée1st[16]

Grand Prix

YearLocationEventPosition
2014-02-01Hungary Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Épée2nd[17]
2020-03-06Hungary Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Épée3rd[18]

World Cup

DateLocationEventPosition
2012-06-29Germany Leipzig, GermanyIndividual Women's Épée2nd[19]
2013-02-08Germany Leipzig, GermanyIndividual Women's Épée3rd[20]
2013-03-01France Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceIndividual Women's Épée3rd[21]
2015-11-13China Nanjing, ChinaIndividual Women's Épée3rd[22]
2016-02-12Argentina Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIndividual Women's Épée2nd[23]
2016-10-21Estonia Tallinn, EstoniaIndividual Women's Épée3rd[24]
2017-01-20Spain Barcelona, SpainIndividual Women's Épée2nd[25]

References

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  2. ^ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. ^ a b c d e neljas.ee (21 November 2007). "Irina Embrich, vehklemisprintsess herneteral" (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Escrime – ChM : Flessel se contente du bronze". L'Équipe (in French). 3 October 2006. Archived from the original on October 4, 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  5. ^ IOC. "Tokyo 2020 Women's Épée Team Results - Olympic fencing". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
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