Despina Georgiadou
Born (1991-06-22) 22 June 1991
NationalityGreek
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
CountryGreece
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
ClubPanathinaikos
Highest ranking2nd (sabre, 2023)
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's sabre
Representing  Greece
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 MilanIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2022 CairoIndividual
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 TarragonaIndividual

Despina Georgiadou (gr. Δέσποινα Γεωργιάδου) is a Greek sabre fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's sabre event at the 2023 World Fencing Championships held in Milan, Italy.[1] Previously, she had won one of the bronze medals in the women's sabre event at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.[2] She won a silver medal in World Cup 2022 in Hammamet, Tunisia,[3] a gold medal in World Cup 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan,[4][5] and a bronze bedal in World Cup 2023 in Algiers, Algeria.[3][6] 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.[3] 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.[3] The latter is the highest ranking ever reached by a Greek fencer.[7]

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.[3][8] In 2016, she came first at the national championship.[9][10] In total, she has won 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze in national championships.[11]

Medal record

World Championship

Year Location Event Position
2022 Cairo, Egypt Individual Women's Sabre 3rd
2023 Milan, Italy Individual Women's Sabre 2nd

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
2023 Algiers, Algeria Individual Women's Sabre 3rd

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[3][12]
2023 Gand, Belgium Individual Women's Sabre 2nd [3][13]
2023 Tbilisi, Georgia Individual Women's Sabre 1st [3][14]

National Championship

Year Location Event Position
2016 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 1st[10]
2018 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[10]
2019 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 3rd[10]
2020 OAKA, Athens Individual Women's Sabre 2nd[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Les titres d'Emura et Marini occultés par la disqualification ubuesque de l'Ukrainienne Kharlan | Flashscore.fr". www.flashscore.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ↑ Houston, Michael (20 July 2022). "Emura and Lefort victorious at Fencing World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – GEORGIADOU Despina". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Senior Women's Saber". fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Grigoriadou, Elisavet. "Παγκόσμιο κύπελλο: Χρυσό η Γεωργιάδου, αργυρό η Γκουντούρα!" (in Greek). Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Grigoriadou, Elisavet (10 November 2023). "Παγκόσμιο κύπελλο Αλγέρι: Χάλκινο μετάλλιο για Γκουντούρα και Γεωργιάδου" (in Greek). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Το καλύτερο πλασάρισμα όλων των εποχών, αφιερωμένο σε όλες τις γυναίκες του κόσμου!". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "ΠΑΝΑΘΗΝΑΪΚΑ ΒΡΑΒΕΙΑ". Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος (in Greek). 9 February 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδας η Γεωργιάδου!". Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑ – Sabre Women's Senior άτομο". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "Despina Georgiadou". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – 26 Oct 2019 satellite". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Grigoriadou, Elisavet (1 October 2023). "Δεύτερη στην Γάνδη η Γεωργιάδου". Sportsfeed (in Greek). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Grigoriadou, Elisavet (14 October 2023). "Χρυσή η Γεωργιάδου στην Τιφλίδα". Sportsfeed (in Greek). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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