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Manon Apithy-Brunet (born 7 February 1996) is a French right-handed sabre fencer, 2018 team world champion, two-time Olympian, 2021 team Olympic silver medalist, and 2021 individual Olympic bronze medalist.^[1]

Personal life

Brunet was born in Lyon, France. She is the only child of her parents. Her father, Philippe Brunet, played football for French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais. She began fencing at age seven at the Sabre au Clair club in Lyon, France. Her potential was soon noticed by the national training hub [Pole Espoir] in Orleans, France, which led to her joining the Cercle d'Escrime Orleanais club at the age of 15 and eventually the National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance [INSEP] in Paris, France.^[2]

Brunet started off with taekwondo and dancing but didn’t enjoy either of them. A friend of hers suggested that she try fencing. She was attracted to fencing at first because it was kind of funny. The idea of wearing some sort of disguise amused her. Brunet loved the idea of herself being the only girl at her fencing club ^[2]

Brunet got a degree in marketing at EDHEC Business School.^[2] Brunet married fellow french sabre fencer Boladé Apithy in 2021.

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[3]
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[4]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Kazan, Russia	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[5]
2017	Leipzig, Germany	Team Women's Sabre	3rd[6]
2018	Wuxi, China	Team Women's Sabre	1st[7]
2019	Budapest, Hungary	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[8]

European Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2014	Strasbourg, France	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[9]
2015	Montreux, Switzerland	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[10]
2016	Toruń, Poland	Team Women's Sabre	2nd[11]
2017	Tbilisi, Georgia	Team Women's Sabre	3rd[12]
2018	Novi Sad, Serbia	Team Women's Sabre	3rd[13]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Individual Women's Sabre	2nd[14]
2019	Düsseldorf, Germany	Team Women's Sabre	3rd[15]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2019-04-26	Seoul, South Korea	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[16]
2023-12-09	Orleans, France	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[17]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2015-10-09	Caracas, Venezuela	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[18]
2016-11-18	Orléans, France	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[19]
2017-02-17	Athens, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	2nd[20]
2017-03-24	Yangzhou, China	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[21]
2017-05-12	Tunis, Tunisia	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[22]
2017-10-27	Orléans, France	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[23]
2018-03-16	Athens, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[24]
2018-06-01	Tunis, Tunisia	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[25]
2019-03-22	Sint-Niklaas, Belgium	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[26]
2019-11-22	Orléans, France	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[27]
2019-12-13	Salt Lake City, Utah	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[28]
2022-01-28	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	Individual Women's Sabre	2nd[29]
2022-03-18	Istanbul, Turkey	Individual Women's Sabre	1st[30]
2022-05-06	Hammamet, Tunisia	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[31]
2024-03-04	Acropolis, Greece	Individual Women's Sabre	3rd[32]

References

External links

• Manon Brunet at the International Fencing Federation
• Manon Brunet at the European Fencing Confederation
• Manon Brunet at Olympics.com
• Manon Brunet at Olympedia
• Manon Brunet at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)