Alexandre Camargo
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| Full name | Alexandre Pereira de Camargo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1999 Curitiba, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexandre Pereira de Camargo (born 25 April 1999) is a Brazilian épée fencer.[1][2]
Career
[edit]In 2016, Camargo appeared as a great promise in Brazilian fencing, winning the Junior Pan-American Championship in épée.[3]
He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][4]
In the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships he won a bronze in the individual épee competition, at just 18 years old.[5]
He participated at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the Brazilian foil team, participating as a reserve. In the men's épée team, he finished 5th.[6][7]
At the 2021 South American Fencing Championships, held in Lima, Peru, he obtained the silver medal in épée.[8]
At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Chile, he won a bronze medal in the individual épée.[9]
Camargo was at the 2023 World Fencing Championships, held in Milan, Italy. He participated in the Brazilian men's épée team, which defeated Great Britain 44–40 in the first round, but in the 2nd phase, faced the powerful Italy, who would go on to become champions of the tournament, losing 44–21.[10]
Camargo won a bronze medal in the men's épée event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. In the quarter-finals, he defeated Colombia's Jhon Rodríguez, who was ranked 10th in the world at the time. The result was reported as Brazil's best finish in the event since Arthur Cramer's performance at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Olympedia – Alexandre Camargo". www.olympedia.org.
- ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". FIE.org.
- 1 2 "Olhar Olímpico: Nova geração da esgrima dá as caras no Pan e encerra jejum de 56 anos". UOL. October 31, 2023.
- ↑ "ATLETAS OLÍMPICOS - Confederação Brasileira de Esgrima - CNPJ 42.178.699/0001-24 - Rua da Assembleia 10 / 2612 - [21]32890568- Rio de Janeiro - RJ". June 20, 2020.
- ↑ Gavini, Fernando (June 14, 2017). "Alexandre Camargo fica com o bronze da espada no Pan". Olimpíada Todo Dia.
- ↑ "Pan Results Book 2019" (PDF). panamsports.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
- ↑ PAN 2023 – ESPADA MASCULINO – Dominante no Brasil, Alexandre Camargo quer brigar por medalhas nas Américas
- ↑ Alexandre Camargo e Leopoldo Gubert garantem 1° medalhas brasileiras no Sul-Americano de esgrima
- ↑ Ayres, Nelson (October 4, 2022). "Karina Trois e Alexandre Camargo conquistam o bronze nos Jogos Sul-Americanos - Confederação Brasileira de Esgrima - CNPJ 42.178.699/0001-24 - Rua da Assembleia 10 / 2612 - [21]32890568- Rio de Janeiro - RJ". Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ↑ Barros, Adielson de (July 28, 2023). "Equipes brasileiras encerram Mundial de Esgrima no top-30". Olimpíada Todo Dia.
External links
[edit]- Brazilian male épée fencers
- Living people
- Olympic fencers for Brazil
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 1999 births
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from Curitiba
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in fencing
- Competitors at the 2022 South American Games