Erika Kirpu (born 22 June 1992) is an Estonian right-handed épée fencer.
Kirpu was born in Moscow to an Estonian father and a Russian mother of Ukrainian descent.
Kirpu is a two-time team European champion and 2017 team world champion.
A two-time Olympian, Kirpu is a 2021 team Olympic champion.
Kirpu competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
She graduated from Tartu Annelinna Gümnaasium in 2010 and from the Faculty of Law of Tallinn University of Technology in 2014.
She lives in Milan, Italy with her partner and fellow épée fencer Enrico Garozzo.
Medal record
Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2021 Tokyo, JapanTeam Women's Épée1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2014 Kazan, RussiaIndividual Women's Épée3rd2014 Kazan, RussiaTeam Women's Épée2nd2017 Leipzig, GermanyTeam Women's Épée1st
European Championship YearLocationEventPosition2012 Legnano, ItalyTeam Women's Épée3rd2013 Zagreb, CroatiaTeam Women's Épée1st2015 Montreux, SwitzerlandTeam Women's Épée2nd2016 Toruń, PolandTeam Women's Épée1st2018 Novi Sad, SerbiaTeam Women's Épée3rd
Grand Prix DateLocationEventPosition2012-02-25 Budapest, HungaryIndividual Women's Épée3rd2014-12-06 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Épée2nd2020-01-24 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Épée3rd2022-01-28 Doha, QatarIndividual Women's Épée3rd
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2012-03-23 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, FranceIndividual Women's Épée3rd2015-02-13 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaIndividual Women's Épée2nd2016-05-20 Legnano, ItalyIndividual Women's Épée1st2017-05-05 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIndividual Women's Épée3rd
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