Dimitri Coutya

Dimitri Coutya

Athlete Information

  • Region

    Ealing, London

  • Date of Birth

    06/10/1997

  • Classification

    Category B

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Bio

After joining St Benedict’s school in 2009, Dimitri took up fencing as a games option. By competing in small national competitions he was noticed by national coaches who suggested he start to train at wheelchair fencing camps alongside the GB team.

His first competition on the domestic calendar was the 2009 Chichester Open, where he won bronze. Two years later he competed at the 2011 UK School Games where he won another bronze medal. This sparked his decision to further pursue fencing; to train alongside the GB team and aspire to compete in Rio.

A year later he won a gold and silver medal at the 2012 UK School Games and was also selected to experience London 2012 as part of the BPA’s Paralympic Inspiration Programme, to gain insight into the unique environment of the Games, which further confirmed his aspirations.

In 2014, Dimitri broke through on the international stage with a bronze medal win in the foil at the World Cup in Eger, Hungary. In 2015, he went on to win five World Cup medals in both foil and epée and, at the age of 17, he won silver in the foil event at the 2015 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Eger, Hungary.

Ahead of his first selection to ParalympicsGB, Dimitri won silver in foil and bronze in epée at the 2016 European Championships.

Dimitri made his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016, where he progressed to the quarter-final stages in both the category B foil and epée events.

Since then he has gone on to claim double world gold in 2017; a gold and a silver at the 2018 European Championships and world silver in the Foil B in 2019 as well as Epee B gold.

Major Results

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

  • Men’s Individual Épée - Category B: Bronze
  • Men’s Individual Foil - Category B: Bronze
  • Men’s Team Foil: Silver
  • Men’s Team Épée: Bronze

2018 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships, Terni, Italy

  • Individual Category B men’s epee: Gold
  • Individual Category B men’s foil: Silver

2017 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships, Rome, Italy

  • Individual Category B men’s foil: Gold
  • Individual Category B men’s epee: Gold

2016 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships, Turin, Italy

  • Individual Category B men’s foil: Silver
  • Individual Category B men’s epee: Bronze

2015 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships, Eger, Hungary

  • Individual Category B men’s foil: Silver

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