{{short description|Swedish épée fencer}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Emma Samuelsson | image = Emma Samuelsson 2015 Ciutat de Barcelona t121856.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|17 October 1988}} | birth_place = Åsa, Kungsbacka, Sweden | height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin}} | weight = {{convert|62|kg|lb}} | residence = Gothenburg | country = | club = Göteborgs Fäktklubb<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www5.idrottonline.se/GoteborgsFK-Faktning/OmGFK/Faktare/EmmaSamuelsson/ |title=Emma Samuelsson - Göteborgs FK - Fäktning - IdrottOnline Klubb |publisher=.idrottonline.se |date=2010-05-03 |accessdate=2012-05-25 |archive-date=2020-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701164044/https://idrottonline.se/GoteborgsFK-Faktning/OmGFK/Faktare/EmmaSamuelsson/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | natlcoach = Björne Väggö | assistcoach = Adrian Pop | weapon = Épée | hand = left-handed | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/9708 current ranking] | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Moscow|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|European Fencing Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Ghent|Individual}} }}
'''Emma Katinka Renée Samuelsson''' (born 17 October 1988)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.birthday.se/person/b8257dfc-3f9c-b77c-5d2c-bb577fdffeca |title=Emma Samuelsson fyller år den 17 Oktober |publisher=Birthday.se |date=1988-10-17 |accessdate=2012-05-25}}</ref> is a Swedish épée fencer, silver medallist in the 2007 European Championships.
==Career== Coached by Ukrainian master Sergey Paramonov, she won a bronze medal in the 2006 Junior World Championships in Taebaek, followed by a gold medal in the 2007 edition in Belek. That same year, she took part in her first European Championships. She reached the final after defeating Russia's Tatiana Logunova and Estonia's Irina Embrich, but was overcome in the final by France's Laura Flessel. A scholarship from Swedish newspaper ''Svenska Dagbladet'' allowed her to train harder.<ref>{{cite news|author=Urban Tjernberg |url=http://www.svd.se/sport/faktaren-emma-samuelsson-fick-forra-arets-lilla-bragdguldet-svd-pengar-gav-hardare-satsning_2477981.svd |title=Fäktaren Emma Samuelsson fick förra årets Lilla Bragdguldet|language=sv |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|date=16 February 2009 |accessdate=2012-05-25}}</ref>
She received a wildcard for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but lost in the quarter-finals to Germany's Britta Heidemann, who eventually became Olympic champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/emma-samuelsson-utslagen-i-kvartsfinal-i-os-debuten/ |title=Emma Samuelsson utslagen i kvartsfinal i OS-debuten|author=Thomas Eriksson|publisher=TT Sport|date=13 August 2008|accessdate=2012-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/emma-samuelsson-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204032/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/emma-samuelsson-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Emma Samuelsson Olympic Record|publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref> In the 2009–10 season she climbed her first World Cup podium with a second place in Barcelona, followed by another silver medal in Luxembourg. She finished the season no.21 in world rankings, a career best as to 2015.
In the 2011–12 season she won the Saint-Maur World Cup after prevailing over China's Sun Yujie. She sought to qualify to the 2012 Olympic Games, but failed against Laura Flessel-Colovic in the semifinal of the European qualifying tournament in Bratislava.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://svt.se/os/inget-os-for-samuelsson |title=Inget OS för Samuelsson|publisher=TT Sport|date=28 June 2012 |accessdate=2012-05-25}}</ref>
In 2015, she failed to qualify to the final table of 64 in the Ciutat de Barcelona tournament, but lead Sweden to their first team World Cup victory since the 1970s. They defeated Australia, Hungary, Switzerland and Romania before meeting Italy in the final. Samuelsson reversed an Italian 12–16 lead and defeated reigning world champion Rossella Fiamingo on the last relay to close on 45–33 for Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smp.se/sport/tt_sport/varjdamerna-skrallvann-i-varldscupen(4613617).gm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150129205706/http://www.smp.se/sport/tt_sport/varjdamerna-skrallvann-i-varldscupen(4613617).gm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2015 |title=Värjdamerna skrällvann i världscupen |publisher=TT Sport |date=25 January 2015 |language=sv }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120523080342/http://www.sok.se/5.3b063add1101207dd4680005884.html Profile] at the Swedish Olympic Committee * [https://archive.today/20140811233525/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/emma-samuelsson/results Profile] at the European Fencing Confederation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelsson, Emma}} Category:Swedish female épée fencers Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Olympic fencers for Sweden Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:European Games competitors for Sweden Category:Fencers at the 2015 European Games Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen Category:People from Kungsbacka Municipality Category:Sportspeople from Halland County Category:World Fencing Championships medalists