{{Short description|Estonian fencer (born 1992)}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Erika Kirpu | image = Эрика Кирпу 3.JPG | caption = Kirpu in 2014 | nationality = Estonian | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|6|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Moscow, Russia | height = 1.75 m | weight = 60 kg | weapon = Épée | hand = right-handed | club = Tartu Kalev | natlcoach = | headcoach = | retired = | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/19820 current ranking] | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold | 2020 Tokyo | Team épée}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2017 Leipzig|Team épée}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Kazan|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Kazan|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|European Games}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Baku|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Baku|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2013 Zagreb|Team épée}} {{MedalGold|2016 Toruń|Team épée}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Montreux|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Legnano|Team épée}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Novi Sad|Team épée}} }}

'''Erika Kirpu''' (born 22 June 1992) is an Estonian right-handed épée fencer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/athletes/19820|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref>

Kirpu was born in Moscow to an Estonian father and a Russian mother of Ukrainian descent.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ursula Nõu|title=Erika Kirpu: lähim siht on olümpia, eraelu peab ootama|url=https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/70518919/erika-kirpu-lahim-siht-on-olumpia-eraelu-peab-ootama|website=epl.delfi.ee|publisher=Eesti Päevaleht|date=2015-01-10|accessdate=2021-05-08|lang=et|archive-date=2021-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507121524/https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/70518919/erika-kirpu-lahim-siht-on-olumpia-eraelu-peab-ootama|url-status=live}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/241|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref>

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 === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2021 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2021/247|access-date=2021-08-10|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |}

=== World Championship === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2014 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Kazan, Russia |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/241?tab=results|access-date=2021-05-09|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2014 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Kazan, Russia |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2014/247|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org|archive-date=2023-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518225047/https://fie.org/competitions/2014/247|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2017 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Leipzig, Germany |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2017/247|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |}

=== European Championship === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2012 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Legnano, Italy |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/744|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org|archive-date=2021-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210222912/https://fie.org/competitions/2012/744|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2013 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb, Croatia |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2013/744|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org|archive-date=2023-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518225041/https://fie.org/competitions/2013/744|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |2015 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SUI}} Montreux, Switzerland |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/744|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2016 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|POL}} Toruń, Poland |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/744|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2018 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|SER}} Novi Sad, Serbia |Team Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2018/744|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |}

=== Grand Prix === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2012-02-25 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/79|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2014-12-06 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/79|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2020-01-24 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2020/79|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2022-01-28 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/competitions/2022/79 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=FIE.org}}</ref> |}

=== World Cup === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2012-03-23 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2012/85|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2015-02-13 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ARG}} Buenos Aires, Argentina |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/92|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2016-05-20 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Legnano, Italy |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2016/451|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |- |2017-05-05 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |Individual Women's Épée | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2017/451|access-date=2021-12-13|website=FIE.org}}</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{FIE|19820}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirpu, Erika}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Estonian people of Russian descent Category:Estonian people of Ukrainian descent Category:Estonian female épée fencers Category:Fencers at the 2015 European Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 European Games Category:European Games medalists in fencing Category:Olympic fencers for Estonia Category:Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:European Games silver medalists for Estonia Category:European Games bronze medalists for Estonia Category:Fencers from Moscow Category:World Fencing Championships medalists Category:Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in fencing Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for Estonia Category:21st-century Estonian sportswomen Category:Fencers at the 2023 European Games