# Erika Kirpu

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{{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](/source/Moscow), Russia
| height         = 1.75 m
| weight         = 60 kg
| weapon         = [Épée](/source/%C3%89p%C3%A9e)
| 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](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) | [Team épée](/source/Fencing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Fencing_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2017 Leipzig](/source/2017_World_Fencing_Championships)|[Team épée](/source/Women's_team_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_at_the_2017_World_Fencing_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2014 Kazan](/source/2014_World_Fencing_Championships)|[Team épée](/source/Women's_team_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_at_the_2014_World_Fencing_Championships)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2014 Kazan](/source/2014_World_Fencing_Championships)|[Individual](/source/Women's_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e_at_the_2014_World_Fencing_Championships)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Games](/source/European_Games)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2015 Baku](/source/2015_European_Games)|[Team épée](/source/Fencing_at_the_2015_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_team_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2015 Baku](/source/2015_European_Games)|[Individual](/source/Fencing_at_the_2015_European_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_%C3%A9p%C3%A9e)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Fencing_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2013 Zagreb](/source/2013_European_Fencing_Championships)|Team épée}}
{{MedalGold|[2016 Toruń](/source/2016_European_Fencing_Championships)|Team épée}}
{{MedalSilver|[2015 Montreux](/source/2015_European_Fencing_Championships)|Team épée}}
{{MedalBronze|[2012 Legnano](/source/2012_European_Fencing_Championships)|Team épée}}
{{MedalBronze|[2018 Novi Sad](/source/2018_European_Fencing_Championships)|Team épée}}
}}

'''Erika Kirpu''' (born 22 June 1992) is an [Estonian](/source/Estonia) right-handed [épée](/source/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) [fencer](/source/Fencing).<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](/source/Olympic_Games), Kirpu is a 2021 team Olympic champion.

Kirpu competed in the [2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) and the [2020 Tokyo Olympic Games](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).<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](/source/%3Aet%3ATartu_Annelinna_G%C3%BCmnaasium) in 2010 and from the Faculty of Law of [Tallinn University of Technology](/source/Tallinn_University_of_Technology) in 2014.

She lives in [Milan](/source/Milan), Italy with her partner and fellow [épée](/source/%C3%A9p%C3%A9e) fencer [Enrico Garozzo](/source/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](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/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](/source/Kazan), [Russia](/source/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](/source/Kazan), [Russia](/source/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](/source/Leipzig), [Germany](/source/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](/source/Legnano), [Italy](/source/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](/source/Zagreb), [Croatia](/source/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](/source/Montreux), [Switzerland](/source/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](/source/Toru%C5%84), [Poland](/source/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](/source/Novi_Sad), [Serbia](/source/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](/source/Budapest), [Hungary](/source/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](/source/Doha), [Qatar](/source/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](/source/Doha), [Qatar](/source/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](/source/Doha), [Qatar](/source/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](/source/Saint-Maur-des-Foss%C3%A9s), [France](/source/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](/source/Buenos_Aires), [Argentina](/source/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](/source/Legnano), [Italy](/source/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](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), [Brazil](/source/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==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{FIE|19820}}

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{{Succession box|title=[Estonian Athlete of the Year](/source/Estonian_Athlete_of_the_Year)|before=[Julia Beljajeva](/source/Julia_Beljajeva) |after=[Epp Mäe](/source/Epp_M%C3%A4e)|years=2014}}
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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

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