Sera Azuma

{{Short description|Japanese fencer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Sera Azuma | image = | nationality = Japanese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|8|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wakayama, Japan | weapon = Foil | hand = Right-handed | fieranking = [https://fie.org/athletes/40025 current ranking] | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's foil}} {{Medal|Country|{{JPN}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} center|80px {{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Milan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}} {{MedalGold|2018 Jakarta| Team}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Jakarta| Individual}} {{Medal|Bronze| 2022 Hangzhou | Team }} {{MedalCompetition | Asian Fencing Championships}} {{MedalGold| 2019 Chiba | Team}} {{Medal|Gold| 2024 Kuwait City | Team}} {{MedalSilver|2017 Hong Kong | Team}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Bangkok | Team}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Chiba| Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2022 Seoul | Individual}} }} '''Sera Azuma''' (東晟良, born 20 August 1999) is a Japanese fencer.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/AZUMA-Sera-3007012/ |title=Sera Azuma |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=Asian Games 2018 |archive-date=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821200356/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/AZUMA-Sera-3007012/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2018 Asian Games, winning the bronze medal.<ref name="AG">{{cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/fencing/event/fencing-women-foil-individual/phase/few001200/ |title=Fencing: Women's Foil Individual |accessdate=20 August 2018 |work=Asian Games 2018 |archive-date=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821200338/https://en.asiangames2018.id/sport/fencing/event/fencing-women-foil-individual/phase/few001200/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan.<ref name="women_individual_foil_asian_championships_2019">{{Cite web|title=2019 Asian Fencing Championships – Women's foil|url=http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2019-afc-wf.pdf|website=Asian Fencing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528140852/http://www.asianfencing.com/fca2013/pdf/2019-afc-wf.pdf|archive-date=28 May 2020|access-date=28 May 2020}}</ref> At the 2024 Summer Olympics, she earned the bronze medal in the women's team foil event, which was Japan's first-ever Olympic medal in the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/08/dbe2e2bdc2d3-olympics-japan-wins-1st-ever-womens-team-foil-medal-in-paris.html|title=Olympics: Japan wins 1st ever women's team foil medal in Paris|publisher=Kyodo News|date=2 August 2024|accessdate=4 August 2024}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{FIE}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Japan athletes|azumasera}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20240730141353/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sera-azuma_1896544 Sera Azuma] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/sera-azuma_1896544 alternate link]) * {{Instagram}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Azuma, Sera}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Japanese sportswomen Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Category:Asian Games gold medalists in fencing Category:Asian Games bronze medalists in fencing Category:Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Fencers at the 2022 Asian Games Category:Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Japanese female foil fencers Category:Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Category:Olympic fencers for Japan Category:Olympic medalists in fencing Category:Sportspeople from Wakayama Prefecture Category:World Fencing Championships medalists Category:Asian Games fencers for Japan