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Alexandre Camargo
Alexandre Pereira de Camargo (born 25 April 1999) is a Brazilian épée fencer.[1][2] CareerIn 2016, Camargo appeared as a great promise in Brazilian fencing, winning the Junior Pan-American Championship in épée.[3] He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1][4] In the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships he won a bronze in the individual épee competition, at just 18 years old.[5] He participated at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, where he won the silver medal in the Brazilian foil team, participating as a reserve. In the men's épée team, he finished 5th.[6][7] At the 2021 South American Fencing Championships, held in Lima, Peru, he obtained the silver medal in épée.[8] At the 2022 South American Games held in Asunción, Chile, he won a bronze medal in the individual épée.[9] Camargo was at the 2023 World Fencing Championships, held in Milan, Italy. He participated in the Brazilian men's épée team, which defeated Great Britain 44–40 in the first round, but in the 2nd phase, faced the powerful Italy, who would go on to become champions of the tournament, losing 44–21.[10] Seven years after emerging as a promise, and gaining experience over the years, Camargo won a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games hosted in Santiago, Chile, in the Men's épée, defeating Colombian Jhon Rodríguez in the quarter-finals, 10th in the world and best in the Americas at the moment. In this category, only Arthur Cramer, in Winnipeg 1967, 56 years ago, had come this far to Brazil.[3] References
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