Global InformationYuka Ueno information
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 Yuka Ueno at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 November 2001 Hita, Oita, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuka Ueno (上野 優佳, Ueno Yūka, born 28 November 2001)[1] is a Japanese fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan.[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's team foil event.[2][3]
At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won the gold medal in the girls' foil event and also the silver medal in the mixed team event.
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships held in Seoul, South Korea. She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.
In 2023, she competed in the women's foil event at the World Fencing Championships held in Milan, Italy. Ueno, Sera Azuma, Komaki Kikuchi and Karin Miyawaki won the bronze medal in the women's team foil event.
- ^ a b "2019 Asian Fencing Championships – Women's foil" (PDF). Asian Fencing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ "2019 Asian Fencing Championships – Women's team foil" (PDF). Asian Fencing. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^ Palmer, Dan (18 June 2019). "Japan win home gold on final day of Asian Fencing Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 28 May 2020.