PROFILE

Yuki Ota took up fencing in the third grade, and achieved three consecutive championship victories in national high
school championships. He performed brilliantly in many international competitions as a Japanese national player from
2004, winning a silver medal in men’s individual foil at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Japan’s first Olympic medal in
fencing, and a silver medal in the team foil event at the 2012 Athens Olympics. At the 2015 World Fencing
Championships, he took home the gold medal, becoming the first Japanese to win a world championship in any event in
fencing. After retiring as a player, he has been working to promote fencing as president of the Japan Fencing Federation
and vice-president of the International Fencing Federation.