Lee Kiefer (USA) The defending Olympic champion and she is leading the world rankings in this event. She used to take two bronzes at the world championships in 2011 and 2022. Over the 22/23 season, Kiefer got two Grand Prix medals (1 gold 1 bronze) and four World Cup medals (1 gold 1 silver 2 bronze). She also claimed the title of the Pan-American Championships last month.
Ysaora Thibus (FRA) In 2022 Thibus became France's second world champion in the women's individual foil event, 51 years since Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille’s title in 1971. She also have one silver and one bronze in her collection of world championships medals. Over the past season, she got two Grand Prix medals (1 gold 1 bronze) and three World Cup medals (1 silver 2 bronze).
Italy has won a medal in the women's individual foil at each of the past 14 world championships this event has been held (2003-2022). It claimed 50% of all awarded medals in these 14 events: 28 of 56 medals.
Alice Volpi (ITA), current world No.4, won the world champion in 2018. Last month, she took the bronze of European Championships in Plovdiv. At the beginning of the past season, she got back-to-back World Cup titles in Belgrade and Paris. She have also won a Grand Prix bronze in Busan this year.
Martina Batini (ITA), current world No.5, won the European championship title in the women's foil in June this year, when all four semi-finalists represented Italy. In 2023, she got one Grand Prix silver in Shanghai and one World Cup silver in Cairo.
Martina Favaretto (ITA), current world No.6, became the runner-up at the European Championships last month in Plovdiv. She won two World Cup golds this year in Cairo and Tbilisi.
curent world No.3, just claimed silver at the Asian Championships in June. She also won a Grand Prix silver in Busan this year.
The finals of Women's Individual Foil will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Wednesday 26 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.