Yeisser Ramirez
Appearance
Personal information | |
---|---|
Nationality | United States |
Born | Cuba | 5 November 1986
Height | 6'6 |
Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | épée |
Yeisser Ramirez (born November 5, 1986) is a Cuban-American épée fencer.[1][2]
Biography
Ramirez was born in Cuba to Idalmis Ferrer and Francisco Ramirez. He learned to fence épée barefoot in Guantánamo Bay. Ramirez immigrated to the U.S. in 2007 at 21 years old, after being drawn to receive an American visa in a Cuban lottery program. He represented Team USA at the Senior World Championships in 2015.[1]
Ramirez represented Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[3]
Career highlights
- 2012 Division 1 Men's Épée National Championships, 2nd (individual)
- 2013 Division 1 Men's Épée National Championships, 3rd (individual)
- 2015 Pan American Championships, 12th (individual)
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics (individual & team)
References
- ^ a b "Yeisser Ramirez". USA Fencing. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
- ^ "Yeisser Ramirez". Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
- ^ "Conoce a Yeisser Ramírez, el cubano que representa a EEUU en esgrima en las Olimpiadas en Tokio". Telemundo New York (47) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- American male épée fencers
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- American fencing biography stubs
- Cuban fencing biography stubs