Enzo Lefort

FENCING

As part of the partnership between LVMH and Paris 2024, LVMH is proud to support fencer Enzo Lefort individual foil fencing world champion in 2019 and 2022.

A multiple medal winner in French, European and world championships – notably winning individual foil fencing world championships in 2019 and 2022. A three-time Olympian, he is poised to further mark the history of the sport, setting his sights on two gold medals in Paris, individual and team.

Enzo Lefort will represent Louis Vuitton as Ambassador for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. An accomplished photographer as well as a fencer, Enzo Lefort is one of the most creative French athletes of his generation, a value at the very heart of Louis Vuitton’s DNA. LVMH and Louis Vuitton are delighted to welcome Enzo Lefort as Ambassador and Artisan of All Victories. This partnership builds on the active support that LVMH and its Maisons have for many years provided for high-level sports and the most prestigious international competitions. From the creation of numerous trophies to trunks designed specially to hold them, LVMH Maisons have long been partners to the world of sports, spanning a wide variety of disciplines, including tennis, rugby, basketball, football and automobile racing.

Bronze Medal
Men's Foil Team
Grand Palais, 4 august

History

FENCING

Fencing has its origins in the art of sword fighting, dating back several millennia, as evidenced by depictions of armed warriors from 1190 BC. Over time, this military practice was transformed into a sport thanks to the influence of French, Italian and German fencing masters. Today, fencing has become a global sport, with fierce competition not only in Europe but also in Asia, Oceania, America and Africa, and is one of the disciplines featured at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

In fencing, two opponents face each other, armed, with the aim of hitting the other on a specific area of the body with their weapon. Each type of weapon has its own particularities. The sabre allows hits with all parts of the blade (point, edge and back), aimed at the upper part of the body from the waist down, including the arms and head. Whereas epee and foil only allow hits with the point, in different areas of valid hits: epee allows hits to the whole body, including mask and shoes, while foil limits hits to the trunk, including the chest, shoulders and neck. The winner of an individual duel is the first to reach fifteen points or the one with the most points at the end of regulation time. In team competitions, victory goes to the first team to reach 45 points, or to the team with the most points at the end of regulation time.