Yeisser Ramirez
{{Short description|Cuban-American fencer}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Yeisser Ramirez
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| nationality = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|11|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cuba
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| height = 6'6
| weight = 190lbs
| sport = Fencing
| event = épée
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}}Yeisser Ramirez (born November 5, 1986) is a Cuban-American épée fencer.{{Cite web|title=Yeisser Ramirez|url=http://www.usafencing.org/page/show/1949762-yeisser-ramirez|access-date=2021-07-29|website=USA Fencing|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|title=Yeisser Ramirez|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-fencing/athletes/Yeisser-Ramirez|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923013540/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-fencing/athletes/Yeisser-Ramirez|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}
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.
Ramirez represented Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.{{Cite web|title=Conoce a Yeisser Ramírez, el cubano que representa a EEUU en esgrima en las Olimpiadas en Tokio|url=https://www.telemundo47.com/local/conoce-a-yessier-ramirez-el-cubano-que-representa-a-eeuu-en-esgrima-en-las-olimpiadas-en-tokio/2195547/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Telemundo New York (47)|language=es}}
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)
Medal record
=Grand Prix=
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!Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |
| 2024-01-31
| rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar |Individual Men's Épée |bgcolor="caramel" |3rd{{Cite web|title=30 Jan 2024 grand Prix |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2024/387?tab=results|access-date=January 30, 2024|website=International Fencing Federation }} |
References
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Category:American male épée fencers
Category:Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic fencers for the United States
Category:Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing
Category:21st-century American sportsmen
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