page_title: Yuval Freilich
section_title: Fencing career
hierarchical_section_title: Yuval Freilich / Fencing career
caption_attribution_description: English: Israel's Yuval Shalom Freilich salutes during his bout against Ivan Trevejo from France in the table of 64 of the men's épée event in the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 8 August 2013. Français&#160;: L'Israëlien Yuval Shalom Freilich salue pendant son match contre le Français Ivan Trevejo en 32e de finale de l'épée masculine aux championnats du monde d'escrime 2013 au Syma Hall à Budapest, le 10 août 2013.
context_page_description: Yuval Shalom Freilich is an Israeli épée fencer. In 2012 at 17 years of age he was the #1-ranked épée cadet in the world, and in 2015 he was the #1 ranked junior épée fencer in the world. He won the gold medal in men's épée at the 2019 European Fencing Championships.
context_section_description: Freilich began fencing at the age of five.  His coach is Ohad Balva, and his club is Hapoel Kfar-Saba
  In 2011 he won the European Cadet Championship. In 2012 at 17 years of age Freilich won the men’s épée World Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship in Moscow, and became the #1-ranked épée cadet in the world.
  In March 2014 Freilich won the European Men's Épée Junior Championships. In April 2014 Freilich came in 6th at the World Men's Épée Junior Championships.
  In March 2015 Freilich again won the European Men's Épée Junior Championships. In 2015 he was the #1 ranked junior épée fencer in the world. In February 2016 he won a Men's Épée bronze medal at the Peter Bakonyi World Cup in Vancouver, Canada.
  On June 18, 2019, Freilich won Israel’s first European fencing title in the men’s individual épée tournament at the 2019 European Fencing Championships in Düsseldorf, Germany. Israel’s first European medal had been won by Noam Mills, who won a women’s individual épée bronze medal in Leipzig, Germany, in 2010.
caption: Yuval Freilich, 2013
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