Yuka Ueno

Yuka Ueno (上野 優佳, Ueno Yūka, born 28 November 2001)^[1] is a Japanese fencer. She won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the 2019 Asian Fencing Championships held in Chiba, Japan.^[1] She also won the gold medal in the women's team foil event.^[2][3]

Ueno set the final hit against Martina Favretto at the final of the Youth Olympic Games

Yuka Ueno
Ueno at Paris 2024 Summer Olympians and Paralympians Japan National Team parade event on November 30, 2024
Personal information
Born	(2001-11-28) 28 November 2001 (age 23) Hita, Oita, Japan
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Country	Japan
Weapon	Foil
Hand	Right-handed
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Women's foil Representing  Japan Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Fencing Championships 2023 Milan Team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Individual 2022 Hangzhou Team Asian Fencing Championships 2019 Chiba Team 2024 Kuwait City Team 2019 Chiba Individual 2022 Seoul Individual 2024 Kuwait City Individual Summer Youth Olympics 2018 Buenos Aires Individual Representing Mixed-NOCs Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed team

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won the gold medal in the girls' foil event and also the silver medal in the mixed team event.

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's foil event at the 2022 Asian Fencing Championships held in Seoul, South Korea. She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.

In 2023, she competed in the women's foil event at the World Fencing Championships held in Milan, Italy. Ueno, Sera Azuma, Komaki Kikuchi and Karin Miyawaki won the bronze medal in the women's team foil event. Ueno and her teammates replicated the feat, winning another bronze medal in the women's team foil event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, marking Japan's first ever Olympic medal in the event.^[4]