Yémi Apithy

Yémi Geoffrey Apithy (born 5 April 1989) is a French-Beninese sabre fencer representing Benin in international competitions, silver medalist at the 2014 and 2015 African Championships.

[1] Apithy holds dual French-Beninese citizenship: his father is from Benin, whilst his mother is French.

He took up fencing as a child, following the path of his elder brother Boladé, who would become world silver medalist in sabre.

The next season, he failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics after he was defeated by Mamadou Keita in the semifinals of the Casablanca pre-Olympic tournament.

In the 2013-14 season he won a silver medal at the 2014 African Fencing Championships after losing in the final to Egypt's Ziad Elsissy.