van ERVEN GARCIA Saskia Loretta

Colombia
Fencing
29 Aug 1987
33
Female
ROTTERDAM
 
Netherlands
AMSTERDAM
 
Netherlands

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FEN Fencing Women's Foil Individual 25

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste
Women's Foil Individual Table of 32
#45
ROC
ZAGIDULLINA AZAGIDULLINA Adelina
15
COL
van ERVEN GARCIA Svan ERVEN GARCIA Saskia Loretta
8
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationFoil Individual
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA21
2012London, GBR24

World Championships
YearLocationFoil IndividualEpee IndividualFoil Team
2019Budapest, HUN30-26
2018Wuxi, CHN53--
2017Leipzig, GER2064-
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA--13
2015Moscow, RUS32--
2014Kazan, RUS25--
2013Budapest, HUN4561-
2011Catania, ITA23--
2007St. Petersburg, RUS52--
2006Turin, ITA72--

Pan American Games
YearLocationFoil IndividualFoil Team
2019Lima, PER124

Pan American Championships
YearLocationFoil IndividualFoil TeamEpee Team
2019Toronto, ON, CAN77-
2018Havana, CUB77-
2017Montreal, QC, CAN5-10

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017
YearFoil IndividualFoil Team
2019/20201 x 62nd-
2018/20191 x 16th1 x 23rd
2017/20181 x 14th, 1 x 22nd, 1 x 24th1 x 19th, 1 x 21st
2016/20171 x 13th-

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017
YearFoil Individual
2017/20181 x 47th

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
132016/2017Foil IndividualWorld CupGdansk, POL
142017/2018Foil IndividualWorld CupKatowice, POL
162018/2019Foil IndividualWorld CupTauberbischofsheim, GER
192017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupSaint-Maur, FRA
212017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupTauberbischofsheim, GER
222017/2018Foil IndividualWorld CupAlgiers, ALG
232018/2019Foil TeamWorld CupTauberbischofsheim, GER
242017/2018Foil IndividualWorld CupSaint-Maur, FRA
472017/2018Foil IndividualGrand PrixAnaheim, CA, USA
622019/2020Foil IndividualWorld CupKatowice, POL

Satellite
RankEventYearLocation
1Foil Individual2017/2018Barcelona, ESP
1Foil Individual2017/2018Antalya, TUR
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Walking in the countryside, riding horses, eating Colombian food. (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021)
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Athlete
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Journalism - University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Dutch, English, Spanish
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SchermCentrum Amsterdam [Netherlands]
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Daniel Nivard [personal], NED
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Right (colombia.com, 13 Feb 2012)
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Her mother Gloria Garcia Pacheco represented Colombia in fencing. She won gold in team foil at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. Her father Roy van Erven has also competed in fencing in the Netherlands. (coc.org.co, 15 Jun 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jun 2015; elpais.com.co, 13 Jun 2012)
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She began fencing at age six, and at age 14 she started to take part in competitions. "I started going to tournaments every weekend, while I saw that my classmates from school were spending it at parties. That's when I knew that this was my thing." (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021; saskialoretta.com, 01 Jan 2012)
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Her mother was an international fencer and Saskia got involved in the sport as soon as she was strong enough to hold a sword. "I had it in my blood. Seeing the foil in my living room was normal because my mother, who is Colombian, was a fencer. Fencing takes a long time, I always liked dancing and judo, but when you feel that a sport belongs to you, there is nothing you can do in trying to stop it." (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021; antena2.com.co, 30 Jul 2018; milo.com.co, 01 Jan 2016)
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To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021)
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Competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021; Cali es Deporte YouTube channel, 31 Mar 2021)
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Her mother Gloria Garcia Pacheco. (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021; coc.org.co, 25 Feb 2018)
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"Fencing, more than a sport or a hobby, is my life, my inspiration." (coc.org.co, 15 Jun 2016; elpais.com.co, 13 Jun 2012)

General Interest

General
HERITAGE
She was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to a Dutch father and a Colombian mother. She represented the Netherlands in fencing earlier in her career, including at the world championships in 2006 and 2007, but she began competing for Colombia in 2011. "I was in the Dutch national team until age 21, but the possibilities there in sport are very difficult. People think that by being a country with a lot of money things are easier, but it is not like that. In Colombia there is more support and that is what I like the most. In addition, I had represented Valle [her region in Colombia] since age 19 at the National Games, so for me it was not strange [to represent Colombia]. The idea was to represent my mother's land." (elpais.com.co, 11 Apr 2021; antena2.com.co, 30 Jul 2018; colombiasports.net, 24 Apr 2013; saskialoretta.com, 01 Jan 2012)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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