AKANDE OREOLUWA

Weapon: Epee

Hand: Right-handed

Height: 6ft 2

Weight: 86 kg/13.6 st

Club: Brixton fencing club

RECORD

• Competed at the 2018 F.I.E Satellite Championships in Dublin, Ireland
• Competed at the 2014 BUCS Foil Competition in England.

BRIEF

• Akande Oreoluwa is a Nigerian Fencer who left for England at age 8 where he picked up Foil at a tender age.
• During his time at the University he competed at the 2014 BUCS Foil Competition.
• Upon graduating, he decided to focus on Epee due to his physique and the freedom the weapon allows. He joined a fencing club and has been training consistently ever since.
• His first international competition came in 2018 at the F.I.E Satellite championship in Dublin, Ireland. Before the competition, he was ranked 1028^th, but he performed very well and his ranking moved up to 684^th in the World.