Yuval Freilich

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.

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.

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 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.

When he was a child his family moved to Australia in 2000 for five years, where Freilich attended Moriah College primary school, but then returned to Israel in 2004. He served as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, and trained at Wingate Institute. He later attended Open University of Israel in Netanya, Israel, and IDC Herzliya, where he double majored in Law and Government.

Yuval Shalom Freilich (יובל פרייליך; born 24 January 1995) 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.