Meelis Loit

Estonian fencer

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Meelis Loit

Personal information

Born

(1971-04-15) 15 April 1971 (age 53)
Tallinn, Estonia

Sport

Fencing

Medal record

World Championships

	2001 Nîmes	Team epée

Meelis Loit (born 15 April 1971) is an Estonian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics,^[1] but received no medals.^[2]

Loit's bout with Kovacs in the 2001 Team World Epee Championship helped instigate rules against passivity, because Loit refused to engage with his opponent.^[3]

References

^ "Meelis Loit Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
^ "Meelis LOIT - Olympic Fencing | Estonia". International Olympic Committee. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
^ "Fencers Refused to Fight. Then Came the Rule That Changed the Sport". The Wall Street Journal. 2 March 2022.