London-born Coutya left Tokyo 2021 with two bronzes both as an individual and as a team.
Coutya, however, hopes to equal Gilliver’s feat in his third Games after witnessing the athlete win Epee A gold in the Japanese capital. Both athletes are a part of a four-person Great Britain squad that was announced on Wednesday, along with Oliver Lam-Watson and Gemma Collis, who were also competitors in Tokyo.
“Piers and I both had a lot of memories from Tokyo,” the 26-year-old says in Sport.
I was very relieved and proud of him when he took home the gold medal because I knew he had given his all over those four 15-hit matches, and I wanted to feel the same happiness he had.
“Being three years older than me, Piercer and I began the sport at similar times, and I’ve looked up to him as a mentor. He has given me a lot of advice on being an athlete as well as a fencer.
He is someone who knows what they are doing, and I have truly heeded his advise after observing how he prepared for Tokyo and Paris. He is also one of the persons who has played.
