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Born | Nelli Paju 24 July 1990 Haapsalu, Estonia[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Estonia | ||||||||||||||
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Nelli Differt (née Paju; born 24 July 1990)[2] is an Estonian fencer.[3][4][5] She competed in the women's épée event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Differt graduated from the Haapsalu Wiedemann Gymnasium in 2009. She began training as a fencer in 2000, under the guidance of Helen Nelis-Naukas. In 2012, she graduated as a physiotherapist from the University of Tartu.[6]
Differt previously competed at the 2023 European Fencing Championships, winning a bronze medal in the women's individual event.[7] Her national coach is fencer Kaido Kaaberma.[8]