Jana arrived in Paris as the defending bronze medallist in the epee and a former Paralympic champion in the weapon. She had also medalled previously in foil, winning this title on Thursday.

In Tokyo 2020 the women’s sabre was introduced to the programme and Jana began an epic journey to medal in that too. It was the first to be added to her collection here in Paris.

On Friday she reached her ultimate goal, bagging the women’s category B foil gold to complete the perfect trio.

What makes Jana win even more impressive is that she is now in her third decade of competing having made her debut at Athens 2004. The third gold brings her overall total to thirteen.

“I’m very happy. I knew that I had to do the best I could in what I knew,” Jana said.

“I didn’t hope at first to win three times, because all my opponents were very strong and it was a tough match. For Thailand, I’m going to become the queen of fencing.”

Her opponent, China’s Kang Su, could do nothing to stop Jana on her march to glory and the match ended 15-7. Jana then took an emotional lap of honour around the Grand Palais to a standing ovation and wild cheers from the crowds as they reacted to her incredible achievement.

“Fencing is my life. Fencing changed my life. It changed my life from not having a lot, to having a family, to changing everything,” Jana concluded.

Su’s silver was also an impressive feat as it came on her Paralympic debut.

“I’m so happy and excited now,” Su said. “From the morning until now I’ve been in a very good mood, I feel good. It’s my first Paralympic Games and the first time to get a medal.

“It’s the best result I’ve ever had in my career. It’s a wonderful day for me.”

Ukraine’s Olena Fedota-Isaieva grabbed her second bronze of Paris 2024, following on from the sabre.

“I feel happy. It’s my first épée medal, so I’m really glad to do this first step,” Fedota-Isaieva said. “I hope I continue up and up, and some day I will take gold in epee too.”

The Ukrainian got past Hong Kong, China’s Nga Ting Tong – competing in her first Paralympic medal match – 15-6.

Dimitri Coutya was on top once again in the men’s epee category B, winning two golds in the space of 24 hours.

The British fencer topped the podium in the men’s foil on Thursday evening and returned on Friday to finish the job in his other best weapon.

But this time he faced a different opponent than he was perhaps used to.

Thailand’s Visit Kingmanaw has burst onto the scene since Tokyo 2020, winning several World Cup medals. But Friday’s performance was a whole new level for the 35-year-old.

He stormed through the rounds, dispatching some of the event favourites such as Chinese World Championships bronze medallist Jie Zhang and Rio 2016 silver medallist Ammar Ali of Iraq. Coutya was also carving his own path.

When the pair met in the final, Coutya’s experience and hunger for a second title shone through. Kingmanaw was on Coutya’s tail until the Brit hit double figures. He then turned up the pressure and landed the required 15 hits with just two in reply from the Thai athlete.

“I’m so thrilled, it hasn’t sunk in,” Coutya said. “I haven’t had time to process the results from Wednesday or last night. I will need some time to do so but we still have the team event tomorrow.

“It’s always a struggle. I was pretty convinced I was going to go out in the first round at one point, I was struggling, I wasn’t really feeling it. But I found my form as the day went on and it culminated in a gold medal.”

Kingmanaw said: “I’m very happy about the match. The opponent [Coutya] was a very tough one, but I’m happy with my performance against him. I felt a lot of pressure during the match, and I put a lot of pressure on myself to do very well.”

Poland’s Michal Dabrowski doubled-up on bronzes, achieving the perfect end to his debut Paralympic campaign. He had the edge over his opponent, China’s Jie Zhang, also was also competing at his first Paralympics by just one point.

“Fantastic. I was happy, very happy. It was my dream to take a medal in epee,” Dabrowski said.

China’s Sun Gang overcame defending Paralympic and world champion Piers Gilliver of Great Britain to win the men’s epee category A.

Gang and Gilliver have always been equally matched in the epee and Friday night was no different.

The pair entertained the sold-out crowds to put on a spectacular show of top-level fencing.

In the end, Sun managed to pull away from Gilliver to win in 15-12 and claim his third gold to join his individual and team foil titles.

The silver is Gilliver’s third, adding to the individual sabre and team and individual foil.

Türkiye’s World Championships bronze medallist Hakan Akkaya stunned Italian Emanuele Lambertini – who finished one place ahead of him at the Worlds – off the podium in the bronze medal match.

It was a close affair but Akkaya, who was experiencing a Paralympic medal match for the first time, kept a cool head to eventually triumph 15-13. With it, the Turkish athlete makes history by becoming his country’s first wheelchair fencing Paralympic medallist.

“I’m so happy. It’s my second Paralympic Games. Last time I didn’t medal, this time I did bronze medal,” Akkaya said.

“This medal is the first Paralympic medal [in fencing] for my country, for Türkiye. I’m so happy, very glad about that.

“I feel perfect now. Today was so long and so tiring, but I forget now everything.”

Yuandong Chen secured China’s second gold of the evening in the women’s epee category A in a clash of the debutants.

Fencing against South Korean 23-year-old Hyo Kyeong Kwon, Chen emerged the victor. Kwon’s silver is South Korea’s first of the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

Chen’s teammate Haiyan Gu reached a 100 per cent podium record from all three weapons in her bronze medal match against Poland’s Marta Fidrych. Fidrych appeared incredibly disappointed not to have won a medal but can take heart from her best-ever finish at a Paralympic Games.

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games conclude on Saturday (7 September) with the men’s and women’s team epee.

Ninety-seven of the world’s best wheelchair fencers from 21 delegations – including the Refugee Paralympic Team – are competing at the iconic Grand Palais over five days in individual events in men’s and women’s epee, foil and sabre and team events in foil and epee.