DIFFERDANGE, Luxembourg, April 26-28, 2024 – The European Olympic Qualifying Tournament has finished in Differdange, Luxembourg, resulting in the qualification of six men and women in epee, foil and sabre for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The winner of each individual event qualifies to compete in Paris 2024. The tournament took place at the "EIDE” (Ecole Internationale Differdange et Esch/Alzette).
Women’s Epee. Switzerland’s Pauline Brunner won the women’s individual epee event, with 24 fencers competing. Pauline Brunner faced Israel’s Dar Hecht in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Hecht won against Great Britain’s Julia Caron, 15-12, while Brunner defeated Sweden’s Emma Fransson, 15-13.
Men’s Epee. The Netherland’s Tristan Tulen won the men’s individual epee event, with 31 fencers competing. Tulen faced Portugal’s Miguel Frazao in the final bout, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Frazao won against Spain’s Yulen Pereira, 15-11, while Tulen defeated Austria’s Josef Mahringer, 15-9.
Women’s Foil. Romania’s Malina Calugareanu won the women’s individual foil event, with 19 fencers competing. Calugareanu faced Great Britain’s Carolina Stutchbury in the final bout, winning with a 10-9 score. In the semifinal round, Stutchbury won against Ukraine’s Alina Poloziuk, 15-11, while Calugareanu defeated Türkiye’s Irem Karamete, 15-12.
Men’s Foil. Cyprus’ Alex Tofalides won the men’s individual foil event, with 22 fencers competing. Tofalides faced Belgium’s Stef De Greef in the final bout, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, De Greef won against Croatia’s Petar Files, 15-7, while Tofalides defeated Denmark’s Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen, 15-12.
Women’s Sabre. Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva won the women’s individual sabre event, with 13 fencers competing. Ilieva faced Türkiye’s Nisanur Erbil in the final bout, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Erbil won against Poland’s Malgorzata Kozaczuk, 15-12, while Ilieva defeated German’s Larissa Eifler, 15-13.
Men’s Sabre. Türkiye’s Enver Yildirim won the men’s individual sabre event, with 17 fencers competing. Yildirim faced Romania’s Iulian Teodosiu in the final bout, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Teodosiu won against Poland’s Szymon Hryciuk, 15-12, while Yildirim defeated Spain’s Santiago Madrigal, 15-12.
Final rankings in women’s epee included Pauline Brunner (SUI, gold), Dar Hecht (ISR, silver), Emma Fransson (SWE, bronze), Julia Caron (GBR, bronze), Alexandra Predescu (ROU), Maia Guchmazova (GEO), Aleyna Erturk (TÜR) and Sofija Prosina (LAT).
Final rankings in men’s epee included Tristan Tulen (NED, gold), Miguel Frazao (POR, silver), Josef Mahringer (AUT, bronze), Yulen Pereira (ESP, bronze), Alexis Bayard (SUI), Flavio Giannotte (LUX), Niko Vuorinen (FIN) and Igor Reizlin (UKR).
Final rankings in women’s foil included Malina Calugareanu (ROU, gold), Carolina Stutchbury (GBR, silver), Irem Karamete (TÜR, bronze), Alina Poloziuk (UKR, bronze), Aikaterini-Maria Kontochristopoulou (GRE), Stepanka Nemcova (CZE), Maria Marino (ESP) and Adeline Senic (MDA).
Final rankings in men’s foil included Alex Tofalides (CYP, gold), Stef De Greef (BEL, silver), Petar Files (CRO, bronze), Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen (DEN, bronze), Carlos Llavador (ESP), Veljko Cuk (SRB), Luka Gaganidze (GEO) and Alexander Kahl (GER).
Final rankings in women’s sabre included Yoana Ilieva (BUL, gold), Nisanur Erbil (TÜR, silver), Larissa Eifler (GER, bronze), Malgorzata Kozaczuk (POL, bronze), Anna Bashta (AZE), Caitlin Maxwell (GBR), Lika Jijieishvili (GEO), Sabina Martis (ROU).
Final rankings in men’s sabre included Enver Yildirim (TÜR, gold), Iulian Teodosiu (ROU, silver), Santiago Madrigal (ESP, bronze), Szymon Hryciuk (POL, bronze), Andriy Yagodka (UKR), Todor Stoychev (BUL), David Frumgarzts (ISR) and William Deary (GBR).
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