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Sofija Prosina made history tonight, becoming Latvia’s first-ever World Champion in fencing with a commanding 15–7 victory over Switzerland’s Magda Louna Maiga in the Junior women’s épée final at a vibrant Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro.

In a field of 169 fencers, Prosina’s path to gold was anything but easy. In the quarterfinals, she defeated 2025 Cadet World Champion (Wuxi, China) Lotti Horvath of Hungary by a decisive 15–6 margin. She then produced a remarkable comeback in the semifinals against Canada’s Ruien Xiao.

Xiao, ranked 15th in the senior standings, appeared in control late in the bout, holding an 8–5 lead with just one minute remaining. Prosina responded under pressure, landing three precise toe touches to level the score. The match moved into sudden-death priority, where Prosina once again found the toe to secure a dramatic 9–8 victory.

In the other semifinal, Maiga overwhelmed Canada’s Nicole Xuan 15–11 with an unrelenting, high-pressure attack. Employing a rare level of aggression for épée, Maiga dictated the tempo throughout, leaving Xuan unable to slow her momentum.

Xuan and Xiao each earned bronze medals.

Canada nearly placed a third fencer on the podium, but defending World Champion Julia Yin (Wuxi, China 2025) was stopped in the quarterfinals by Maiga, 15–9.

The round of 32 featured two notable upsets. Ukraine’s Anna Maksymenko, ranked ninth in the senior standings, was edged 12–11 by Hong Kong’s Wu Haidi, the 2025 (Wuxi, China) Cadet bronze medalist. Meanwhile, Hungary’s Blanka Virag Nagy, the 2025 (Wuxi, China) Junior silver medalist, was defeated by Estonia’s Eliisa Kikerpill 15-12.

Final Rankings – Junior Women’s Épée
Sofija Prosina (LAT) – Gold
Magda Louna Maiga (SUI) – Silver
Nicole Xuan (CAN) – Bronze
Ruien Xiao (CAN) – Bronze
Lotti Horvath (HUN)
Aline Dmytruk (UKR)
Julia Yin (CAN)
Natalya Cafasso (USA)

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1605,"title":"Youssef Shamel Captures Junior Men’s Epee World Title in Rio","date":"2026-04-08 03:24:33","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196798-NEK_313907%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196797-NEK_313907%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

The focus of the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships shifted to epee on day seven, as Egypt’s Youssef Shamel produced a vibrant and tactical masterclass to claim the Junior Men’s Epee individual world title. Currently ranked 20th in the world and the 2025 Junior African Champ third man from his nation to win this title after Mohamed Yasseen’s triumph in Plovdiv in 2023 and Mahmoud Elsayed title last year in Wuxi.

Shamel's path to the gold began with a significant internal challenge, as he defeated teammate and World No. 4, Osama, in the round of 128. He continued his momentum with clinical victories over Japan’s Tojima (15-9), Australia’s Robinson (15-12), and Poland’s Wojciechowski (15-9). After a tight 15-13 quarterfinal win over Great Britain’s Lumineau, Shamel faced Greece’s Artemios Tzovanis in the semi-finals. While the score remained deadlocked after the first three minutes, Shamel emerged in the second period with heightened intensity, securing a comfortable 15-7 win.

In the final, Shamel’s exuberant energy, arriving on the piste smiling and jumping to the music, contrasted with the relaxed, \"poker-faced\" demeanour of the United States’ Nathaniel Wimmer. Shamel utilized a variety of hits, including a spectacular ducking counterattack, to lead 8-6 at the first break. As Wimmer pressed forward in the second period, Shamel expertly picked him off with counteractions, speeding to a 15-10 victory to secure the World Championship.

The silver medal was awarded to American Nathaniel Wimmer, the reigning Cadet World Champion and Junior World No. 7. Wimmer, a World Cup winner in Hong Kong in 2024, reached the final by overcoming a difficult semi-final against Kruz Schembri. Despite trailing 7-1 in the second period, Wimmer staged a massive comeback in the final 90 seconds of the match, turning that deficit into a 15-10 victory.

The bronze medals were shared by Kruz Schembri of the US Virgin Islands and Artemios Tzovanis of Greece. Schembri, the world number one and a Paris 2024 Olympian in foil, adds this podium finish to his 2025 Junior Pan American title. Tzovanis, the world number 10, earned his place on the podium by defeating a formidable bracket that included a 15-14 quarterfinal upset of Paris 2024 Olympian Zhang of Canada. The success of Shamel and Tzovanis highlights the continued global expansion of elite epee fencing, with four different nations represented on the podium.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1604,"title":"China Captures First Junior Women’s Team Foil World Title in Rio Thriller","date":"2026-04-07 05:36:45","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196793-NEK_312910%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196792-NEK_312910%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

Day six of the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships concluded the foil program in dramatic fashion as a thundery storm brewed both outside and inside the Carioca Arena. In a field that saw traditional powerhouses falter, fourth-seeded China emerged victorious to claim their first-ever Junior Women’s Team Foil World title.

The Chinese squad, featuring Han Xiaoxuan, Tie Zhihe, Jiao Enqi, and Junior individual silver medallist Zhu Linlin, navigated a treacherous path to the gold. After decisive early victories over Venezuela (45-16) and Tunisia (45-19), China faced a monumental challenge against Russia in the quarterfinals. Despite a massive ninth-leg surge from Russia’s Chasovnikova to level the score at 42-42, China secured the win in a priority minute. In the semi-finals, Zhu Linlin delivered a masterclass in the eighth leg to put China in a winning position against the top-seeded Americans, leading to a 45-40 victory. China then sealed their historic championship with a 45-33 win over Moldova in the final.

The silver medal was the story of the tournament, as tenth-seeded Moldova made history by claiming their nation’s first-ever fencing World Championship medal. Lined up with Adeline Senic, Larissa Pensa, and Uliana-Dumitrita Josan, the latter having previously signalled Moldova's rising talent with a bronze medal at the 2023 Cadet European Championships, the team produced a giant-killing run. Moldova's route to the final included dominant wins over Chile (45-7) and seventh-seeded Israel (45-29), followed by a stunning 45-29 upset of the second-seeded Hungarian team and a 42-31 semi-final victory over Japan.

The reigning champions from the United States had to settle for bronze this year. The top-seeded American team featured a star-studded lineup including Cadet and Junior Individual Champion Jaelyn Liu, Cadet bronze medallist Ella Calise, Caterina Fedeli, and Katerina Lung, who entered the event following a bronze medal at the 2026 Lima Grand Prix. After sweeping through Argentina, Australia, and Hong Kong, China, the U.S. was relegated to the bronze medal match following their loss to China. In the third-place play-off against Japan, the U.S. took an early 15-4 lead; despite several Japanese rallies, Jaelyn Liu was brought in for the final leg to secure a 42-36 victory and a spot on the podium.

Fourteenth-seeded Japan finished in a commendable fourth place after a day of significant upsets. Their roster, consisting of Murase Akari, Shimizu Nano, Takamizawa Yukari, and Takeyama Natsume, reached the semi-finals by toppling the third-seeded Italians (39-29) and the sixth-seeded French (43-41). While they ultimately fell to Moldova and the United States in the final rounds, their performance underscored the increasing parity and unpredictability in the current junior foil landscape.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1603,"title":"Team Usa Reclaims World Title in Junior Men’s Team Foil","date":"2026-04-07 05:30:44","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196788-LPG06964%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196787-LPG06964%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

The final day of foil competition at the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships saw a shift in the atmosphere as a thundery storm developed over the Carioca Arena. Amidst the rising mercury and electric tension inside the venue, the ninth-seeded United States surged through a highly competitive field to reclaim the Junior Men’s Team Foil World title.

The American roster, consisting of Luao Yang, Castor Kao, Peter Bruck, and Roy Graham, entered the day determined to reach the podium after missing out on medals in the individual events. Their campaign was marked by tactical precision and an increasing momentum that saw them defeat Spain (45-21) and eighth-seeded Hungary (45-31). In a statement victory, the USA took down the top-seeded Chinese team 45-40 in the quarterfinals before advancing past Great Britain 45-37. The Americans saved their most dominant performance for the final, defeating sixth-seeded France 45-31 to secure the gold medal and return the world title to the United States for the first time since 2024.

Silver medallist France, represented by Lucas Robinet, Guillaume Watson, Maxime Dubreuil, and Zakariya Anane, navigated a dramatic route to the final. After early wins against Costa Rica and Singapore, the French squad survived a heart-stopping quarterfinal against Korea, winning 45-44 in a priority minute following a yellow card. They reached the gold medal match by upsetting the second-seeded Italian team 45-40. Though they ultimately fell to the clinical American attack, the silver medal marks a significant achievement for the French program.

Italy secured the bronze medal, relying on the individual brilliance of Junior bronze medallists Mattia De Cristofaro and Emanuele Iaquinto, alongside teammates Mattia Conticini and Elia Pasin. The second seeds comfortably handled Ecuador and Ukraine before winning a hard-fought match against Japan (45-41). Following their semi-final loss to France, the Italians regrouped to defeat fifth-seeded Great Britain 42-36 in the third-place play-off.

Great Britain finished in fourth place after a resilient run by Callum Penman, David Kelly, David Sosnov, and Mohammed Belbouab. The British team reached the final four by defeating Venezuela, Germany, and a dangerous thirteenth-seeded Canadian side. Despite their best efforts in the medal rounds, they were unable to overcome the eventual champions from the USA or the depth of the Italian squad. This conclusion brings an end to the foil events in Rio, with the championships now turning their attention toward the epee competitions.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1602,"title":"Historic Foil Trifecta with Cadet World Title for Hong Kong, China","date":"2026-04-06 04:41:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196783-AGU_6016%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196782-AGU_6016%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

On a welcomed cooler fifth day in Rio, the Cadet Men’s Foil competition at the 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships concluded with a historic milestone for fencing in Hong Kong, China. World number one Ho Shing Him Harris captured the gold medal, ensuring that athletes from Hong Kong now simultaneously hold the Cadet, Junior, and Senior World Championship titles in Men’s Foil.

This unprecedented \"triple crown\" follows Lam Ho Long’s Junior title victory yesterday and Choi Chun Yin Ryan’s Senior World Championship win in Tbilisi last year. Historically, the team has seen a steady rise in this weapon, including Cheung Ka Long’s Junior World title in 2017 and Cheng Tit Nam’s Cadet world title in 2022.

Ho Shing Him Harris’s dominant run to the gold included a 15-5 win over Italy’s Di Martino, a 15-6 victory against France’s Boumaza, and a 15-8 win over Türkiye’s Cazzani. In the latter stages, he dismantled the third-seeded Lin of China 15-4 and the eighth-seeded Maeda Masashi of Japan 15-8, before securing the title with a 15-10 final victory over South Korea’s Choi Jian.

The silver medal was claimed by the unranked Choi Jian of the Republic of Korea, who produced a series of resilient performances. After comfortable early wins over Poland's Gluszak (15-4) and world number 28 Martinez Bravo of Venezuela (15-6), Choi demonstrated immense grit in the semifinals. Facing the United States' Ziyu Wang, Choi famously clawed back from a 7-1 deficit to win 15-13 and secure his place in the final.

The bronze medals were shared by Japan’s Maeda Masashi and the United States’ Ziyu Wang. Maeda, ranked eighth, reached the podium by defeating the twin brother of the eventual champion, Ho Sing Fung Anthony (HKG), 15-11, followed by a narrow 15-14 win over China’s Zou and a 15-7 victory against France's Robinet.

The unranked Ziyu Wang of the USA also enjoyed a standout day, taking down a string of high seeds including the second-seeded Aguinaga Procel of Ecuador (15-12) and the seventh-seeded Budovskyi of Canada (15-13) to earn his spot on the World Championship podium.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1601,"title":"Jaelyn Liu Makes History with Third Consecutive Cadet World Title","date":"2026-04-06 04:29:14","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196777-LPG06931%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196776-LPG06931%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

Day five of the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships belonged to the cadet individual foilists, headlined by a historic performance from American standout Jaelyn Liu. Already crowned the Junior Women’s Foil Champion earlier in the week, Liu successfully defended her cadet title to secure her third consecutive gold medal in the age category.

Liu’s victory places her in the rarest echelon of the sport’s history. She becomes only the third fencer ever to claim three consecutive Cadet World titles, joining the legendary company of Italian icon Valentina Vezzali and Hungary’s Aida Mohamed. Furthermore, Liu distinguishes herself as the first foilist to win both the Cadet and Junior World individual titles in consecutive years.

Liu, the top-ranked cadet in the world, was clinical throughout the day. She began her defence with dominant victories over Takahashi Nonoka of Japan (15-1) and South Korea’s Jung Yunyung (15-5). Her toughest test came in a narrow 13-12 quarterfinal win against Hong Kong’s Fan Bo Yee, the world number 12. Liu regained her momentum in the later rounds, defeating Australia’s Rianne Leung 15-6 and her teammate Ella Calise 15-4, before clinching the gold with a 15-8 final victory over China's Zhang Yixin.

The silver medal was awarded to the unranked Zhang Yixin of China, who produced a series of gutsy performances to reach the final. Zhang’s run was characterized by narrow escapes, including 14-13 and 12-11 wins over Türkyie’s Alara Atmaca and Russia’s Uliana Belykh, respectively. She secured her place in the gold medal match by upsetting her third-ranked teammate, Tie Zhihe, 15-14 and overwhelming Poland’s Danute Tym 15-2 in the semi-finals.

The bronze medals were shared by American Ella Calise and Poland’s Danute Tym. The unranked Calise impressed with a 15-14 win over Italy’s Martina Molteni and a 15-6 quarterfinal victory over Canada’s Adelle Chun before falling to Liu. Poland’s Tym, ranked 94th entering the day, demonstrated significant poise with a 15-13 victory over the United States' Caterina Fedeli and a quarterfinal win by the same score over Italy’s Maria Fattori. Their performances ensured that both the United States and Poland maintained their strong presence on the cadet world stage.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1600,"title":"Jaelyn Liu Retains Junior World Foil Crown amid Rio Heat","date":"2026-04-05 04:16:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196771-LPG07647%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196770-LPG07647%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

The fourth day of the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships featured a masterclass in the Junior Women’s Foil event, as reigning champion Jaelyn Liu successfully defended her global title. On a day that saw the highest temperatures of the championships so far, the Carioca Arena provided the backdrop for a display of elite endurance and technical precision.

The USA’s Junior World Number 1 Jaelyn Liu entered the tournament with a strong history in the city, having previously claimed a senior Pan American bronze medal in Rio. Her campaign to retain the title she first won in Wuxi began with a formidable performance in the preliminary pools, earning her the second seed for the direct elimination stages. While she faced a significant challenge in the round of 32 against Poland's Hanna Wojtas, securing a 13-10 victory, Liu hit her stride in the round of 16. There, she decisively defeated Uzbekistan’s Polina Volobueva, a bronze medallist from the 2025 Junior World Championships, with a score of 15-7.

Liu’s road to the final was nearly halted in the semi-finals by Korea’s Shin Minchae, the 2025 Asian Championships silver medallist. In a tense encounter, Liu edged past Shin 15-14 to secure her place in the gold medal bout. Facing the current Asian Champion and World No. 5, Zhu Linlin of China, Liu finally unleashed her peak form. She dominated the final from start to finish, retaining her world title with a commanding 15-4 victory.

China’s Zhu Linlin earned the silver medal after navigating an exceptionally difficult draw. Despite high seeds falling early in the day, the fifth-ranked Zhu remained composed, recording impressive 15-9 victories over Moldova’s World number 4, Adeline Senic in the round of 16 and Korea's 2025 Cadet silver medallist Jo Juhyun in the quarterfinals. Although she was ultimately outfenced by Liu in the final, her performance solidified her standing as one of the weapon's premier competitors.

The podium was completed by Korean teammates Shin Minchae and Jo Juhyun, who both claimed bronze medals. Their double-podium finish continues a long-standing tradition of excellence for the Korean foil program, which has consistently produced top-tier talent since the early 2000s, including historical medallists such as Park Hee-Kyung and Lee Seung-Wong.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1599,"title":"Hong Kong, China Celebrates as Lam Ho Long Captures Junior Foil World Title","date":"2026-04-05 04:09:55","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196767-AGU_4279%20Large.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196766-AGU_4279%20Large.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

On the hottest day of the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships, the Carioca Arena bore witness to a historic performance in the Men’s Junior Foil event. Lam Ho Long from Hong Kong, China, ranked 20th in the Junior World rankings, produced the best fencing of his career to claim the gold medal, emulating the legendary feat of his countryman and two-time Olympic Champion, Cheung Ka Long, who secured the same Junior World title in 2017.

Lam’s path to the gold required him to dismantle a field of the world’s elite fencers. His remarkable run included a 15-13 victory over World No. 3 Amir Fakhretdinov of Russia and a dominant 15-6 semi-final win against Italy’s World No. 4, Mattia Di Cristofaro. In the final, Lam faced the reigning World Champion, Abdelrahman Tolba of Egypt. Lam set a blistering pace from the opening exchange, storming ahead to complete his championship-winning performance in just 1 minute and 30 seconds.

The silver medal was awarded to Egypt's Abdelrahman Tolba, the Junior World No. 2 and Senior World No. 10. Despite a shaky start in the preliminary pools, the defending champion found his rhythm in the direct elimination stages. Tolba showed his championship mettle in the quarterfinals, coming from behind to defeat Great Britain’s 2026 Junior European Champion and World No. 7, David Sosnov, with a 15-13 scoreline. He followed this with a 15-10 semi-final victory over Italy’s Emanuele Iaquinta before falling to Lam in the gold medal bout.

Italy again demonstrated the incredible depth of its foil program by occupying both remaining spots on the podium. World No. 1 and consistent World Cup podium finisher Emanuele Iaquinta claimed a bronze medal, sharing the third-place step with his teammate, World No. 4 Mattia Di Cristofaro. The Italian double-podium finish adds to a long-standing tradition of excellence in the weapon, continuing a legacy of success seen in previous years by fencers such as Tommaso Marini and Damiano Di Veroli.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1598,"title":"Team Usa Dominates to Seize Junior Men’s Team Sabre Crown in Rio","date":"2026-04-04 02:29:01","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196763-LPG03551%20%281%29.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196762-LPG03551%20%281%29.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

The momentum of the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships shifted to the men’s side at the Carioca Arena as the United States captured the Junior Men’s Team Sabre World title. On a day characterised by the same scorching temperatures that met the women’s event, 38 national teams took to the pistes to begin the first of the men's team competitions. The second-seeded American squad of Silas Choi, Shaun Kim, William Morrill, and Emilio Partuzo Gonzalez demonstrated elite tactical execution throughout the day to secure the gold medal in a field that saw several of the world's top-ranked programs fall.

The American path to the final was a masterclass in consistency and resilience. After an early 45-24 victory over the Philippines, the USA faced stiff challenges from Hong Kong and Hungary, winning those matches 45-39 and 45-40, respectively. In the semi-finals, they engaged in a high-stakes battle with a surging Turkish side, eventually edging past them 45-42. The gold medal match saw the Americans find another gear against fifth-seeded China. With Silas Choi on the bench for the final, the trio of Shaun Kim, 2025 Cadet individual champion Emilio Paturzo Gonzalez, and the Rio 2026 individual Junior silver medallist William Morrill dominated the proceedings. USA jumped to an early lead and never looked back, claiming the world title with a 45-36 victory. This gold medal continues a strong run for Morrill, who successfully translated his 2023 Cadet bronze and his 2024 individual Junior success into a team world title. It is also the fourth consecutive time that the USA has secured this title.

China’s journey to the silver medal was arguably the most difficult of the tournament. The Chinese roster of Wu Jiasheng, Qin Yuen, Tan Chao, and Zhu Zihao dismantled Czechia and Japan before taking out the fourth-seeded Russian team 45-41. In a stunning semi-final, they toppled the top-seeded Italian team 45-42, preventing a potential USA-Italy showdown. Although they struggled to find their rhythm early in the final against the Americans, the silver medal represents a significant achievement for a Chinese program that has seen a steady rise in results since the mid-2010s.

The story of the day, however, was the historic performance of Türkiye. Competing without a reserve, the trio of Enes Kalender, Candeniz Berrak, and Junior individual champion Furkan Yaman delivered a performance for the ages. Entering as the third seeds, the Turkish fencers fought through a bracket that included wins over Venezuela, Korea, and Romania. Their semi-final against the USA was a thriller where they briefly held a 35-34 lead with two legs remaining before falling 45-42. In the bronze medal play-off against Italy, Türkiye overcame an early 15-10 deficit to lead 40-34 entering the final leg. Despite a fierce rally by Italy’s Leonardo Reale to tie the match at 44-44, Yaman landed the decisive final hit to secure the bronze. This podium finish marks a landmark moment for Turkish fencing; while the nation has seen individual success in recent years, most notably İbrahim Ahmed Acar’s 2017 Cadet World title and Nisanur Erbil's consistent podium finishes, this team bronze represents a new peak for the country's sabre program.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1597,"title":"Russia Secures Junior Women’s Team Sabre Gold in Rio Thriller","date":"2026-04-04 02:09:42","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196758-AGU_1290%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196757-AGU_1290%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

The opening day of team competition at the Rio 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships delivered high drama at the Carioca Arena as Russia captured the Junior Women’s Team Sabre title in a field of 33 nations. Under the intense Rio heat, the sixth-seeded Russian squad demonstrated remarkable depth and composure to navigate a challenging bracket and ultimately overcome a spirited Chinese comeback in the gold medal match.

The Russian championship lineup featured Mariia Tretiakova, Karina Tallada, Malena Kunasheva, and Aleksandra Mikhailova, who entered the team event fresh off winning the Junior individual silver medal earlier in the week. Russia's path to the podium began with a commanding 45-21 opening victory over Australia, followed by a disciplined 45-38 quarterfinal win against Germany. They reached the semi-finals by stunning the third-seeded Uzbekistan 45-18, eventually securing their place in the final by defeating Japan 45-28. Japan had reached the penultimate round after pulling off one of the tournament's biggest upsets by eliminating the second-seeded French team in the quarterfinals.

The final proved to be a classic encounter against fifth-seeded China, whose roster included Wang Chenyi, Gu Jirong, Li Wanxuan, and the sensational Pan Qimiao. China reached the final after a gruelling 45-44 semi-final victory over Hungary, who themselves had just eliminated the top-seeded United States by a single touch. In the gold medal match, Russia appeared to be in control with a 40-35 lead heading into the final relay. However, Pan Qimiao, already a double individual gold medallist at these championships, mounted a furious rally to level the score at 44-44. In the final exchange, Mikhailova regained her footing and launched a stunning attack to secure the 45-44 victory and the World title for Russia.

While the silver medal marked a narrow defeat for China, it solidified a historic performance for Pan Qimiao, who leaves Rio with three medals. The success of the Chinese Junior program continues a decade-long rise of Asian sabre fencing. Hungary rounded out the podium by claiming the bronze medal with a 45-39 victory over Japan. The Hungarian team, led by 2023 Cadet World Champion Emese Domonkos, showed great resilience after their narrow semi-final loss to secure the final spot on the medal stand alongside teammates Cenge Konya, Boglarka Komjathy, and Dorottya Csonka.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1596,"title":"Pan of China Claims Cadet Women’s Sabre Gold, Completes Double in Rio","date":"2026-04-03 02:52:11","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196754-AGU_9343%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196753-AGU_9343%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Pan Qimiao of China topped a field of 94 fencers, defeating Yang Shuhan of Hong Kong, China 15–9 to capture gold in the cadet women’s sabre competition at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

With the victory, Pan completed the rare double, having also won the junior women’s sabre title the previous day.

The main concern for Pan was whether she would feel the effects of a gruelling junior competition, particularly heavy legs. Instead, it was early nerves that nearly led to her elimination. In the round of 32, she found herself tied 10–10 with Irmak Senoglu of Türkiye before pulling away for a hard-fought 15–12 win.

Pan later admitted to feeling nervous, especially given her close 15–10 bout with Senoglu in the junior event the day before. Once she cleared that hurdle, however, she settled in and cruised to the top of the podium.

In the semifinals, Pan defeated Anastasiia Isakova of Russia 15–9, while Yang advanced with a 15–12 victory over Australia’s Zara Djamirze in a tightly contested match.

Both Isakova and Djamirze earned bronze medals. Djamirze’s result was particularly significant, as she became the first Australian female fencer to win a medal at the junior or cadet World Championships.

Final Rankings – Cadet Women’s Sabre
Pan Qimiao (CHN, gold), Yang Shuhan (HKG, silver), Anastasiia Isakova (RUS, bronze), Zara Djamirze (AUS, bronze), Jeon Yuju (KOR), Karolina Mejlun (POL), Li Wanxuan (CHI), Anna Suvorova (UKR).

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1595,"title":"​USA’s Aiden Tse Wins Cadet Men’s Sabre Gold","date":"2026-04-03 02:42:30","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196748-LPG02115%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196747-LPG02115%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Aiden Tse of the United States emerged victorious from a field of 111 fencers, defeating Giorgi Urushadze of Georgia 15–10 to claim gold in the Cadet men’s sabre competition.

The 15-year-old left-hander faced an early test in the round of 32, where he overcame seventh-seeded Brazilian Marcus Pinto by a score of 15–9.

In the final, Tse used exceptional footwork to surge to an 8–3 lead over Urushadze at the break. Urushadze responded by neutralising that movement, finding success with attacks in the middle of the piste to close the gap. Tse later explained that he regained control of the bout by making a subtle adjustment to the preparation of his attack, allowing him to reassert momentum and secure the victory.

In the semifinals, Tse defeated Sweden’s Kenneth Kong 15–12, while Urushadze delivered a dominant 15–4 win over Romania’s Matei Radu.

Both Radu and Kong earned bronze medals.

Kong’s podium finish marked Sweden’s first medal at the Cadet or Junior World Championships since Åsa Linde won bronze in Cadet women’s épée in 2014. Urushadze’s silver medal is Georgia’s first in the category since 2011, when Mikheil Mardaleishvili took bronze in Cadet men’s sabre.

Final Rankings – Cadet Men’s Sabre
Aiden Tse (USA, gold), Giorgi Urushadze (GEO, silver), Matei Radu (ROM, bronze), Kenneth Kong (SWE, bronze), Pietro Hirsch Butte (ITA), Deven Mattoo (PUR), Andrew Chang Wang (USA), William Buxton (GBR).

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1594,"title":"Pan Qimiao Makes History for China with a Second Junior World Sabre Title","date":"2026-04-01 23:02:57","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196744-LPG02218%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196743-LPG02218%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

The opening day of the 2026 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships at the Carioca Arena witnessed a historic win for Chinese fencing. In a field of 138 elite athletes, 16-year-old sensation Pan Qimiao captured her second Junior Women’s Sabre World title, following her title in 2026 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Pan, the Junior World number 2, adds this prestigious title to an already overflowing trophy cabinet that includes the 2026 Junior Asian Championship and the 2024 Junior World title. After a \"near miss\" last year—where she took runner-up spots in the Cadet and bronze in the Junior World Championships, Pan once again broke through for gold in Rio.

With a recent top-16 finish at the Tashkent Senior World Cup just four days ago, Pan’s transition to the senior ranks looks set to be as dominant as her junior career.

A Battle of Champions

The silver medal was claimed by Russia’s Alexandra Mikhailova (RUS). The 2025 Junior World Champion and reigning Junior European Champion reached her second consecutive world final, demonstrating remarkable consistency at the highest level, though she was unable to defend her crown against the inspired Pan.

The bronze medals were secured by two rising stars of the international circuit. Gabriella Hwang (PUR) - The 18-year-old Junior World number 5 capped off a standout season that included a gold medal at the Bogota Junior World Cup. Her bronze in Rio marks an historic first junior World Championship podium for Puerto Rican fencing.

Vittoria Mocci (ITA): The 17-year-old Italian continued her podium streak, adding a World bronze to the Junior European bronze she won last season and her podium finish at the Hammamet World Cup in November.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1593,"title":"Yaman Makes History as Türkiye’s First Junior World Champion","date":"2026-04-01 21:07:32","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196740-NEK_306823%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196739-NEK_306823%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

The opening day of the 2026 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships delivered a historic milestone at the Carioca Arena, the iconic heart of the Rio 2016 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Against a backdrop of Olympic history, Türkiye’s Furkan Yaman emerged as the new Junior Men’s Sabre World Champion, becoming the first fencer from his nation ever to capture a Junior World title.

Yaman, the 18-year-old Junior World number 1, entered the field of 171 athletes as the undisputed favorite. His victory in Rio crowns an almost flawless season where he secured three Junior World Cup titles (Hammamet, Bogota, and Dakar) and the Junior European title. Leading throughout the final, Yaman elevated Türkiye to the top of the Junior podium for the first time in fencing history.

While Turkey has previously celebrated success at the Cadet (U17) level, a Junior (U20) world title had remained elusive until today. Yaman now joins an elite group of Turkish world champions:

A Clash of Titans

The silver medal was claimed by the USA’s William Morrill. At just 19 years old, Morrill arrived in Rio in sensational form, having remarkably won a Senior World Cup title in Budapest just four days prior. Throughout the day, Morrill’s signature \"ultra-long\" attacks proved a deadly weapon, though he eventually had to settle for silver after a tight final.

The bronze medals were shared by two established stars. Ahmed Hesham (EGY) - the 19-year-old Senior World number 3 and two-time senior Grand Prix medallist concluded his junior career with a well-deserved World podium.

Nurmukhammed Zhailybay (KAZ) - The 19-year-old Junior World number 25 and former Cadet Asian Champion produced a career-best performance to secure bronze for Kazakhstan.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1591,"title":"The Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships Come to Rio!","date":"2026-03-30 19:54:56","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196729-489876067_1072484021580245_295114056977731240_n.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196728-489876067_1072484021580245_295114056977731240_n.jpg","category":null,"content":"

On April 1, the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships will commence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Nearly 1,750 fencers from more than 70 countries are expected to compete, and over nine days of competition, twelve individual and six team world champions will be crowned. The schedule is divided by weapon: sabre in the first three days, followed by foil, and concluding with epee.

Competition will take place at two iconic venues in the Barra da Tijuca Olympic Park: Arena Carioca 1, which hosted baskteball at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and the Olympic Velodrome.

Four fencers return to defend the titles they won in Wuxi, China in 2025. Leading that group is Jaelyn Liu of the United States, who is aiming to repeat as a double champion in both cadet and junior women’s foil. The other returning champions are Julia Yin of Canada (junior women’s epee), Aleksandra Mikhailova of Russia (junior women’s sabre), and Abdelrahman Tolba of Egypt (junior men’s foil).

Another fencer to watch is China’s Qimiao Pan, a double medallist in Wuxi who earned silver in cadet women’s sabre and bronze in junior women’s sabre. Both Liu and Pan have also found success at the senior level, currently ranked 19th and 18th in the world, respectively.

Hosted by the Brazilian Fencing Confederation, the 2026 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships promise not only thrilling competition featuring the world’s top young talent, but also a celebration of cultural exchange and the emergence of the next generation of champions.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1590,"title":"France, Korea and _AIN Take Team Gold Across Three World Cups","date":"2026-03-29 21:58:31","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196727-EVA05689.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196726-EVA05689.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

Women’s Team Épée – Astana, Kazakhstan

World-ranked number one Sera Song, who had already won gold in the individual competition, led current World bronze medallist (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) Korea to the women’s team gold, defeating the United States 45–35 in a field of twenty-three teams.

Song scored twenty-two points — roughly half of Korea’s total — and posted an indicator of +14.

In the semifinals, Korea defeated Italy — Olympic champion (Paris 2024) — 45–40, while the United States overcame France, the defending World champion (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025), 37–28.

Italy edged France 32–21 to take the bronze.

Final Ranking – Women’s Team Épée

Korea (gold), United States (silver), Italy (bronze), France, China, Hungary, Poland and Estonia.


Men’s Team Épée – Astana, Kazakhstan

At the Astana, Kazakhstan World Cup, France won the men’s team épée gold and Korea took the women’s title.

France topped a field of 32 teams by defeating traditional rival Italy 45–44. The match came down to the wire: France led 31–30 going into the ninth and final leg, where Americk Gally scored the deciding touch on Davide Di Veroli — each fencer scoring fourteen touches in that leg.

In the semifinals, Italy beat Japan — defending World Champion (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) and Olympic silver medallist (Paris 2024) — 45–42, while France overcame Kazakhstan, the current World bronze medallist (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025), 45–38.

Japan took the bronze with a 44–42 victory over Kazakhstan.

Final Ranking – Men’s Team Épée

France (gold), Italy (silver), Japan (bronze), Kazakhstan, Switzerland, United States, _AIN and Uzbekistan.


Men's Team Sabre – Budapest, Hungary

France topped a field of twenty-four teams at the Budapest, Hungary World Cup, defeating Romania 45–34 to take the men’s team sabre gold.

In the semifinals, France beat Korea — the defending Olympic champion (Paris 2024) — 45–41, while Romania defeated the United States 45–34.

Korea took the bronze with a 45–26 victory over the United States.

The round of sixteen produced two major upsets. Top-ranked Hungary, defending Olympic (Paris 2024) and World (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) silver medallist, fell to seventeenth-ranked Spain 45–44, while defending World champion (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) Italy lost to _AIN 45–41.

Final Rankings – Men’s Team Sabre

France (gold), Romania (silver), Korea (bronze), United States, _AIN, Egypt, Spain and Japan.


Women's Team Sabre – Tashkent, Uzbekistan

_AIN defeated the United States 45–32 to claim team gold at the Tashkent, Uzbekistan World Cup, in a field of twenty teams.

With Tashkent individual champion Alina Mikhailova and defending World Champion (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) Yana Egorian in their line-up, _AIN led from start to finish.

In the semifinals, _AIN defeated Japan — Paris 2024 bronze medallist — 45–41, while the United States beat Poland 45–28. Tenth-ranked Poland had caused a major upset in the quarterfinals, defeating top-ranked Korea, the defending Olympic (Paris 2024) and World (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) silver medallist, 45–41.

Japan edged Poland 45–44 for the bronze, though the match had a dramatic final leg. Leading 44–43, Japan’s closer — top-ranked, two-time World Champion (Cairo, Egypt 2022; Milan, Italy 2023) Misaki Emura — had to withdraw with a leg injury. Alternate Chirika Takahashi came in and scored the deciding touch.

Final Rankings – Women’s Team Sabre

_AIN (gold), USA (silver), Japan (bronze), Poland, Korea, Italy, China and Germany.

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Song, Svichkar, Mikhailova, and Morrill Capture World Cup Gold

Korea’s Sera Song and Ukraine’s Roman Svichkar claimed top honours at the epee World Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Top-ranked Song, the 2022 World Champion (Cairo, Egypt), led a field of 221 fencers, defeating third-ranked Katrina Lehis of Estonia—World silver medallist (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) and Olympic bronze medalist (Tokyo 2020) – 15-11 in the final.

In the semifinals, Song defeated Italy’s Alberta Santuccio 15–12, while Lehis overcame France’s Diane von Kerssenbrock 15–11. Santuccio and von Kerssenbrock shared bronze.

The biggest upset came in the round of 64, where second-ranked Giulia Rizzi of Italy - winner of the February World Cup in Wuxi, China - was eliminated by 44th-ranked Wai Ling Chan of Hong Kong, China.

Final Rankings – Women’s Épée
Sera Song (KOR, gold), Katrina Lehis (EST, silver), Diane von Kerssenbrock (FRA, bronze), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, bronze), Eszter Muhari (HUN), Catherine Nixon (USA), Aleyna Erturk (TUR), Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG).


In the men’s competition, featuring 272 fencers, Ukraine’s Roman Svichkar captured gold with a 15–12 victory over Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov.

Svichkar defeated Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed—Olympic bronze medallist (Paris 2024) – 15-7 in the semifinals, while Kurbanov edged Hungary’s David Nagy 15–13. Elsayed and Nagy earned bronze.

Top-ranked Gergely Siklósi of Hungary was upset in the round of 32 by compatriot Zsombor Keszthelyi, 13–12.

Final Rankings – Men’s Épée
Roman Svichkar (UKR, gold), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ, silver), David Nagy (HUN, bronze), Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, bronze), Koki Kano (JPN), Matteo Galassi (ITA), Máté Tamás Koch (HUN), Marco Brinkmann (GER).


In Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Alina Mikhailova (_AIN) topped a field of 152 to win women’s sabre gold, defeating Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva 15–6 in the final.

Mikhailova, who also won the Tunis Grand Prix in January, defeated China’s Xueyi Rao 15–9 in the semifinals, while Ilieva beat Azerbaijan’s Palina Kaspiarovich 15–6. Rao and Kaspiarovich took bronze.

One of the biggest surprises was the early exit of fourth-ranked Hayoung Jeon of Korea, who fell to Poland’s Julia Cieslar 15–13 in the round of 64.

Final Rankings – Women’s Sabre
Alina Mikhailova (_AIN, gold), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, silver), Palina Kaspiarovich (AZE, bronze), Xueyi Rao (CHN, bronze), Jeongmi Kim (KOR), Lucia Martín-Portugués (ESP), Anastasiya Shorokhova (_AIN), Jiyeon Seo (KOR).

In Budapest, 19-year-old William Morrill of the United States stunned a 240-fencer field to win his first senior World Cup title, defeating Italy’s Matteo Neri 15–13 in the final.

The 20th-ranked Morrill beat France’s sixth-ranked Sébastien Patrice 15–13 in the semifinals, while the 61st-ranked Neri produced a major upset, defeating Hungary’s three-time Olympic champion (London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) Áron Szilágyi 15–12. Patrice and Szilágyi earned bronze.

Another notable upset came in the round of 64, where sixth-ranked Colin Heathcock of the United States was defeated by Kamil Ibragimov (_AIN) 15–12.


Final Rankings – Men’s Sabre
William Morrill (USA, gold), Matteo Neri (ITA, silver), Áron Szilágyi (HUN, bronze), Sébastien Patrice (FRA, bronze), Rémi Garrigue (FRA), Antonio Heathcock (USA), Maxime Pianfetti (FRA), Mohamed Amer (EGY).

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1588,"title":"Astana, Tashkent and Budapest ready for Sabre and Epee World Cups","date":"2026-03-26 15:41:57","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196713-AGU_4128%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196712-AGU_4128%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Over 800 of the world’s elite sabre and epee fencers will be duelling for gold this weekend across three World Cups: women’s and men’s epee in Astana, Kazakhstan, women’s sabre in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and men’s sabre in Budapest, Hungary.

On the women’s side in Astana, the two fencers to watch will be the second-ranked Giulia Rizzi of Italy, who won the last World Cup in Wuxi, China in February, as well as the World Cup in Vancouver, Canada in December, and the sixth-ranked Hungarian Eszter Muhari, who won the Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar in January and took bronze in Vancouver.

For the men, all eyes will be on the tenth-ranked Tristen Tulen of the Netherlands, who, at the age of thirty-four, has had a breakout year, taking gold in January at the Doha, Qatar Grand Prix, and following that up with a bronze at the World Cup in Heidenheim, Germany, which had the largest field of the season with 374 fencers.

In Tashkent, two-time World Champion (Cairo, Egypt 2022; Milan, Italy 2023) Misaki Emura of Japan will be looking to reach the top of the podium after taking back-to-back silver medals in January at the Grand Prix in Tunis, Tunisia and the World Cup in Salt Lake City, United States of America.

In Budapest, the sixth-ranked Sebastien Patrice of France will be looking to reach his fourth podium of the season, having taken bronze at the World Cup in Alger, Algeria in November and the Grand Prix in Orleans, France in December, and then gold at the Grand Prix in Tunis, Tunisia in January.

Event: FIE World Cup

Place: Astana, Kazakhstan

Weapon: Epee

Gender: Women & Men

Dates: 26-29 March 2026

Info: W & M, Individual & Team Epee


Event: FIE World Cup

Place: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Weapon: Sabre

Gender: Women

Dates: 27-28 March 2026

Info: W Individual Sabre


Event: FIE World Cup

Place: Budapest, Hungary

Weapon: Sabre

Gender: Men

Dates: 27-28 March 2026

Info: M Individual Sabre

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1589,"title":"Statement","date":"2026-03-27 13:09:48","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196718-185423-2014%20AMEND%20FIE%20LOGO_RGB_UK%203.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196717-185423-2014%20AMEND%20FIE%20LOGO_RGB_UK%203.png","category":null,"content":"


At a recent meeting with the FIE Athletes Commission, held in the context of discussions on the FIE strategic plan and our ongoing collaboration, athletes brought to our attention the spread of misinformation within the fencing community.

This misinformation pertains to the relationship between the FIE and the International Olympic Committee.

We wish to assure the global fencing community that the FIE has not received any message, notification, formal or informal correspondence from the International Olympic Committee, regarding:

In general, any concern whatsoever;

In particular, any potential removal of fencing from the programme of the Olympic Games or any withdrawal of the FIE’s recognition.

Accordingly, any statement or insinuation suggesting otherwise is entirely false.

The dissemination of such misinformation is not only irresponsible but also seriously prejudicial to the integrity of the FIE and of fencing. The FIE will protect its reputation and the interests of the global fencing community with the utmost firmness and without any compromise.

The FIE remains fully committed to the highest standards of transparency and good governance, and reaffirms its continued cooperation, constructive engagement, and strong alignment with the International Olympic Committee.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1587,"title":"Reduce – Reuse – Recycle: Circular economy in fencing - Benefits for the environment and the fencing communities","date":"2026-03-25 17:23:27","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196705-184139-AGU_5785%20%282%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196704-184139-AGU_5785%20%282%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

On the occasion of the Fencing for the Planet Day, celebrated this year on 11 April, the FIE is organising a roundtable in Rio de Janeiro as part of the upcoming Junior and Cadet World Championships.

On 5 April, the fencing family will gather near the Olympic Park to examine the contribution fencing practices make to environmental preservation. The focus of the event — Reduce – Reuse – Recycle: Circular Economy in Fencing — Benefits for the Environment and the Fencing Communities — revolves around SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production.

The competition takes place in the facilities that hosted the 2016 Olympic Games — a setting that makes pausing to reflect on fencing’s existing customs, and seeing them under a new light, feel like a natural choice.

The setting carries a double significance. As the flagship FIE event for young athletes and the apex of the junior and cadet season, it signals the urgency of acting to protect the environment for future generations — and brings that message directly to the younger generation, present on the spot.

The future generation of fencers is central to the message delivered by FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim ElHusseiny at the start of 2026.

Fencers, coaches and federation administrators will illustrate, through concrete examples, how responsible consumption and production is already embedded in fencing culture — and how every member of the fencing community can contribute to the sport’s development and the planet’s conservation through daily gestures, awareness and common sense.

The theme runs along two axes:

• Reuse, Repair, Recycle: practical and technical solutions for fencing

• From waste to worth: how donating can transform materials and empower lives.

The Strategic Development Plan calls for further expansion of the Fencing for the Planet programme. The appointment of FIE Secretary General Gulnora Saidova to the ASOIF Sustainability Consultative Group earlier in 2025 reflects the FIE’s commitment to this mission.

Rio de Janeiro is the perfect stage for such a high-powered debate — a city where landmark moments in sustainability and sport have converged: the Earth Summit in 1992, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012, the Olympic Games in 2016, and now the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships.

The full programme of the roundtable is available here.

To register for the event, please write an email to: meetings@fie.ch

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1585,"title":"​Donate Your Fencing Gear! is back","date":"2026-03-20 17:15:53","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196711-DYFG-Logo.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196710-DYFG-Logo.png","category":null,"content":"

Donate Your Fencing Gear! is back. The programme, launched for the first time in 2017 in Plovdiv and Leipzig, never failed to mobilize the members of the fencing family.

Olympic champions, junior fencers, athletes from all over the world, manufacturers, members of the FIE Commissions and Councils, retired fencers, fencing clubs owners — all have always answered with great generosity to the call in support of solidarity and grassroots projects run by the National Fencing Federations across the globe to expand the reach of fencing and bring it where it is most needed, sometimes in extreme conditions.

Expanding fencing in underserved communities and broadening access for all is one of the targets of the Strategic Development Plan. Donate Your Fencing Gear! is a unique tool to support your sport and back the quiet, determined efforts of many national federations operating far from the spotlight. So far, 34 National federations have operated thanks to the equipment collected by the FIE at the World Championships.

The suburbs of Lomé, in Togo, the refugee camps in Syria, the coastal villages in Mauritius, the areas closest to the conflict in Lebanon, the rural areas of Quito, Ecuador, the Unified Education Centre in Paraisopolis, Brazil and the dream of “Creando sangre de campeones” (Raising champions) in Venezuela fuelled by the passion and the experience of the Olympic gold winner Ruben Limardo have one thing in common: they are all populated by young people born in a context where development options are quite restricted. As they cannot go to fencing, then fencing must go to them.

By passing your gear to them you help to nurture a new generation of fencers.

Several contributors have already pledged to contribute to the DYFG Edition 2026: Vango Fencing is one of them. Azza Besbes also decided to continue her participation with a donation from Azza Fencing. The FIE HQ frequently receives emails such as:

I saw online that you collect and then distribute used fencing gear to help people who normally wouldn't have access to this sport. I fenced foil competitively many years ago, and it is now time to pass my gear along to someone who could really use it as I don't fence anymore. Kindly let me know if mine is of interest.

Or

We are very inspired by the FIE’s Donate Your Fencing Gear! programme and would love to explore ways we can get involved.

Ruben Limardo, Olympic Champion and President of the FIE Athletes Commission, expresses his support for the initiative: As a fencer, I understand that our sport is a school of life, and today I invite you to join a cause that unites us beyond the piste: donating your second-hand fencing equipment to those who need it most.

Many of us have equipment in good condition that we no longer use; that equipment, which for us is a memory, can be the tool that ignites the dream of a young athlete in a vulnerable community. True greatness is not only in their medals, but in their ability to open doors for others.

Donate your equipment and let's bring fencing to every corner of the world, raising champions!

This is why, at the eve of the Junior and Cadet World Championships, the FIE renews its warm invitation to act: bring your fencing equipment which you no longer use, to Rio.

Donate Your Fencing Gear! is a multifaceted initiative:

-It is “Fencing for the future” as it helps more children to discover the sport.

-It is “Fencing for hope” as it brings people closer, promoting concretely solidarity and universality.

-It is “Fencing for the planet” as it extends the lifespan of material that otherwise would become waste

Furthermore, on the April 5, during the “Fencing for the Planet” roundtable, a full session will be dedicated to “Donate Your Fencing Gear!”. You can come and meet the beneficiaries of the past editions and listen to their stories.

Offer your glove, your mask, your foil, your wire to the Donate Your Fencing Gear! Stand at the venue. You will see the ripple effect.

Download the list of the beneficiaries for 2026 and learn more about the projects you can support.

Download the program of the Fencing for the Planet Roundtable.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1586,"title":"​Italy’s Volpi and Bianchi Capture Foil Gold at the Lima Grand Prix","date":"2026-03-23 12:10:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196697-Bianchi%26Volpi-LimaGP-2026.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196696-Bianchi%26Volpi-LimaGP-2026.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

In a men’s field of 164, Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi captured gold at Polideportivo 1 in Lima, Peru, defeating Kirill Borodachev, competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete, 15–12 in the final. It marked Bianchi’s second consecutive Grand Prix victory, following his triumph in Turin, Italy in February 2026.

The second-ranked Italian advanced to the final with a 15–10 semifinal win over Alexander Choupenitch of Czechia. His toughest test, however, came in the quarterfinals, where he narrowly held off 17-year-old Shing Him Harris Ho of Hong Kong, China, 15–13—after nearly surrendering a commanding 10–1 lead.

In the other semifinal, Borodachev delivered one of the tournament’s biggest surprises, dominating two-time Olympic Champion Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong, China (Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024), 15–3 in an unexpected bout. Cheung and Choupenitch each earned bronze medals.

One of the day’s major upsets occurred in the round of 64, where fifth-ranked and Paris 2024 silver medallist Filippo Macchi of Italy fell to Japan’s Kyosuke Matsuyama, 15–10.

Final Results – Men’s Individual Foil
Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, gold); Kirill Borodachev (_AIN, silver); Ka Long Cheung (HKG, bronze); Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, bronze); Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG); Nick Itkin (USA); Shing Him Harris Ho (HKG); Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN).

In the women’s event, two-time World Champion Alice Volpi (Wuxi, China 2018; Milan, Italy 2023) overcame a field of 134 to claim her third Grand Prix title, adding to an already remarkable résumé that includes nine World Cup gold medals. In the final, she defeated Paris 2024 silver medallist Lauren Scruggs of the United States, 15–11.

Volpi, 33, advanced through a series of tightly contested bouts. In the semifinals, she edged 18-year-old American Katerina Lung 15–14 in a back-and-forth contest, with her deceptive beat attack proving decisive. Earlier, in the round of 16, she delivered one of the highlights of the tournament—a dramatic 15–14 victory over fellow Italian and two-time World Champion Arianna Errigo (Kazan, Russia 2014; Budapest, Hungary 2013), sealing the match with a brilliant counter-riposte.

Scruggs earned her place in the final by rallying from an early 4–0 deficit to defeat Italy’s Martina Favaretto 15–12. Favaretto and Lung shared the bronze medals.

The tournament’s biggest upset came in the round of 32, where world No. 1, two-time defending Olympic Champion (Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024), and current World Champion (Tbilisi, Georgia 2025) Lee Kiefer of the United States was convincingly defeated by Ukraine’s Olga Sopit, 15–7.

Final Results – Women’s Individual Foil
Alice Volpi (ITA, gold); Lauren Scruggs (USA, silver); Katerina Lung (USA, bronze); Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze); Flora Pásztor (HUN); Leonie Ebert (GER); Arianna Errigo (ITA); Irene Bertini (ITA).

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1584,"title":"Season Continues in Lima with Foil Grand Prix","date":"2026-03-19 16:03:18","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196468-Screenshot%202026-03-19%20at%2016.43.26.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196467-Screenshot%202026-03-19%20at%2016.43.26.png","category":null,"content":"

The 2026 International Fencing Federation (FIE) season continues this weekend with the foil Grand Prix in Lima, Peru.

A field of 300 fencers will compete this weekend and on the women’s side the fencer to watch will be the third-ranked Martina Batini of Italy, who not only won the last Grand Prix in Turin, Italy in February, but reached the top of the podium in December at the World Cup in Busan, Republic of Korea.

Another foilist to watch will be Komaki Kikuchi of Japan, who has taken a bronze medal at both the Turin Grand Prix and the November World Cup in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

On the men’s side, the focus will be on the second-ranked Guillaume Bianchi of Italy, who has made the podium at all three competitions he has fenced in this season. After back-to-back bronze medals at the November World Cup in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and the January World Cup in Paris, France, Bianchi took a shiny gold at the Turin Grand Prix.

Another fencer to watch will be two-time defending Olympic Champion Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong, China. The ninth-ranked Cheung, in somewhat of a slump after the Olympic Games Paris 2024, returned to form at the Turin Grand Prix, where he won a bronze medal.

Event: FIE Grand Prix

Place: Lima, Peru

Weapon: Foil

Gender: Women & Men

Date: 20-22 March 2026

Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Men’s Individual Foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1582,"title":"From Dream to High Performance: A Coach Who Is Changing the Face of Fencing","date":"2026-03-18 17:31:09","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196437-image013.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196436-image012.jpg","category":null,"content":"

What does it take to turn a life-altering setback into a global leadership journey in elite sport?

Meet Lavinia-Oana Puiu - a former Romanian international fencer who transformed injury into opportunity, and a personal dream into a mission that is reshaping women’s leadership in high-performance fencing.

This inspiring feature follows Oana’s journey from the Romanian national team to becoming Head Coach and Club Director at one of the UK’s most historic fencing institutions, and onward to the Women in Sport High-Performance Pathway (WISH) — a flagship initiative led by the International Olympic Committee, Olympic Solidarity and supported by the FIE.

It was always Lavinia-Oana Puiu’s dream to coach her sport of fencing in another country. A native of Romania, where she coached epee for eight years, she knew a shift to working abroad would help accelerate her path in achieving her goal of becoming a high-performance fencing coach with up-and-coming elite athletes.

In Romania, Oana was a member of the national junior and cadet fencing team, where she took team gold in epee at the European Junior Championships and bronze at the Junior World Championships, among other medals and achievements. Ultimately, a serious injury motivated her move from athlete to coach.

Oana had come to the UK in 2016 and for the previous five years she coached at several other clubs including Brixton Fencing Club, home of some of Great Britain’s top Epee fencers. Later she secured a position initially as Lead Epee Coach, and then latterly Head Coach and club director, at Salle Paul Phoenix (formerly Salle Paul Fencing Club) in 2021. The prestigious Salle Paul club was founded in 1931 and established itself as the oldest and one of the most successful foil and epee clubs in the UK. The club now has over 200 members and programmes in all three weapons. Oana also serves as Director of Clubs at the UK Fencing Project (UKFP Ltd), a non-profit company, which owns the Salle Paul Phoenix club and Truro Fencing Club. UKFP seeks to create pathways for athletes from youth to elite level, as well as to grow participation and raise standards of the delivery in fencing.

Notably, this leap in coaching and Director-level responsibility has led her to the Women in Sport High-Performance Pathway (WISH) programme, a global initiative by the International Olympic Committee and Olympic Solidarity, and supported by international federations (including the FIE)Its goal? To develop elite female coaches for high-performance roles, bridging the gender gap in sports leadership via skill development, networking and career progression.

The programme overall spans 21 months, focusing on developing both leadership and high-performance skills.

For coaches such as Oana and others, it means growing in leadership, technical skills and mindset to help women reach top-level coaching positions in major competitions, including the Olympic Games.

“The [WISH] programme was more than I expected”, said Oana. Georgina Usher, a member of the FIE Women in Fencing Council and CEO of British Fencing, encouraged Oana to join: “Georgina provided great support for me, along with Jon Willis, Jon Salfield and Dusty Miller. They backed me in my new role and have helped me to achieve my goals.”

Georgina Usher, member of the FIE Women and Fencing Council, said, “I’m delighted that, for the first time ever, a fencing coach participated in this programme. This came about as a result of support from the FIE, the FIE Women and Fencing Council and collaboration between the Romanian Fencing Federation and British Fencing. I hope that Oana will be the first of many female fencing coaches who will represent the sport on this programme, and use the skills they learn to help lead and develop fencing not just in their countries but across the world.”

Coaches participating in WISH are already active within national and/or international pathways, and have shown potential to reach the highest-level events and results.

Coaches are nominated for WISH by their national OIympic committees or National Governing Body and must commit to the full programme. As of now, more than 120 women have taken part in WISH from about 60 nations and more than 20 sports, including fencing.

“It has had a significant impact by enhancing leadership abilities, technical coaching knowledge, professional confidence and global networking opportunities”, said Oana. “Many participants describe the programme as transformative for their careers and personal development, myself included.”

Oana had some insights into a number of questions regarding the role of women in sport as coaches, and in particular rising to positions in which they can influence high-performance athletes:

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1583,"title":"Olympic Values Education Programme kicks off in Dakar at the FIE competitions","date":"2026-03-19 15:24:17","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196453-AGU_6489.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196452-AGU_6489.png","category":null,"content":"

Dakar has been staging many different events lately. The buzz of the YOG in Senegal represents a real opportunity for sport development, and the Senegal Fencing Federation is no exception. Its President, Mrs Cécile Faye, is deploying her best efforts to exploit all the chances to showcase fencing in the country.

The Junior Sabre World Cup in Dakar was coupled with the Junior and Cadet African Championships, under the auspices of the African Fencing Confederation and its President, Mr Mbagnick Ndiaye.

A practical move, sustainable for both the organising federation and the participants, reducing the carbon footprint and optimising resources.Many representatives of sports bodies in Senegal attended, including:

• Fanta DIALLO, Director of Engagement department

• Babacar Makhtar WADE, Deputy General Coordinator of the YOGOC• Dr. Mohamed DIOP, President of the National anti-doping Association

• Diamil FAYE, Advisor to the President of the Republic for the YOG Dakar 2026

• Bocar Laurent SY, the Dakar 2026 HR Director

• Thierno CISSE, the Director of the Dakar 2026 Games services

• Annick Tavernier, DAKAR 2026 YOG Sport Director

• Howsoun Semega Janneh, DAKAR 2026 YOG IF Relations and Service Manager and Competition Manager

• Moussa Dia, Director of Sports and Youth Activities at the Ministry of National Education and President of the Senegal Sport School Federation

• Leopold Germain Senghor, retired Director of High-Performance Sport at the Ministry of Youth and Sport

The African Championships in Dakar were widely regarded as one of the best zonal championships in recent years — a success crowned by the Senegalese medallists, who had the joy of winning a medal at home.

However, there is more.

Thanks to the upcoming YOG, the Federation put in place educational workshops and a fencing initiation within the framework of the Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP), with the support of the Dakar 2026 YOG Organising Committee. Seven (7) schools were mobilised:

The programme, run over 5 days, was articulated in 10 different sessions:

1. Interactive Olympic quiz

2. Crosswords and word search puzzles

3. Mined field

4. Artistic expression wall

5. Giant Jenga

6. Three-legged race

7. Olympic memory game

8. Mascotte AYO

9. Play Programme – fencing animation

10. Sustainability educational programme

The number of kids (U17) participating in these activities was on average 200 per day, so at the end of the 5 days, approximately 1,000 students got in touch with fencing for the first time. For the workshops, the kids were divided into groups and moved from stand to stand on a rotation basis. The fencing initiation was led by retired Senegalese fencers. African Fencing Confederation President, Mr Mbagnick Ndiaye discussed the initiative:

“As part of the activities and preparations for the World Cup and African Championships held recently in Dakar, the FSE set up a preparatory committee which decided that, in order to promote and popularise the sport among young people, its member clubs and anyone else who might be interested should help to ensure that young people in Dakar could really get involved and discover fencing. In this context, the federation’s fencing masters were also used to lead activities and introduce the sport, and the student fencing masters from the international fencing school were also called upon to ensure that every evening, groups of young people were introduced to the sport.

I think this was a very good thing in that it allowed us to reach a new target audience and introduce them to fencing. It allowed us, after the practice sessions and lessons, to actually watch the competitions take place in the main hall. I think it was a good experience. The project that the FIE is going to set up will also be able to benefit from this advantage. Talented athletes have been identified, young people have been identified, and I think that the project that the FIE currently wants to carry out will fit into this window that has already been opened by this initiative. The promotion and popularisation of fencing in Africa must necessarily involve projects of this kind. It is not advisable to get involved in other structures if you don’t really have the means to do so. Instead, you have to start with schools, start with young people and train as many fencing masters and instructors as possible. This is how the sport can be promoted, with adequate equipment designed for this type of activity.”

This is just the first step of an ambitious programme to promote fencing in schools and reach as many teenagers as possible.

That means they have access to a potentially enormous catchment area. Mr Dia explained that, within the framework of the Sport School Federation: “Each year a national festival of school sport is organised. The Senegal Fencing Federation has received since 2025 the authorisation for the promotion and the practice of fencing in all the schools of the country. For the national festival, fencing discovery sessions and training are organised for the students participating and their supervisors. From our standpoint the cooperation with Senegal Fencing Federation is of interest because it allows us to broaden the sport offer in schools. Our intent is to increase the participation of students in the sport and use it as a tool to convey the basic Olympic values.”

The President of the Senegal Fencing Federation commented: “Our ambition to ‘make Senegal shine at the tip of the sword’ will be achieved through the young generation of fencers that we are going to create with the support of the Ministry of National Education. This is the first institution with which we have established a partnership to offer young students the opportunity to practice fencing and live its values through the Olympic Values Education programme.”

“The future of Senegalese fencing is now.”

The FIE Interim President, in his New Year message, stated: “Our focus this year extends beyond the calendar of events. We are embarking on a new phase, guided by a renewed strategic vision for the International Fencing Federation (FIE). This vision is built on innovation, sustainable growth, and a commitment to securing the future of our sport. Central to this strategy is our dedication to nurturing the next generation of fencing talent. Events like the upcoming Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar are not just competitions; they are vital platforms for inspiring youth worldwide and showcasing the vibrancy of our sport.”

The initiative of the Senegal Fencing Federation is perfectly aligned with the FIE Strategic Plan for the current Olympic cycle, which has a strong focus on youth empowerment and access to schools.

In the coming months, Senegal will become the hub for youth fencing growth, culminating in a fencing festival at the YOG.

But the YOG are not merely an arrival point. For many young fencers and teenagers, that event is going to mark the start of a life-changing journey. And while the world is preparing for Dakar, the cap is already set beyond it, pointing at the future generations of fencers.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1579,"title":"The Perfect Start to the Cadet & Junior World Championships","date":"2026-03-06 17:22:47","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196381-FTC.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196380-FTC.png","category":null,"content":"

FIE International Training Camp in Rio de Janeiro

As the countdown begins to the Cadet & Junior World Championships,
the International Fencing Federation (FIE) is pleased to invite all participating athletes to take part in the FIE International Training Camp in Rio de Janeiro
— a unique opportunity to prepare at the highest level before competition begins.

Starting on 24 March for all weaponsand running until the day before each weapon’s event, the camp offers athletes the chance to fine-tune their performance in the very environment where the World Championships will unfold.

Train, Adapt, Perform

Arriving early can make all the difference at a World Championship. The FIE International Training Camp is designed to help athletes:

With structured daily sessions and high-level sparring against international opponents, fencers will sharpen their technical precision, tactical decision-making and competitive mindset in real bout conditions.

A Global Fencing Community

Beyond performance benefits, the camp is also a celebration of fencing’s international spirit. It provides a platform for cultural exchange and sporting connection, reinforcing the values of respect, inclusion and fair play that define the global fencing family.

The FIE particularly encourages participation from developing federations, ensuring that athletes from across the world can access a world-class preparation environment.

What the Camp Offers

Registration

Athletes wishing to participate are invited to send their full name, weapon and date of arrival to:
training.camp@fie.ch

The FIE looks forward to welcoming the world’s top young talents to Rio de Janeiro for a week of elite preparation, shared experience and international camaraderie — the ideal lead-in to the most important Cadet & Junior event of the season.

More details about the event published by the Local Organisers can be found on the following LINK.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1578,"title":"Building Champions for Dakar 2026","date":"2026-02-20 09:42:31","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196359-Dakar%203.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196358-Dakar%203.jpg","category":null,"content":"

FIE and Olympic Solidarity support Africa’s Next Generation of Fencers

In preparation for the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026, the International Fencing Federation (FIE), supported by Olympic Solidarity, has launched a series of international training camps aimed at accelerating the development of young African fencers.

Three one-week preparation camps were held in strategic locations, each taking place immediately ahead of a Cadet and Junior World Cup event:

In total, 13 young fencers representing 12 African national federations took part across the three camps.

The project also reflected the FIE’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion. Nearly half of the participating athletes were women, and one of the three appointed coaches was female, supporting the objective of progressing towards a 50 per cent gender balance across FIE development programmes.

The initiative was designed to strengthen athletes’ preparation by placing them in high-level training environments connected to international Cadet and Junior competitions. By combining structured training with direct competition experience, the programme enabled participants to enhance their performance, gain valuable international exposure, and develop new technical and tactical skills on their pathway towards Dakar 2026.

Each camp was led by experienced coaches, including coaches from Africa, who delivered the training programme and provided guidance and technical support during competitions.

Looking ahead to 2026, the FIE plans to organise a final preparation camp for African fencers who qualify for the Youth Olympic Games. Scheduled for early November, this final stage will aim to provide selected athletes with an additional performance boost in the weeks leading up to the Games.

The FIE would like to express its sincere appreciation to the Turkish Fencing Federation, the Tunisian Fencing Federation and the Egyptian Fencing Federation for their valuable support and local organisation, which played an essential role in the success of these camps.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1577,"title":"A Greener Start to 2026: Sustainability Takes Centre Stage in FIE Competitions","date":"2026-02-19 20:22:08","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196351-FIE_Fenceing_For_the_planet_logo1_.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196354-FIE_Fenceing_For_the_planet_logo1_.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Environmental sustainability is becoming a visible reality across international fencing. With the start of the 2025–2026 season, the International Fencing Federation (FIE) has taken a decisive step forward in embedding sustainable practices into its competitions, transforming environmental responsibility from ambition into concrete action.

Agreements signed between the FIE, National Federations and Local Organising Committees now include specific sustainability requirements, ensuring that environmentally responsible practices are integrated into both the planning and delivery of events. Measures such as reducing single-use plastics, implementing waste separation and recycling systems, promoting environmentally friendly transport and encouraging digital communication are increasingly becoming standard across FIE tournaments.

These actions form part of the FIE Strategic Development Plan, which aims to expand the Fencing for the Planet initiative throughout all levels of the sport. Organisers have responded positively, adapting sustainability measures to local contexts and, in many cases, going beyond initial recommendations while contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Recent competitions illustrate how sustainability can be effectively implemented in practice. At the Junior and Cadet Foil World Cup in Fujairah (2–4 January 2026), eco-friendly catering solutions prioritised reusable and biodegradable packaging, while surplus meals were redistributed to venue staff and local charities, helping to reduce food waste and its environmental impact.

In Madrid, organisers benefited from a strong municipal framework supporting waste reduction, reuse and recycling within a circular economy approach, demonstrating how cooperation with local authorities can turn waste management into both an environmental and economic resource.

Meanwhile, the Sabre World Cup in Salt Lake City highlighted the importance of venue selection in reducing carbon emissions. The LEED Silver-certified Salt Palace Convention Center, equipped with renewable energy solutions and located within walking distance of hotels, enabled participants to minimise transportation needs while reducing energy and water consumption.

Today, practices such as waste separation, paperless communication and shared transport are becoming increasingly common across FIE events. Beyond their measurable environmental benefits, these initiatives also carry an educational dimension, encouraging athletes, coaches, officials and spectators to adopt more environmentally conscious habits.

As the FIE continues to strengthen its role as a promoter of sustainability in sport, fencing is steadily moving towards a future where performance and environmental responsibility advance together.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1576,"title":"Zonal Championships Launch the Road to Rio","date":"2026-02-18 12:33:25","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196344-AGU_1292.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196343-AGU_1292.jpg","category":null,"content":"

The road to the Rio de Janeiro 2026 Junior and Cadet World Championships now stretches across four continents, as the sport’s leading young fencers prepare for their respective zonal championships—each a critical step towards April’s global stage in Rio de Janeiro.

This week in Africa, the continent’s best juniors meet in Dakar, Senegal (from 16 February 2026) for the African Junior Championships, a vital proving ground for emerging talents determined to announce themselves on the international stage.

Europe’s junior elite will gather in Tbilisi, Georgia (24–27 February 2026) —traditionally one of the deepest and most demanding events on the international calendar. With powerhouse nations throughout the field, podium places in Tbilisi will signal genuine medal potential heading into the World Championships.

At the same time, Asia’s rising stars will compete in Jakarta, Indonesia (24–27 February 2026) at the Asian Junior Championships. The Asian zone continues to produce world-class talent across all three weapons, and strong performances there frequently translate into success in April.

The Pan American region will showcase its depth in Bogotá, Colombia (from 26 February 2026) at the Pan American Junior Championships, where athletes from across North, Central, and South America will compete for zonal titles and crucial momentum ahead of April.

For juniors, these events serve as a decisive benchmark—an opportunity to measure form, sharpen tactics, and build confidence before the Junior and Cadet World Championships.

As February unfolds across four zones, new names will emerge while established contenders aim to reinforce their status. The message is unmistakable: the journey to Rio begins—and is defined—at zonals.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1575,"title":"Rizzi and Kurbanov Capture Epee World Cup Titles","date":"2026-02-09 08:17:30","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196331-EVA00601.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/196330-EVA00601.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Italy’s Giulia Rizzi and Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov claimed individual gold medals at the latest Epee World Cup events, held in Wuxi, China, and Heidenheim, Germany respectively.

Rizzi Leads Italian One-Two in Wuxi

In Wuxi, Giulia Rizzi won the women’s épée World Cup title, defeating her Italian teammate Alberta Santuccio 15–9 in the final to top a field of 190 fencers.

Ranked fourth in the world, Rizzi responded strongly after an early exit at the Doha Grand Prix, surviving a narrow 15–14 victory over China’s Xinrong Zhan in the round of 64. The same round also saw the elimination of world number one Sera Song of Republic of Korea, who fell to China’s Sihan Yu 15–11.

In the semi-finals, Rizzi defeated fellow Italian Rossella Fiamingo 15–6, while Santuccio advanced with a 15–8 win over China’s Junyao Tang. Tang and Fiamingo shared the bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Women’s Épée

Giulia Rizzi (ITA, gold), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, silver), Junyao Tang (CHN, bronze), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA, bronze), Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA), Aliya Luty (FRA), Fiona Hatz (SUI), Jade Sersot (FRA).

China also celebrated success in the women’s team event, defeating Korea 45–35 in the final to claim gold among twenty competing teams.

In the semi-finals, China overcame Olympic champions Italy 45–37, while Korea edged Ukraine 42–40. Earlier in the competition, eighth-seeded Ukraine produced a notable upset by eliminating Olympic silver medallists and reigning world champions France 45–38 in the quarter-finals.

Italy recovered to defeat Ukraine 42–36 and secure the bronze medal.

Final Rankings – Women’s Team Épée

China (gold), Korea (silver), Italy (bronze), Ukraine, Hungary, France, _AIN, Japan.

Kurbanov Triumphs in Heidenheim

At the men’s epee World Cup in Heidenheim, Ruslan Kurbanov of Kazakhstan captured gold after edging Italy’s Davide Di Veroli 15–14 in a tightly contested final. Kurbanov topped the largest field of the season, which featured 371 competitors.

Tristan Tulen of the Netherlands, winner of the Doha Grand Prix two weeks earlier, once again defeated defending Olympic and World Champion Koki Kano of Japan, this time 10–9 in the quarter-finals, before falling to Kurbanov 15–9 in the semi-finals. In the other semi-final, Di Veroli defeated Paris Olympic bronze medallist Mohamed Elsayed of Egypt 14–7. Tulen and Elsayed earned bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Men’s Epee

Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ, gold), Davide Di Veroli (ITA, silver), Tristan Tulen (NED, bronze), Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, bronze), Koki Kano (JPN), Jakub Jurka (CZE), Kirill Prokhodov (KAZ), Nikita Zhulinskiy (KAZ).

In the men’s team event in Heidenheim, France secured gold, defeating Republic of Korea 45–37 in the final to prevail among 40 teams.

France reached the gold-medal match with a 45–35 semi-final victory over the Netherlands, who had earlier edged top-ranked Japan — the reigning world champions and Olympic silver medallists — 42–41. In the other semi-final, Korea narrowly defeated Switzerland 41–40.

Korea’s run to the final included one of the competition’s biggest surprises, as the 16th-ranked team eliminated second-ranked Hungary, the Olympic champions and reigning world championship silver medallists, 42–38 in the round of 16.

The Netherlands claimed bronze with a 45–38 victory over Switzerland.

Final Rankings – Men’s Team Epee

France (gold), Korea (silver), Netherlands (bronze), Switzerland, China, Kazakhstan, Ukraine.

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TURIN, Italy, Feb. 5-7, 2026

Italy celebrated a double triumph at the Turin Foil Grand Prix, as Martina Batini and Guillaume Bianchi claimed gold in the women’s and men’s foil events respectively.

Martina Batini secured victory in the women’s competition, defeating fellow Italian and two-time World Champion Arianna Errigo (Budapest 2013, Kazan 2014) 15–13 in a closely contested final. Batini topped a strong field of 211 fencers to take the title on home soil.

Errigo’s route to the final included an all-Italian clash in the round of 32, where she overcame two-time World Champion Alice Volpi (Milan 2013, Wuxi 2018) 15–8. One of the tournament’s biggest surprises came in the round of 16, when Italy’s Martina Sinigalia, ranked 21st, defeated world number one and reigning Olympic and World Champion Lee Kiefer of the United States 15–8.

In the semi-finals, Batini defeated Japan’s Sera Azuma 15–8, while Errigo edged past Komaki Kikuchi of Japan 15–14. Azuma and Kikuchi both took bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Women’s Individual Foil

Martina Batini (ITA, gold), Arianna Errigo (ITA, silver), Sera Azuma (JPN, bronze), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN, bronze), Martina Sinigalia (ITA), Karin Miyawaki (JPN, tied 6th), Byeoli Mo (KOR, tied 6th), Dariia Myroniuk (UKR).


In the men’s foil event, Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi emerged victorious from a field of 295 fencers, defeating Paris Olympic bronze medallist Nick Itkin of the United States 15–11 in the final.

A major upset occurred in the round of 64, when Poland’s 20-year-old Jan Nowak, ranked 250th, eliminated world number one Chun Yin Ryan Choi of Hong Kong, China, 15–14. In the semi-finals, Bianchi defeated Alexander Choupenitch of Czechia 15–12, while Itkin overcame two-time defending Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung of Hong Kong, China, 15–9. Choupenitch and Cheung shared the bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Men’s Individual Epee

Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, gold), Nick Itkin (USA, silver), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG, bronze), Kirill Borodachev (_AIN), Mohamed Hamza (EGY), Tommaso Martini (ITA), Shunsuke Baba (JPN).

Watch for upcoming FIE Grand Prix events, including Budapest, Hungary (epee, Mar. 13-15) and Lima, Peru (foil, Mar. 20-22). Complete and official results and photos for this event can be found on the FIE website. To watch the entire competition, along with any other FIE senior event, go to www.FencingTV.com.

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More than 1,000 of the world’s leading foil and epee fencers will be in action this weekend across three major international events: the Foil Grand Prix in Turin, Italy, the Men’s Epee World Cup in Heidenheim, Germany, and the Women’s Epee World Cup in Wuxi, China.

Heidenheim once again features the largest field of the season, with 374 competitors set to take to the piste. Heading the entry list is world number one Gergely Siklósi of Hungary, who will be aiming to step onto the top of the podium after consecutive runner-up finishes at the Doha Grand Prix two weeks ago and at the 2025 World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.

In Wuxi, attention will focus on Eszter Muhari of Hungary, currently ranked third in the world. Muhari arrives in China in strong form after a commanding victory in Doha, followed by a bronze medal at the World Cup in Vancouver in December, and will be looking to continue her impressive early-season momentum.

The foil spotlight turns to Turin, where Lee Kiefer of the United States returns to Grand Prix competition. The 2025 World Champion and two-time defending Olympic gold medallist will be seeking to build on her January victory at the Hong Kong World Cup, where she signalled a return to top form after earlier finishes in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Busan, Republic of Korea.

Also competing in Turin is Alexander Massialas of the United States, currently ranked fourth in the world. Fresh from an outstanding World Cup triumph in Paris two weeks ago—where he defeated reigning World Champion Chun Yin Ryan Choi - Massialas will be aiming to add to his already impressive collection of 30 Grand Prix and World Cup medals.

With elite fields, returning champions, and early-season rankings at stake, the weekend promises high-quality fencing across three continents.

Watch all the competitions live on FencingTV, starting from tableau 64 for individuals and tableau 16 for teams.

Event: FIE Grand Prix
\r\nPlace: Turin, Italy
\r\nWeapon: Foil
\r\nGender: Women & Men
\r\nDates: 5–7 February 2026
\r\nInfo: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil

Event: FIE World Cup
\r\nPlace: Wuxi, China
\r\nWeapon: Epee
\r\nGender: Women
\r\nDates: 6–8 February 2026
\r\nInfo: W Individual Epee, W Team Epee

Event: FIE World Cup
\r\nPlace: Heidenheim, Germany
\r\nWeapon: Epee
\r\nGender: Men
\r\nDates: 5–7 February 2026
\r\nInfo: M Individual Epee, M Team Epee

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1572,"title":"LA2028: FIE Advances Preparations During Los Angeles Site Visit","date":"2026-01-31 10:16:31","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/195808-LA-site-visit.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/39/195807-LA-site-visit.jpg","category":null,"content":"

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) conducted a two-day site visit in Los Angeles on 27–28 January 2025, marking an important step in preparations for the delivery of fencing at the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028.

The FIE delegation was led by Secretary General Gulnara Saidova, together with Vice President Donald K. Anthony, Jr., Executive Committee Member Arno Schneider, Sport and Event Manager Jennifer Yamin, and USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews. The group was welcomed by a cross-functional team from the LA2028 Organising Committee, led by Jack Smith and Jim Gregory, with representatives from venue development, sport operations, accommodation, transportation, medical services, results, ticketing, communications, logistics, and hospitality.

Discussions on the first day focused on accommodation planning for International Federations and International Technical Officials, followed by an in-depth review of the proposed fencing venue at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Particular attention was given to the field of play, functional spaces, and fencing-specific operational requirements, ensuring that the venue design meets international standards and the demands of elite competition. Meetings also addressed competition scheduling, training facilities, hospitality concepts, transport planning, sport equipment requirements, and the overall Sport Delivery Plan.

The second day included visits to several hotels under consideration for accommodating International Technical Officials, National Technical Officials, and the FIE delegation. Further working sessions explored key operational areas such as workforce planning, testing and readiness, ticketing strategy, logistics and arrivals, medical services, and results systems. These discussions enabled the FIE to provide technical input and ensure continued alignment with Olympic best practices.

The visit concluded with a “Next Steps” session, confirming areas of strong alignment, identifying follow-up actions, and reinforcing timelines for the next phases of preparation. Overall, the meetings were highly successful and confirmed a strong and constructive collaboration between the FIE and the LA2028 Organising Committee.

As part of the outcomes of the visit, the FIE confirmed its intention to work closely with the LA2028 Organising Committee and USA Fencing on promotion and visibility activities for fencing on the road to the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028. This cooperation will support the global promotion of fencing and contribute to the successful delivery of the sport in 2028.

Overall, the site visit strengthened collaboration between the FIE and LA2028, validated key planning concepts, and established a clear framework for advancing fencing’s operational readiness on the road to Los Angeles 2028.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1571,"title":"Thomas Bach on Fencing, Legacy and the Future of the Sport","date":"2026-01-29 18:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194909-AGU_2902.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194908-AGU_2902.jpg","category":null,"content":"

For Thomas Bach, Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee and an Olympic fencing champion, fencing has never been just a sport. It is a lifelong influence that shaped not only his athletic career, but his outlook on life.

“I wanted to become a football player until my parents introduced me to fencing. I quickly became excited about this wonderful sport. In the end, fencing changed not only my sporting life, but my entire life.”

Like most young fencers, Bach began his journey with the foil, the weapon which led him to Olympic gold. “You usually start with foil, and when you are successful, you tend to stay with it,” he explains. Yet his own path also included sabre, where he won his first junior regional title, an early indication of Bach’s prowess for the sport.

A Faster, More Athletic Sport

Looking back to his Olympic gold medal won in team foil in Montreal 1976, Bach notes how dramatically fencing has evolved. “Like all sports today, fencing is much faster and much more athletic,” he says. “You can clearly see the impact of modern nutrition, equipment, training programmes and psychological support. All of this has changed the sport completely.”

Watching today’s elite fencers compete in Doha, Bach is struck by both the physical and mental demands of modern fencing. The speed, intensity and tactical sophistication on display underline how far the sport has progressed — and how demanding it has become for those aiming to reach the top.

Lessons Beyond Victory and Defeat

Despite his achievements, Bach’s message to young fencers is grounded and universal. “Never give up,” he says. “Try to live your dream, but always keep perspective. Defeat is not the end of everything — you can learn from it. And victory is not forever, nor does it make you superior to others.”

Quoting a familiar saying, he adds: “Defeat is the mother of victory. This is true in sport and in life.”

Dakar 2026 and the Road to LA2028

With the Olympic cycle now firmly underway, Bach sees events such as the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games as an important stepping stone towards LA2028. “Athletes already have the Olympic Games in mind,” he says. “This is the beginning of a very decisive period — a time to test, to improve skills, and to prepare to reach peak performance.”

He believes younger athletes are increasingly competitive earlier in their careers, benefiting from structured pathways and international exposure. Dakar, he notes, will play a key role in inspiring the next generation and accelerating their development.

Sustainability as a Shared Responsibility

Looking to the future, Bach emphasises that sustainability must play a central role in shaping international sport. “Nobody can fight climate change alone,” he says. “Only if everyone comes together can real progress be achieved.”

For international federations, this means rethinking event organisation, travel patterns and calendar structures. “We must always consider how to reduce our carbon footprint — through more regionalised events and smarter planning,” he explains. “This responsibility applies not only to institutions, but to everyone involved in sport.”

For Bach, fencing’s future is inseparable from the values that helped shape his life’s path — respect, discipline, resilience and responsibility. From the foil piste to the Olympic Movement, his message is clear: the sport continues to evolve, but its ability to shape lives remains as powerful as ever.


\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1570,"title":"France’s Noutcha and Republic of Korea’s Oh Capture Gold in Salt Lake City","date":"2026-01-26 17:29:26","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194907-EVA00390.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194906-EVA00390.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Salt Lake City Women’s & Men's Sabre World Cup, Jan. 22-25.

Sarah Noutcha of France achieved a personal best performance, outduelling a field of 184 fencers to defeat two-time World Champion (2022, 2023) Misaki Emura of Japan 15–14, earning her first World Cup gold medal at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The 26-year-old Noutcha, who had previously claimed two silver and four bronze medals at World Cups and Grand Prix events, also defeated Michela Battiston of Italy, winner of the Orléans Grand Prix in December, 15–8 in the semi-finals.

It marked a second consecutive silver medal for Emura, who was also runner-up two weeks earlier at the Tunis Grand Prix. In the semi-finals, Emura defeated 2025 World Champion Yana Egorian (_AIN) 15–11.

Egorian reached the semi-finals by overcoming 2024 Paris Olympic Champion Manon Apithy of France 15–13 in the quarter-finals.

Battiston and Egorian both earned bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Women’s Individual Sabre

Sarah Noutcha (FRA, gold), Misaki Emura (JPN, silver), Michela Battiston (ITA, bronze), Yana Egorian (_AIN, bronze), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN), Lucía Martín-Portugués (ESP), Anna Spiesz (HUN), Manon Apithy (FRA).

The men’s competition, featuring a field of 210 fencers, saw 2024 Paris Olympic Champion Sanguk Oh of Republic of Korea return to the top of the podium. One of the most decorated sabreurs in history, Oh defeated Mao Kokubo of Japan 15–12 to claim the gold medal.

Oh, the 2019 World Champion, captured his 25th World Cup and Grand Prix medal, including his 11th gold. In the semi-finals, he overcame 20-year-old 2025 Junior World Champion Cosimo Bertini of Italy (Wuxi, China) 15–5.

In the other semi-final, Kokubo edged Ziad Elsissy of Egypt 15–11. Elsissy reached the semi-finals by narrowly defeating Vlad Covaliu of Romania 15–14. Covaliu, the 2024 Junior World Champion (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), was also the runner-up at the 2025 Junior World Championships to Bertini in Wuxi.

Elsissy and Bertini both claimed bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Men’s Individual Sabre

Sanguk Oh (KOR, gold), Mao Kokubo (JPN, silver), Cosimo Bertini (ITA, bronze), Ziad Elsissy (EGY, bronze), Gyeongdong Do (KOR), Sangwon Park (KOR), Vlad Covaliu (ROU), Bongil Gu (KOR).

France replicated its 2025 World Championship (Tbilisi) success by once again defeating Republic of Korea 45–37 to claim the gold medal at the Salt Lake City World Cup, in a competition featuring twenty teams.

The dominant French trio of 2024 Olympic Champion Manon Apithy, silver medallist Sara Balzer, and Sarah Noutcha, who won individual gold in Salt Lake City, proved too strong for the Korean team.

Korea’s line-up included fourth-ranked Hayoung Jeon, tenth-ranked Jeongmi Kim and Jiyoung Choi.

France defeated China 45–39 in the semi-finals, while Korea edged Japan 45–44. Japan, just one touch away from contesting the final, were then convincingly beaten 45–33 by China, who secured the bronze medal.

Final Rankings – Women’s Team Sabre

France (gold), Korea (silver), China (bronze), Japan, Hungary, United States of America, Bulgaria, Poland.

In the men’s competition, Korea emerged on top of a field of twenty-two teams, defeating a young and rising United States team 45–40 in the final.

Korea were led by Paris 2024 Olympic Champion Sanguk Oh, while the American team featured nineteen-year-old William Morrill and twenty-year-olds Colin Heathcock and Darii Lukashenko.

Both teams had to come from behind to reach the final. Korea trailed Poland 40–36 before Oh defeated Benedikt Denkiewicz 9–4 to secure a dramatic 45–44 victory. The United States were behind 40–39 against France when Heathcock outduelled Sébastien Patrice 6–3 to clinch the match 45–43.

Poland went on to defeat France 45–44 to claim the bronze medal.

Final Rankings – Men’s Team Sabre

Korea (gold), USA (silver), Poland (bronze), France, Hungary, China, Italy, Canada.

The series continues with these exciting FIE Senior Grand Prix and World Cup events in 2026!

· Turin, Italy Foil Grand Prix – February 5-7

· Heidenheim, Germany Epee World Cup – February 5-7

· Wuxi, China Epee World Cup – February 6-8

Complete and official results and photos: FIE website

Watch the entire competitions: www.FencingTV.com

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1569,"title":"Hungary’s Muhari and the Netherlands’ Tulen Capture Gold at the Doha Grand Prix ","date":"2026-01-25 10:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194900-AGU_2651.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194899-AGU_2651.jpg","category":null,"content":"

DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 23-25, 2026

The awarding ceremony of the Doha Grand Prix 2026 for women and men, held at the Aspire Sports Complex, concluded in the presence of Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, CEO of Qatar Foundation, Mr Abdel Moneim El-Husseiny, Interim President of the International Fencing Federation, and Dr Thomas Bach, Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee, along with a number of distinguished figures from the international fencing community.

Also in attendance were Mr Abdullah Ali Al Ghanim, President of the Qatar Fencing Federation, Ms Gulnora Saidova, Secretary General of the International Fencing Federation, Ms Velichka Hristeva, Member of the Executive Committee of the International Fencing Federation, Sheikh Salem Al Qasimi, President of the Asian Fencing Confederation, and Mr Vitaly Logvin, President of the Pan American Fencing Confederation.

Hungary’s Eszter Muhari, the Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist, topped a field of 180 fencers at the Doha Grand Prix in Qatar, defeating France’s Alexandra Louis Marie 15–5 in a commanding final at the spectacular Aspire Dome. The bout was contested in front of a distinguished audience that included Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee, Dr. Thomas Bach.

The 23-year-old Muhari, a student at the University of Notre Dame (USA), dominated the final, but her path to gold was anything but straightforward. In the quarterfinals, she produced one of the most dramatic comebacks of the competition against Italy’s Alberta Santuccio. Trailing 9–2, Muhari outscored Santuccio 12–4 and secured a 14–13 overtime victory.

Muhari followed that performance by edging Ukraine’s Anna Maksymenko 15–14 in the semifinals. On the opposite side of the bracket, Louis Marie advanced to the final by defeating her French teammate Marie Florence Candassamy—winner of the Tunis Grand Prix two weeks earlier—15–12. Maksymenko and Candassamy each earned bronze medals.

Final Rankings – Women’s Individual Epee

Eszter Muhari (HUN, gold), Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA, silver), Anna Maksymenko (UKR, bronze), Marie Florence Candassamy (FRA, bronze), Sera Song (KOR), Alberta Santuccio (ITA), Lili Buki (HUN), Lauren Rembi (FRA).

In the men’s competition, which featured a field of 250 fencers, Tristan Tulen of the Netherlands claimed gold by defeating Italy’s Simone Mencarelli 12–7 in the final. The 34-year-old, ranked 27th in the world, had previously earned World Cup and Grand Prix bronze medals, making his first gold a career-best achievement.

Tulen’s defining bout came in the round of 16, where he upset reigning Olympic (Paris 2024) and World Champion (Tbilisi 2025) Koki Kano of Japan, 15–11. Employing a daring defensive strategy built around sharp parries, Tulen prevailed in their first-ever meeting.

In the semifinals, Tulen defeated Dmitriy Gusev (_AIN) 11–7. Mencarelli advanced to the final by scoring a major upset of top-ranked Hungarian Gergely Siklósi, winning 15–9. Siklósi, the Tokyo 2021 Olympic silver medallist, 2019 World Champion, and current World Championship silver medallist (Tbilisi 2025), went on to claim bronze alongside Gusev.

Final Rankings – Men’s Individual Epee

Tristan Tulen (NED, gold), Simone Mencarelli (ITA, silver), Gergely Siklósi (HUN, bronze), Dmitriy Gusev (_AIN, bronze), Mohamed Elsayed (EGY), Jacob Jurka (CZE), Roman Svichkar (UKR), Gabriel Feinberg (USA).

Mr Abdel Moneim El-Husseiny, Interim President of the International Fencing Federation, expressed his sincere gratitude and appreciation to Her Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani for her tremendous support, as well as to the Qatar Fencing Federation and the organising committee for their exceptional efforts in delivering the Grand Prix event at such an impressive level.

He also praised the professional contribution of his colleagues within the International Fencing Federation and commended the spirit of dedication and commitment shown by the Qatari youth volunteers, who served as an exemplary model of organisation, hospitality, and on-field support.

Watch for upcoming FIE Grand Prix events, including Turin, Italy (foil, Feb. 5-7) and Budapest, Hungary (epee, Mar. 13-15). Complete and official results and photos for this event can be found on the FIE website. To watch the entire competition, along with any other FIE senior event, go to www.FencingTV.com.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1568,"title":"IOC Honorary President Thomas Bach Arrives in Doha","date":"2026-01-24 10:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194893-AGU_7952%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/194892-AGU_7952%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Mr Abdel Moneim El-Husseiny, Interim President of the International Fencing Federation, welcomed Mr Thomas Bach, Honorary President of the International Olympic Committee, to Qatar to attend the Doha Grand Prix for women and men, held in Doha from 23 to 25 January 2026.

The ceremony at Doha Airport was attended by Sheikh Salem Al Qasimi, President of the Asian Fencing Confederation, and Mr Khaled Al Hammadi, Secretary General of the Qatar Fencing Federation.

During the visit in the Aspire Sports Complex, Mr Bach praised the high organisational standards of the event and Qatar’s advanced sports infrastructure, affirming that what he witnessed reflects the country’s leading position in sport and its ability to successfully host major international events.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1567,"title":"Epee and Sabre Take Centre Stage in Doha and Salt Lake City","date":"2026-01-21 07:03:26","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190973-FIE_GP_25-25_ORLEANS_1600x900%20%282%29.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190972-FIE_GP_25-25_ORLEANS_1600x900%20%282%29.png","category":null,"content":"

The global fencing spotlight turns to two continents this weekend, as the world’s elite epee and sabre fencers compete at the Epee Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar, and the Sabre World Cup in Salt Lake City, USA, with more than 800 athletes in action.\r\n

In women’s epee, Marie-Florence Candassamy of France arrives in Doha full of confidence after capturing gold at the Fujairah World Cup just two weeks ago. The French fencer will be aiming to confirm her form on the Grand Prix stage against a deep and highly competitive field.\r\n

On the men’s side, attention will focus on Italy’s Matteo Galassi, whose rapid rise has been one of the season’s early talking points. The 20-year-old claimed silver in Fujairah and has since climbed to seventh in the senior world rankings, using an unconventional and highly effective fencing style to unsettle more experienced opponents.\r\n

In sabre, the spotlight shifts to Salt Lake City, where two-time World Champion Misaki Emura of Japan will be chasing gold after finishing runner-up at the Tunis Grand Prix. The Japanese star faces stiff opposition from France’s Sébastien Patrice, who arrives with momentum after ending Krisztián Rabb’s two-event Grand Prix winning streak in Tunis and now targets back-to-back victories.\r\n

Adding further intrigue is the return of 2025 World Champion Sandro Bazadze of Georgia, who missed the Tunis event through illness. Bazadze made history last season by becoming Georgia’s first senior world champion in front of his home crowd in Tbilisi, and his blend of speed, power, and mental resilience makes him one of the most compelling athletes on the international circuit.\r\n

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Doha, Qatar
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 23-25 January 2026
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee

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Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Salt Lake City, USA
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 22-25 January 2026
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre, M Team Sabre\r\n

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1566,"title":"Costa Rica Junior Epee World Cup Earns Blue Flag Again","date":"2026-01-21 06:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190966-costa-rica%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190965-costa-rica%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

For the second consecutive year, Costa Rica’s Junior and Cadet Epee World Cups have received the Ecological Blue Flag, following the 2024 Junior World Cup recognition. The Costa Rican Fencing Federation was also recognized for hosting non-FIE events, including the 2024 Pan American Children and Veterans Championship and the 2025 Central American and Caribbean Cadet and Junior Championship.

The first Blue Flag, awarded in 2024, was donated to the FIE Congress in Tashkent to underscore the importance of hosting national and international events with reduced environmental impact, safeguarding both participants and the environment. This donation transformed a national award into a global symbol, setting a benchmark for future FIE events and embedding sustainability into the FIE’s institutional memory.

The Costa Rican Fencing Federation ensures that all reductions are quantifiable and significant, validated through the Ecologic Blue Flag Program’s rigorous certification process. Their efforts support both the International Olympic Committee’s sustainability initiatives and the FIE’s Fencing for the Planet program, enhancing the Federation’s environmental and social profile nationally and regionally.

Sustainable Practices in Action

Looking ahead, the Federation will continue pursuing Ecological Blue Flag certification for all international events, integrate sustainability into World Environment Day and World Fencing Day, and expand environmental education across the national fencing community.

“Our goal is to show that high-level sporting events can and must be sustainable,” said the Federation. “The Ecologic Blue Flag is more than an award—it is a rigorous commitment to our community and the environment, ensuring every touch on the strip leaves a positive mark on the world.”

Andrea Campos, a Costa Rican épée fencer and environmental engineer who contributed to earning the Blue Flag, was invited to the FIE’s Fencing for the Planet Roundtable in Tbilisi. Her participation highlights the Blue Flag as a model for sustainable event organization, positions Costa Rica as a knowledge contributor, and translates local successes into international policy dialogue, offering the FIE a replicable real-world sustainability example.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1565,"title":"Fencing for Life: Fencing Beyond Competition – Supporting Recovery and Inclusion","date":"2026-01-14 18:52:41","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190949-ATP_2193%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190948-ATP_2193%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

For Italy, fencing has long been measured in medals.

But for dozens of women across the country, it is now being measured in something far more personal: the courage to step back onto the piste after breast cancer.

Through its Pink Ribbon initiative, the Italian Fencing Federation has shown how sport can move beyond competition and become a powerful tool for recovery, confidence, and renewed identity. The project integrates fencing exercises into the rehabilitation process for women who have undergone breast cancer surgery, helping them reconnect with their bodies and rediscover movement without fear.

The programme has grown rapidly. For the 2025/2026 season, 40 clubs across 14 regions in Italy have joined the initiative — nearly tripling participation compared to the previous year. What began as a pilot project has evolved into a nationwide network of support, united by fencing.

That spirit was on full display earlier this month at the Junior World Cup in Udine, where the federation hosted the first national meeting of Pink Ribbon participants. Fifty-five women who had undergone breast cancer surgery came together — not as patients, but as athletes — sharing the piste, their experiences, and a collective determination to move forward.

The importance of the initiative was underlined by the presence of FIE Secretary General Mrs Gulnora Saidova, who attended the event in Udine in person.

“Projects like the Pink Ribbon initiative show the true strength of fencing as a sport,” said Saidova. “Beyond competition and results, fencing has the power to support recovery, inclusion, and personal resilience. Seeing these women on the piste in Udine was a powerful reminder that our sport can positively impact lives in meaningful and lasting ways.”

The initiative, renewed by the Federal Council chaired by Luigi Mazzone, has also received the support of Sport e Salute Spa, which recognised its sporting and social value and provided funding. The National Association of Women who have undergone breast cancer surgery (ANDOS) has played a key role in expanding the project, working alongside fencing clubs to encourage participation and deliver adapted fencing sessions across Italy.

For Francesca Facioni, a former foil fencer and member of the project’s working group, the impact is deeply personal.

“Returning to the piste after breast cancer means rebuilding the relationship with your body,” she said. “It is about regaining confidence, motivation, and awareness — about feeling emotions again and finding the strength to take on new challenges. This is what fencing has given me.”

While Italy remains the most decorated fencing nation in Olympic history, the Pink Ribbon initiative represents a different kind of excellence — one that cannot be counted in medals. It is measured instead in restored confidence, solidarity, and the ability of sport to change lives long after the final touch.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1564,"title":"Aline Mikhailova (_AIN) and Sebastien Patrice (FRA) Win Gold at Tunis Sabre Grand Prix 2026 ","date":"2026-01-12 08:05:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190941-EVA06282.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190940-EVA06282.jpg","category":null,"content":"

TUNIS, Tunisia, Jan. 9-11, 2026

In the women’s individual sabre, Alina Mikhailova (_AIN) reached the top of the podium in a field of 154 fencers, claiming a decisive 15–10 victory over top-ranked and two-time World Champion (2022, 2023) Misaki Emura of Japan. Mikhailova prevailed through strong blade actions and powerful attacking fencing.

She narrowly avoided elimination in the semi-finals, overturning a 14–12 deficit to defeat Nisanur Erbil of Türkiye 15–14, with Erbil taking the bronze medal.

Emura navigated a demanding path to the final, defeating 2024 Olympic Champion Manon Apithy of France 15–11 in the round of 32, before edging 2025 World Champion Yana Egorian 15–14 in the round of 16.

The other bronze medal went to Lucía Martín-Portugués of Spain, who was beaten 15–7 by Emura.

Final rankings – Women’s Individual Sabre:

Alina Mikhailova (_AIN, gold), Misaki Emura (JPN, silver), Nisanur Erbil (TUR, bronze), Lucía Martín-Portugués (ESP, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Hayoung Jeon (KOR), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), and Toscane Tori (FRA).

Sébastien Patrice of France won gold in Tunis, Tunisia, topping a field of 175 fencers and defeating Hungary’s Krisztián Rabb, winner of the previous two Grand Prix in Orléans, France, and Seoul, Korea, by a score of 15–11. The competition was held at the Palais des Sports de Radès.

For Patrice, it was his first Grand Prix gold medal, having previously won three World Cup titles. The third-ranked Patrice was able to overcome the seventh-ranked Rabb by utilising his unorthodox and highly effective footwork, while also neutralising Rabb’s strong bladework.

While falling short in his attempt at a third consecutive Grand Prix victory, Rabb’s silver medal further underlined his rapid rise in the world rankings.

The bronze medals went to Ahmed Hesham of Egypt, who was beaten 15–10by Patrice, and Jean-Philippe Patrice, Sébastien’s brother, who lost 15–6 to Rabb.

Final rankings – Men’s Individual Sabre:

Sébastien Patrice (FRA, gold), Krisztián Rabb (HUN, silver), Ahmed Hesham (EGY, bronze), Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, bronze), Colin Heathcock (USA), Sangwon Park (KOR), Pietro Torre (ITA), and Maxime Pianfetti (FRA).

Watch for upcoming FIE Grand Prix events, including Doha, Qatar (epee, Jan. 23-25) and Turin, Italy (foil, Feb. 5-7).

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1563,"title":"Three FIE World Cups: Fujairah, Hong Kong, Paris","date":"2026-01-12 08:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190937-DSC03489%20%281%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190936-DSC03489%20%281%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place this weekend in Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Hong Kong (China) and Paris (France) in women’s and men’s epee and foil.\r\n

Fujairah Women’s & Men's Epee World Cup, Jan. 8-11.\r\n

Marie-Florence Candassamy of France defeated Italy’s Alberta Santuccio 15–10to win gold at the Fujairah, UAE, Epee World Cup at the Zayed Sports Complex, which featured a field of 217 fencers.\r\n

It was Candassamy’s first gold medal at a World Cup or Grand Prix, having previously won seven silver and six bronze medals. She achieved the title in impressive fashion, defeating top-ranked Sera Song of Republic of Korea, the 2025 World Championship bronze medallist, in the quarter-finals.\r\n

Santuccio claimed her ninth World Cup or Grand Prix medal, matching the silver medal she won at the 2023 World Championships in Milan, Italy.\r\n

The bronze medallists were Hadley Husisian of the United States, who lost 12–11 to Candassamy, and Hyein Lee of Korea, who was beaten 15–8 by Santuccio.\r\n

Final rankings – Women’s Individual Epee:\r\n

Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA, gold), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, silver), Hadley Husisian (USA, bronze), Hyein Lee (KOR, bronze), Sera Song (KOR), Katrina Lehis (EST), Chang Liu (CHN), and Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA).\r\n

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The men’s epee event with 275 fencers in Fujairah was won by 59th-ranked Conrad Seibaek Kongstad of Denmark, who defeated Matteo Galassi of Italy 15–13. It marked the first podium finish of his career for the 28-year-old.\r\n

Kongstad’s inspiring run to the top of the podium began in the round of 32, where he defeated world number two Masaru Yamada of Japan, the 2025 World Championship bronze medallist, in overtime, 8–7.\r\n

By taking the silver medal, the 20-year-old Galassi, who won silver at the 2025 Junior World Championships in Wuxi, China, and bronze at the World Cup in Vancouver, Canada, in December, has made a seamless transition into the senior ranks.\r\n

Bronze medals went to Máté Tamás Koch of Hungary, the 2023 World Champion, who was beaten 15–10 by Galassi, and Alexis Bayard of Switzerland, who lost 15–9 to Kongstad.\r\n

Final rankings – Men’s Individual Epee:\r\n

Conrad Seibaek Kongstad (DEN, gold), Matteo Galassi (ITA, silver), Alexis Bayard (SUI, bronze), Máté Tamás Koch (HUN, bronze), Roman Svichkar (UKR), Eugeni Gavalda (ESP), Elijah Imrek (USA), and Youssef Shamel (EGY).\r\n

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The United States topped a field of 29 countries in Fujairah, UAE, defeating 2025 World Championship bronze medallists Korea 45–40 to claim the women’s epee team gold medal.\r\n

In the semi-finals, the United States defeated Hungary 45–37, while Korea edged Estonia 31–30. Estonia went on to beat Hungary 34–27 to secure the bronze medal.\r\n

Final rankings – Women’s Team Epee:\r\n

United States (gold; Kyle Fallon, Hadley Husisian, Catherine Nixon, Leehi Machulsky), Korea (silver), Estonia (bronze), Hungary, Poland, Sweden, China, Germany.\r\n

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In the men’s team epee competition in Fujairah, Switzerland topped a field of 32 teams, defeating Italy 45–24 to win the gold medal.\r\n

In the semi-finals, Switzerland beat Ukraine 40–32, while Italy defeated the Netherlands 34–32. The Netherlands then overcame Ukraine 42–40 to take the bronze medal.\r\n

Final rankings – Men’s Team Epee:\r\n

Switzerland (gold; Alexis Bayard, Ian Hauri, Jonathan Fuhrimann, Lucas Malcotti), Italy (silver), Netherlands (bronze), Ukraine, Hungary, Egypt, Denmark, France.\r\n

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Hong Kong Women’s Foil World Cup, Jan. 9-11.\r\n

Two-time defending Olympic Champion and reigning World Champion Lee Kiefer of the United States won the Foil World Cup in Hong Kong, China, topping a field of 198 fencers by defeating Italy’s Francesca Palumbo 15–12to claim the gold medal at the AsiaWorld-Expo.\r\n

Kiefer overcame her long-time rival and two-time World Champion Alice Volpi of Italy 15–11 in the round of 16.\r\n

It marked Kiefer’s sixth World Cup gold medal, bringing her total to 25 World Cup medals. In addition, she has claimed six Grand Prix titles and 15 Grand Prix medals overall. She will look to add to that tally next month at the Grand Prix in Turin, Italy.\r\n

Palumbo’s silver medal equalled her previous best result, achieved at St Maur, France, in 2019.\r\n

The bronze medals went to Marta Martyanova (_AIN), who lost 15–9 to Kiefer in the semi-finals, and Morgane Patru of France, who was defeated 15–5 by Palumbo.\r\n

Final rankings – Women’s Individual Foil:\r\n

Lee Kiefer (USA, gold), Francesca Palumbo (ITA, silver), Marta Martyanova (_AIN, bronze), Morgane Patru (FRA, bronze), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN), Martina Sinigalia (ITA), Karin Miyawaki (JPN), and Ysaora Thibus (FRA).\r\n

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Italy defeated traditional rivals France 45–22 to win the women’s team foil gold medal in Hong Kong, China, topping a field of 20 teams.\r\n

In the semi-finals, Italy defeated Canada 45–32, while France overcame the reigning Olympic and World Champion United States 42–35. The United States went on to defeat Canada 44–40 to claim the bronze medal.\r\n

Final rankings – Women’s Team Foil:\r\n

Italy (gold; Martina Batini, Arianna Errigo, Martina Favaretto, Alice Volpi), France (silver), United States (bronze), Canada, Spain, Japan, Ukraine, and Hungary.\r\n

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Paris Men’s Foil World Cup, Jan. 9-11.\r\n

Alexander Massialas of the United States defeated the 2025 World Champion Chun Yin Ryan Choi of Hong Kong, China, 15–10 to win the men’s foil competition in Paris at the renowned Stade Pierre de Coubertin, which featured a field of 330 fencers.\r\n

It marked Massialas’s tenth World Cup gold medal, bringing his total to 30 World Cup and Grand Prix medals, alongside an Olympic silver medal at Rio 2016 and a World Championship silver medal in Moscow in 2015.\r\n

Massialas narrowly progressed from the round of 32, where he overturned a 12–8 deficit against his compatriot Chase Emmer to prevail 15–14.\r\n

The bronze medals went to Giulio Lombardi of Italy, who was defeated 15–10by Choi, and Guillaume Bianchi of Italy, who withdrew due to injury during his semi-final against Massialas.\r\n

Final rankings – Men’s Individual Foil:\r\n

Alexander Massialas (USA, gold), Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, silver), Giulio Lombardi (ITA, bronze), Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, bronze), Tommaso Marini (ITA), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE), Filippo Macchi (ITA), and Pavel Puzankov (_AIN).\r\n

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In Paris, team Hong Kong, China topped a field of 35 teams, defeating the United States 45–38 to win the men’s team foil gold medal.\r\n

In the semi-finals, Hong Kong, China defeated Japan 45–32, while the United States overcame France 45–38. Japan went on to claim the bronze medal with a 45–29 victory over France.\r\n

Final rankings – Men’s Team Foil:\r\n

Hong Kong, China (gold; Ho Long Lam, Chun Yin Ryan Choi, Ka Long Cheung, Tit Nam Cheng), United States (silver), Japan (bronze), France, _AIN, Egypt, Hungary, and China.\r\n

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The series continues with these exciting FIE Senior Grand Prix and World Cup events in 2026! \r\n

· Doha, Qatar Epee Grand Prix – January 23-25\r\n

· Salt Lake City, USA Women’s & Men’s Sabre World Cup – January 22-25\r\n

· Turin, Italy Foil Grand Prix – February 5-7\r\n

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1562,"title":"A Strong Start to 2026: Four Senior Competitions This Weekend","date":"2026-01-07 17:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190747-FIE_GP_25-25_ORLEANS_1600x900%20%283%29.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190746-FIE_GP_25-25_ORLEANS_1600x900%20%283%29.png","category":null,"content":"

The 2026 International Fencing Federation (FIE) season starts off with a bang this weekend, with four competitions including the sabre Grand Prix in Tunis, Tunisia, as well as World Cups in Hong Kong, China (women’s foil), Paris, France (men’s foil), and Fujairah, UAE (women’s and men’s épée).\r\n

While more than 1,300 fencers will compete this weekend, the focus will be on two of the hottest fencers in the world: foilist Ryan Choi of Hong Kong, China, and sabreur Krisztián Rabb of Hungary.\r\n

Choi has been dominant since winning the Grand Prix in Seoul last May. He followed this by winning the Asian Zonal Championships in Bali, the World Championships in Tbilisi last July, and the World Cup in Fukuoka last month, ending the year at the top of the senior foil rankings.\r\n

Rabb won his first Grand Prix in Seoul last May, followed by victory at the first Grand Prix of the 2025–2026 season in Orléans last month.\r\n

Among the other fencers to watch will be Lee Kiefer of the United States, who followed up her Olympic foil gold medal in Paris 2024 by winning the World championship in Tbilisi, as well Koki Kano of Japan, who also won epee gold in Paris and Tbilisi.\r\n

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Tunis, Tunisia
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 9-11 January 2026
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre\r\n

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Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 8-11 January 2026
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Team Epee, M Team Epee\r\n

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Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Hong Kong, China
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women
Date: 9-11 January 2026
Info: W Individual Foil, W Team Foil\r\n

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Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Paris, France
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men
Date: 9-11 January 2026
Info: M Individual Foil, M Team Foil\r\n

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1560,"title":"Welcoming 2026: Shaping the Future of Fencing","date":"2026-01-01 11:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190719-Photo2.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190718-Photo2.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Dear Fencing Family,\r\n

As we begin the promising year of 2026, I would like to extend my warmest greetings and share some reflections on our journey together.\r\n

The recently concluded 2024/2025 season, which marked the inaugural season of the LA2028 Olympic cycle, was a testament to the dedication and resilience of our global community. I am immensely proud of our collective achievements and am filled with optimism as we look ahead to a dynamic and inspiring 2025/2026 season.\r\n

Our focus this year extends beyond the calendar of events. We are embarking on a pivotal phase, guided by a renewed strategic vision for the International Fencing Federation (FIE). This vision is built on a foundation of innovation, sustainable growth, and a profound commitment to securing the future of our beloved sport.\r\n

Key to this strategy is our dedication to nurturing the next generation of fencing talent. Events like the upcoming Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar are not just competitions; they are vital platforms for inspiring youth worldwide and showcasing the vibrancy of our sport. Similarly, our commitment to athletes across all stages of their careers is underscored by major flagship events such as the Junior and Cadet World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, the Senior World Championships in Hong Kong and the Veteran World Championships in Tbilisi.\r\n

Furthermore, a central pillar of our new strategic direction is the elevation of the profile and accessibility of fencing. We are actively working to enhance how our sport is presented and consumed globally. Our goal is to make fencing more engaging and visible to audiences everywhere, transforming it into a sport that captivates and unites people from all walks of life.\r\n

As we navigate this exciting season and continue our preparations for the LA2028 Olympic Games, the FIE remains steadfast in implementing this strategic plan. We are committed to fostering innovation at every level and driving the comprehensive development of fencing for generations to come.\r\n

I wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. May 2026 be a year of remarkable success, thrilling competitions, and shared progress for our entire fencing family.\r\n

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1558,"title":"The Panamerican Fencing Confederation promotes development initiatives in Lima","date":"2025-12-23 16:15:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190700-clausura%20%281%29.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190699-clausura%20%281%29.png","category":null,"content":"

The President of the Panamerican Fencing Confederation, Vitaly Logvin, took part in a series of activities held in Lima focused on technical education, youth development, and the institutional strengthening of fencing across the Pan American region. During his visit, the closing ceremony of the International Sabre Coaches Course was held, a continental initiative that brought together coaches from different countries and forms part of the ongoing education and training actions promoted throughout the Panamerican Zone. Within the framework of this course, Vitaly Logvin actively participated in the academic sessions and delivered a lecture to the attending coaches entitled “Fencing before 2008 and fencing from 2008 to the present,” offering a historical and technical perspective on the evolution of the sport in the modern era.\r\n

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During his presentation, the main international development, assistance, and support programs for national federations launched in 2009 under the leadership of FIE President Alisher Usmanov were also presented, highlighting their continued contribution to the global growth of fencing. The course also featured the distinguished participation of Master Zoran Tulum, who shared his extensive experience and expertise with the attending coaches, further consolidating the high technical level of the program. As part of the course activities, Master Zoran Tulum worked directly with sabre coaches from the Pan American Zone from December 7 to 20, conducting practical sessions and technical exchanges aimed at strengthening methodological approaches and enhancing training practices in this weapon.\r\n

Within this same framework, Vitaly Logvin attended the awards ceremony of the “Copa ECE” National Youth Championship, emphasizing the importance of continuing to strengthen development processes in a sustained manner from the grassroots levels. During his participation, he highlighted the need to invest in the comprehensive development of young athletes, as well as to create competitive and educational environments that allow new generations to grow with values, discipline, and long-term vision within the sport of fencing.\r\n

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As part of the institutional agenda, a meeting was held with the Ministry of Education of Peru, led by Minister Jorge Eduardo Figueroa Guzmán, during which topics related to the link between sport and education were discussed. The meeting concluded with an agreement to actively promote fencing in public schools and universities through the creation of school and university fencing clubs, with the active participation of the Peruvian National Fencing Federation. Additionally, the President of the Pan-American Fencing Confederation informed the Minister about the development of EncycloSports, a unique interactive educational platform based on e-learning tools, aimed at integrating sport into educational processes from an early age.\r\n

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The Panamerican Fencing Confederation extends its sincere appreciation to Angel García, CPE Vice President and President of the Peruvian National Sports Fencing Federation, for his valuable support, constant availability, and ongoing collaboration in the organization of education and development initiatives that have been fundamental to the strengthening and growth of fencing both in his country and throughout the Panamerican Zone.\r\n

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1557,"title":"With the Unveiling of “The Roar of Youth” Medals the FIE has Begun the Final Countdown for Dakar 2026 Summer Youth Games","date":"2025-12-22 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190695-medal-design2%20%281%29.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190694-medal-design2%20%281%29.png","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, December 22nd, 2025 – The excitement\r\nis building, as in just over nine months the Dakar 2026 Summer\r\nYouth Olympic Game will take place from Oct. 31 – Nov. 13, 2026.\r\nThis will be the first Olympic-related event ever hosted on African\r\nsoil, with the motto “Africa Welcomes, Dakar Celebrates”.\r\nApproximately 2,700 young athletes (aged 15-17) are expected to\r\nparticipate in 25 competition sports, including fencing, as well as\r\n10 “engagement” (exhibition) sports. The events will be held in\r\nthree host Senegalese cities in Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly. \r\n

\r\nThe symbolic final countdown began with the unveiling of “The Roar\r\nof Youth” medals on December 16th. The excited and\r\nemotional Spanish designer, Pilar Barbadillo Vicario said, “Right\r\nnow, I feel as if I had won one of those medals myself. Athletes\r\nexpress themselves through sport, and for me it’s art. Knowing\r\nthat young athletes will wear a medal with my design is just\r\nincredible.”

\r\nIn fencing, six events will be held, in women’s and men’s\r\nindividual epee, foil and sabre. \r\n

\r\nIn preparation for Dakar 2026, the FIE is hosting an Olympic\r\nsolidarity project for 18 African fencers, as the Games represent a\r\nstrategic opportunity to showcase and develop African fencing talent.\r\nThe project includes one-week training camps, prior to Junior world\r\nranking competitions, where athletes may train under elite coaches.\r\nAthletes are being selected by the African national fencing\r\nfederations, in conjunction with the African Fencing Confederation.\r\nThe programme is holding sessions in Istanbul (Türkiye), Hammamet\r\n(Tunisia), Burgos (Spain) and Lagos (Nigeria), with three fencers per\r\nweapon/gender, between October and December of this year. The FIE is\r\ncovering all costs for fencers, including travel, accommodation,\r\nmeals, coaches’ fees and competition entry fees. \r\n

\r\n“Olympic Solidarity is very happy to be supporting the FIE youth\r\ntraining preparations towards Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in\r\ncoordination with the IF”, said Sheila Stephens Desbans, IOC Head\r\nof Sport Development. “This project and the support for the NOCs\r\nand their NFs to best prepare towards the YOG, as well as beyond, is\r\ncritical for these young athletes to have the good preparations and\r\nto learn from one another, the experts and the other athletes. It\r\nwill be very interesting to see how this type of collaboration can\r\nhave an impact in the sport of fencing.”

\r\nThe African fencers in the FIE Olympic solidarity project are very\r\nexcited and appreciative of being part of the programme, and\r\nespecially looking forward to the opportunity of qualifying for the\r\nYouth Olympic Games. The following athletes were taking part in the\r\ntraining camp in Istanbul, Türkiye ahead of the Cadet and Junior\r\nFoil World Cup in november, and hoping to qualify for Dakar 2026:

\r\n“Dakar will be very special because it will be the first Olympic\r\nGames held in Africa”, said Egypt’s Sara Amr Hossny, who also\r\ncompeted in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. “When I think of the\r\nYouth Olympics in Dakar, I see a lot of excitement and many young\r\nathletes from all over the world who have worked really hard for\r\ntheir success and who share a love for their sport.” \r\n

\r\n“It is a great honour for me to hopefully represent my nation\r\n[Ghana] through the Olympic Games as part of the history of Ghana\r\nfencing, and to represent all Ghanaians”, said Ghana’s Abdul\r\nRahim Mahadi Mohammed. \r\n

\r\n“If I qualify, I’m most looking forward to the experience of\r\ncompeting against the best young athletes in the world and learning\r\nfrom them”, said Egypt’s Junes El Ebrashi. “I’m also excited\r\nabout connecting with people from different countries and cultures\r\nwho share the same love for sport. The Youth Olympic Games is more\r\nthan a competition, it’s an opportunity to grow as an athlete and\r\nas a person.”

\r\n“This training camp really helped me grow, not only as a fencer but\r\nalso as a person”, said Tunisia’s Ala Loussaie. “I’ve learned\r\nhow to manage my emotions, and technically, I improved my footwork\r\nand precision, but most importantly, I gained confidence.”

\r\nFIE Secretary-General Gulnara Saidova expressed her enthusiasm for\r\nthe FIE programme, saying, “We would\r\nlike to thank Olympic Solidarity for this programme. At the FIE, we\r\nare committed to doing our utmost to provide young fencers with\r\nopportunities to participate and succeed in international\r\ncompetition. Through this initiative, African athletes can combine\r\nskill development with competitive exposure and elite training,\r\nmaximising their performance gains.” \r\n

\r\nWhile the unveiling of “The Roar of Youth” medals kicked off the\r\nsymbolic final countdown, the excitement will continue to build with\r\nthe unveiling of the official mascot for the Games and the launch of\r\nthe official countdown clock. \r\n

\r\nA summary report will be provided to the IOC Olympic Solidarity\r\nprogramme within 30 days after the project’s completion.



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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1556,"title":"FIE Broadens Education, Youth Support Through ISF Agreement","date":"2025-12-12 18:55:56","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190606-101225_Moratal_Z254551.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/38/190605-101225_Moratal_Z254551.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 10, 2025 – The FIE is making significant progress in its goals of developing, supporting and educating youth, key components of its 2025-2028 Strategic Plan. A multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today at the FIE offices in Lausanne, Switzerland with the International Sport Federation (ISF), marking an important advance in a long-standing collaboration between the organisations and further integrating fencing into the global school sport landscape.

Present at the signing were FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny, FIE Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova with ISF officials President Željko Tanasković, Executive Director Hasnae El Ayoubi and Vice President Antônio Hora.

The MoU outlines details of a vision shared by both organisations to develop and build fencing opportunities for youth worldwide based on competitions, education and sustainable sport development. This will be bolstered by ISF Gymnasiades (a premier international multi-sport event for school students aged 16-18), combined with additional, innovative pathways for athletes at all youth age groups.

“This welcome and important agreement between the ISF and the FIE represents our commitment to developing fencing around the world as well as empowering and engaging with younger athletes”, said FIE Interim President El Husseiny. “We want to develop fencing as a sustainable Olympic sport, and for future generations to be able to discover how exciting, rewarding and fulfilling it is for them and their communities.”

The FIE Fencing for the Planet sustainability programme, designed to develop and promote environmental awareness and responsibility along with community action and proactive projects related to fencing events and competition, is outlined in the MoU as one of the “cooperation pillars”. In addition, joint efforts to develop the professional development of fencing coaches and physical education teachers, together the FIE and ISF are committed to strengthening and building the capacity of school sport educators and reinforcing fencing as an accessible and educational tool worldwide.

“The ISF looks forward to working closely with the FIE in the coming years to advance this partnership”, said the ISF in an official statement. Furthermore, it looks to “enhance youth development through sport and education, and continue expanding safe, inclusive and inspiring environments for student-athletes worldwide”.

One of the notable and key components of the agreement is a collaborative organisation of an ISF World School Championship in Egypt in two years, featuring cadet and junior categories and approximately 250 athletes competing. The event will also feature a “Cultural Day” and “Nations Night” in Cairo, an ISF tradition, to provide student athletes with a rich and diverse experience extending beyond sports and fostering intercultural learning.

By agreeing to multiple editions of upcoming school fencing events, the two organisations are reaffirming a shared commitment to offer sustainable, high-quality opportunities for youth sport and fencing participation. Through this renewed collaboration, the FIE and ISF convey a broader ambition to connect international fencing with school sport systems and provide students worldwide an opportunity to discover fencing, develop life skills and create global exchanges with their peers.

About the International School Sport Federation (ISF)

Founded in 1972, the International School Sport Federation (ISF) is an international non-profit sport organisation, acting as the umbrella organisation and governing body for national school sport organisations around the world, organising sport, and educational events for youth from 11 to 18 years old.

Recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 1995, the ISF currently consists of 126 members over the five continents organising over 5 - 7 events per year and has more than 30 different sports included in its competition programme.

Besides its sport events, ISF also creates and delivers quality education and capacity-building activities for physical education teachers, national school sport representatives, coaches, officials, and students around the world.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1555,"title":"Three FIE World Cups: Busan, Fukuoka, Vancouver","date":"2025-12-08 04:10:10","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/189943-AGU_0944.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/189942-AGU_0944.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place this weekend in Busan (Korea), Fukuoka (Japan) and Vancouver, B.C. (Canada) in women’s and men’s foil and epee.

Busan, Korea Busan SK Telecom Women’s Foil World Cup, Dec. 5-7

Italy’s Martina Batini won the women’s individual gold medal at the Busan, Korea SK Telecom Women’s World Cup, and Italy won the team gold. The event took place at the Indoor Gymnasium in Busan Spo1 Park, with 197 individual women’s fencers and 20 teams participating in the competition.

Batini faced Japan’s Yuka Ueno in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-3 score. In the semifinal round, Batini won against teammate Martina Favaretto, 15-10, while Ueno defeated the USA’s Lauren Scruggs, 15-11. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Favaretto beat Japan’s world champion Komaki Kikuchi, 15-7; in the round of 16, Scruggs won against world champion and two-time gold medallist teammate Lee Kiefer, 15-14; and in the round of 32, Italy’s Irene Bertini won against teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-9.

Italy faced the USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-38 score. In the semifinal round, the USA won against the Republic of Korea, 45-24, while Italy defeated Japan, 30-20. The bronze medal went to Japan over the Republic of Korea, 33-32.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Batini (ITA, gold), Yuka Ueno (JPN, silver), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Lauren Scruggs (USA, bronze), Eleanor Harvey (CAN), Anna Cristino (ITA), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN) and Zander Rhodes (USA).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), Japan (bronze), Korea, Germany, Spain, Hungary and China.

Fukuoka, Japan Prince Takamado Trophy Men’s Foil World Cup, Dec. 5-7

Hong Kong, China’s world champion Chun Yin Ryan Choi won the gold medal at the Fukuoka, Japan Prince Takamado Men’s Foil World Cup, and Italy won the team gold. The event took place at the Fukuoka Kitakyushu Messe (West Japan General Exhibition Center) with 232 individual men’s fencers and 24 teams participating in the competition.

Choi faced Kirill Borodachev (_AIN) in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Borodachev won against Italy’s Giulio Lombardi, 15-7, while Choi defeated the USA’s Alexander Massialas, 15-4. Of note, in the round of 32, Japan’s Yudai Nagano beat Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-14, and Great Britain’s David Sosnov won against Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-12.

Italy faced France in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 44-43 score. In the semifinal round, France won against the USA, 45-41, while Italy defeated Japan, 45-36. The bronze medal went to Japan over the USA, 45-43.

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, gold), Kirill Borodachev (_AIN, silver), Giulio Lombardi (ITA, bronze), Alexander Massialas (USA, bronze), Filippo Macchi (ITA), Nick Itkin (USA), Rafael Savin (FRA) and Daniil Kerik (_AIN).

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), France (silver), Japan (bronze), USA, Hungary, Egypt, Korea and Canada.

Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup, Dec. 4-7

Italy’s Giulia Rizzi and Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed won gold medals in individual epee at the Vancouver Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup, and Estonia and Switzerland won the team golds.

The event took place at the Richmond Olympic Oval, with 200 women’s and 272 men’s individual fencers and 23 women’s and 30 men’s teams participating in the competition.

In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Rizzi faced France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, winning with a 13-12 score. In the semifinal round, Candassamy won against Hungary’s Eszter Muhari, 10-9, while Rizzi defeated the Republic of Korea’s Taehee Lim, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 32, Lim beat teammate and world champion Sera Song, 15-12. In the round of 64, Switzerland’s Pauline Brunner won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-10, and Ukraine’s Emily Conrad defeated Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 14-11.

In the final bout of men’s individual epee, Elsayed faced Israel’s Dov Ber Vilensky, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Vilensky won against Italy’s Matteo Galassi, 15-13, while Elsayed defeated Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 15-13. Of note, in the quarterfinals Italy’s Matteo Galassi beat Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-12, and in the round of 32, Poland’s Damian Michalak won against Japan’s world and Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-13.

Estonia faced Hungary in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 45-22 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against the Republic of Korea, 45-41, while Estonia defeated Italy, 38-35. The bronze medal went to Italy over the Republic of Korea, 45-31.

Switzerland faced France in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 43-42 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Hungary, 45-35, while Switzerland defeated Chinese Taipei, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Chinese Taipei, 45-18.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Giulia Rizzi (ITA, gold), Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA, silver), Taehee Lim (KOR, bronze), Eszter Muhari (HUN, bronze), Alberta Santuccio (ITA), Junyao Tang (CHN), Emily Conrad (UKR) and Milen Bavuge Khabimana (_AIN).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, gold), Dov Ber Vilensky (ISR, silver), Matteo Galassi (ITA, bronze), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, bronze), Mate Tamas Koch (HUN), Kruz Schembri (ISV), Hoi Sun Fong (HKG) and Tibor Andrasfi (HUN).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Estonia (gold), Hungary (silver), Italy (bronze), Korea, USA, China, France and Switzerland.

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Switzerland (gold), France (silver), Hungary (bronze), Chinese Taipei, Japan, Israel, Italy and Hong Kong, China.

The series continues with these exciting FIE Senior Grand Prix and World Cup events in 2026!

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE website. To watch the entire competitions, along with any other FIE senior event, go to www.FencingTV.com. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1554,"title":"Italy’s Battiston, Hungary’s Rabb Win Orleans Trophée Nuoma Sabre Grand Prix","date":"2025-12-07 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/189933-594315826_1266581868837125_645706616051991343_n.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/189932-594315826_1266581868837125_645706616051991343_n.jpg","category":null,"content":"

ORLEANS, France, Dec. 4-6, 2025 – Italy’s Michela Battiston and Hungary’s Krisztian Rabb won gold medals at the Orleans Trophée Nuoma Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. This is the first Grand Prix of the FIE 2025-2026 competition season, with a total of nine (three for each weapon) scheduled in as many countries and across four continents. This event took place at the Orleans Palais des Sports (preliminary rounds) and the Orleans Zénith (finals), with 189 women and 217 men participating in the competition from 56 nations.

Battiston faced Hungary’s Anna Spiesz in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Spiesz won against France’s Sara Balzer, 15-13, while Battiston defeated teammate Mariella Viale, 15-8. Of note, in the table of 16, Spiesz beat France’s Olympic champion Manon Apithy, 15-12. In the table of 32, Hungary’s Luca Szucs won against Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-13; Alina Mikhailova (_AIN) defeated world and Olympic champion teammate Yana Egorian, 15-14; and Greece’s Despina Georgiadou beat world and Olympic champion Sofia Pozdniakova (_AIN), 15-4.

Rabb faced Germany’s Frederic Kindler in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Kindler won against France’s Sebastien Patrice, 15-13, while Rabb defeated Egypt’s Ahmed Hesham, 15-8. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Hesham beat Georgia’s world champion Sandro Bazadze, 15-9. In the round of 32, Romania’s Dragomir won against Korea’s world and Olympic champion Sanguk Oh, 15-14; Korea’s Gyeongdong Do defeated Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-14; and France’s Benjamin Ducerf beat Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-12.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Michela Battiston (ITA, gold), Anna Spiesz (HUN, silver), Sara Balzer (FRA, bronze), Mariella Viale (ITA, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Renata Katona (HUN), Luca Szucs (HUN) and Olga Nikitina (_AIN).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Krisztian Rabb (HUN, gold), Frederic Kindler (GER, silver), Ahmed Hesham (EGY, bronze), Sebastien Patrice (FRA, bronze), Sandro Bazadze (GEO), Fares Ferjani (TUN), Leonardo Dreossi (ITA) and George Dragomir (ROU).

Watch for upcoming FIE Grand Prix events, including Tunis, Tunisia (sabre, Jan. 9-11), Doha, Qatar (epee, Jan. 23-25) and Turin, Italy (foil, Feb. 5-7). Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch the entire competition, along with any other FIE senior event, go to www.FencingTV.com. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Orléans, France
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 04-06 December 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Vancouver, Canada
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 04-07 December 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Team Epee, M Team Epee

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Fukuoka, Japan
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men
Date: 05-07 December 2025
Info: M Individual Foil, M Team Foil

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Busan, Republic of Korea
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women
Date: 05-07 December 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, W Team Foil

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MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 22, 2025 – The top-ranked junior and senior fencers in the world were honoured at the 2025 FIE Congress in Manama, Bahrain, awarded FIE medals for their achievements. Most were in attendance, appearing in person to receive their awards from members of the FIE Executive Committee Bureau before the entire Congress.

Here are highlights of the winners, and their stunning accomplishments:

Top 2025 Junior Fencers

Women’s Epee: Ukraine’s Anna Maksymenko earned two junior gold medals in 2025, at the Udine, successfully defending her reigning title at the European Junior Zonal Championships in Antalya, Türkiye and taking her third Junior World Cup win in three years running at the Udine, Italy Junior World Cup. Topping off her stellar season, the epeeist also won gold at the Budapest Grand Prix, placing her as a serious contender in the senior category, as well.

The top-ranked 2025 junior women’s epee team award went to Ukraine, overtaking the title from last year’s winner, Italy, with a very talented young team including Anna Maksymenko.

Men’s Epee: With two bronze medals in the past three years at the African Junior Zonal Championships, this was the year for Egypt’s Mahmoud Elsayed, as he scored two significant gold medals in 2025 to earn him the top spot, including finally winning the African Junior Zonals in Luanda, Angola and, in a thrilling finish, becoming junior world champion at the Wuxi Junior and Cadet World Championships. At age 20, he’s another fencer to watch as he enters the senior ranks, especially with his bronze medal this year at the African Senior Zonal Championships in Lagos.

The top-ranked 2025 junior men’s epee team award went to Egypt, with a veritable tour-de-force that overtook last year’s strong winners, Italy.

Women’s Foil: Italy’s Matilde Molinari had a truly excellent and exciting competitive year, taking a silver medal at the Wuxi Junior and Cadet World Championships as well as winning golds at the European Zonal Championships in Antalya and the Tbilisi, Georgia Junior World Cup. This was her second year in a row to claim a Junior World Cup gold after her 2024 win in Leipzig, Germany.

Following in the footsteps of their senior athletes and frequent finals-piste competitors, the top-ranked 2025 junior women’s foil team award went to the USA and Italy, in a tied result.

Men’s Foil: Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba has scored eight podium finishes – including six golds – in two years. Continuing his rise to glory, he finishes 2025 with five gold medals, including four in junior and one in the senior ranks, winning the Senior African Zonal Championships in Lagos, Nigeria. In juniors, he won the Junior and Cadet World Championships in Wuxi; the Fujairah, UAE and Zagreb, Croatia Junior World Cups; and the Luanda, Angola Junior Zonal Championships. He also won two bronze medals at Junior World Cups in Vancouver and Turin.

The top-ranked 2025 junior men’s foil team award went to Italy – continuing their dominance after winning last year, and continuing the undeniable powerhouse that is Italian foil fencing.

Women’s Sabre: Uzbekistan’s Gulistan Perdibaeva has made the medals podium five times since 2022, and this year was certainly no exception as she earned Junior World Cup gold medals in Almaty, Kazakhstan and Tbilisi, Georgia. She also scored top-eight results at the Wuxi Junior and Cadet World Championships and the Kuwait City, Kuwait Junior Asian Zonal Championships. At age 20, she will undoubtedly be one to watch in the senior ranks.

With the support of Perdibaeva’s success, the top-ranked 2025 junior women’s sabre team award went to Uzbekistan, which continues to make its mark as an up-and-coming nation to watch, especially in sabre.

Men’s Sabre: As the son of Romania’s world and Olympic sabre champion, Vlad Covaliu is carrying forward his family name by winning three significant medals in 2025, including gold at the Boston Junior World Cup as well as silver at the Wuxi Junior and Cadet World Championships and the Antalya Junior Zonal Championships. He also took fifth place at the Senior Zonal Championships in Genoa, Italy, and is entering the senior category with great enthusiasm. Covaliu also won this title last year.

The top-ranked 2025 junior men’s sabre team award went to the USA, retaining its title from 2024, and bolstered by the success and support of its senior role models such as world champion Eli Dershwitz and Olympic medallists Daryl Homer and Keeth Smart.

Top 2025 Senior Fencers

Women’s Epee: Ranked first in the world at age 32, the seemingly unstoppable Republic of Korea world champion Sera Song added to her huge collection of medals by dueling her way to bronze at the Tbilisi Senior World Championships and the Budapest Grand Prix, combined with gold at the Asian Senior Zonal Championships in Bali, Indonesia and silver at the Wuxi World Cup. Recognized as the first Republic of Korea to win gold in both individual and team events at World Championships, Song added to the list of first-ever accolades this year by winning the Zonals.

The top-ranked senior women’s epee team award went to Italy, retaining their award reign from 2024 and displaying with tremendous vigor their nation’s ability to wield multiple weapons with their eyes always focused on winning.

Men’s Epee: Hungary’s world champion and Olympic silver medallist Gergely Siklosi is a truly captivating force in men’s epee, with 17 senior world and continental medals to his name, six of them gold. He finishes 2025 with a gold medal from the Marrakech, Morocco World Cup and silver medals at the Tbilisi World Championships and Doha Grand Prix, followed by a bronze medal at the Genoa Senior European Zonal Championships. Targeting gold in LA28, Siklosi will surely be one to watch in 2026.

The top-ranked senior men’s epee team award went to Olympic champion Japan, after finally securing their dream of winning the World Championships.

Women’s Foil: The USA’s legendary Lee Kiefer — double Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024,) and the most successful U.S. fencer in history — once again made the record books in 2025 by becoming the first senior U.S. women’s foil world champion at the Tbilisi World Championships. She also secured her 12th Pan American Zonal Championship title in Rio de Janeiro, a vitually unrivaled continental dominance. Kiefer enriched her medal collection further with silver at the Shanghai Grand Prix and bronze in Lima.

The top-ranked senior women’s team foil award went to powerhouse force Italy, with more podium finishes than any other country in the history of women’s foil.

Men’s Foil: Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi is continuing the blaze a trail for Hong Kong, China’s amazing contributions to world fencing podium finishes in just recent history. He took three important gold medals in 2025, becoming world champion this year in Tbilisi – a first-ever for his country and only the second in Asia – and also dueling his way to glorious victories at the Shanghai Grand Prix and Bali Senior Zonal Championships.

The top-ranked senior men’s team foil award went to Italy. Having won at the Tbilisi World Championships, and that being their absolutely incredible 25th time winning the title, their award is unquestionably well-deserved.

Women’s Sabre: With 22 world and zonal medals, Japan’s two-time world champion Emura Misaki boosted her top-notch sabreuse status in 2025 and brought a continuing stream of honour to her nation and family of fencers with gold medals at the Tunis Grand Prix along with two World Cup wins in Heraklion (Greece) and Lima. Topping it off was capturing the title at the Bali Senior Asian Zonal Championships. She also took a bronze medal at the Cairo World Cup.

The top-ranked senior women’s team sabre award went to France, for the second-year running and driven by a continual, year-to-year exceptional performance by these highly motivated women’s athletes.

Men’s Sabre: France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice, ranked first in the world and always battling for higher status with his brother, Sebastien Patrice, took the gold medal at the Padua (Italy) World Cup, along with silver medals at the Seoul Grand Prix and Tbilisi World Championships, where this year he faced home-town favorite Sandro Bazadze in a thrilling final suitable for the record books. Seoul represented his second Grand Prix medal, having won the Orleans Grand Prix in 2024.

The top-ranked senior men’s team sabre award went to Hungary, a nation with bragging rights to the longest and most distinguished history of all nations in men’s team sabre – claiming nearly 50 team medals at the World Championships, including more than 20 golds.

Grand Prix of the Nations

Grand Prize awards are given at the annual FIE Congress to the nations winning the overall top rankings for each competitive age group for the year, including Cadet, Junior, Senior and Veteran. This year, the awards went to the USA for Cadets, Juniors and Veterans and to France for Seniors.

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MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 22, 2025 – The International Fencing Federation (FIE) 2025 Annual Congress met in Manama, Bahrain, with 123 of its 157 national federations present and 16 represented by proxy.

Several international and local dignitaries offered in-person and video greetings to the Congress. Welcoming the attendees and officially opening the Congress, FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny remarked, “I would also like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the President of the IOC, Ms. Coventry, for her support and for the thoughtful address she has shared with us. Our gratitude likewise goes to the President of ASOIF, Mr. De Vos, for his inspiring message, which reflects the strong partnership and encouragement of the wider Olympic family.”

“We are equally honored by the support of the President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, Sheikh Khaled Bin Hamad Al Khalifa. Your valued contribution is a testament to Bahrain’s commitment to fencing and to the Olympic movement. It is further a privilege to welcome Mr. Faris Mustafa Al-Kooheji, Secretary General of the Bahrain Olympic Committee, whose warm hospitality during our meetings at the Olympic Committee we recall with deep appreciation. I wish also to recognize the dedication of Sheikh Ibrahim Bin Salman Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Fencing Federation, whose leadership has been instrumental in making this gathering possible.”

Elected and currently self-suspended FIE President Alisher Usmanov visited and greeted the Congress, at the personal invitation of Interim President El Husseiny. Mr. Usmanov did not participate in any work or proceedings of the Congress.

Rome, Italy was voted on and awarded the 2028 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. A call was made for organisation and hosting of the 2029 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships as well as the 2027 and 2028 Veteran World Championships.

Among other decisions made at the Congress, the qualification system for the LA 2028 Olympic Games was approved and Great Britain’s Patricia Aiyenuro was elected as a new member of the FIE Executive Committee.

Several presentations were delivered at the Congress and, notably, included a report on significant and positive progress made on the FIE 2025-2028 Strategic Plan by FIE Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova, as well as a presentation on “Fencing for the Planet” and its achievements in promoting and developing sustainability and environmental efforts throughout the fencing world.

A presentation and report were also given on the development and successful launch and execution of FencingTV.com, the FIE’s new video livestream platform, including new video content for it and social media that is real-time linked to competition data. FencingTV.com debuted during the 2025 Tbilisi FIE Senior World Championships, already surpassing five million minutes watched and over 35,000 registered users during just two events.

The FIE set up a Fair Play Council at its 2015 Congress in China and actively promotes the ideals of sportsmanship at all competitions. The 2025 annual FIE Fair Play Award was given to senior men’s epee team from Argentina by the FIE Executive Committee, based on proposals from the Fair Play Council.

An annual award was given to the junior and senior top-ranked individuals and teams, including the following:

Individual Juniors

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MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 12-20, 2025 – The 2025 Bahrain Veteran Fencing World Championships have completed nine days of enthusiastic individual and team competition, featuring 911 fencers in their 50s, 60s and 70s-plus, as well as a new demonstration category of 40s-plus, from 64 countries. A new category, “Grand Team”, included fencers in their 60s and 70s-plus, while athletes in the “Team” category were in their 40s and 50s.

Overall, from the 2024 Dubai Veteran World Championships, this year there was an increase of 10 percent in the number of participating nations, and a 6.5 percent increase in the number of individual fencers.

In a statement to the athletes, FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny said, “Fencing truly transcends age, and these Championships exemplify its enduring appeal and accessibility. For many veteran athletes, fencing represents not just a sport but a lifelong pursuit. Their unwavering commitment serves as an inspiration to younger generations, exemplifying the qualities the define a true ‘fencer’”.

The Championships were opened officially by FIE Executive Committee member Ms. Velichka Hristeva (BUL). She congratulated the organisers and local organising committee on a “fantastic job well done” and offered praise of the impressive display by these “incredibly competitive and vigorous senior adult fencers, with so much history and so many stories in our sport”.

“For me, it’s a real pleasure to be in Manama, to continue fencing and to compete with other fencers”, said France’s Pascal Jolyot, who won individual men’s 60 foil. “There’s a very pleasant camaraderie, with excellent fencers who are tough to beat, and going all the way isn’t easy at all, it’s challenging.”

“Amazing, amazing, I’ve won before in 2023 and once you win, you know you can win, and that makes you even more nervous”, said the USA’s Julie Seal, who won gold in women’s 50 foil and bronze in sabre. “It’s more important to have faith in yourself than it is to be worthy to win.”

As part of the Championships, an FIE Roundtable was held on Nov. 18 entitled “Veteran Fencers as Role Models: Health, Responsibility and the Future of Our Sport”. In addition to Ms. Hristeva, the Roundtable included a video statement by Khaled El Mekwad, United Nations Resident Coordinator as well as panellists including Paul Midgley, Team Lead, ITF World Tennis Master Tour; Joyce Bolaños, FIE Veterans’ Council and FIE Fencing and the Environment Working Group member; Antonio Fiore, President of the FIE Medical Commission; Rita Comes, President of the FIE Veterans’ Council; and Victor Bianchini (POR), active veteran fencer.

At the closing ceremony on Nov. 20, the FIE flag was ceremoniously passed from Bahrain to Georgia, where the 2026 Veteran Fencing World Championships will be held in Tbilisi.

The Championships were held in Manama’s Isa Bin Rashid Hall, with a total of 24 individual and 12 team competitions taking place in epee, foil and sabre. The USA led the medal count with a total of 33 (10 gold, 6 silver, 17 bronze), followed by Italy with 25 (9 gold, 10 silver, 6 bronze) and Germany with 12 (6 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze). In all, 21 nations received at least one medal.

Click here to see the complete list of medallists and medal table.

The Championships were livestreamed on the FIE’s FencingTV.com with live commentary in five languages, and the event was fully covered on FIE social media platforms.

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site.

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MANAMA, Bahrain, Nov. 18, 2025 – Veteran fencers are ideal role models for the entire fencing world, promoting health, responsibility and an optimistic future of our sport. This FIE Roundtable, held at the 2025 Veteran Fencing World Championships in Manama on Nov. 18, highlighted the legacy role of veterans in fencing, not only protecting their own health but also setting examples in how sport can be practiced responsibly and sutainably. The Roundtable attracted more than 40 attendees at the event, which took place at the Bahrain Intercontinental Hotel.

FIE Executive Committee member Ms. Velichka Hristeva (BUL), who is also the Executive Committee representative to the FIE Veterans’ Council, introduced the Roundtable. The session was led by His Excellency Khaled El Mekwad, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bahrain, opening the discussion with his presentation, “The Role of Sport in a Worldwide Rapidly Aging Population: Policy and Societal Changes”.

“Fencing is a lifelong sport, and veterans lead the world when it comes to sending this vital message”, said Rita Comes, President of the FIE Veterans’ Council. “Being a fencer means being part of a global family of all ages, whether as a participant, coach, official or supporter. Our veterans have incredible experiences and stories to share with everyone that give depth, meaning and purpose to living a fencing life.”

The Roundtable emphasized redefining perceptions of older athletes and highlighted the importance of considering medical, physical and mental well-being to support a fulfilling life at any age. Presentations were also delivered by the president of the FIE Medical Commission, the President of the FIE Veterans Council (Ms. Comes), and 87-year-old Veteran World Championships fencing participant Judge Victor Bianchini.

The event addressed specifically how older fencers can leverage their community influence to promote environmental initiatives. The program concluded with presentations from Masters Rowing and Masters Tennis, which shared insights on programme development, marketing strategies and the unique challenges of engaging older athletes.

Panellists programmes at the Roundtable included the following:

The fencing community responded positively, and the organisers plan to make a recording of the event available to a wider audience in the near future.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 6-9, 2025 – Two International Fencing World Cups took place this weekend in Palma and Algiers in foil and sabre, opening the 2025-2026 FIE Senior World Cup competition season.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup

Italy’s Martina Favaretto and Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch won individual gold medals at the Palma Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup, and Italy and the _AIN team won the women’s and men’s team golds. The event took place at the Polideportivo Rudy Fernández and finals were held at the Carrer de Felicià Fuster, with 213 women and 248 men participating in individual foil as well as 22 and 27 women’s and men’s teams competing.

Favaretto faced Japan’s Yuka Ueno in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Ueno won against teammate Komaki Kikuchi, 15-12, while Favaretto defeated Canada’s Eleanor Harvey, 15-10. Of note, in the round of 16, Italy’s Martina Singalia beat teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-10; in the round of 32, Italy’s Carlotta Ferrari won against the USA’s world and two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-13, and the USA’s Josephine Conway defeated France’s world champion Ysaora Thibus, 14-13.

Choupenitch faced Hungary’s Gergo Szemes in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Szemes won against Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi, 15-11, while Choupenitch defeated Italy’s Tommaso Martini, 15-4. Of note, in the round of 16, Choupenitch beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-7, and in the round of 32, Italy’s Edoardo Luperi won against teammate and world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-12.

Italy faced the USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-32 score. In the semifinal round, the USA won against France, 44-43, while Italy defeated Japan, 42-26. The bronze medal went to France over Japan, 35-34.

The _AIN team faced Italy in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Germany, 45-27, while the _AIN team defeated Hungary, 45-29. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Germany, 45-20.

Final results in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Yuka Ueno (JPN, silver), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, bronze), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN, bronze), Pauline Ranvier (FRA), Anne Kleibrink (GER), Marta Martyanova (_AIN) and Martina Sinigalia (ITA).

Final results in men’s individual foil included Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, gold), Gergo Szemes (HUN, silver), Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, bronze), Tommaso Martini (ITA, bronze), Chih Chieh Chen (TPE), Edoardo Luperi (ITA), Marcello Olivares (USA) and Anton Borodachev (_AIN).

Final results in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Japan, Ukraine, Canada, Republic of Korea and China.

Final results in men’s team foil included _AIN (gold), Italy (silver), Hungary (bronze), Germany, Hong Kong-China, USA, Japan and Belgium.

Algiers, Algeria Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup

The Republic of Korea’s Hayoung Jeon and the USA’s Colin Heathcock won individual gold medals at the Algiers Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup, and the Republic of Korea and France won the women’s and men’s team golds. The event took place at La Couple d’Alger, with 164 women and 203 men participating in individual sabre as well as 24 and 27 women’s and men’s teams competing.

Jeon faced Hungary’s Sugar Katinka Battai in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Battai won against Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, 15-14, while Jeon defeated Alina Mikhailova (_AIN), 15-7. Of note, in the round of 32, Ilieva beat Olympic and World Champion Sofia Pozdniakova (_AIN), 15-5, while Hungary’s Renata Katona won against France’s Olympic champion Manon Apithy, 15-6.

Heathcock faced Tunisia’s Fares Ferjani in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Ferjani won against the Republic of Korea’s world and Olympic champion Sanguk Oh, 15-14, while Heathcock defeated France’s Sebastien Patrice, 15-14.

The Republic of Korea faced Hungary in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against China, 45-39, while the Republic of Korea defeated France, 45-43. The bronze medal went to France over China, 45-43.

France faced Romania in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-38 score. In the semifinal round, Romania won against Japan, 45-40, while France defeated the _AIN team, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Japan over the _AIN team, 45-32.

Final results in women’s individual sabre included Hayoung Jeon (KOR, gold), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN, silver), Alina Mikhailova (_AIN, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, bronze), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP), Nisanur Erbil (TÜR) and Olga Nikitina (_AIN).

Final results in men’s individual sabre included Colin Heathcock (USA, gold), Fares Ferjani (TUN, silver), Sanguk Oh (KOR, bronze), Sebastien Patrice (FRA, bronze), Gyeongdong Do (KOR), Maxime Pianfetti (FRA), Vlad Covaliu (ROU) and Musa Aymuratov (UZB).

Final results in women’s team sabre included Republic of Korea (gold), Hungary (silver), France (bronze), China, Ukraine, Japan, Spain and Germany.

Final results in men’s team sabre included France (gold), Romania (silver), Japan (bronze), _AIN, Uzbekistan, Republic of Korea, Germany and USA.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news, videos and features, check out FencingTV.com and the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 21, 2025 – An important meeting of the FIE Refereeing Commission took place in Cairo from October 17–19, 2025, in the presence of Mr. Abdelmoneim El Husseiny, FIE Interim President and Ms. Gulnora Saidova, FIE Secretary-General.

The meeting was attended by Irina Knysch, President of the Refereeing Commission and all Commission members: Amgad Badawi, Olga Cojocari, Saleh Ferjani, Marius Florea, Chang Gon Kim, Ana Kovrlija, Vladislav Shamis, Papa Khassoum Toure and Katalin Varga, all of whom held several important discussions over the three-day meeting.

After meeting in Istanbul in person, as well as holding several virtual sessions held in recent months, Mr. El Husseiny decided to convene an in-person meeting over three days to discuss the Commission’s strategic direction for the next three years, leading up to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

The meeting began with opening speeches by Mr. Abdelmoneim El Husseiny, FIE Interim President, who emphasised the significance of the meeting, stating: “I consider this workshop very important for the FIE. We must define our strategy for the coming three years. One of the key areas in our strategic plan is the development of refereeing. Transparency and collaboration with athletes and commissions are essential.”

Ms. Gulnora Saidova, FIE Secretary-General, highlighted the need for in-person collaboration: “We have many important topics that must be discussed face-to-face. It is crucial to hear feedback from our professionals — especially the Refereeing Commission — on how we can continue improving our refereeing system. Referees are among the most important elements in FIE competitions.”

Ms. Saidova explained in detail the FIE strategic plan to ensure all members of the Refereeing Commission were fully informed and aware of every aspect of it. She also announced the FIE is studying new initiatives, including the introduction of video referees to assist in crucial match decisions, beginning as early as next year.

“This is one of our key ideas, and, with the support of the Refereeing Commission, we hope to implement it soon,” she added.

Ms. Irina Knysch, President of the Refereeing Commission, outlined the main goals of the meeting: “We organised this meeting to find solutions for developing a new generation of referees, to raise the overall level of refereeing and to discuss the use of video technology.”

She explained a major focus will be identifying and training young refereeing talent: “This season, we are launching a new project to visit select Junior World Cup competitions and invite federations to send promising young referees. Our goal is to discover new talent and help them grow.”

Ms. Knysch also emphasised the importance of consistency and education: “Sometimes what is seen as a referee’s mistake is simply a different interpretation of priority. We aim to create clear standards and publish them on the FIE website. The planned Academy in Budapest will also play a key role by organising courses and seminars to train referees who show talent and strong leadership potential.”

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1546,"title":"Meetings in Budapest: A New Level of Support, Education for Athletes, Coaches, Referees and Officials","date":"2025-10-16 16:47:16","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185439-20251006_fie_delegacio_mob_016.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185438-20251006_fie_delegacio_mob_016.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

BUDAPEST, Hungary, October 15, 2025 – Members of the FIE Bureau met in Budapest with key Hungarian sports authorities to discuss the opening of an International Academy and the establishment of programmes dedicated to sports-related education for federations and confederations and athlete career support, benefitting fencing athletes, coaches and officials worldwide.

The FIE Bureau met with several Hungarian dignitaries, including Mr. Ádám Schmidt Dr., Hungarian Secretary of State for Sports; Mr. Zsolt Gyulai, President of the Hungarian National Olympic Committee; and Mr. Tamás Sterbencz Prof. Dr., Rector of the University of Physical Education. Attendees from the FIE Bureau included Mr. Abdelmoneim El Husseiny, FIE Interim President; Ms. Gulnora Saidova, FIE Secretary-General; Mr. Ferial Salhi, FIE Secretary-Treasurer; and Ms. Nathalie Rodriguez, FIE CEO.

Another meeting was held with members of the Hungarian Fencing Federation, including Mr. Zsolt Csampa, President and Ms. Henriette Tamas, Secretary-General and FIE Vice-President, where agreements were signed concerning three FIE fencing events to be held in Hungary, and an agreement was signed to act on behalf of the FIE in matters related to the FIE Academy within the scope of Hungarian state administration and national sports governance.

An FIE Technical Office was officially opened, which will be the starting point of the FIE International Academy.

The FIE International Academy enables the formation and recognition of diploma programmes for FIE coaches and formal training for its referees, as well as training in essential areas such as safeguarding, sports management and FIE event organisation. Most importantly, the Academy and its programmes are tailored to develop FIE athlete careers and provide its fencers with robust, comprehensive support in all areas of sport in both competitive and vocational pursuits.

The meetings and announcement of the new FIE Technical Office, as part of launching the FIE International Academy, directly relate to achieving key goals in the 2025-2028 FIE Strategic Plan, in particular Education and Harmonisation. The Plan strives to achieve by 2028 fencing being recognised as a benchmark of institutional excellence, competitive fairness and global fan engagement. The Academy reinforces this overall goal with educational initiatives designed to increase athlete engagement and their personal development, along with in-depth curricula and programmes to support and develop coaches, referees, athletes and other fencing stakeholders globally, in turn growing participation in fencing. In addition, the Academy addresses several additional FIE strategic goals, including increasing certified referees and coaches by 25% by 2027 as well as building global leadership among athletes, coaches and officials.

By modernising and developing its institutional structure, of which the FIE International Academy is an essential part, the FIE is fulfilling its strategic goals in governance, education and development as well as promotion of Olympic values and organisational excellence. This, in turn, benefits all stakeholders in fencing and builds the integrity, popularity and image of the sport at all levels.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1545,"title":"Clean Sport: Don’t Miss the FIE/ITA Antidoping Webinar Series!","date":"2025-10-16 16:05:36","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185432-FIE_IF%20Webinar%20Series_Webinar%201%20banner.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185431-FIE_IF%20Webinar%20Series_Webinar%201%20banner.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Oct. 16, 2025 – The FIE and International Testing Agency (ITA) will host a series of three Clean Sport and Antidoping webinars on October 29 and Nov. 5 and 12. The series is open to all athletes, coaches and officials who would like to learn more about this important aspect of competition.

The webinars will be delivered in English, with simultaneous translation into Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Spanish, and automated translated captions are enabled.

Participants will receive an official certificate after attending at least one live webinar and/or accessing the recordings of the IF Webinar series, as well as passing a test following the third webinar.

To join, please register via the Zoom registration HERE. One registration provides access to all three webinars in the series and information on how to access recordings and materials.

Sessions will specifically focus on the following topics:

About FIE and ITA Clean Sport and Anti-Doping

The FIE wants to support and protect athletes, ensuring safe and fair competition for all fencers. Every competitive fencer and coach need to be up-to-date on current requirements and guidelines for Clean Sport and antidoping issues, and taking part will help attendees in many areas:

It helps to protect the integrity of fencing overall, preserving its values and fostering trust among athletes and fans

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1542,"title":"Job: FIE TV Manager","date":"2025-10-15 14:08:39","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185424-2014%20AMEND%20FIE%20LOGO_RGB_UK%203.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185423-2014%20AMEND%20FIE%20LOGO_RGB_UK%203.png","category":null,"content":"

Position: FIE TV Manager

1. Position Summary

The FIE Television Manager, as part of the CMTV Department, is responsible for ensuring major FIE fencing competitions (Grand Prix events, Zonal Championships and senior World Championships) are produced professionally and presented on as many TV platforms and networks worldwide as possible.

2. Responsibilities and Missions

3. Required Profile and Skills

4. Additional Information

5. Application and documents

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1544,"title":"Obituary: Richard “Dick” Worden Pew","date":"2025-10-15 17:31:57","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185430-Richard%20Worden%20Pew.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185429-Richard%20Worden%20Pew.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Oct. 15, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Richard “Dick” Worden Pew (USA) on Oct. 2 at the age of 92 (b. April 22, 1933 in New York, New York USA). He was an American epee fencer who tied for fourth place at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.

Pew began fencing at Cornell University, under Coach Georges Cointe, where he won consecutive Eastern Intercollegiate titles in 1954 and 1955, serving as the team’s co-captain to help win the (U.S.) Intercollegiate Fencing Association’s three-weapon crown. In 1955, he was runner-up at the NCAA Championships and, in 1980, Cornell University inducted him into their Athletics Hall of Fame.

USA Fencing, in an official statement about Pew, said he “set a standard that still inspires our epee community”.

In 1964, Pew stated in an interview that “Some good friends of mine at Cornell were fencers. I decided to give the sport a six-month trial”, after which he never considered quitting fencing.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Richard Pew’s family and friends, USA Fencing and the Pan American Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy to them at this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1543,"title":"Obituary: Camilo Bory Barrientos","date":"2025-10-15 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185427-Camilo%20Bory%20Barrientos.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185426-Camilo%20Bory%20Barrientos.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Oct. 15, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Camilo Bory Barrientos (CUB) on Sept. 28 and born in Santiago de Cuba on October 28, 1971. An epee fencer, he competed with the Cuban national team for almost two decades and participated in more than 80 international competitions, and won the gold medal in men’s team epee at the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, New York, USA.

In all, Barrientos earned 27 national and more than 40 international medals. He won five Pan American Games titles both individually and in team events, three gold medals at the Central American Games and seven World Cup medals.

In 2008, as part of an agreement between the Cuban Fencing Federation and the Italian Fencing Federation, Barrientos relocated to Taranto, Italy, where he trained and coached children and teens at the Taranto Fencing Club until the time of his passing.

The Cuban Fencing Federation stated, “Camilo was a very important athlete for us, and he will be missed and appreciated by Cuban Fencing. We cherished all of his achievements and contributions, we have lost another great athlete from our federation.”

A statement from the Taranto Fencing Club said he was “…a mentor, teacher and guide for the hundreds of young people privileged to have known him…his passion for fencing spurred the growth of an entire sports community, instilling values of respect, commitment and loyalty”.

The Italian Fencing Federation, in a statement mourning his passing, quoted Barrientos from a previous interview, saying, “In the gym, we are united, we work together and in peace. We put in the effort and enthusiasm, and that's how we move forward. Like a family.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Camilo Bory Barrientos, the Cuban Fencing Federation, the Pan American Fencing Confederation and the Italian Fencing Federation, and expresses its deepest sympathy to them at this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1540,"title":"Obituary: Petar Toshkov","date":"2025-10-03 17:36:50","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185391-Petar%20Toshkov.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185390-Petar%20Toshkov.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Oct. 3, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Petar Toshkov (BUL) on Sept. 9, an international epee fencer, national team member and coach. He was born on Sept. 24, 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria and competed and coached successfully in Europe and worldwide.

As a competitive fencer, Toshkov won the 2006 Belgrade Trophy, a silver medal in the 2006 Belgrade World Cup, a bronze medal at the 2005 Tehran World Cup and was a silver medallist at this year’s Plovdiv European Veteran Championships. He was a member of the Bulgarian national team and contributed to the development of epee in Bulgaria.

“Peter Toshkov leaves a lasting mark in fencing”, said Velichka Hristeva, FIE Executive Committee member and Bulgarian Fencing Federation President. “He will be remembered with respect and gratitude by his colleagues, students and the international fencing community.“

Toshkov coached and competed with several clubs across several nations. In Serbia, he competed for Red Star Belgrade, where he was recognized as one of the club’s leading epeeists. He competed and coached at the Red Deer Fencing Club in Alberta, Canada, where was a medallist in the Canada Cup and regarded as a respected mentor in the local fencing community. In the USA, Toshkov collaborated with several clubs, notably including the Zeljković Fencing Academy in Philadelphia, New Jersey. In recent years, he was actively part of Sofia, Bulgaria’s Royal Glory Fencing Club, where he was both a competitive fencer and coach.

Toshkov was a graduate of the National Sports Academy in Sofia.

“As a coach, he shared his knowledge and passion for fencing … fostering young talent and contributing to the growth of our sport”, stated Hristeva.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Petar Toshkov, the Bulgarian Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy to them at this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1541,"title":"FIE Secretary-General Saidova Appointed to ASOIF Sustainability Consultative Group","date":"2025-09-16 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185398-asoif.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185397-asoif.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Sep. 15, 2025 – FIE Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova (UZB) has been appointed as a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Sustainability Consultative Group (ASCG).

The ASCG comprises members of seven international federations, including Cycling, Taekwondo, Canoeing, Biathlon, Table Tennis and Triathlon, in addition to fencing. Its primary role is to actively promote effective sustainability measures and programmes across all ASOIF members. The Group assesses United Nations Sustainability Development goals, which addresses the positive impact international federations can have on sports, while reducing risks of duplicative work and efforts.

“It is a privilege to join the ASOIF Sustainability Consultative Group and a great honour, a recognition of fencing’s commitment to sustainable development”, said Saidova. “Through the ASCG, I am committed to working together with colleagues to develop initiatives that strengthen the sustainability of sport and create lasting benefits for future generations of athletes and I hope to contribute to new ideas and practical solutions that will support the long-term growth of sport in a responsible and inclusive way.”

The ASCG is the latest addition to ASOIF’s set of consultative groups together with Legal Affairs, Medical & Science, Sport Development and Education, Technology and Innovation, Olympic and Multi-Sport Games, Diversity & Gender Equality and Commercial.

The ASCG, along with the other groups, provide expert-level advice to the ASOIF Council, and also includes oversight by its Executive Director, representatives to the IOC and other relevant groups such as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Court of Arbitration of Sport. It oversees member federation sustainability projects and programmes in respective fields and relevant areas.

David Graham, CEO of World Sailing, chairs the ASCG and the IOC also provides a representative. The Group meets biannually and is planning activities such as an annual sustainability workshop.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1537,"title":"FIE Releases 2025-2028 Strategic Plan","date":"2025-09-10 19:01:54","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185186-Screenshot%202025-09-10%20190319.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185185-Screenshot%202025-09-10%20190319.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Sept. 10, 2025 – The International Fencing Federation has introduced its 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, which presents a three-year roadmap to further develop, evolve and inspire fencing as a modern, fair and attractive Olympic and global sport. The plan emphasizes technological integration, athlete engagement, safeguarding, gender equality, education and sustainability in partnership and cooperation with the International Olympic Committee, ASOIF, national federations and other key organisations. Its intent is that by 2028, the FIE will become a worldwide model in international sports federations and be recognised as benchmarking institutional excellence, competitive fairness and global fan engagement.

The plan lays the foundation of a mission, vision and set of core values intended to elevate fencing based on effective governance, enthusiastic athlete support and promotion permeated by adherence to Olympic values and an innovative and contemporary culture driven by organisational excellence. Five key goals in the plan outline specific tactical elements with defined deadlines that fit within an achievable implementation framework. These goals will be measured throughout the three-year period by key success indicators as the organisation meets those deadlines, overseen by the FIE Executive Committee with hands-on, thoughtful and deeply committed management dedicated to the long-term success of one of the original Olympic sports.

View and download the full Strategic Plan: English, French, Spanish.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1538,"title":"2025 World Fencing Day Contest: FIE Announces Prizes for Videos!","date":"2025-09-10 19:13:22","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185193-FIE_Fencing_Day_2024_Website_v3.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185192-FIE_Fencing_Day_2024_Website_v3.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Join with the FIE and its world fencing family to win prizes and celebrate 2025 World Fencing Day on Saturday, September 13! With this year’s theme, “Fencing: One Sport, One World, One Family”, everyone is invited to creatively share our sport worldwide with fencing demonstrations, social media, events and activities and win up to U.S. $3000!

The FIE World Fencing Day video contest is open to both individuals and FIE member federations. Share video fencing stories by sending them to the FIE (see contact information, below) and the top three individual entries will win U.S. $3000 for first place, with $2000 and $1000 awarded to second and third places, and the top three federation videos will receive $3000 each.

The FIE provides digital assets to federations to use for promoting World Fencing Day and encourages all to participate and help inform and educate the public about fencing.

Contest details:

Launched in 2017, World Fencing Day takes place annually on the second Saturday in September, intended to celebrate fencing as a sport and how it promotes education, peace, cultural exchange and social responsibility.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1536,"title":"Job: Women’s Foil National Coach , German Fencing Federation","date":"2025-09-08 17:55:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185034-DFB-Logo2%20cut.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185033-DFB-Logo2%20cut.png","category":null,"content":"

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1539,"title":"FIE Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees","date":"2025-09-05 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185202-FIE_hall_of_fame_a_news.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/37/185201-FIE_hall_of_fame_a_news.png","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Sept. 4, 2025 – The International Fencing Federation has announced its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees, who will be formally recognized at the forthcoming November Annual FIE Congress. The inductees include Andrea Borella (ITA), Alexander Massialas (USA), Gyorgy Nebald (HUN) and Sanguk Oh (KOR) in the “Athletes” category and Michele Torella (ITA) in the “Fencing Family” category.

Andrea Borella (ITA, b. 23 June 1961): As part of the Italian men’s foil team, Borella won a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. In 1979, Borella was the junior world champion, going on in 1986 to win the Senior World Championships and silver in 1990. In team, he earned gold medals at the 1985, 1986, 1990 and 1994 World Championships. Borella was a World Cup champion in 1987, 1989 and 1994 and the University Games champion in 1981 and 1983. A 12-time Italian champion in men’s team foil, he also became the individual Italian national champion in 1988 and took gold at the European Championships in 1981 and 1983.

Alexander Chen Massialas (USA, b. 20 April 1994): A four-time Olympian, Massialas first competed in the London 2012 Olympics in individual men’s foil, going on to win a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics. He also is a two-time Olympic bronze medallist in men’s team foil in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. He led the USA men’s foil team to its first-ever World Championships victory in 2019. In 2015, Massialas won an individual silver medal at the Senior World Championships, has earned three Grand Prix titles, and won the Cadet World Championships twice (2010, 2011) and the Junior World Championships in 2013. In 2025, he was named as the head coach of the Stanford University fencing programme.

Gyorgy Nebald (HUN, b. 9 March 1956): As a member of the Hungarian men’s sabre team, Nebald won three Olympic medals, including gold in Seoul (1988), silver in Barcelona (1992) and bronze in Moscow (1980). Individually, he won two Senior World Championships (1985, 1990) and the 1976 Junior Worlds, and overall has won 11 World Championships medals. Nebald also has four team World Championships titles (1978, 1981, 1982 and 1991). He was elected president of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2001. Nebald is also a member of the Hungarian National Olympic Committee. He has received numerous accolades, including being named the Hungarian Fencer of the Year four times.

Sanguk Oh (KOR, b. 30 Sept. 1996): Oh was the Paris 2024 Olympic champion in individual men’s sabre and won two Olympic gold medals in men’s team sabre in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. He is the first Asian fencer to win gold medals in individual and team events at the same Olympic Games. The individual world champion in 2019, he also won four World Championships gold medals in men’s team sabre (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022) as well as five Grand Prix titles. According to the Korean Fencing Federation, his Olympic and world victories have inspired a new generation of fencing in Korea, and his “foundational contributions” to Korean Fencing have contributed significantly to the growth of world fencing.

Michele Torella (ITA, b. 18 July 1960): After beginning in fencing as the parent of an athlete, Torella became an experienced manager of fencing events. He has chaired the organising committee for the Turin World Cup since 2009, which in 2014 became the Turin Foil “INALPI Trophy” Grand Prix. Torella was the president of the organising committee for the Turin Women’s Foil World Cup from 2008 to 2012, and was a member of the organising and promotion committees for the 2006 Turin World Championships. From 2003 to 2017, Torella was the organiser for numerous national and European fencing events. He was awarded the Italian NOC Silver Star for Sporting Merit and the Silver Badge of Honor by the Italian Fencing Federation in 2024, as well as the 2018 Italian NOC Sports Executive of the Year, among others.

About the FIE Hall of Fame

Established in 2013 during the FIE’s centennial celebration, the FIE Hall of Fame honours outstanding contributions to fencing worldwide — both on- and off-the-piste. It pays tribute to exceptional athletes and key figures in the “fencing family.”

Since 2014, each year’s class includes up to five new inductees — four athletes and one fencing family member. This is limited to two individuals per country each year (one athlete, one family member).

Categories

Nomination and Selection Process

The FIE President and Executive Committee are also allowed to present candidates, particularly for the “Fencing Family” category.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1535,"title":"Obituary: Veselko Dumitrov","date":"2025-08-20 18:51:39","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/184438-Veselko%20Dumitrov.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/184437-Veselko%20Dumitrov.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., August 21, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Veselko Dumitrov (SRB), an elite fencing coach who contributed significantly to international fencing and the global fencing community. He served as a member of the European Fencing Confederation Executive Committee from 2018 to 2021.

Dumitrov worked as a head coach for multiple national teams in FIE competitions throughout the world, including coaching multiple generations of athletes from Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Nepal. Most recently, in the past six months he worked as a coach with young fencers in Ahmedabad, India.

“He was also an innovator – a coach whose ideas were often ahead of their time, always searching for new ways to advance the sport he loved”, said Vukašin Stošić, Serbian Fencing Federation Secretary-General. “His vision and energy left an indelible mark on world fencing. ‘Duma’ will be remembered not only as an outstanding coach, but also as a man with a special charm, humor and openness that won people over as easily as his knowledge did.”

He also served as technical director and as part of the technical staff for numerous FIE international events and European competitions.

Veselko Dumitrov was born in 1971 in Zrenjanin, Serbia, a city where fencing dates to 1890 and was for many years a center of fencing for the country. As a competitive fencer for the Omladinac Fencing Club there, he won the national championship title for Yugoslavia several times and was a member of the national team. It was there that he also began his long and notable epee coaching career.

He authored the first – and, so far, only – modern fencing coaching handbooks in the Serbian language.

“Wherever he went, he built bridges”, stated Tesch. “He carried with him not only knowledge, but also the passion and human warmth that inspired athletes and colleagues alike.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Veselko Dumitrov, the Serbian Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy to them at this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1534,"title":"Fencing for the Planet: The International Fencing Federation’s Sustainability Initiative","date":"2025-08-08 09:19:17","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/184142-AGU_5588.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/184141-AGU_5588.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Fencing for the Planet Roundtable Hosted at 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships

In the framework of the FIE’s 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, which outlines a roadmap emphasizing Olympic values, innovation, education, sustainability, inclusivity and good governance — underpinned by measurable outcomes — one of the important initiatives is Fencing for the Planet.

A Fencing for the Planet Roundtable was held at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships, on the 23rd of July, a key event hosted by the FIE Fencing and Environment Working Group. This campaign exemplifies how sporting organizations can lead by example, integrating sustainability into their core values and operations and following the International Olympic Committee sustainability mandate.

As part of the Fencing for the Planet programme at the 2025 World Championships, 30 Colchian pheasants were released in the Krtsanisi Forest Park. The activity was carried out by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of the Georgian National Agency of Wildlife.

Increasing the population of the Colchian pheasants is an important part of a broader project focused on the reproduction and reintroduction of local wildlife species into their natural habitats.

FIE Interim President El Husseiny stated, “Birds and their release symbolize freedom, hope and the restoration of natural balance, and the idea of giving nature the space to survive. It also presents a sense of harmony with nature and a respectful coexistence between humans and the natural world, an essential principle of sustainability. Birds signify a natural cycle of life, which in turn reflects sustainability’s core mission of circularity – where resources are reused, ecosystems are protected and human impact is minimized. Our Fencing for the Planet release of birds encourages us all to think beyond ourselves and act in service of a living, breathing planet. It is an important call to let the Earth—and all who share it—breathe, move and thrive once again.”

Fencing for the Planet Roundtable at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships

Several distinguished panelists from various backgrounds presenting concepts, examples and discussions of sustainability and environmental conscientiousness:

To see highlights of the panelists’ presentations, please click here.

Notably, attendees at the conference also included FIE Interim President, Abdelmoneim El Husseiny; FIE Secretary-General, Gulnora Saidova; and President of the Georgian Fencing Federation, Merab Bazadze.

Secretary-General Saidova addressed the Roundtable, emphasizing Fencing for the Planet as an important initiative for the FIE, thanking the participants and attendees for their strong interest and contributions, and assuring the ongoing commitment to the programme and continuing projects and activities to take place.

Conclusion: En Garde for the Earth

“Fencing for the Planet” is more than a slogan; it is a rallying cry for the international fencing family. By wielding both weapons and sustainability, the FIE and its members aim to protect not only the legacy of their sport but also the health of the planet for generations to come. Through innovation, education, and collective effort, fencing demonstrates that even the oldest of traditions can adapt and thrive in a changing world – proving that the true spirit of competition extends to safeguarding the Earth itself.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1533,"title":"“An Unforgettable Success” – 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships ","date":"2025-08-04 13:07:16","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/184049-EVA_5369.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/184048-EVA_5369.jpg","category":null,"content":"

TBILISI, Georgia, August 1, 2025 – The 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships came to a close after 12 gold-medal events and nine days of competition in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. This was the first time Georgia has hosted a fencing world championship, which took place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace from July 22-30.

Overall, 113 nations participated in the Championships with 1008 participants, including 462 women and 546 men. There were a total of 94 women’s and 115 men’s team entries (in all weapons).

Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony for the Championships was held on July 25. Numerous dignitaries visited throughout the week, and Georgian officials attending the Championships Opening Ceremony. Most notably, Mikheil Kavelashvili, President of Georgia and Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia were distinguished guests.

In addition, local officials included Irakli Chikovani, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Defense; Paata Salia, Minister of Justice; Tinatin Rukhadze, Minister of Culture; Kakhaber Guledani, Minister of Regional Development; Tea Akhvlediani, State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality; Levan Zhorzholiani, Head of Administration; Viktor Sanikidze, Member of Parliament; David Matikashvili, Member of Parliament; Ilia Injia, Member of Parliament; Giorgi Jincharadze, Head of Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia; Georgian Fencing Federation President Merab Bazadze; and Nino Jerenashvili, Secretary-General of the Georgian Fencing Federation.

Dignitaries from other countries included Deputy Head of Mission of Italy in Tbilisi Fabiola Albanese; Ambassador of Italy in Tbilisi Massimiliano D’Antuono; Minister of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerbol Myrzabossynov; Diplomat of the Italian Embassy in Tbilisi Andrea Cliento; Italian Olympic fencing gold medallist Aldo Montano; and Representative of the Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (SOPC) Ahmad Albesaili.

Officials from the FIE included FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny as well as all FIE Executive Committee Secretary-General, Secretary-Treasurer, Vice Presidents and members, including FIE Confederation Presidents. Also present were Federation Presidents from many of the 113 nations present at the World Championships.

Shalva Gogoladze, Georgian Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, gave the opening speech, thanking the Georgian Fencing Federation World Championships Organising Committee, and for “putting in the exceptional dedication to ensure the smooth running of the Championships. Thank you to everyone whose work has made it possible for us to host the World Championships today. Thank you also to the government of Georgia, and to the International Fencing Federation for their trust. I wish success to everyone.”

FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny was then introduced to officially open the Championships, and he stated, “We extend our sincere thanks to the President of Georgia, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Sport, and all esteemed Georgian ministers. We also thank the Georgian Fencing Federation, the organizing committee, and all the volunteers who have made this event possible. These Championships are more than a competition — it is a celebration of excellence, respect, and unity through sport. To all athletes: We are proud of your dedication and wish you success on the piste.”

Athlete and referee representatives Anastasia Asatiani (GEO) and Mohamed Ayoub Ferjani (TUN) each gave an oath to support, honour and respect fencing as a sport and the principles and rules of the FIE.

Closing Ceremony. The Closing Ceremony took place on July 30, the final day of competition. “Athletes from around the world have demonstrated remarkable skill, determination and sportsmanship”, said FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny, before officially closing the Championships. “This event has reflected the true values of fencing: Respect, fairness and unity.”

A speech was also delivered by Georgian Fencing Federation President Mr. Merab Bazadze, who stated, “…it is my great honour to thank all of you for making the 2025 Fencing World Championships in Tbilisi an unforgettable success – your dedication brought this event to life.”

The Closing Ceremony concluded with the FIE flag being officially passed from the Georgian Fencing Federation to Mr. Zheng Kang Zhao of the Hong Kong, China Fencing Association for the 2026 Fencing World Championships.

FIE Programmes and Initiatives. A new livestreaming video platform, FIE FencingTV.com, launched in Tbilisi, covering all of the Championships’ events (from the 32 in individual and top-8 in team) with live commentary. Semifinals, finals and medal ceremonies also included live commentary in five languages: English, French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese. Broadcast television covered the finals, also, in numerous regions and the FIE produced extensive social media coverage of the event on multiple platforms. In all, more than 30,000 registered on FencingTV throughout the week, which enabled them access to the new FIE platform and to watch the World Championships live.

In addition, the semifinal, finals and medal ceremonies were broadcasted live on network television in several areas of the world.

The FIE presented several programmes at the World Championships for the education and benefit of all attendees and participants, with stands hosting informational sessions, games, and other activities. These included Donate Your Fencing Gear!, which accepted donations of good-quality equipment to distribute to less-privileged nations; Fair Play; SafeGuarding; and Clean Sport.

Fencing for the Planet. The FIE hosted a Roundtable to discuss sustainability and environmental responsibility for all member federations as part of its Fencing for the Planet initiative. Several key expert panelists discussed multiple aspects of the importance of this topic, and presented ways in which world fencing can be more environmentally responsible. Panelists included Julie Duffus, Head of Sustainability at IOC (not present but sent a video message for the Roundtable); Natia Iordanishvili, Deputy Head of the National Forestry Agency of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia; Anna Platonova, Head of the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia; Professor Luigi Mazzone, President of the Italian Fencing Federation (FIS); Chief of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit – Policlinico Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy; Deqa Niamkey, United World Wrestling (UWW) Development Director and Chair of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Working Group for Development and Education; Andrea Campos Esquivel, epee fencer from Costa Rica, who also competed at the Tbilisi World Championships; Baiba Brandule, member of the FIE Fencing and Environment working group and also the SEMI Commission; Arno Schneider, member of the FIE Executive Committee and Head of the Working Group Fencing and Environment. Notably, attendees at the conference also included FIE Interim President, Abdelmoneim El Husseiny; FIE Secretary-General, Gulonra Saidova; and President of Georgian Fecing Federation, Merab Bazadze.

Women’s Coaching Seminar. Thirteen women coaches participated in the first edition of the FIE Women’s Coaching Seminar, which was held from July 20-22. It included theoretical and technical sessions, led by Mr. Guennady Tyshler, President of the FIE Coaching Council; Mr. Zoran Tulum (sabre); Mr. Béla Kopetka (epee); and Mr. Kuki Petru (foil), all of whom are coaches from FIE training camps.

With more than 27 hours of content delivered throughout the seminar, it was opened with welcome speeches from FIE Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova and Marie Sallois, Director of Corporate and Sustainable Development at the IOC (via video message). Melissa Alvarenga, President of the FIE Women and Fencing Council, addressed the participants with motivational leadership messages, encouraging them to grow stronger and enhance their coaching skills. Irina Knysch, President of the FIE Refereeing Commission, explained key FIE rules and shared guidance on how coaches can work effectively with referees to support their fencers. Lazar Miceta from the FIE Medical Commission as well as Teodora Visnjic and Hossam Ellaboudy from Safeguarding also addressed the attendees.

A special highlight of the seminar was the presentation by Ms. Deqa Niamkey, Development Director of United World Wrestling and member of the ASOIF Sports Development and Education Group. She introduced various educational opportunities for coaches and led an empowering training session to strengthen and inspire women in coaching.

Participants each received an FIE diploma in the presence of the FIE Interim President, FIE Secretary-General and members of the FIE Executive Committee.

FIE Training Camp. Between July 16 and 21, the FIE hosted its annual Training Camp at the Tbilisi World Championships venue, which brought-together fencers from more than 50 countries for intensive training, preparation and international exchange. The camp welcomed 38 athletes fully supported by the FIE from nations in need of support, along with more than 50 additional athletes joining independently to benefit from top-tier coaches in sabre, foil and epee.

Expert coaching was provided by Zoran Tulum (sabre), Béla Kopetka (epee) and Kuki Petru (foil).

Several camp participants went on to deliver noteworthy performances during the Tbilisi World Championships, demonstrating the positive impact of the training:

Athletes supported by the FIE received full assistance, including international travel, accommodations, meals, competition registration fees and daily allowances.

Athletes’ Commission. The FIE Athletes’ Commission held its election at the Tbilisi Championships, with all participating athletes eligible to vote for seven athlete members. The athletes elected to serve on the Commission include the following fencers:

Prizes for Athletes. Cash prizes were given to individual and team medallists from the FIE, totalling U.S. $1,020,000. In individual events, gold medallists each received $40,000, silver medallists $20,000 and bronze medallists $10,000. To be shared among registered members of each team, prizes included $50,000 for gold, $25,000 for silver and $15,000 for bronze.

Final Results. Of the 12 events, France won the medal count with six overall and 16 countries earned at least one medal. The top-10 nations winning medals included France with six (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), the USA with 3 (2 gold, 1 bronze), Italy with 6 (2 gold, 4 bronze), Japan with 3 (2 gold, 1 bronze), _AIN with 3 (1 gold, 2 silver), Ukraine with 3 (1 gold, 2 bronze), Georgia (1 gold), Hong Kong, China with 1 (1 gold), Hungary with 6 (3 silver, 3 bronze), and Korea with 3 (1 silver, 2 bronze).

Listed below are medallists from each event:

Women’s Individual Epee

Men’s Individual Epee

Women’s Individual Foil

Men’s Individual Foil

Women’s Individual Sabre

Men’s Individual Sabre

Women’s Team Epee

Men’s Team Epee

Women’s Team Foil

Men’s Team Foil

Men’s Team Sabre

Women’s Team Sabre

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge

#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 30, 2025 – France won the gold medal in women’s team sabre at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Japan won the gold medal in men’s team epee. It was the sixth day of finals and closing day for the Championships, concluding a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. The Championships have taken place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace with 27 women’s and 45 men’s teams competing today in sabre and epee.

Before officially closing the Championships, FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny said, “This event has reflected the true values of fencing: respect, fairness and unity. Thank you all and may the spirit of fencing continue to inspire the world.”

A speech was also delivered by Georgian Fencing Federation President Mr. Merab Bazadze, who stated, “…It is my great honour to thank all of you for making the 2025 Fencing World Championships in Tbilisi an unforgettable success … your dedication brought this event to life.”

The Closing Ceremony concluded with the FIE flag being officially passed from the Georgian Fencing Federation to Mr. Zheng Kang Zhao of the Hong Kong, China Fencing Association for the 2026 Fencing World Championships.

France faced Korea in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Japan, 45-36, while France defeated Hungary, 45-41. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Japan, 45-34.

“It feels amazing, I think we dreamed about this. Now we are the happiest”, said France’s Faustine Clapier. “I think it was a very difficult day for all of us, we went through a lot of difficult times during the matches. But we stayed with a good attitude with energy, we never gave up and that’s why now we’re here.”

Japan faced Hungary in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against France, 45-35, while Japan defeated Kazakhstan, 42-41. The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan over France, 45-31.

“It is a most-wonderful day in my fencing life”, said Japan’s Seiya Asami. “It was a very tough day with tough matches, but we trust our teammates and we trust our coach, and we trust Japan to win. Kazakhstan was the most difficult, we were behind and Koki Kano got the points to help us win.”

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included France (gold), Korea (silver), Hungary (bronze), Japan, Bulgaria, USA, Spain and China.

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Japan (gold), Hungary (silver), Kazakhstan (bronze), France, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland and Venezuela.

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge

#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 28, 2025 – The USA won the gold medal in women’s team foil at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Italy won the gold medal in men’s team sabre. It was the fifth day of finals, with a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. The Championships are taking place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace with 29 women’s and 32 men’s teams competing today in foil and sabre.

The USA faced France in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-24 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Italy, 45-34, while the USA defeated Japan, 45-41. The bronze medal went to Italy over Japan, 45-30.

“I’m super ecstatic and it’s a little unreal”, said the USA’s Lauren Scruggs. “It was a little shaky at first and we had some close matches, but in the last two bouts we pulled it together. We had a very, very close bout with Spain until the very end, but in tough situations we ‘lock in’, trust yourself to get the touch. We support each other, we’re really loud on the bench. We’ve been working really hard, we had a bunch of training camps this year, and we’ve really just been grinding it out. This season has been really good. We wanted to go out strong and dominate from the get-go.”

Italy faced Hungary in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Romania, 45-40, while Italy defeated Japan, 45-36. The bronze medal went to Romania over Japan, 45-41.

“It’s really crazy, we’ve worked a lot to be here”, said Italy’s Matteo Neri. “We didn’t think we could achieve this, in this little amount of time. We work a lot together, we are friends, we live in Bologna and we train a lot together, and Luca came to train with us. I don’t want to say today was easy, but we fenced incredibly and the level was so high. The first and last matches were hardest, and we just focused on ourselves.”

Final rankings in women’s team foil included USA (gold), France (silver), Italy (bronze), Japan, Canada, Spain, Hungary and Ukraine.

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included Italy (gold), Hungary (silver), Romania (bronze), Japan, France, Korea, China and Poland.

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge

#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 27, 2025 – Olympic champion Yana Egorian (_AIN) won the gold medal in women’s individual sabre at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano won the gold medal in men’s individual epee. It was the fourth day of finals, with a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre scheduled between July 22 and 30. The Championships are taking place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace, and today’s events included 124 women and 213 men competing in sabre and epee.

Egorian faced Poland’s Zuzanna Cieslar in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Cieslar won against Ukraine’s Alina Komashchuk, 15-12, while Egorian defeated China’s Pan, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 16, Komashchuk beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-12.

“I’m very happy!”, said Egorian. “Today was very difficult, especially when I fenced with Pusztai. I spoke with my coach, and he understood what I didn’t do right, and after that I fenced better. Now I want to win the [next] Olympic Games.”

Kano faced Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 10-9 score. In the semifinal round, Siklosi won against Ukraine’s Nikita Koshman, 15-9, while Kano defeated teammate Masaru Yamada, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 64, Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov beat Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 15-10, Denmark’s Conrad Seibaek Kongstad won against Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-10, and U.S. Virgin Islands’ Kruz Schembri defeated Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 15-12.

“A wonderful day for me”, said Kano. “I couldn’t get a medal this season until now. While the Olympics is only once every four years, the World Championships are a very important competition. All matches were difficult for me, and the final was only one touch. Siklosi was so strong, it was all mental. Now my goal is to get the individual and team gold medals in Los Angeles.”

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Yana Egorian (_AIN, gold), Zuzanna Cieslar (POL, silver), Alina Komashchuk (UKR, bronze), Qimiao Pan (CHN, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Sarah Noutcha (FRA), Sara Balzer (FRA) and Toscane Tori (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Koki Kano (JPN, gold), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, silver), Nikita Koshman (UKR, bronze), Masaru Yamada (JPN, bronze), Davide Di Veroli (ITA), Akira Komata (JPN), Matteo Galassi (ITA) and Mark Semanenka (AIN_).

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge/


#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 26, 2025 – France won the gold medal in women’s team epee at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Italy won the gold in men’s team foil. It was the third day of finals, with a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. The Championships are taking place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace with 38 women’s and 36 men’s teams competing today in epee and foil.

France faced Team _AIN in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 41-32 score. In the semifinal round, Team _AIN won against Korea, 45-35, while France defeated Italy, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Korea over Italy, 37-31.

“It’s incredible to be the champions”, said France’s Lauren Rembi. “It was very hard today, and our strategy was to relax and enjoy the day. We didn’t doubt too much because we are confident, and even if one is not good, they will be good in the next match. We have a new team, a new coach and a new story. Our individual skills are very strong, and we put them together to make a good team.”

Italy faced the USA in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 43-42 score. Italy has won the most world titles in this event, its 25th time taking gold. In the semifinal round, the USA won against Hungary, 45-39, while Italy defeated France, 45-30. The bronze medal went to Hungary over France, 45-34.

“It’s an amazing feeling for me – my first world title – and for my teammates”, said Italy’s Filippo Macchi. “We beat an amazing team like USA, and it shows Italy a very strong nation. Even in the semifinals against France, it was very difficult to beat strong teams such as when we beat France in the semifinals. Now we need to rest after a very long season, and come back strong for the next one.”

Final rankings in women’s team epee included France (gold), Team _AIN (silver), Korea (bronze), Italy, USA, Estonia, Canada and Poland.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), Hungary (bronze), France, Japan, Poland, Hong Kong-China and Belgium.

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge

#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 25, 2025 – USA’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Lee Kiefer won the gold medal in women’s individual foil at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze won the gold in men’s individual sabre. It was the second day of finals events, with a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre scheduled between July 22 and 30. The Championships are taking place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace, and today’s events included 143 women and 149 men competing in foil and sabre.

The official opening ceremony was held before the semifinals. Shalva Gogoladze, Georgian Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, gave the opening speech, thanking the Georgian Fencing Federation World Championships Organising Committee, and for “putting in the exceptional dedication to ensure the smooth running of the Championships. Thank you to everyone whose work has made it possible for us to host the World Championships today. Thank you also to the government of Georgia, and to the International Fencing Federation for their trust. I wish success to everyone.”

FIE Interim President Abdelmoneim El Husseiny was then introduced, and he stated, “We extend our sincere thanks to the President of Georgia, the Prime Minister, the Minister of Sport, and all esteemed Georgian ministers. We also thank the Georgian Fencing Federation, the organizing committee, and all the volunteers who have made this event possible. These Championships are more than a competition — it is a celebration of excellence, respect, and unity through sport. To all athletes: We are proud of your dedication and wish you success on the piste. And now, as Interim President of the FIE, I declare the 2025 Fencing World Championships open!”

Georgian officials attending the Championships included Mikheil Kavelashvili, President of Georgia; Irakli Kobakhidze, Prime Minister of Georgia; Irakli Chikovani, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Defense; Paata Salia, Minister of Justice; Tinatin Rukhadze, Minister of Culture; Kakhaber Guledani, Minister of Regional Development; Tea Akhvlediani, State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality; Levan Zhorzholiani, Head of Administration; Viktor Sanikidze, Member of Parliament; David Matikashvili, Member of Parliament; Ilia Injia, Member of Parliament; Giorgi Jincharadze, Head of Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia; Merab Bazadze, President of the Georgian Fencing Federation; and Nino Jerenashvili, Secretary-General of the Georgian Fencing Federation.

Notable dignitaries from other countries included Head of Mission of the Italian Embassy in Tbilisi Fabiola Albanese; Minister of Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerbol Myrzabossynov; Diplomat of the Italian Embassy in Tbilisi Andrea Cliento; Italian Olympic fencing gold medallist Aldo Montano; and Representative of the Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (SOPC) Ahmad Albesaili.

Officials from the FIE included Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova; Secretary-Treasurer Ferial Nadira Salhi; Vice Presidents Donald Anthony Jr, Novak Perovic, and Henriette Tamas; Executive Committee Members Murat Atali, Paolo Azzi, Rusni Abu Hassan, Velichka Hristeva, Ruben Limardo Gascon (President of the Athletes’ Commission), Nikolay Ivanov Mateev, Yuki Ota (IOC member and Olympic medallist), Arno Perillier Schneider, and Haibin Wang (Olympic medallist); and FIE Confederation Presidents Sheikh Salem Sultan Saqer Mohammed Alqasimi (Asia), Andrea Chaplin (Oceania), Vitaly Logvin (Pan America), Mbagnick Ndiaye (Africa), and Pascal Tesch (Europe).

Kiefer faced France’s Pauline Ranvier in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Ranvier won against Italy’s Anna Cristino, 15-11, while Kiefer defeated Italy’s Martina Favaretto, 15-10. Of note, in the round of 32, Ranvier beat Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-4.

“I’ve been chasing this for so long, and it’s eluded me”, said Kiefer. “To be able to win this as well as the Olympics is awesome. And this was equally challenging to the Olympics but in a different way. A lot of it has to do with the way you’re feeling that day, the matchups you get. While I almost got wrecked in my top-eight bout, somehow my husband, my coach projected energy to me to keep fighting. The Worlds happen more frequently, so I was always hoping.”

Bazadze faced France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-9 score and the first-ever world title for a Georgian fencer. In the semifinal round, Patrice won against Italy’s Luca Curatoli, 15-13, while Bazadze defeated Egypt’s Ahmed Hesham, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Curatoli beat Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-12, and in the round of 32, Poland’s Szymon Hryciuk won against Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-12.

“I’m really happy to be world champion, this is in my home country”, said Bazadze. “All the matches were really difficult, everyone was hard and I respect everyone. I believed in myself, I never give up, I never gave up in my life, all the difficult moments make me stronger. A world champion. I don’t even realize it right now.”

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Lee Kiefer (USA, gold), Pauline Ranvier (FRA, silver), Anna Cristino (ITA, bronze), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Eleanor Harvey (CAN), Yuka Ueno (JPN), Martina Batini (ITA) and Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN).

Final rankings in men’s sabre included Sandro Bazadze (GEO, gold), Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, silver), Luca Curatoli (ITA, bronze), Ahmed Hesham (EGY, bronze), Ziad Elsissy (EGY), Remi Garrigue (FRA), Aron Szilagyi (HUN) and Pietro Torre (ITA).

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge

#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 23, 2025 – It’s the new way to watch world fencing live!! FencingTV.com, the new livestreaming home of FIE fencing, is live in Tbilisi, Georgia at the Fencing World Championships. It delivers live video for audiences worldwide to watch fencing online from the table of 64 to the finals and medal ceremonies for the 12 individual and team men’s and women’s events in epee, foil and sabre.

To watch fencing live from Tbilisi, go to www.FencingTV.com and register today!

Livestreaming is available for all events from the tables of 64 in individual and tables of 16 in team competitions, with English commentary available from the tables of 32 (individual) and 8 (team). Additional multilingual commentary in French, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese is provided on FencingTV.com for all semifinals (individual), bronze (team), finals and medal ceremonies.

The FencingTV.com platform, which will continue to feature new and innovative features, offers a live event schedule, full replays and highlights, a list of competing athletes, with athlete interviews and a growing content library.

Future versions of FencingTV.com will include athlete profiles with archive bouts, live bout orders and pools, a fencing “fantasy league” game, mobile applications and more exciting features and ways to enjoy and get involved in world fencing!

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TBILISI, Georgia, July 23, 2025 – Ukraine’s Vlada Kharkova won the gold medal in women’s individual epee at the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships and Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi won the gold medal in men’s individual foil. It was the first day of finals events, with a total of 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre scheduled between July 22 and 30. The Championships are taking place in Tbilisi’s Olympic Palace, and today’s events included 180 women and 160 men competing in epee and foil.

Kharkova faced Estonia’s Katrina Lehis in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Lehis won against teammate Irina Embrich, 15-10, while Kharkova defeated Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Lehis beat Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-11; in the round of 32, Lehis won against teammate and world champion Julia Beljajeva, 13-10; and in the round of 64, Germany’s Laura Katalin Wetzker defeated France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 13-12.

“I’m very happy, and I’ve been dreaming about this all my life”, said Kharkova. “It was hard for me because I didn’t have any sleep and I was exhausted. But for all the matches it was hard for me physically, but emotionally I was very stable even in critical situations. I had this feeling that I had prepared myself mentally. I just wanted to do my best, and of course it was hard, but I was just enjoying the process. I’m very happy to represent Ukraine and this is for all my people.”

Choi faced Kirill Bordodachev (_AIN) in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Borodachev won against France’s Maxime Pauty, 15-12, while Choi defeated Hungary’s Gergo Szemes, 15-11. Of note, in the table of 16, Borodachev beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-14; in the round of 32, Japan’s Yudai Nagano won against Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-14; and in the round of 64 Belgium’s Stef Van Campenhout defeated Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-12.

“My goal today was to not lose the first match, and I won. I can’t believe it”, said Choi. “I didn’t put pressure on myself today. I thought it would be good practice so that I can be ready and win next year at home. I thought my most difficult match would be against Guillaume Bianchi, but in the end it was against Filippo Macchi. We ended with 14-14, I massaged my face and told myself I could do it, and I did.”

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Vlada Kharkova (UKR, gold), Katrina Lehis (EST, silver), Irina Embrich (EST, bronze), Sera Song (KOR, bronze), Alberta Santuccio (ITA), Eloise Vanryssel (FRA), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) and Ruien Xiao (CAN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, gold), Kirill Borodachev (_AIN, silver), Maxime Pauty (FRA, bronze), Gergo Szemes (HUN, bronze), Filippo Macchi (ITA), Mohamed Hamza (EGY), Kazuki Iimura (JPN) and Daniel Dosa (HUN).

Complete and official results may be found here on the FIE web site. To watch livestream fencing, check out FencingTV.com! Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2025 Tbilisi\r\nFencing World Championships: https://fencing.ge/

#Tbilisi2025 #fencingworldchampionships #fencing #FIE #epee #sabre #foil

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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, USA, June 28-July 7, 2025 — The 2025 USA Fencing Summer Nationals – officially the USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge – lived up to its reputation as the world’s largest fencing tournament. Over 10 days of competition at downtown Milwaukee’s Baird Center, more than 6,000 fencers from 49 countries crossed blades in 90 events ranging from youth categories to veterans.

The massive tournament drew a record 12,410 total event entries, including 295 team entries, and saw an astounding 45,551 individual bouts and 2,655 team bouts contested on the strips. It was a true festival of fencing — free for spectators — showcasing the sport’s global reach and electric atmosphere as sabres clanged and supporters cheered.

This year’s Summer Nationals solidified its status as the largest fencing competition on the planet. The numbers tell the story: 4,372 foil, 4,385 epee, and 3,653 sabre participants — 7,121 male and 5,289 female athletes — all converged to chase national titles and personal bests.

“We have athletes from all different age groups, from as young as 7-year-olds competing to 80-year-olds continuing to fence,” says USA Fencing CEO Phil Andrews.

Indeed, the tournament’s youngest entrants were barely in primary school, while 27 competitors were aged 80+, showing that fencing truly is a lifetime sport. For example, Frank Hewitt, who has been fencing for 62 years, proved age is just a number by still taking home a national title in his 80s.

As veteran fencer Sharone Huey, 69, put it: “I have a friend who started when she was in her sixties, and she’s still competing. It’s never too late to start fencing.”

Beyond the sheer scale, fencers spoke of a unique camaraderie at Summer Nationals. Many athletes, reunifying from clubs coast-to-coast and abroad, described the event as a giant family reunion of the fencing world.

Among the many inspiring storylines in Milwaukee was a family achievement that delighted the crowd: Mark Nixon earned a silver medal in Veteran-60 Men’s Epee, securing his place on Team USA for the upcoming Veteran Fencing World Championships — less than three months after his daughter, Kasia Nixon, qualified for the Senior World Championships in women’s epee.

The proud father’s accomplishment, coming so soon after his daughter’s, exemplified the multi-generational love of fencing and the passing of the torch from one generation to the next. It’s a rare father-daughter dual triumph that underscores how fencing binds families and generations together.


Finally, while champions stood atop podiums, hundreds of coaches, armourers, referees, officials, and parents worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make an event of this magnitude possible. Their contributions — from training athletes to keeping equipment primed and bouts running smoothly — earned widespread appreciation. They may not earn medals, but their dedication is the backbone of Summer Nationals.

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Lausanne, Switzerland — 11 July 2025

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has authorised the participation of individual neutral athletes (AIN) in its official competitions, in line with the principles of the Olympic Charter and the FIE’s Statutes. This decision underscores the Federation’s commitment to peace, fairness, and the global unity of sport.

Fair Participation for Neutral Athletes

Neutral athletes who meet eligibility criteria are allowed to participate in all FIE competitions, including in the recent and coming FIE major events:

Conditions for participation include:

Oversight and Accountability

All applications are subject to a review by the FIE Eligibility Review Group and to the approval of the FIE Executive Committee. Any breach of neutrality principles by the applicants will lead to:

FIE Executive Committee Statement:
“Our approach is guided by our duty to protect athletes and preserve the integrity of competition. It is firmly anchored in the Olympic Charter and in our mission to safeguard the values of fencing.”

Athletes Deserve Protection, Not Penalties

The FIE recognises that many athletes today are caught in situations they neither caused nor control. The FIE’s policy aims to ensure that:

A Tradition of Peace Through Sport

Sport has historically served as a powerful means of reconciliation and understanding.

The FIE’s decision responds to a shared belief that athletes must not bear the consequences of geopolitical events beyond their control while reflecting the spirit of guidance offered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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LAGOS, Nigeria, July 10, 2025 – During the recent African Senior Fencing Championships in Lagos, a high-level, strategic meeting took place on June 27 at the the residence of the Lagos State Deputy Governer to develop fencing in Nigeria and the African continent. Leaders of the International Fencing Federation (FIE), African Fencing Confederation (CAE) and Nigerian Fencing Federation (NFF) met with senior representatives of the Lagos State Government, aiming to deepen collaboration and secure governmental support to secure and establish Lagos as a major hub for elite fencing in Africa.

Lagos government officials attending the meeting included Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Deputy Governor of Lagos State (representing Mobolaji Ogunlende – Honorable Commissioner, Ministry of Youth and Social Development); Lekan Fatodu, Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission; Damilare Orimoloye, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Sports; and Hon. Adebanjo Atewogboye, Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Grassroots Sports Development.

Fencing officials attending the meeting included FIE Secretary General Gulnora Saidova; CAE President Mbagnick Ndiaye; FIE and CAE Vice President Novak Perovic; NFF President Adeyinka Samuel; Vice Chairman, Organising Committee & NFF Executive Committee Member Obinna Anyanwu; NFF Vice President Rachael Samuel; and British Fencing Federation President Patricia Aiyenuro.

At the meeting, the FIE and Nigerian Fencing Federation expressed their deep appreciation to Lagos Governor of State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for his support and for officially declaring open the 23rd African Fencing Championships that took place at Charterhouse Lagos from June 25th to 29th. The Governor was represented at the opening by Mr. Lekan Fatodu, Director General of the Lagos State Sports Commission.

“The FIE is committed to the development of fencing across all of Africa, including a strategic focus on Lagos State”, said Secretary-General Saidova. “We sincerely value and are very encouraged by the interest and enthusiasm expressed by the distinguished leaders in Lagos to share our vision for how fencing can benefit youth, culture and progress in Nigeria, as well as the entire African continent.”

Secretary-General Saidova presented and outlined several requests to the Lagos State Government on behalf of the FIE as well as the African Fencing Confederation and Nigerian Fencing Federation:

In response to the requests made by Secretary-General Saidova, Deputy Governor Dr. Hamzat expressed appreciation for the visit and reaffirmed his administration’s “unwavering” commitment to Lagos sports development. Furthermore, he assured the fencing delegation of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s interest in growing fencing in the region and encouraged the fencing organisations to pursue formalizing the outlined requests with the Lagos Ministry of Youth and Social Development.


As a symbol of goodwill and cultural exchange, Secretary-General Saidova and President Samuel presented Deputy Governor Dr. Hamzat with a fencing mask and jacket. In return, the Deputy Governor presented the delegation with a symbolic “Eyo masquerade” gift, an iconic emblem of Lagos tradition and culture, symbolizing peace, respect for ancestors, royalty and cultural pride.

“We believe this meeting marks a milestone in establishing Lagos as a center of fencing excellence in Africa”, said President Samuel. “The Nigerian Fencing Federation, with the support of the FIE and CAE, look forward to working closely with Lagos State institutions to achieve shared goals in youth development, sports innovation and international recognition.

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LAGOS, Nigeria, July 3, 2025 – Development and support of Olympic fencing took an important step during the recent 2025 African Senior Fencing Championships in Lagos. International Fencing Federation (FIE) Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova, with African Fencing Confederation President Mbagnick Ndiaye and Nigerian Fencing Federation President Adeyinka Samuel held a high-level summit meeting with representatives of UNICEF Nigeria to explore a strategic and collaborative partnership focused on utilizing fencing a powerful tool for empowering youth, education, peacebuilding and sustainable development. Sharing a vision to leverage sport – and fencing, in particular – as a transformative vehicle for social inclusion and change combined with child development, the meeting underscored the tremendous opportunities the partnership promises to provide to Nigeria and potentially the entire African continent.

UNICEF Nigeria officials participating in the meeting included Ronak Khan, Deputy Representative (Programmes); Kundra Bharat, Skill Development and Youth Empowerment Specialist; and Emmanuel Bamidele, Youth Engagement and Partnership officer. Attendees at the meeting also included Novak Perovic, FIE Vice President and African Confederation Vice President; Obinna Anyanwu, Vice Chairman, Organizing Committee and Executive Committee Member; and Rachael Samuel, Vice President, Nigerian Fencing Federation.

The proposed partnership comprises four key collaborative components:

“At the FIE, we are committed to developing fencing throughout the world, both as a sport and a platform for social and cultural development”, said Secretary-General Saidova. “We are extremely pleased and excited with the opportunities we discussed with UNICEF Nigeria, and we deeply appreciate the prospect of this collaborative initiative and what it can bring to Nigeria, all African nations and the world. We believe in the power of sport to enhance the lives of people everywhere.”

“This partnership is a major step toward using fencing to empower and uplift young people across Nigeria”, said Nigerian Fencing Federation President Adeyinka Samuel. “We’re proud to scale our grassroots efforts into a national movement for education, inclusion and opportunity through sport.”

Presenting Nigerian Fencing’s Work and Progress. At the meeting, the Nigerian Fencing Federation shared key details of its existing grassroots programmes and development initiative. This began in 2017, in partnership with the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), REACH Africa and the Ministry of Education to form F.E.E.D. SPORTS Nigeria. This successful groundwork has created a strong foundation to scale up fencing development nationwide in partnership with FIE and UNICEF. The following accomplishments and ongoing programmes are providing positive change and growth:

UNICEF’s Response and Strategic Fit. At the meeting, UNICEF Nigeria strongly expressed interest in the partnership proposal, noting how the initiative aligns well with their own core objectives:

UNICEF confirmed its capacity for nationwide reach through existing youth programmes and structures, indicating it would be the first sport-based development initiative under UNICEF Nigeria. This proposed initiative offers the potential of becoming a landmark programme for both youth and fencing development in Africa.

Next Steps and Action Points. Meeting participants agreed upon multiple priorities and phases to carry the proposal forward.

In conclusion.

This strategic partnership represents a key and significant opportunity for fencing to be a transformative tool enabling development, in particular for vulnerable youth. With the joint commitment from the FIE, the Nigerian Fencing Federation and UNICEF Nigeria, pioneering a scalable, sustainable model for sports-driven development with global visibility and long-term impact can drive positive growth and progress for the benefit of all.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., June 30, 2025 – FIE Member of Honour and Hall of Fame member and former President of the International Fair Play Commission Jenő Kamuti presented the International Fair Play Career Trophy award to IOC President and Olympic fencing champion Thomas Bach on June 6. The meeting, which took place at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, was followed by a meeting with newly elected IOC President Kirsty Coventry. The award was given to Mr. Bach in his absence at the International Fair Play Commission gala, held in Budapest on May 20 and following World Fair Play Day (a UN General Assembly designation) on May 19. A thank you video message from Mr. Bach was presented at the gala.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 24-29, 2025 – The 2025 Pan American Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 events in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Carioca Arena 1 in the Olympic Park of Barra da Tijuca, with 296 fencers – 141 women and 155 men – participating from 25 countries. USA won the medal count with 22 medals overall (10 gold, 3 silver, 9 bronze), followed by Argentina with 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) and Venezuela with 2 (1 gold, 1 silver).

Day 1. In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Argentina’s Isabel Di Tella faced Canada’s Ruien Xiao, winning with a 13-12 score. In the semifinal round, Xiao won against the USA’s Catherine Nixon, 15-14, while De Tella defeated the USA’s Hadley Husisian, 15-8.

In the final bout of men’s individual foil, the USA’s Alexander Massialas faced teammate Nick Itkin, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Itkin defeated teammate Gerek Meinhardt, 15-10, while Massialas defeated Argentina’s Augusto Antonio Servello, 15-6.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee (49 fencers) included Isabel Di Tella (ARG, gold), Ruien Xiao (CAN, silver), Hadley Husisian (USA, bronze), Catherine Nixon (USA, bronze), Tierna Oxenreider (USA), Clarismar Farias (VEN), Julia Yin (CAN) and Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (USA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil (55 fencers) included Alexander Massialas (USA, gold), Nick Itkin (USA, silver), Gerek Meinhardt (USA, bronze), Augusto Antonio Servello (ARG, bronze), Guilherme Toldo (BRA), Bryce Louie (USA), Miguel Angel Grajales Mena (COL) and Paulo Morais (BRA).

Day 2. In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, the USA’s Maia Chamberlain faced Mexico’s Natalia Botello, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Botello won against the USA’s Siobhan Sullivan, 15-9, while Chamberlain defeated Brazil’s Isabela Carvalho, 15-6.

In the final bout of men’s individual epee, the USA’s Tristan Szapary faced Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Limardo Gascon won against Brazil’s Alexandre Camargo, 9-8, while Szapary defeated teammate Samuel Imrek, 15-14.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre (43 fencers) included Maia Chamberlain (USA, gold), Natalia Botello (MEX, silver), Siobhan Sullivan (USA, bronze), Isabela Carvalho (BRA, bronze), Gabriela Maria Lin Hwang (PUR), Lola Possick (USA), Alejandra Beltran (MEX) and Luana Pekelman (BRA).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee (56 fencers) included Tristan Szapary (USA, gold), Ruben Limardo Gascon (VEN, silver), Alexandre Camargo (BRA, bronze), Samuel Imrek (USA, bronze), Oleg Knysh (USA), John Edison Rodriguez (COL), Nicholas Zhang (CAN) and Hernando Roa (COL).

Day 3. In the final bout of women’s individual foil, the USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer faced Canada’s Eleanor Harvey, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Harvey won against the USA’s Jaelyn Liu, 6-5, while Kiefer defeated teammate Lauren Scruggs, 15-10.

In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, the USA’s Colin Heathcock faced teammate William Morrill, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Morrill won against teammate Mitchell Saron, 15-9, while Heathcock defeated teammate Antonio Heathcock, 15-12.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil (47 fencers) included Lee Kiefer (USA, gold), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, silver), Lauren Scruggs (USA, bronze), Jaelyn Liu (USA, bronze), Ana Beatriz Bulcao (BRA), Yunjia Zhang (CAN), Nadia Hayes (CAN) and Arantza Inostroza (CHI).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre (42 fencers) included Colin Heathcock (USA, gold), William Morrill (USA, silver), Mitchell Saron (USA, bronze), Antonio Heathcock (USA, bronze), Olivier Desrosiers (CAN), Fares Arfa (CAN), Gibran Zea (MEX) and Eliecer Romero (VEN).

Day 4. In the final match of women’s team epee, the USA faced Canada, winning with a 41-25 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Argentina, 45-24, while the USA defeated Colombia, 45-15. The bronze medal went to Colombia over Argentina, 33-32.

In the final match of men’s team foil, the USA faced Canada, winning with a 45-18 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Chile, 45-25, while the USA defeated Venezuela, 45-13. The bronze medal went to Chile over Venezuela, 45-33.

Final rankings in women’s team epee (11 teams) included USA (gold), Canada (silver), Colombia (bronze), Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico and Panama.

Final rankings in men’s team foil (13 teams), included USA (gold), Canada (silver), Chile (bronze), Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Puerto Rico.

Day 5. In the final match of women’s team sabre, the USA faced Argentina, winning with a 45-28 score. In the semifinal round, Argentina won against Canada, 45-43, while the USA defeated Colombia, 45-23. The bronze medal went to Colombia over Canada, 45-41.

In the final match of men’s team epee, Venezuela faced the USA, winning with a 45-32 score. In the semifinal round, the USA won against Colombia, 45-35, while Venezuela defeated Canada, 41-32. The bronze medal went to Canada over Colombia, 45-38.

Final rankings in women’s team sabre (11 teams) included USA (gold), Argentina (silver), Colombia (bronze), Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Brazil and Venezuela.

Final rankings in men’s team epee (14 teams) included Venezuela (gold), USA (silver), Canada (bronze), Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Panama and Argentina.

Day 6. In the final match of women’s team foil, the USA faced Canada, winning with a 45-31 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Brazil, 45-21, while the USA defeated Chile, 45-18. The bronze medal went to Brazil over Chile, 45-34.

In the final match of men’s team sabre, the USA faced Canada, winning with a 45-17 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Brazil, 45-33, while the USA defeated Colombia, 45-16. The bronze medal went to Colombia over Brazil, 45-35.

Final rankings in women’s team foil (11 teams) included USA (gold), Canada (silver), Brazil (bronze), Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina and Peru.

Final rankings in men’s team sabre (10 teams) included USA (gold), Canada (silver), Colombia (bronze), Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile and Dominican Republic.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAGOS, Nigeria, June 25-29, 2025 – The 2025 African Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 events in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Charterhouse Lagos, with 144 fencers – 58 women and 86 men – participating from 22 countries. Egypt won the medal count with 21 medals overall (11 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze), followed by Kenya with 1 (1 gold) and Algeria with 8 (2 silver, 6 bronze).

Day 1. In the final bout of women’s individual foil, Egypt’s Sara Amr Hossny faced Ivory Coast’s Maxine Isabel Esteban, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Esteban won against Egypt’s Malak Hamza, 15-8, while Amr Hossny defeated teammate Noha Hany, 15-13.

In the final bout of men’s individual epee, Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed faced teammate Mahmoud Mohsen, winning with an 11-10 score. In the semifinal round, Mohsen won against Morocco’s Houssam Elkord, 15-11, while Elsayed defeated teammate Mahmoud Elsayed, 15-14.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil (15 fencers) included Sara Amr Hossny (EGY, gold), Maxine Isabel Esteban (CIV, silver), Noha Hany (EGY, bronze), Malak Hamza (EGY, bronze), Yasmine Ayari (TUN), Nourane B’Chir (TUN), Jana Ehab (EGY) and Yasmine Tantast (ALG).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee (36 fencers) included Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, gold), Mahmoud Mohsen (EGY, silver), Houssam Elkord (MAR, bronze), Mahmoud Elsayed (EGY, bronze), Bedi Paul Alex Beugre (CIV), Sergey Losevskiy (RSA), Fessal Mohamadou-Castioni (CMR) and Mohamed Yasseen (EGY).

Day 2. In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Kenya’s Alexandra Ndolo faced Egypt’s Nardin Ehab, winning with a 13-7 score. In the semifinal round, Ehab won against teammate Aya Hussein, 15-6, while Ndolo defeated Ivory Coast’s Oceane Tahe, 15-14.

In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, Egypt’s Ahmed Hesham faced teammate Adham Moataz, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Moataz won against teammate Mohamed Amer, 15-12, while Hesham defeated Tunisia’s Ahmed Ferjani, 15-11.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee (28 fencers) included Alexandra Ndolo (KEN, gold), Nardin Ehab (EGY, silver), Ocean Tahe (CIV, bronze), Aya Hussein (EGY, bronze), Ines El Batoul Taleb (ALG), Ivana Simic (RSA), Shirwit Gaber (EGY) and Camilia El Kord (MAR).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre (19 fencers) included Ahmed Hesham (EGY, gold), Adham Moataz (EGY, silver), Mohamed Amer (EGY, bronze), Ahmed Ferjani (TUN, bronze), Ziad Elsissy (EGY), Oluwafolayemi Akinyosoye (NGR), Evann Jean Abba Girault (NIG) and Akram Bounabi (ALG).

Day 3. In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, Egypt’s Alanoud Hegazy faced teammate Nada Hafez, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Hafez won against Algeria’s Zohra Nora Kehli, 15-14, while Hegazy defeated Algeria’s Chaima Benadouda, 15-9.

In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba faced teammate Mohamed Hamza, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Hamza won against Senegal’s Noe Robin, 15-3, while Tolba defeated Cape Verde’s Victor Alvares de Oliveira, 15-4.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre (11 fencers) included Alanoud Hegazy (EGY, gold), Nada Hafez (EGY, silver), Chaima Benadouda (ALG, bronze), Zohra Nora Kehli (ALG, bronze), Yesmine Rezgui (TUN), Renad Adel Eldoksh (EGY), Aicha Bouajina (TUN) and Lorina Essomba (CMR).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil (20 fencers) included Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY, gold), Mohamed Hamza (EGY, silver), Victor Alvares de Oliveira (CPV, bronze), Noe Robin (SEN, bronze), Jeremy Fafa Keryhuel (CIV), Salim Heroui (ALG), Luis Macedo (ANG) and Mathieu Cheickh Jaques Prats (MLI).

Day 4. In the final match of men’s team epee, Egypt faced South Africa, winning with a 45-26 score. In the semifinal round, South Africa won against Angola, 45-25, while Egypt defeated Algeria, 45-15. The bronze medal went to Algeria over Angola, 45-30.

In the final match of women's team foil, Egypt faced Tunisia, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Tunisia won against Algeria, 45-14, while Egypt had a bye. The bronze medal went to Algeria.

In the final match of men’s team sabre, Egypt faced Tunisia, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, Tunisia won against Algeria, 45-21, while Egypt defeated Niger, 45-23. The bronze medal went to Algeria over Niger, 45-27.

Final rankings in men’s team epee (7 teams) included Egypt (gold), South Africa (silver), Algeria (bronze), Angola, Libya, Benin and Nigeria.

Final rankings in women’s team foil (3 teams) included Egypt (gold), Tunisia (silver) and Algeria (bronze).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre (4 teams) included Egypt (gold), Tunisia (silver), Algeria (bronze) and Niger.

Day 5. In the final match of women’s team sabre, Egypt faced Algeria, winning with a 45-40 score. In the semifinal round, Algeria won against Tunisia, 45-33, while Egypt had a bye. The bronze medal went to Tunisia.

In the final match of men’s team foil, Egypt faced Angola, winning with a 45-23 score. In the semifinal round, Angola won against Algeria, 45-44, while Egypt defeated Nigeria, 45-9. The bronze medal went to Algeria over Nigeria, 45-14.

In the final match of women’s team epee, Egypt faced Algeria, winning with a 6-6 score. In the semifinal round, Algeria won against South Africa, 45-44, while Egypt defeated Angola, 11-7. The bronze medal went to South Africa over Angola, 45-21.

Final rankings in women’s team sabre (3 teams) included Egypt (gold), Algeria (silver) and Tunisia (bronze).

Final rankings in men’s team foil (4 teams) included Egypt (gold), Angola (silver), Algeria (bronze) and Nigeria.

Final rankings in women’s team epee (6 teams) included Egypt (gold), Algeria (silver), South Africa (bronze), Angola, Nigeria and Benin.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, June 27, 2025 – The FIE and International Testing Agency (ITA) will host a Clean Sport and Antidoping webinar on July 9, 2025, prior to the 2025 Tbilisi Fencing World Championships. It is open to all athletes, coaches and officials who would like to learn more about this important aspect of competition.

It will specifically focus on the following topics:

A selection of athlete and coach questions from previous FIE/ITA webinars will also be addressed and discussed during the webinar.

This programme will be led by Armando Urban from ITA with FIE Medical Commission members Dr. Sabrina Halaimia and Dr. Lazar Miceta, who will provide expert-level guidance for the programme.

Webinar date: July 9, 2025

Time: 1300-1400 CET

Platform: Zoom

To participate in the webinar, CLICK THIS LINK.

About FIE and ITA Clean Sport and Anti-Doping

The FIE wants to support and protect athletes, ensuring safe and fair competition for all fencers. Every competitive fencer and coach need to be up-to-date on current requirements and guidelines for Clean Sport and antidoping issues, and taking part will help attendees in many areas:

It helps to protect the integrity of fencing overall, preserving its values and fostering trust among athletes and fans

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Lausanne, Switz., June 25, 2025 – Will you be at the 2025 Fencing World Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia in July? Do you want to dramatically improve your fencing skills? The FIE is offering any fencer registered for the Tbilisi Championships a wonderful opportunity to take part in a free, official FIE training camp with elite coaches. More than 50 fencers are expected to participate in the camp.

In this fun, excellent learning experience, you’ll be able to train and practice with other athletes from around the world in your weapon, participate in group sessions and take your fencing game to the next level! Additionally, the camp will be providing video analysis, strategies and tactics for competition and fun activities to build relationships and teamwork.

Sessions will be held from July 16-21 at the main competition venue, the Tbilisi Olympic Palace at University Street 15A. They will take place daily from 0900-1200 and 1500-1800.

The coaches leading the Camp will include Zoran Tulum (sabre), Kuki Patru (foil) and Bela Kopetka (epee).

Registration is required. To register and join the camp, or for any questions, please email training.camp@FIE.ch, and more details will be sent to you.

See you in Tbilisi!

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BALI, Indonesia, June 17-23, 2025 – The 2025 Asian Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 events in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Westin Hotel, Nusa Dua, with 441 fencers – 193 women and 248 men – participating from 24 nations. Japan won the medal count with 12 medals overall (7 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze), followed by China with 11 (2 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) and Korea with 7 (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze).

Day 1. In the final bout of women’s individual foil, Japan’s Yuka Ueno faced teammate Sumire Tsuji, wining with a 13-12 score. In the semifinal round, Tsuji won against China’s Enqi Jiao, 15-5, while Ueno defeated teammate Komaki Kikuchi, 15-11.

In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, Korea’s Gyeongdong Do faced China’s Chenpeng Shen, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Shen won against Japan’s Kaito Streets, 15-13, while Do defeated Japan’s Mao Kokubo, 15-10.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil (59 fencers) included Yuka Ueno (JPN, gold), Sumire Tsuji (JPN, silver), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN, bronze), Enqi Jiao (CHN, bronze), Qianqian Huang (CHN), Yuting Wang (CHN), Maxine Jie Xin Wong (SGP) and Sofiya Aktayeva (KAZ).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre (73 fencers) included Gyeongdong Do (KOR, gold), Chenpeng Shen (CHN, silver), Kaito Streets (JPN, bronze), Mao Kokubo (JPN, bronze), Jaeyoon Lim (KOR), Shido Tsumori (JPN), Artyom Sarkissyan (KAZ) and Shaotong Luo (CHN).

Day 2. In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura faced Singapore’s Juliet Jie Min Heng, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Heng won against Korea’s Jeongmi Kim, 15-12, while Emura defeated Uzbekistan’s Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, 15-13.

In the final bout of men’s individual epee, China’s Zijie Wang faced Japan’s Masaru Yamada, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Yamada won against Kazakhstan’s Vadim Sharlaimov, 15-7, while Wang defeated teammate Xinkun Zhang, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Sharlaimov beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-14, and in the round of 16, Yamada won against Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 15-8.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre (57 fencers) included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Juliet Jie Min Heng (SGP, silver), Jeongmi Kim (KOR, bronze), Luisa Fernanda Hererra Lara (UZB, bronze), Xueyi Rao (CHN), Hayoung Jeon (KOR), Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB) and Aigerim Sarybay (KAZ).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee (78 fencers) included Zijie Wang (CHN, gold), Masaru Yamada (JPN, silver), Xinkun Zhang (CHN, bronze), Vadim Sharlaimov (KAZ, bronze), Akira Komata (JPN), Koki Kano (JPN), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ) and Jian Tong Sito (SGP).

Day 3. In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Korea’s world champion Sera Song faced China’s Jingwen Yang, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Yang won against Hong Kong, China’s Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh, 15-11, while Song defeated Singapore’s Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman, 15-12.

In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi faced China’s Ziwei Mo, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Mo won against Korea’s Jeonghyun Youn, 15-8, while Choi defeated China’s Jie Xu, 15-11. Of note, in the round of 32, Mo beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee (64 fencers) included Sera Song (KOR, gold), Jingwen Yang (CHN, silver), Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman (SGP, bronze), Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG, bronze), Junyao Tang (CHN), Sihan Yu (CHN), Wai Ling Chan (HKG) and Ruka Narita (JPN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil (67 fencers) included Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, gold), Ziwei Mo (CHN, silver), Jeonghyun Youn (KOR, bronze), Jie Xu (CHN, bronze), Chih Chieh Chen (TPE), Cheolwoo Im (KOR), Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN) and Lok Wang Lawrence Ng (HKG).

Day 4. In the final match of women’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 36-24 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Hong Kong, China, 41-32, while Japan defeated Singapore, 45-23. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Singapore, 45-37.

In the final match of men’s team sabre, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Hong Kong, China, 45-33, while Japan defeated Uzbekistan, 45-44. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over Hong Kong, China, 45-39.

Final rankings in women’s team foil (14 teams) included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Singapore, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan and Macau, China.

Final rankings in men’s team sabre (20 teams) included Japan (gold), Korea (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), Hong Kong-China, Kazakhstan, China, India and Saudi Arabia.

Day 5. In the final match of women’s team sabre, Japan faced Korea, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Uzbekistan, 45-42, while Japan defeated China, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over China, 45-43.

In the final match of men’s team epee, Japan faced Kazakhstan, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Kazakhstan won against China, 45-24, while Japan defeated Korea, 44-39. The bronze medal went to China over Korea, 45-30.

Final rankings in women’s team sabre (13 teams) included Japan (gold), Korea (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), China, Hong Kong-China, Kazakhstan, India and Singapore.

Final rankings in men’s team epee (20 teams) included Japan (gold), Kazakhstan (silver), China (bronze), Korea, Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan and Singapore.

Day 6. In the final match of women’s team epee, China faced Korea, winning with a 41-38 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Japan, 45-27, while China defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Japan, 40-32.

In the final match of men’s team foil, Japan faced China, winning with a 45-21 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Chinese Taipei, 45-40, while Japan defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-43. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Chinese Taipei, 45-31.

Final rankings in women’s team epee (15 teams) included China (gold), Korea (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Japan, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and India.

Final rankings for men’s team foil (20 teams) included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Chinese Taipei, Korea, Singapore, Kazakhstan and Macau, China.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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GENOA, Italy, June 14-19, 2025 – The 2025 European Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 events in women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the new Waterfront in the Jean Nouvel pavilion (preliminary rounds) and the new Palasport (finals), with 481 fencers – 225 women and 256 men – participating from 40 nations. France won the medal count with 9 medals overall (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), followed by Italy with 13 (3 gold, 2 silver, 8 bronze) and Ukraine with 3 (2 gold, 1 silver).

Day 1. In the final bout of women’s individual foil, France’s Eva Lacheray faced Great Britain’s Carolina Stutchbury, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Stutchbury won against Italy’s Martina Batini, 15-12, while Lacheray defeated Hungary’s Flora Pasztor, 15-7. Of note, in the round of 16, France’s Morgane Patru beat Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-11, and Greece’s Maria-Eleni Chaldaiou won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-11.

In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, France’s Remi Garrigue faced Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Szilagyi won against France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice, 15-9, while Garrigue defeated Germany’s Frederic Kindler, 15-11.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil (66 fencers) included Eva Lacheray (FRA, gold) Carolina Stutchbury (GBR, silver), Martina Batini (ITA, bronze), Flora Pasztor (HUN, bronze), Morgane Patru (FRA), Dariia Myroniuk (UKR), Rebeca Candescu (ROU) and Maria-Eleni Chaldaiou (GRE).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre (67 fencers) included Remi Garrigue (FRA, gold), Aron Szilagyi (HUN, silver), Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, bronze), Frederic Kindler (GER, bronze), Vlad Covaliu (ROU), Michele Gallo (ITA), Radu Nitu (ROU) and Sandro Bazadze (GEO).

Day 2. In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, France’s Sarah Noutcha faced Ukraine’s Alina Komashchuk, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Komashchuk won against Poland’s Sylwia Matuszak, 15-6, while Noutcha defeated Hungary’s Sugar Katinka Battai, 15-9.

In the final bout of men’s individual epee, Ukraine’s Roman Svichkar faced Italy’s Matteo Galassi, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Galassi won against teammate Andrea Santarelli, 15-8, while Svichkar defeated Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 6-5. Of note, in the round of 16, Italy’s Valerio Cuomo beat Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-14.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre (59 fencers) included Sarah Noutcha (FRA, gold), Alina Komashchuk (UKR, silver), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN, bronze), Sylwia Matuszak (POL, bronze), Renata Katona (HUN), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP), Yoana Ilieva (BUL) and Mariella Viale (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee (110 fencers) included Roman Svichkar (UKR, gold), Matteo Galassi (ITA, silver), Andrea Santarelli (ITA, bronze), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, bronze), Valerio Cuomo (ITA), Egor Lomaga (_AIN), Alexis Bayard (SUI), and Ian Hauri (SUI).

Day 3. In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Aizanat Murtazaeva (AIN) faced Estonia’s Katrina Lehis, winning with a 9-8 score. In the semifinal round, Lehis won against Italy’s Alberta Santuccio, 9-8, while Murtazaeva defeated Italy’s Sara Maria Kowalczyk, 14-13. Of note, in the round of 16, Poland’s Gloria Klughardt beat France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-14; in the round of 32, Santuccio won against teammate and two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-13; and in the round of 64, Klughardt defeated Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 15-13.

In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi faced France’s Anas Anane, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Anane won against Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-13, while Bianchi defeated Spain’s Carlos Llavador, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 32, Hungary’s Gergo Szemes beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-3.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee (96 fencers) included Aizanat Murtazaeva (_AIN, gold), Katrina Lehis (EST, silver), Sara Maria Kowalczyk (ITA, bronze), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, bronze), Giulia Rizzi (ITA), Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA), Gloria Klughardt (POL) and Alexandra Ehler (GER).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil (71 fencers) included Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, gold), Anas Anane (FRA, silver), Carlos Llavador (ESP, bronze), Tommaso Marini (ITA, bronze), Vladislav Mylnikov (_AIN), Michal Siess (POL), Daniel Dosa (HUN) and Gergo Szemes (HUN).

Day 4. In the final match of women’s team foil, Italy faced France, winning with a 38-37 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Poland, 45-41, while Italy defeated Spain, 45-29. The bronze medal went to Spain over Poland, 45-30.

In the final match of men’s team sabre, Hungary faced Italy, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against France, 45-42, while Hungary defeated the _AIN team, 45-26. The bronze medal went to the _AIN team over France, 45-42.

Final rankings in women’s team foil (13 teams) included Italy (gold), France (silver), Spain (bronze), Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Germany and Great Britain.

Final rankings in men’s team sabre (13 teams) included Hungary (gold), Italy (silver), _AIN team (bronze), France, Germany, Türkiye, Georgia and Poland.

Day 5. In the final match of women’s team sabre, France faced Poland, winning with a 45-31 score. In the semifinal round, Poland won against Hungary, 45-42, while France defeated Italy, 45-37. The bronze medal went to Italy over Hungary, 45-44.

In the final match of men’s team epee, France faced the Netherlands, winning with a 45-29 score. In the semifinal round, the Netherlands won against Germany, 45-28, while France defeated Italy, 45-33. The bronze medal went to Italy over Germany, 40-28.

Final rankings in women’s team sabre (13 teams) included France (gold), Poland (silver), Italy (bronze), Hungary, Spain, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Germany.

Final rankings in men’s team epee (22 teams) included France (gold), Netherlands (silver), Italy (bronze), Germany, Hungary, Ukraine, Switzerland and Czechia.

Day 6. In the final match of women’s team epee, Ukraine faced Switzerland, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, Switzerland won against Estonia, 45-38, while Ukraine defeated Italy, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Italy over Estonia, 27-26.

In the final match of men’s team foil, Italy faced France, winning with a 45-43 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Belgium 45-41, while Italy defeated the _AIN team, 45-40. The bronze medal went to the _AIN team over Belgium, 45-28.

Final rankings in women’s team epee (18 teams) included Ukraine (gold), Switzerland (silver), Italy (bronze), Estonia, France, Hungary, Poland and Sweden.

Final rankings in men’s team foil (13 teams) included Italy (gold), France (silver), _AIN team (bronze), Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Germany and Austria.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., June 17, 2025 – The FIE is deeply saddened to learn of the passing on 14 June of Catherine “Kate” d’Oriola, née Delbarre, a few days after celebrating her 100th birthday. Kate d'Oriola was named a Member of Honour of the FIE by the Congress held in 2008, then a member of the FIE Hall of Fame in 2014.

Born on 8 June 1925 in Calais (France), she was silver medallist in team foil at the World Championships in 1952 (Copenhagen), 1953 (Brussels), 1955 (Rome) and 1956 (London). She was bronze medallist in the team foil event at the 1954 (Luxembourg) and 1958 (Philadelphia) World Championships.

She was ranked fifth in individual foil at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games and fifth in team foil at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games.

She was captain of the French women's foil team in the 1970s, which won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

She was a member of the FIE Rules Commission from 1974 to 1993 and served on the directoire technique at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games and several World Championships.

In 1971, she married the foil fencer Christian d'Oriola (FRA, MH), who had won 19 individual or team, world and Olympic medals: 12 gold and 7 silver.

On the occasion of her 100th birthday, the French Fencing Federation paid a vibrant tribute to Kate d'Oriola: \"A woman of character and rigour, Kate was also involved in community life: president of the FFE's Women's Technical Commission, member of the Rules Commission and a member of the Directoire technique at the Olympic Games and World Championships. Kate Delbarre-d'Oriola remains a ‘living memory of fencing’ and a source of inspiration for all. On 14 May 2024, she had the honour of carrying the Olympic flame in Montpellier, a powerful symbol of her sporting and human heritage.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Kate d'Oriola, the French Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy to them at this difficult time.

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Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page

LAUSANNE, Switz., May 23-25, 2025 – Four International Fencing Federation World Cups took place this weekend in Lima, Madrid, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, and Wuxi in women’s and men’s epee and sabre.

Lima, Peru Women’s Sabre World Cup

Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura won the women’s individual sabre gold medal at the Lima, Peru World Cup and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Polideportivo 3 – Car Videna, with 140 women’s individual fencers and 19 teams participating in the competition.

Emura faced Spain’s Araceli Navarro in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Navarro won against Hungary’s Luca Szucs, 15-10, while Emura defeated Türkiye’s Nisanur Erbil, 15-11.

France faced Japan in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-38 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Ukraine, 45-33, while France defeated Hungary, 45-30. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Ukraine, 45-23.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Araceli Navarro (ESP, silver), Nisanur Erbil (TÜR, bronze), Luca Szucs (HUN, bronze), Sarah Noutcha (FRA), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN), Lola Tranquille (FRA) and Jeongmi Kim (KOR).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included France (gold), Japan (silver), Hungary (bronze), Ukraine, Korea, USA, China and Italy.

Madrid, Spain “Villa de Madrid” Men’s Sabre World Cup

Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze won the men’s individual sabre gold medal at the Madrid, Spain “Villa de Madrid” World Cup and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, with 257 men’s individual fencers and 28 teams participating in the competition.

Bazadze faced Türkiye’s Enver Yildirim in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Yildirim won against Korea’s Sangwon Park, 15-13, while Bazadze defeated Korea’s Gyeongdong Do, 15-13. Of note, in the round of 16, Yildirim beat Korea’s world and Olympic champion Sanguk Oh, 15-14, and France’s Sebastien Patrice won against Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-9; in the round of 32, Germany’s Matyas Szabo defeated Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-13.

France faced Hungary in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against the USA, 45-44, while France beat Romania, 45-41. The bronze medal went to Romania over the USA, 45-40.

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Sandro Bazadze (GEO, gold), Enver Yildirim (TÜR, silver), Gyeongdong Do (KOR, bronze), Sangwon Park (KOR, bronze), Sebastien Patrice (FRA), Fares Ferjani (TUN), Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA) and Michele Gallo (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included France (gold), Hungary (silver), Romania (bronze), USA, Italy, Egypt, Korea and Uzbekistan.

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France “Challenge Monal” Men’s Epee World Cup

France’s Alexandre Bardenet won the individual gold medal at the Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France “Challenge Monal” Men’s Epee World Cup and Japan won the team gold. The event took place at the Centre Sportif Pierre Brossolette, with 357 men’s individual fencers and 36 teams participating in the competition.

Bardenet faced teammate Gaetan Billa in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Billa won against Italy’s Davide Di Veroli, 15-7, while Bardenet defeated USA’s Oleg Knysh, 15-9. Of note, in the round of 32, Italy’s Gianpaolo Buzzacchino beat Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-4; in the round of 64, Italy’s Andrea Santarelli won against Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 15-12, Egypt’s Mahmoud Elsayed defeated Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 14-9, and Venezuela’s Francisco Limardo beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 10-9.

Japan faced Switzerland in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 37-36 score. In the semifinal round, Switzerland won against Hungary, 45-42, while Japan defeated China, 31-28. The bronze medal went to China over Hungary, 45-37.

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Alexandre Bardenet (FRA, gold), Gaetan Billa (FRA, silver), Davide Di Veroli (ITA, bronze), Oleg Knysh (USA, bronze), Masaru Yamada (JPN), Jakub Jurka (CZE), Jonathan Svensson (SWE) and Andrea Santarelli (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Japan (gold), Switzerland (silver), China (bronze), Hungary, Israel, Ukraine, France and USA.

Wuxi, China Women’s Epee World Cup

France’s Alexandra Louis Marie won the gold medal at the Wuxi, China Women’s Epee World Cup and Poland won the team gold. The event took place at the Huishan National Fitness Center, with 196 women’s individual fencers and 22 teams participating in the competition.

Louis Marie faced Korea’s world champion Sera Song in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 10-9 score. In the semifinal round, Song won against China’s Nuo Xu, 15-7, while Louis Marie defeated Ukraine’s Vlada Kharkova, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Louis Marie beat teammate and world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-10; in the round of 32, the USA’s Tierna Oxenreider won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-10.

Poland faced Italy in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 35-31 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against the USA, 44-36, while Poland defeated Hungary, 42-38. The bronze medal went to the USA over Hungary, 45-30.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA, gold), Sera Song (KOR, silver), Vlada Kharkova (UKR, bronze), Nuo Xu (CHN, bronze), Sara Maria Kowalczyk (ITA), Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA), Roberta Marzani (ITA) and Gaia Caforio (ITA).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Poland (gold), Italy (silver), USA (bronze), Hungary, France, Korea, Ukraine and China.


Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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SHANGHAI, China, May 16-18, 2025 – Italy’s Martina Favaretto and Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi won gold medals at the 2025 Shanghai, China Foil Grand Prix. The event took place at the Songjiang Gymnasium (preliminary rounds) and Guangfulin Relics Park (finals), with 162 women and 212 men participating in the competition.

Favaretto faced the USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer in the final bout of individual women’s foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Kiefer won against Italy’s Martina Batini, 15-4, while Favaretto defeated teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Batini beat teammate and two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-8.

Choi faced Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini in the final bout of individual men’s foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Marini won against Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13, while Choi defeated Italy’s Giulio Lombardi, 15-9. Of note, in the round of 64, Germany’s Alexander Kahl beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-12.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Lee Kiefer (USA, silver), Martina Batini (ITA, bronze), Arianna Errigo (ITA, bronze), Anna Cristino (ITA), Alice Volpi (ITA), Flora Pasztor (HUN) and Sumire Tsuji (JPN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Chun Yin Ryan Choi (HKG, gold), Tommaso Marini (ITA, silver), Ka Long Cheung (HKG, bronze), Giulio Lombardi (ITA, bronze), Pierre Loisel (FRA), Zhaoran Zeng (CHN), Yifan Guo (CHN) and Marcello Olivares (USA).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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BOGOTA, Colombia, May 9-11, 2025 – Italy’s Giulia Rizzi and Japan’s Akira Komata won gold medals at the 2025 Bogota, Colombia Epee Grand Prix. The event took place at the Palacio de los Deportes, with 147 women and 189 men participating in the competition.

Rizzi faced the USA’s Hadley Husisian in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Husisian won against Estonia’s Katrina Lehis, 15-5, while Rizzi defeated the USA’s Catherine Nixon, 15-8. Of note, in the table of 16, France’s Lauren Rembi beat Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-12, while in the round of 32, Japan’s Honami Suzuki won against Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-14.

Komata faced Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Kurbanov won against Uzbekistan’s Vadim Anokhin, 15-14, while Komata defeated France’s Luidgi Midelton, 15-8. Of note, in the table of 16, the Netherlands’ Tristan Tulen beat Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-6; in the round of 32, the USA’s Tristan Szapary won against Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 11-10, Kazakhstan’s Yerlik Sertay defeated Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 14-13, and France’s Alexandre Bardenet beat Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 15-8.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Giulia Rizzi (ITA, gold), Hadley Husisian (USA, silver), Catherine Nixon (USA, bronze), Katrina Lehis (EST, bronze), Eszter Muhari (HUN), Alberta Santuccio (ITA), Sara Maria Kowalczyk (ITA) and Lauren Rembi (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Akira Komata (JPN, gold), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ, silver), Vadim Anokhin (UZB, bronze), Luidgi Midelton (FRA, bronze), Tristan Tulen (NED), Jakub Jurka (CZE), Simon Lioznyansky (USA) and Yerlik Sertay (KAZ).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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SEOUL, Korea, May 2-4 – Korea’s Hayoung Jeon and Hungary’s Krisztian Rabb won gold medals at the Seoul, Korea SK Telecom Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. The event took place at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium, with 156 women and 196 men participating in the competition.

Jeon faced teammate Jeongmi Kim in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Kim won against Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, 15-11, while Jeon defeated France’s Sarah Noutcha, 15-10. Of note, in the round of 16, Kim beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-13.

Rabb faced France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Patrice won against Italy’s Luca Curatoli, 15-11, while Rabb defeated Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals Bazadze beat Korea’s world and Olympic champion Sanguk Oh, 15-11; in the round of 32, Curatoli won against Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-10; and in the round of 64, Patrice defeated Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-10.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Hayoung Jeon (KOR, gold), Jeongmi Kim (KOR, silver), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, bronze), Sarah Noutcha (FRA, bronze), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), Michela Battiston (ITA), Seri Ozaki (JPN) and Renata Katona (HUN).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Krisztian Rabb (HUN, gold), Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, silver), Sandro Bazadze (GEO, bronze), Luca Curatoli (ITA, bronze), Sanguk Oh (KOR), Ali Pakdaman (IRI), Antonio Heathcock (USA) and Heegeun Hwang (KOR).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada, May 1-4, 2025 – Italy’s Martina Favaretto, USA’s Alexander Massialas and teams from Italy and the USA won gold medals at the 2025 Vancouver, B.C., Canada Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup. In all, 138 women and 191 men participated in the competition, as well as 19 women’s and 19 men’s teams. The event took place at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Favaretto faced the USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Kiefer won against Canada’s Eleanor Harvey, 15-10, while Favaretto defeated teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-9. Of note, in the table of 16, Japan’s Komaki Kikuchi beat Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-11.

Massialas faced Italy’s Davide Filippi in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Filippi won against France’s Maxime Pauty, 15-11, while Massialas defeated Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals Miles Filippi beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-14; in the round of 32, Damiano Di Veroli won against teammate and world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-9, and Hungary’s Daniel Dosa defeated Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-13; and in the preliminary round of 64 Poland’s Leszek Rajski beat the USA’s world champion Chamley-Watson, 15-14.

Italy faced the USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-42 score. In the semifinal round, the USA won against Japan, 45-36, while Italy defeated France, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Japan over France, 45-38.

The USA faced Italy in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 43-41 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against France, 45-29, while the USA defeated Egypt, 45-29. The bronze medal went to France over Egypt, 44-37.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Lee Kiefer (USA, silver), Arianna Errigo (ITA, bronze), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, bronze), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN), Anne Kleibrink (GER), Pauline Ranvier (FRA) and Carlotta Ferrari (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Alexander Massialas (USA, gold), Davide Filippi (ITA, silver), Maxime Pauty (FRA, bronze), Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Nick Itkin (USA), Bryce Louie (USA) and James Bourtis (USA).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), Japan (bronze), France, Hungary, Canada, China and Poland.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included USA (gold), Italy (silver), France (bronze), Egypt, Japan, Hong Kong-China, Korea and Hungary.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., April 29, 2025 – “Thanks, FIE, for this amazing course, great coaches in practical sessions and highly qualified university professors. I can truly say I am a professional national coach”, said an FIE Coaching Academy student from Egypt. Others echoed similar praise as the three-month sabre component of the 2025 FIE Coaching Academy in Budapest, Hungary successfully concluded on April 18.

“It was a rewarding experience to contribute to the development of athletes and fellow coaches, exchange ideas and explore new training methods”, said a participant from Colombia. “Being part of this global learning environment allowed me to grow both personally and professionally while helping to strengthen the sabre community worldwide.”

Coaches participating in the Academy sabre programme were from Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Moldavia, Peru, Sweden and the USA, all of whom graduated from the programme.

“Medals are only given in competitions, they are earned in training”, said Academy Head Coach Zsolt Nemcsik (HUN), himself an Olympic silver and four-time Grand Prix gold medallist. “I can only advise everyone to go for the extra mile on top of what the coach tells them. You can expand your knowledge and win medals only through a lot of practice.”

The epee course begins this week, from April 28 – July 18, followed by foil from July 28 – October 17. The epee programme will have nine coaches participating from Argentina, Ecuador, Egypt, Iran, Mongolia, Oman, Peru, Saudia Arabia and Vietnam, and the Head Coach is Hungary’s Gyorgy Felletar.

For full information and to apply for the programme in this or coming seasons, please click here for details. Applications are still being taken for this year’s foil session, up to the May 23 deadline.

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Seoul, Korea
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 02-04 May 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre


Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Bogota, Colombia
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 09-11 May 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee


Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Shanghai, China
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 16-18 May 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Vancouver, Canada
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 01-04 May 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Team Foil, M Team Foil


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Wuxi, China
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 23-25 March 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, W Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 23-25 March 2025
Info: M Individual Epee, M Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Madrid, Spain
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 23-25 March 2025
Info: M Individual Sabre, M Team Sabre


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Lima, Peru
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 23-25 March 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1491,"title":"2025 Wuxi Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships a Success!","date":"2025-04-16 18:13:56","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/181170-AGU_4393.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/181169-AGU_4393.jpg","category":null,"content":"

WUXI, China, April 7-15, 2025 – The 2025 Wuxi Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships have finished successfully, completing nine days of 18 cadet and junior individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The Championships took place at the beautiful Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, drawing nearly 20 percent more participants than in 2024. Wuxi previously hosted the Senior World Championships in 2018.

With 99 nations represented at the Wuxi Championships this year, a total of 1,694 fencers competed in all events. Of these, 32% competed in foil, 38% in epee and 30% in sabre. Overall, 53.4% of the fencers were male and 46.6% female. More than 280 local volunteers supported the Championships on competition days, with an additional 100 volunteers on the opening and closing days.

The competition format was divided by weapon, with three days each of sabre, foil and epee men’s and women’s tournaments. The first of each of the three days were the junior individual events, followed by cadet individual and then junior team events.

Each day’s events were livestreamed on the FIE website worldwide and covered on all FIE social media platforms.

“On behalf of the FIE, Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis and our world fencing family, I congratulate the Wuxi organisers and the Chinese Fencing Association for hosting such a spectacular and successful World Championships, providing a true global showcase of fencing to the world”, said FIE Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova.

“I would like to thank all the participants, including the local Wuxi organisers, volunteers, coaches, athletes, referees, officials and staff, who made these Championships possible and truly memorable. In particular, I extend our sincere appreciation to the Chinese Fencing Association and its President, Mr. Haibin Wang, and Secretary-General and Vice President, Ms. Junyan Wang.”

Other VIPs and dignitaries attending the Wuxi Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships included FIE Executive Committee Vice Presidents Mr. Donald Anthony, Jr., Mr. Abdelmoneim El Husseiny and Ms. Henriette Tamas; member and Pan American Confederation President Mr. Vitaly Logvin; and Executive Committee members Ms. Rusni Abu Hassan, Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Alqasimi, Mr. Nikolay Ivanov Mateev and Mr. Arno Perillier Schneider.

Authorities attending included Ms. Tiziana D’Angelo, Italian Consul General; Mr. Roccol Carlo Genchi, Italian Deputy Consul General; Mr. Flavio Frasca, Italian Vice Consul; Mr. Liu Tong, Deputy Director of Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau; Mr. Qin Yongxin, Vice Mayor of Wuxi Municipal People’s Government; Mr. Gu Wenlong, Deputy Secretary-General of Wuxi Municipal People’s Government; Ms. Chen Yi, Director of Wuxi Sports Bureau; Mr. Yang Yuhua, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of Wuxi Sports Bureau; and Mr. Shen Chen, Deputy Director of Wuxi Industrial Internet Research and Development Center.

Sponsor of the Championships and President of Absolute Fencing, Mr. Gary Lu, was honoured as a special guest and named “Chinese Fencing Association Global Ambassador” by President Haibin Wang.

Also attending the Championships were many former and current Olympic athletes, notably Jose Luis Abajo (ESP), Francesca Bortolozzi (ITA), Zhong Man (CHN), Valentina Vezzali (ITA) and Lei Sheng (CHN).

At the closing ceremony on April 15, the FIE flag was passed by Mr. Gu Wenlong, Deputy Secretary of the Wuxi Municipal Peoples’ Government, to Mr. Arno Perillier Schneider, FIE Executive Committee Member and Brazilian Fencing Federation President for the 2026 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

FIE Development Programmes in Wuxi

A number of FIE development programmes were represented at the Wuxi Championships, providing support, information and education for athletes and coaches.

The Donate Your Fencing Gear! programme hosted a stand, receiving donations from generous athletes and coaches to distribute to recipient nations in need. The nations provide the FIE with bids and proposals to be eligible to receive the good-quality, used/recycled fencing gear.

“This year the Donate Your Fencing Gear! Programme showed how fencers, coaches and manufacturers around the world are in the heart of promoting our beloved sport”, said Samer Hashem, FIE SEMI delegate in charge of checking the quality of equipment received.

Multiple individual fencers donated equipment in Wuxi, complemented by donations from founder of Azza Fencing and Tunisian Olympian Azza Besbes, who gave 100 pairs of fencing shoes, and Absolute Fencing, which provided 30 development kits and 10 fencing bags. Beneficiaries in Wuxi receiving equipment included representatives from El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan and Oman.

The FIE Fencing for the Planet programme, as part of a global commitment to sustainability, annually recognized on Saturday of the second weekend in April, took place on April 12. Fencing for the Planet is an ongoing programme meant to inspire and encourage fencers, coaches, supporters, clubs and federations to become involved in environmental projects and practices.

FIE officials were hosted at a local school and its students, joined by members of the Chinese Fencing Federation, symbolically planted a tree and emphasize shared support and commitment to the FIE’s sustainability and environmental initiatives. Uzbekistan fencer Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, who participated in the tree planting, said, “Planting this tree symbolizes us growing as a community and growing together, and our commitment to future generations of a sustainable planet.”

“The children were amazing, and our programmes range from kids like these at schools to Olympians in support of Fencing for the Planet”, said FIE Secretary-General Ms. Gulnora Saidova. “We share and follow the IOC dedication and mandate to sustainability.”


Numerous members of the FIE Executive Committee, local Chinese authorities, Olympic fencers and junior champions took part in the event.

The FIE Fair-Play Council was on-site in Wuxi throughout the competition, educating and engaging athletes in sports Fair Play concepts. More than 700 junior and cadet fencers from many nations took part in informational games and activities to learn more about Fair Play and understand the importance of unity and the spirit of sport.

“As in previous years, we played simple games to symbolize team spirit, cooperation and listening and caring about one another” said Gabor Deregan, FIE Fair Play Council President. “Everyone who participated in the games received a USB bracelet or badge. We then had a short time to talk about Fair Play, and the USB bracelet also has all the relevant Fair Play values saved on it.”

“The recently renewed FIE Fair Play Council will soon introduce new activities, while maintaining the good practices in the past. Our aim is to bring the values even closer to athletes and coaches and involve the public much more. It is important that the image of fencing will be strengthened by Fair Play values, and that this be well understood for spectators as well as for those who are involved in the sport. Consequently, I would also ask everyone to send us examples of Fair Play acts that they see or hear about in competition. The most effective way to communicate our values is to show and share good examples for all to follow.”

FIE Safeguarding officers were available throughout the competition and available to support any athletes, coaches, officials or staff. A promotional stand hosted those interested in learning more about safeguarding and its essential concepts, and they were invited to take part in educational activities and fun quizzes to encourage participation and optimize learning. In cooperation with the Fair Play stand, more than 3000 FIE Wuxi lapel pins and informational USB bracelets were given to athletes as prizes for participating.

“Over the course of the Championships we delivered training, education and awareness of Safe Sport and Clean Sport to more than 1,000 young athletes from across the world”, said Georgina Usher, Safeguarding officer and member of the FIE Women in Fencing Council. “For Safe Sport, the focus this year has been on ensuring that athletes are aware of their right to report harassment and abuse to the FIE and the FIE’s commitment to creating environments where all (athletes, coaches and officials) can perform at their best.”

This year’s FIE Training Camp expanded to invite any Championships athletes to take part in the training, in addition to the 30 fencers from 30 nations where fencing is developing whom the FIE supported with travel, training and accommodations. Training took place for six days for each weapon for women and men, instructed and led by elite-level coaches.

In all, about 50 nations participated overall, with 18.4% from Africa, 20.4% from Asia and 30.6% each from Europe and Pan America.

“For the first time the FIE training camp was open to everyone, and we had more than 100 fencers training, learning and having fun”, said Ezequiel Abello Navas, Camp director and member of the FIE Sports Department. “It was an impressive opportunity for fencers from around the world to practice with recognized experts including Mr. Zsolt Nemcisk (HUN), Mr. Kuki Petru (ROU), Mr. Luk Wing Chun (HKG) and Ms. Smiljka Rodić-Stamenković (SRB).”


Notably, two sponsored athletes at the camp had strong results at the Championships. Yasmine Soussi from Tunisia finished in the top 16 of cadet women’s foil and Sebastian Bereche of Peru finished in the top 16 of cadet men’s epee.

Medallists at the 2025 Wuxi Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships

USA led the medal count for the Championships, with a total of 13 medals (8 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze), followed by Italy with 10 (3 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze) and Egypt with 2 (2 gold). In all, 16 nations earned at least one medal, with medal-earning nations comprising 50% from Europe, 6.25% from Africa, 31.25% from Asia and 12.5% from Pan America.

Day 1

Junior Women’s Individual Sabre

Junior Men’s Individual Sabre

Day 2

Cadet Women’s Individual Sabre

Cadet Men’s Individual Sabre

Day 3

Junior Women’s Team Sabre

Junior Men’s Team Sabre

Day 4

Junior Women’s Individual Foil

Junior Men’s Individual Foil

Day 5

Cadet Women’s Individual Foil

Cadet Men’s Individual Foil

Day 6

Junior Women’s Team Foil

Junior Men’s Team Foil

Day 7

Junior Women’s Individual Epee

Junior Men’s Individual Epee

Day 8

Cadet Women’s Individual Epee

Cadet Men’s Individual Epee

Day 9

Junior Women’s Team Epee

Junior Men’s Team Epee

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WUXI, China, April 15, 2025 – Teams Ukraine and Italy won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s epee on the ninth and final day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition has been held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 39 women’s and 48 men’s junior epee teams competing.

At the closing ceremony, the FIE flag was passed by Mr. Gu Wenlong, Deputy Secretary of the Wuxi Municipal Peoples’ Government, to Mr. Arno Perillier Schneider, FIE Executive Committee Member and Brazilian Fencing Federation President for the 2026 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

FIE Secretary-General Gulnora Saidova officially closed the Championships, stating

“The 2025 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Wuxi have been an extraordinary success. We have shared moments of passion, determination and unity – emotions that will remain in our hearts for years to come. These Championships have once again proven that fencing is not only a sport, but a bridge – connecting cultures, building friendships and inspiring the next generation of athletes across the globe.”


Ukraine faced China in the final match of junior women’s team epee, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Switzerland, 45-28, while Ukraine defeated USA, 45-43. The bronze medal went to USA over Switzerland, 45-42.

“It’s a new feeling, and it’s incredible”, said Ukraine’s Emily Conrad. “We had some ups-and-downs and every team match was complicated and tough, but we managed to stick together. This means something crazy for our country because I don’t know the last time this happened for Ukraine, it makes us incredibly proud to hear our national anthem at the World Championships.”


Italy faced Canada in the final match of junior men’s team epee, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Hong Kong, China, 45-38, while Italy defeated Hungary, 45-43. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Hungary, 45-43.

“The final was really difficult from the beginning of the match”, said Italy’s Fabio Mastromarino. “We kept going and fighting until the end of the match. This means a lot because at the European Championships we didn’t have a medal and so we arrived here in China to maintain being world champions from last year, and it’s amazing for all of us.”

Final rankings in junior women’s team epee included Ukraine (gold), China (silver), USA (bronze), Switzerland, Korea, France, Hungary and Poland.

Final rankings in junior men’s team epee included Italy (gold), Canada (silver), Hong Kong, China (bronze), Hungary, France, Ukraine, China and Estonia.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 14, 2025 – Hungary’s Lotti Horvath and USA’s Nathaniel Wimmer won gold medals in cadet women’s and men’s individual epee on the eighth day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 123 women and 140 men competing.

Horvath faced Ukraine’s Alina Dmytruk in the final bout of cadet women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Dmytruk won against Hong Kong, China’s Haidi Wu, 15-4, while Horvath defeated Israel’s Alexandra Kravets, 15-9.

“It feels really awesome, I’ve thought about this a lot but I didn’t realize it could come true”, said Horvath. “The first part of the DEs were hard, but after I won the quarterfinals that gave me so much power. But overall I just wanted to enjoy fencing. In the final, I had a really good vibe, I focused and was able to win. I tried to focus on what I was going to do in the next touch. This means everything to me, I’ve been preparing for the World Championships all year. I would like to go to the Olympics but that is a lot of years from now, so for now I’ll do my best.”


Wimmer faced Elisei Pisarev (AIN) in the final bout of cadet men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Pisarev won against Canada’s Junzhe (Simon) Shan, 15-8, while Wimmer defeated Italy’s Nicolo Sonnessa, 15-9.

“It feels amazing. After I fenced yesterday, I woke up and was feeling dead tired, I didn’t think it was happening”, said Wimmer. “After pools, the possibility began to slip into my mind. I was feeling good. In the last minute of the final bout, I was absolutely dying, I was going by pure instinct, training and muscle memory. Last year I was here for cadets and lost in the table of 64, and was thinking, how can these fencers be so good and perform at this level? So being here today, I accomplished my dream!”

Final rankings in cadet women’s individual epee included Lotti Horvath (HUN, gold), Alina Dmytruk (UKR, silver), Haidi Wu (HKG, bronze), Alexandra Kravets (ISR, bronze), Valeriia Bilous-Gridzhak (UKR), Laena Lee (KOR), Regina Lee (USA) and Jiayu Zhao (CHN).

Final rankings in cadet men’s individual epee included Nathaniel Wimmer (USA, gold), Elisei Pisarev (AIN, silver), Nicolo Sonnessa (ITA, bronze), Junzhe (Simon) Shan (CAN, bronze), Andy Zheng (USA), Aron Petrovszki (HUN), Thomas Gauliard (FRA) and Daniel Chirashnya (USA).

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 13, 2025 – Canada’s Julia Yin and Egypt’s Mahmoud Elsayed won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s individual epee on the seventh day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 173 women and 216 men competing.

Yin faced Hungary’s Blanka Virag Nagy in the final bout of junior women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Nagy won against Poland’s Oliwia Tercjak, 15-8, while Yin defeated Japan’s Rin Kishimoto, 15-5.

“Sometimes when I get on the strip, I’m not ready right away”, said Yin. “But I get over the challenge and win. Before I got here, my goal was top eight, but after I got here I felt like I could get first and I did!”


Elsayed faced Italy’s Matteo Galassi in the final bout of junior men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Galassi won against Nikita Gorin (AIN), 15-12, while Elsayed defeated Ukraine’s Maksym Perchuk, 15-9.

“I’m so happy”, said Elsayed. “It was a really long day, but I’ve been working really hard for it and I’m very proud. I was down but I came back and I did it!”


Final rankings in junior women’s individual epee included Julia Yin (CAN, gold), Blanka Virag Nagy (HUN, silver), Oliwia Tercjak (POL, bronze), Rin Kishimoto (JPN, bronze), Allegra Cristofoletto (ITA), Victoria Velislavova (BUL), Anastasiia Rustamova (AIN) and Soyeon Kim (KOR).

Final rankings in junior men’s individual epee included Mahmoud Elsayed (EGY, gold), Matteo Galassi (ITA, silver), Maksym Perchuk (UKR, bronze), Nikita Gorin (AIN), Kruz Schembri (ISV), Nathaniel Wimmer (USA), Nicholas Zhang (CAN) and Domonkos Pelle (HUN).

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 12, 2025 – Fencing for the Planet 2025 was celebrated worldwide today. In Wuxi, China, where the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships are taking place, FIE officials were hosted at a local school and its students, joined by members of the Chinese Fencing Federation, to symbolically plant a tree and emphasize shared support and commitment to the FIE’s sustainability and environmental initiatives.

“The children were amazing, and our programmes range from kids like these at schools to Olympians in support of Fencing for the Planet”, said FIE Secretary-General Ms. Gulnora Saidova. “We share and follow the IOC dedication and mandate to sustainability, and along with our member federations around the world, we embrace all the sports federations of the world to do all we can for the Earth and its environment. We are doing this to ensure a healthy and thriving world for many generations of athletes to come.”

Uzbekistan fencer Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, who participated in the tree planting, said, “Planting this tree symbolizes us growing as a community and growing together, and our commitment to future generations of a sustainable planet.”

School and local officials also participated in the event, as well as FIE Vice President Donald Anthony Jr. and Henriette Tamas; FIE Executive Committee Member and Chinese Fencing Federation President Haibin Wang; FIE Executive Asian Fencing Confederation President His Highness Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Alqasimi; and FIE Administration Director Elena Murdaca. Chinese local authorities and VIPs included Liming DU, Party Secretary and Director of the Education Bureau, Wuxi Economic Development District; Ke Qian, Deputy Director and Member of the Party Committee of the Education Bureau of Wuxi Economic Development District; Lifeng Ying, Director of the Bureau of Social Affairs, Wuxi Economic Development District; Liang Zhang, Deputy Director, Bureau of Social Affairs, Wuxi Economic Development District; Xueyi Rao, 2025 Heraklion World Cup women’s team sabre gold medallist; Qimiao Pan, Riyadh 2024 junior women’s sabre world champion; Ying Chen, FIE Junior World Cup women’s sabre bronze medallist and National Junior Champion; and Chenyi Wang, Team Champion member of the Chinese National Fencing Championships.

Other fencers, VIPs and officials participating in the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships echoed these sentiments.

Valentina Vezzali, Italian Olympic and world champion, and Chief of Mission for the Italian Federation in Wuxi, said, “Every touch for the environment is a lunge toward the future of our planet.”

French fencer Numa Crist agreed. “At competitions, more and more plastic bottle are found in the stands and using reusable bottles reduces waste and is more environmentally friendly”, he said. “Recycling fencing material and gear, giving it to younger fencers, helps keeps good material going. It’s important to have a future because without taking all these actions we won’t be able to go to World Cups all around the world.”

Gary Lu, President of Absolute Fencing Gear and official Wuxi 2025 sponsor, said, “We work to integrate sustainability in everything we do, from our manufacturing of fencing equipment to how we designed and executed the plans and operations for the Wuxi 2025 Championships. Recycling, keeping the lowest-possible carbon footprint and being environmentally conscientious is always an important factor in everything we do. This helps ensure future generations of fencers may enjoy the benefits of sustainability and a healthy planet.”

“Fencing for the planet is important because we travel all over the globe as athletes, and our generation is responsible for the next generation of athletes”, said Singapore fencer Lemuel Jing Yoo Huang. “Some of the initiatives that the fencing community has come up with, such as using recycled materials for our equipment such as shoes, even some fencing bags, that’s a great step towards being conscious toward the climate state of the world right now.”

“We need to protect the environment for the next generations so the Earth can be better and last as long as possible with a good world and we need to be very careful about what we do”, stated FIE referee Florence Ducarme.

Fencing for the Planet is official celebrated annually on Saturday of the second weekend in April.

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WUXI, China, April 12, 2025 – Teams USA and Italy won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s foil on the sixth day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 33 women’s and 32 men’s junior foil teams competing.

USA faced Italy in the final match of junior women’s team foil, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Japan, 41-32, while USA defeated Canada, 45-34. The bronze medal went to Japan over Canada, 35-34.

“We’re really, really excited about this, and we’re so pumped to be here”, said USA’s Jaelyn Liu. “We all work together pretty well as a group and today all of us were cheering each other on, the spirit was really high, and even though we had some challenges in the end we came up. I really wanted that last touch, and I was fighting my hardest, and when I saw it was just one light I was overjoyed.”


Italy faced Team FIE in the final match of junior men’s team foil, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, Team FIE won against China, 45-41, while Italy defeated France, 45-44. The bronze medal went to China over France, 45-43.

“We are so happy about it, because we wanted it so bad”, said Italy’s Mattia De Cristofaro. “We were able to win over such a good team, and we had hard bouts during the whole event, but we were able to achieve winning. It was hard. We were pretty down against FIE, and we came back and won. We are also friends off the piste … this means a lot. We will enjoy this moment together.”


Final rankings in junior women’s team foil included USA (gold), Italy (silver), Japan (bronze), Canada, France, Great Britain, Poland and Singapore.

Final rankings in junior men’s team foil included Italy (gold), FIE (silver), China (bronze), France, Japan, Great Britain, Korea and Singapore.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 11, 2025 –USA’s Jaelyn Liu and Luao Yang won gold medals in cadet women’s and men’s individual foil on the fifth day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 107 women and 117 men competing.

Liu, who won junior women’s foil on the previous day, faced Korea’s Juhyun Jo in the final bout of cadet women’s foil, winning with an 11-5 score. In the semifinal round, Jo won against China’s Xinyi Zhuang, 15-10, while Liu defeated China’s Zhihe Tie, 14-3.

“I’m very exhilarated, I just didn’t believe this could come true, but it did”, said Liu. “I was going into juniors really well prepared and feeling super good, and I got pretty tired in the end, like all competitions work. I was willing to try my best, but my body was pretty crippled, so it wasn’t the best day and I had soreness and tightness, and had a lot of tight bouts. I kept telling myself I can make it and not just for myself, but for my entire family, that I’ve got this, I can make people proud and make myself proud.”


Yang faced Japan’s Ryoga Ono in the final bout of cadet men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Ono won against Italy’s Marco Panazzolo, 15-10, while Yang defeated teammate Aiden Siu, 15-8.

“It feels great, I don’t think it’s really set in yet”, said Yang. “I couldn’t have imagined it this morning, when I dropped a bout in pools and I wasn’t feeling that great. After pools, I got more in the groove of it, and after my first DE I felt better and then I pulled through. I feel l can compete with the best-of-the-best, and I’m not worse than anybody.”


Final rankings in cadet women’s individual foil included Jaelyn Liu (USA, gold), Juhyun Jo (KOR, silver), Xinyi Zhuang (CHN, bronze), Zhihe Tie (CHN, bronze), Zhi Tong (Bonnie) Lin (CAN), Gili Kuritzky (ISR), Nelli Kudentcova (AIN) and Giorgia Ruta (ITA).

Final rankings in cadet men’s individual foil included Luao Yang (USA, gold), Ryoga Ono (JPN, silver), Marco Panazzolo (ITA, bronze), Aiden Siu (USA, bronze), Hyeonseok Ju (KOR), Masashi Maeda (JPN), Chun Lok Luk (HKG) and Shing Him Harris Ho (HKG).

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 10, 2025 – USA’s Jaelyn Liu and Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s individual foil on the fourth day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 151 women and 161 men competing.

Liu faced Italy’s Matilde Molinari in the final bout of junior women’s individual foil, winning with a 14-12 score. In the semifinal round, Molinari won against Polina Volobueva (AIN), 15-14, while Liu defeated Canada’s Jessica Zi Jia Guo, 15-11.

“I’m really happy, it was a really tiring day, I’m really fulfilled”, said Liu. “All my fencing today was on-point, and I was ‘feeling it.’ It was a pretty fun day, and I didn’t really have too many difficulties. The last bout was my hardest, because it was a fight with my endurance and I wanted to fight my best. I was able to slow down, observe better, see how it works, and I was able to pull the score back closer, and eventually win.”

Tolba faced Aleksandr Kerik (AIN) in the final bout of junior men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Kerik won against Yahor Rabtsau (AIN), 15-10, while Tolba defeated Pavel Puzankov (AIN), 15-13.

“I’m at a loss for words, I’ve been working for this for a long time and it finally happened”, said Tolba. “Today started off a bit rocky, but with every bout it just kept getting better…I was down 13-9 in the finals but I was able to maintain my focus and come back. I was dreaming about this for three months every single day. This is a milestone.”

Final rankings in junior women’s individual foil included Jaelyn Liu (USA, gold), Matilde Molinari (ITA, silver), Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN, bronze), Polina Volobueva (AIN, bronze), Katerina Lung (USA), Nok Sze Daphne Chan (HKG), Kristina Petrova (UKR) and Enqi Jiao (CHN).

Final rankings in junior men’s individual foil included Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY, gold), Aleksandr Kerik (AIN, silver), Pavel Puzankov (AIN, bronze), Yahor Rabtsau (AIN, bronze), Valerii Kornilov (AIN), Yifan Guo (CHN), Takushin Tanaka (JPN) and Radmir Semeneev (UZB).

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 9, 2025 – Team USA won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s sabre on the third day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s events included 33 women’s and 37 men’s junior sabre teams competing.

USA faced France in the final match of junior women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-24 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Hungary, 45-37, while USA defeated Uzbekistan, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over Hungary, 45-42.

“It feels amazing, we’ve been working at this for years”, said USA’s Magda Skarbonkiewicz. “We had a feeling and we were able to bring it through and deliver it. We had some ups and downs but we pushed through. All of us don’t even believe it yet.”

USA faced Italy in the final match of junior men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-20 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Uzbekistan, 45-38, while USA defeated Türkiye, 45-41. The bronze medal went to Uzbekistan over Türkiye, 45-44.

“This is our third year in a row winning this, and we’re over the moon”, said USA’s William Morrill. “We started out a little bit slow, we had a lot of tough bouts. But we kept our faith in each other, we stayed focused, we stayed disciplined, we took care of our actions, and that’s all that mattered.”

Final rankings in junior women’s team sabre included USA (gold), France (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), Hungary, Italy, Romania, Korea and Bulgaria.

Final rankings in junior men’s team sabre included USA (gold), Italy (silver), Uzbekistan (bronze), Türkiye, (AIN), Romania, Hungary and Kazakhstan.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 8, 2025 – Romania’s Amalia Covaliu and USA’s Emilio Paturzo Gonzalez won gold medals in cadet women’s and men’s sabre on the second day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The 9-day, 18-event competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, and today’s cadet individual sabre events included 99 women and 107 men competing.

Covaliu faced China’s Qimiao Pan in the final bout of cadet women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Pan won against Korea’s Eunchae Jang, 15-8, while Covaliu defeated USA’s Xuanyi Zhang, 15-12.

“It feels amazing, this has been my dream”, said Covaliu. “I thought every day that I could become a world champion, and, look, I became one! When I left home, I thought this is my last cadet year so I have to stay calm and not feel the pressure, and that was the only thing I looked forward to today. The most challenging part was the match for the medal – the table of eight – there was a little bit of fear there, but I managed to get past it. My goals are to be world champion for juniors and Olympic champion!”


Paturzo Gonzalez faced Türkiye’s Candeniz Berrak in the final bout of cadet men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal match, Berrak won against Iaroslav Borisov (AIN), 15-14, while Paturzo Gonzalez defeated Italy’s Leonardo Reale, 15-11.

“It feels great, it feels unbelievable”, said Paturzo Gonzalez. “In the finals, I started off really good, and over the course of the match I pulled through. Thank you to all my teammates, to everyone, this medal’s for you. I’ve been fencing for eight years, so this feels like a relief in my last year of cadets.”


Final rankings in cadet women’s individual sabre included Amalia Covaliu (ROU, gold), Qimiao Pan (CHN, silver), Eunchae Jang (KOR, bronze), Xuanyi Zhang (USA, bronze), Brynnley McKee (USA), Natalie Tsui (USA), Shuhan Yang (HKG) and Justine Saussine (FRA).

Final rankings in cadet men’s individual sabre included Emilio Paturzo Gonzalez (USA, gold), Candeniz Berrak (TÜR, silver), Iaroslav Borisov (AIN, bronze), Leonardo Reale (ITA, bronze), Michael Ene (ROU), Petr Taychenachev (AIN), Hiroto Morrison Barnard (JPN) and Julian Maklakov (GER).

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, April 7, 2025 – Aleksandra Mikhailova (AIN) and Cosimo Bertini (ITA) won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s sabre on the opening day of the 2025 Wuxi, China Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. The competition is being held at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center, with a total of 1721 fencers – 19 percent more than last year’s Championships – from 100 countries entered for the 18 individual and team events taking place over nine days. Today’s junior individual sabre events included 140 women and 156 men competing.

In the opening ceremony, FIE Secretary-General Ms. Gulnora Saidova said, “Wuxi is the first major youth competition and World Championships following Paris 2024, which was a spectacular success for fencing and included participation by many young athletes. For some fencers who will compete here this week, this may be the beginning of their journey to future Olympic Games. You are the future of our great sport, and part of its continuing Olympic legacy.”

Ms. Wang Junyan, Vice President and Secretary-General of the Chinese Fencing Association, Deputy Director of the Cycling and Fencing Sport Managements Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, presented opening ceremony remarks, stating, “I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the trust of the International Fencing Federation and warmly welcome the young swordsmen participating in the competition worldwide. Wuxi, the ‘fencing city’, has won worldwide recognition for its profound sports heritage and excellent organizational skills.”

VIPs and dignitaries attending the Wuxi Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships opening ceremony included FIE Executive Committee Vice Presidents Mr. Donald Anthony, Jr., Mr. Abdelmoneim El Husseiny and Ms. Henriette Tamas; member and Pan American Confederation President Mr. Vitaly Logvin; and members Mr. Nikolay Ivanov Mateev and Mr. Arno Perillier Schneider.

Chinese authorities and VIPs in attendance included Mr. Liu Tong, Deputy Director of Jiangsu Provincial Sports Bureau; Mr. Qin Yongxin, Vice Mayor of Wuxi Municipal People’s Government; Mr. Gu Wenlong, Deputy Secretary-General of Wuxi Municipal People’s Government; Ms. Chen Yi, Director of Wuxi Sports Bureau; Mr. Yang Yuhua, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of Wuxi Sports Bureau; and Mr. Shen Chen, Deputy Director of Wuxi Industrial Internet Research and Development Center; and Mr. Zhong Man, Chinese Olympic sabre champion.

Concluding the opening ceremony, Chinese Fencing Federation President and FIE Executive Committee member Mr. Haibin Wang declared the Championships officially open.


Mikhailova faced USA’s Alexandra Lee in the final bout of junior women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-3 score. In the semifinal round, Lee won against China’s Qimiao Pan, 15-9, while Mikhailova defeated USA’s Magda Skarbonkiewicz, 15-12.

“I’m so happy, but I tried to save emotion for the team competition”, said Mikhailova. “I didn’t start well in the pools, but after each match I got better. And for the final, I gave all for the win.”


Bertini faced Romania’s Vlad Covaliu in the final bout of junior men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Covaliu won against Poland’s Benedykt Denkiewicz, 15-7, while Bertini defeated France’s Tom Couderc, 15-11.

“I’m like flying in the sky like 3,000 meters over the ground”, said Bertini. “It’s unbelievable because it is one of the dreams of my life. I started really well in the pools and I was really relaxed while fencing. It was an escalation of emotions and it ended in the best way.”


Final rankings in junior women’s individual sabre included Aleksandra Mikhailova (AIN, gold), Alexandra Lee (USA, silver), Qimiao Pan (CHN, bronze), Magda Skarbonkiewicz (USA, bronze), Summer Fay Sit (HKG), Mariella Viale (ITA), Xueyi Rao (CHN) and Gulistan Perdibaeva (UZB).

Final rankings in junior men’s individual sabre included Cosimo Bertini (ITA, gold), Vlad Covaliu (ROU, silver), Tom Couderc (FRA, bronze), Benedykt Denkiewicz (POL, bronze), Pavel Graudyn (AIN), Yassin Khodir (EGY), Zuhriddin Kodirov (UZB) and Moritz Schenkel (GER).

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., April 7, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Ryszard Szczepański, M.D. (POL) on April 1, 2025. He was a member of the FIE Medical Commission from 2000-2004 and 2008-2012, and participated in numerous FIE Congresses.

Dr. Szczepański was a medical delegate to the Veteran Fencing World Championships (2002, 2003, 2009), Chair of the FIE Medical Sub-Commission on Epidemiology (2001-2004) and in 2009 authored a report on biomechanical and neuromuscular causes of injury.

A member of the Polish Fencing Federation Board, Dr. Szczepański served for many years as the official Federation physician. He was a surgeon and specialist in sports medicine, responsible for the Polish national team from 1996-2008, notably providing medical supervision for World and European Fencing Championships. His published works included topics addressing athlete injuries as well as the use of prohibited substances in sports.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Ryszard Szczepański’s family and friends, the Polish Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1479,"title":"Three FIE World Cups: Budapest, Cairo and Marrakesh","date":"2025-03-31 12:20:45","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180759-EVA_0468.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180758-EVA_0468.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 27-30, 2025 – Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place this weekend in Budapest, Cairo and Marrakesh in women’s and men’s sabre and epee.

Marrakesh, Morocco, Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup – March 27-30

Hungary’s Eszter Muhari and Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi won the women’s and men’s individual epee gold medals at the Marrakesh, Morocco Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup and China and Hungary won the team golds. The event took place at the Salle Omnisport Mhamid, with 253 and 303 women’s and men’s individual fencers and 30 and 32 women’s and men’s teams participating in the competition.

Muhari faced AIN athlete Aizanat Murtazaeva in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 10-9 score. In the semifinal round, Murtazaeva won against Estonia’s Katrina Lehis, 15-11, while Muhari defeated USA’s Hadley Husisian, 15-5. Of note, in the quarterfinals Muhari beat Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 9-8; in the round of 16, France’s Lauren Rembi won against Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 14-13; and in the round of 32, China’s Yao Xing defeated France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 7-4, and China’s Sihan Yu beat Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 14-9.

Siklosi faced Czechia’s Jakub Jurka in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Jurka won against Italy’s Davide Di Veroli, 15-11, while Siklosi defeated USA’s Samuel Imrek, 15-11. Of note, in the quarterfinals Imrek beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-9, and in the round of 64, Poland’s Wojciech Lubieniecki defeated Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 13-9, Canada’s Fynn Fafard won against Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 9-8, and Spain’s Eugeni Gavalda defeated Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-13.

China faced Estonia in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 42-37 score. In the semifinal round, Estonia won against France, 36-33, while China defeated Korea, 45-36. The bronze medal went to France over Korea, 45-27.

Hungary faced Italy in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 38-28 final score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Israel, 45-37, while Hungary defeated France, 36-34. The bronze medal went to France over Israel, 45-34.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Eszter Muhari (HUN, gold), Aizanat Murtazaeva (AIN, silver), Hadley Husisian (USA, bronze), Katrina Lehis (EST, bronze), Giulia Rizzi (ITA), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA), Lauren Rembi (FRA) and Inna Brovko (UKR).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Gergely Siklosi (HUN, gold), Jakub Jurka (CZE, silver), Davide De Veroli (ITA, bronze), Samuel Imrek (USA, bronze), Koki Kano (JPN), Ian Hauri (SUI), Paul Allegre (FRA) and Fynn Fafard (CAN).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included China (gold), Estonia (silver), France (bronze), Korea, Italy, USA, Switzerland and Poland.

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Hungary (gold), Italy (silver), France (bronze), Israel, Ukraine, Hong Kong-China, Egypt and Korea.

Budapest, Hungary Men’s Sabre World Cup – March 28–30

France’s Sebastien Patrice won the men’s individual sabre gold medal at the Budapest, Hungary “Gerevich-Kovács-Kárpáti” Men’s Sabre World Cup and Egypt won the “Zarándi Csaba” team gold. The event took place at the BOK Hall (formerly SYMA Hall), with 267 men’s individual fencers and 30 teams participating in the competition.

Patrice faced Germany’s Matyas Szabo in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Szabo won against Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze, 15-12, while Patrice defeated Korea’s Hansol Ha, 15-13. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Bazadze beat Korea’s world and Olympic champion Sanguk Oh, 15-12.

Egypt faced Hungary in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against USA, 45-42, and Egypt defeated France, 45-43. The bronze medal went to USA over France, 45-44.

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Sebastien Patrice (FRA, gold), Matyas Szabo (GER, silver), Sandro Bazadze (GEO, bronze), Hansol Ha (KOR, bronze), Sanguk Oh (KOR), Luca Curatoli (ITA), Colin Heathcock (USA) and Remi Garrigue (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included Egypt (gold), Hungary (silver), USA (bronze), France, Korea, Italy, Japan and Germany.

Cairo, Egypt Women’s Sabre World Cup – March 28-30

Greece’s Despina Georgiadou won the women’s individual sabre gold medal at the Cairo, Egypt Women’s Sabre World Cup and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, with 180 women’s individual fencers and 22 teams participating in the competition.

Georgiadou faced France’s Sarah Noutcha in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Noutcha won against Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-14, while Georgiadou defeated Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, 15-12.

France faced Hungary in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-32 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Poland, 45-42, while France defeated Korea, 45-42. The bronze medal went to Korea over Poland, 45-42.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Despina Georgiadou (GRE, gold), Sarah Noutcha (FRA, silver), Misaki Emura (JPN, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, bronze), Hayoung Jeon (KOR), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP), Araceli Navarro (ESP) and Faustine Clapier (FRA).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included France (gold), Hungary (silver), Korea (bronze), Poland, Japan, Ukraine, China and Bulgaria.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., March 26, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Souhail Ayoub (LBN), also known as Souhail Saad, born on February 19, 1934 in Chiah, Beirut. Until his passing on January 9, 2025, at the age of 91 he was renowned as the oldest active fencer in the world and still competing nationally and internationally, “with remarkable energy and passion”, according to a statement from the Lebanese Fencing Federation. He competed in foil at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, and at age 86 fenced in the 2019 Cairo Veteran Fencing World Championships in 70+ men’s foil, where he reached the elimination rounds.

As late as last year, Ayoub was preparing to compete in the 2024 UAE Veteran Fencing World Championships, which he unfortunately missed for personal reasons.

Ayoub earned numerous accolades and medals at national and Arabic Championships, coached weekly at leading clubs in Lebanon and was an inspiration to many generations of fencers.

“His lifelong dedication to fencing remains an enduring example of resilience, longevity and sporting excellence”, the Federation said.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Souhail Ayoub’s family and friends, the Lebanese Fencing Federation and the Asian Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., March 29, 2025 – Thomas Bach was elected Honorary President for Life of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on March 19. He will assume the role after his term as IOC President concludes on June 23, 2025. The proposal, presented by IOC First Vice-President Nicole Hoevertsz on behalf of the IOC Executive Board (EB), was unanimously approved by IOC Members, who gave a standing ovation during the 144th IOC Session in Olympia and Costa Navarino, Greece. Prior to the vote, the session highlighted the remarkable success of the Olympic Agenda reforms that shaped Bach’s presidency.

Bach is an Olympic gold medallist in fencing, and FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis congratulated him in a personal letter, saying, “You have made history as the ninth IOC President, the first-ever Olympic champion to be elected in that position…your passion and determination to serve sport and the Olympic family always prevailed. From ensuring the Olympic Games remain accessible and inclusive, to your work in promoting sustainability and gender equality in sports, to the Olympic Agenda, to name a few, you have demonstrated your deep dedication to the Olympic Movement. I would like to thank you wholeheartedly for your support to the International Fencing Federation. Your collaboration has been invaluable and has had a positive impact to all of us working for the sustainable future of fencing and our Federation.”

In a statement from the IOC, and presenting the proposal, Ms. Hoevertsz explained: “Under President Bach's visionary leadership, Olympic Agenda was successfully implemented over the years which certainly has not been a small feat. By doing so, we could say that, in essence, President Thomas Bach played a crucial role in modernising the Olympic Movement and ensuring its relevance in the 21st century.”

Thomas Bach will step down from the IOC presidency after June 23, 2025, Olympic Day.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1477,"title":"Japan’s Kikuchi, Italy’s Macchi Win Lima Women’s and Men’s Foil Grand Prix","date":"2025-03-24 04:38:21","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180448-AGU_8667.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180447-AGU_8667.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LIMA, Peru, March 23, 2025 – Japan’s Komaki Kikuchi and Italy’s Filippo Macchi won gold medals at the Lima, Peru Women’s and Men’s Foil Grand Prix. The event took place at the Villa Polideportivo Nacional, with 121 women and 134 men participating in the competition.

Kikuchi faced Italy’s Anna Cristino in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Cristino won against USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-13, while Kikuchi defeated Italy’s Martina Favaretto, 15-11. Of note, in the round of 32, Ukraine’s Olga Sopit won against Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-12; and in the round of 64, Korea’s Seungmin Lim defeated Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-9.

“It feels unbelievable and I’m very happy”, said Kikuchi. “Thank you to everyone for all my support, and I love Lima!”

Macchi faced teammate Guillaume Bianchi in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Bianchi won against USA’s Nick Itkin, 15-11, while Macchi defeated Korea’s Kwanghyun Lee, 15-9. Of note, in the quarterfinals Bianchi won against Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-14 and Macchi defeated Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-9; in the table of 16, Italy’s Davide Filippi beat teammate and world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-12; and in the table of 64, USA’s Marcello Olivares won against teammate and world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-14.

“I feel 100 percent because I’ve never won a world cup or a grand prix, and it feels amazing”, said Macchi. “My fencing was good today, I was focused on touches in each bout. I was going through a bad period, but now I’m finding out my physical shape. Next is Vancouver, and I have to train a lot and improve!”

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Komaki Kikuchi (JPN, gold), Anna Cristino (ITA, silver), Lee Kiefer (USA, bronze), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Eva Lacheray (FRA), Elena Tangherlini (ITA), Flora Pasztor (HUN) and Sumire Tsuji (JPN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Filippo Macchi (ITA, gold), Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, silver), Kwanghyun Lee (KOR, bronze), Nick Itkin (USA, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Tommaso Marini (ITA), Anas Anane (FRA) and Davide Filippi (ITA).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1476,"title":"Join Us at the FIE Training Camp at the Wuxi Junior and Cadet World Championships! ","date":"2025-03-22 17:32:37","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180407-AUG_3093.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180406-AUG_3093.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Experience world-class fencing coaching with athletes from around the world!

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 22, 2025 – Coming to Wuxi? Here is an amazing opportunity to take part in elite-level coaching along with athletes from around the world at the 2025 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Learn valuable skills for competing in your weapon, get to know other fencers and take your fencing career to the next level!

The FIE Training Camp has been opened to any junior or cadet fencer competing at the Championships. More than 50 fencers are expected to participate in the camp, which will include separate sessions for sabre, foil and epee.

For each weapon, there will be two training sessions per day, from 0900-1200 and 1500-1800. The camp will be held in the same location as the World Championships:

The session dates are as follows:

In addition to daily training and coaching, there will be video analysis, strategy and, time permitting, fencing-related activities outside of the training hall.

To register and take part in the training camp, please email training.camp@FIE.ch

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1475,"title":"Coaches Speak: The FIE Budapest Training Academy Experience","date":"2025-03-18 13:14:23","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180101-43865771-afe8-4347-a496-bc69e025157a.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/36/180100-43865771-afe8-4347-a496-bc69e025157a.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 18, 2025 – “Officially, this is a dream come true!” was the comment from one participant at the FIE Budapest Training Academy, a series of three-month, Level-2 programmes, one for each weapon (epee, foil, sabre). Providing high-level coaching education for qualified coaches, participants earn an FIE-recognised diploma and a homologated diploma from the Hungarian University of Sports Science.

Various sessions at the Academy include coursework in psychology, physiology, sports theory and biometrics in combination with coaching education classes and practical exercises. The mission of this educational endeavor is to improve coaching skills that may be used effectively to develop and train fencing athletes of all levels.

The feedback and comments from coaches participating in this year’s sabre programme is resoundingly positive. The attendees come from seven countries, including Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Moldova, Peru, Sweden and USA. Here are excerpts from their comments regarding their Academy experiences:

“The Academy staff are incredible and kind, and the University of Sports Science teachers are the best. I came to learn as much as I can about techniques on fencing lessons, especially from Zsolt Nemcsik, the course mentor.”

“I find myself very happy, we are from different cultures, countries, languages, but no matter what, all of us are very responsible, gentle, disciplined and it makes this experience more comfortable. We have fun during practice, help each other, and have significant values.”

“My goals from this program include creating networking, agreement cooperation, alliances planning and training camp programs to start development systems with environmental opportunities, and improving the competitive system of El Salvador fencing team through invitational wellness retreats in my Academy.”

“The fencing instruction has been amazing. Both Zsolt and Nandi have been incredibly nice and welcoming. The information they provide is top notch and their approach to how to run the class is engaging and informative, and this diploma will help attract students to our club. I feel that this new information will allow me to provide better training to my fencers and to take them to the next level of fencing.”

“This programme encourages me to visit our clubs and motivate them to make fencing sport in their clubs and make it easy for coaches to open academies everywhere to increase number of fencers, making continous education for the current coaches about new methods and updates in coaching methodology.”

“This course is perfect for improving our performance as a coaches. The foundations are aimed at all populations, which allows us to teach this sport in a more professional way. It gives me a higher status as a coach, which allows me to do a better job and more professional, improving in the performance of the athletes.”

“In my opinion, there are many points that need to be mastered in practice. A formed motor habit can only be corrected over time. Analyzing a fencing bout, it is clear that victory goes to the one who makes fewer mistakes.”

“I can say for sure that my participation in this program and obtaining the diploma upon completing this course will strengthen my coaching authority, which will undoubtedly attract parents to send their children to fencing. Since there are no saber fencing specialists in my national federation, my fencing club will be in demand, and as a result, the popularity of fencing in the country and in my city will increase.”

“I think the FIE academy provides the largest benefits to people from countries with poor or no available high-level education in the weapon of choice.”

“The fencing lessons have been very well-structured and informative. They are very thorough, both in the teaching of the movements themselves and in the reasoning behind the specific details.”

“The course, both through the university lectures and the practical sessions, has helped highlight many aspects of my own coaching that need improving.”

“Outside of fencing, Budapest is a very beautiful city with a lot of different sights and activities.”

The 2025 sabre programme will finish on April 18, with epee taking place from April 28 – July 18 and foil from July 28 – October 17

Please note that applications to the foil programme are still being accepted, up to May 23.

For full information and to apply for the programme in this or coming seasons, please click here for details. For questions, please contact Ezequiel.Abellonavas@FIE.ch.

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BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 16, 2025 – Ukraine’s Anna Maksymenko and Japan’s Masaru Yamada won gold medals at the Budapest, Hungary “Westend” Epee Grand Prix. The event took place at the BOK Hall, with 310 women and 392 men participating in the competition.

Maksymenko faced Italy’s Giulia Rizzi in the final bout of the women’s individual epee event, held in memory of József Sákovics, winning with a 12-11 score. In the semifinal round, Rizzi won against Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 7-6, while Maksymenko defeated Canada’s Leonora MacKinnon, 15-9.

Yamada faced Switzerland’s Ian Hauri in the final bout of the men’s individual epee event, held in memory of Győző Kulcsár, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Hauri won against Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed, 15-11, while Yamada defeated Korea’s Segeon Ma, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals Hauri beat Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 15-10 and Korea’s Segeon Ma won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 11-8; in the table of 16, USA’s Samuel Imrek defeated Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-10; and in the table of 32, Israel’s Yonatan Cohen beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 13-12.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Anna Maksymenko (UKR, gold), Giulia Rizzi (ITA, silver), Leonora MacKinnon (CAN, bronze), Sera Song (KOR, bronze), Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG), Hadley Husisian (USA) Federica Isola (ITA) and Nicol Foietta (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Masaru Yamada (JPN, gold), Ian Hauri (SUI, silver), Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, bronze), Segeon Ma (KOR, bronze), Gergely Siklosi (HUN), Samuel Imrek (USA), Ruben Limardo Gascon (VEN) and Mohamed Yasseen (EGY).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, March 16, 2025 – The FIE and International Testing Agency (ITA) will host a Clean Sport and Antidoping webinar on March 20, 2025, prior to the 2025 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships being held in Wuxi, China from April 7-15.

The FIE wants to support and protect athletes, ensuring safe and fair competition for all fencers. Every competitive fencer and coach need to be up-to-date on current requirements and guidelines for Clean Sport and antidoping issues, and taking part will help attendees in many areas:

Open to all athletes, coaches and officials who would like to learn more about this important aspect of competition, we invite and encourage everyone to participate in the webinar, which will cover the following topics:

Panelists for the webinar will include FIE Medical Commission members Dr. Sabrina Halaimia and Dr. Lazar Miceta, as well as members of the ITA education team, who will provide expert-level guidance and answer any questions attendees may have.

To participate in the webinar, CLICK THIS LINK.

Webinar date: March 20, 2025

Time: 1300-1400 CET

Platform: Zoom

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1470,"title":"Three FIE World Cups: Padua, Cairo and Heraklion","date":"2025-03-10 09:09:22","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179544-AGU_2391.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179543-AGU_2391.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 6-9, 2025 – Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Padua, Cairo and Heraklion in women’s and men’s foil and sabre individual and team events.

Padua, Italy, “60th Trofeo Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup – March 6-8

France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice won the men’s individual sabre gold medal at the Padua, Italy 60th “Trofeo Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Kioene Arena, with 258 men’s individual fencers and 29 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Patrice faced Italy’s Michele Gallo in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Gallo won against Korea’s Olympic and world champion Sanguk Oh, 15-14, while Patrice defeated Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy, 15-12.

France faced the USA in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Hungary, 45-44, while France defeated Korea, 45-30. The bronze medal went to Korea over Hungary, 45-41.

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, gold), Michele Gallo (ITA, silver), Sanguk Oh (KOR, bronze), Ziad Elsissy (EGY, bronze), Luca Curatoli (ITA), Chenpeng Shen (CHN), Shido Tsumori (JPN) and Mao Kokubo (JPN).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included France (gold), USA (silver), Korea (bronze), Hungary, Italy, Romania, China and Japan.

Cairo National Bank of Egypt Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup – March 6-9

Canada’s Eleanor Harvey and Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi won individual gold medals at the Cairo National Bank of Egypt Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup, and Italy won the women’s and men’s team gold medals. The event took place at The Club Plus, with 184 women and 238 men participating in the individual foil competition as well as 22 and 23 women’s and men’s teams competing.

Harvey faced Italy’s Martina Batini in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Batini won against France’s Eva Lacheray, 15-12, while Harvey defeated Italy’s Martina Favaretto, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Lacheray beat the USA’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Lee Kiefer, 15-13, and in the round of 32, Japan’s Sera Azuma won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-14.

Bianchi faced Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Choupenitch won against Korea’s Jeonghyun Youn, 15-5, while Bianchi defeated the USA’s Gerek Meinhardt, 15-3. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Youn beat Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-14 and Choupenitch beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-8.

Italy faced the USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 44-38 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Canada, 45-37, while Italy defeated France, 45-36. The bronze medal went to France over Canada, 45-35.

Italy faced the USA in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Korea, 45-24, while Italy defeated France, 45-35. The bronze medal went to France over Korea, 45-44.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Eleanor Harvey (CAN, gold), Martina Batini (ITA, silver), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Eva Lacheray (FRA, bronze), Lee Kiefer (USA), Yuka Ueno (JPN), Anna Cristino (ITA) and Aurora Grandis (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, gold), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, silver), Gerek Meinhardt (USA, bronze), Jeonghyun Youn (KOR, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Tommaso Marini (ITA), Daniel Dosa (HUN) and Vladislav Mylnikov (AIN).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Canada, China, Japan, Hungary and Spain.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Korea, Hong Kong-China, Egypt, Hungary and Japan.

Heraklion, Greece, “Coupe Acropolis 2025” Women’s Sabre World Cup – March 7-9

Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura won the women’s individual gold medal at the Heraklion, Greece “Coupe Acropolis 2025” Women’s Sabre World Cup and China won the team gold. The event took place at the Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena “Two Aorakia”, with 190 women’s individual fencers and 23 women’s teams participating in the competition.

Emura faced Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Ilieva won against France’s Sarah Noutcha, 15-13, while Emura defeated Hungary’s Sugar Katinka Battai, 15-13.

China faced France in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-42 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Azerbaijan, 45-30, while China defeated Korea, 45-40. The bronze medal went to Korea over Azerbaijan, 45-33.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, silver), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN, bronze), Sarah Noutcha (FRA, bronze), Araceli Navarro (ESP), Liza Pusztai (HUN), Toscane Tori (FRA) and Alina Komashchuk (UKR).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included China (gold), France (silver), Korea (bronze), Azerbaijan, Spain, Japan, Ukraine and USA.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1468,"title":"Wuxi 2025 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships: One Month to Go! ","date":"2025-03-08 07:59:18","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179483-1600_900_px%201_month.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179482-1600_900_px%201_month.png","category":null,"content":"

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LAUSANNE, Switz., March 7, 2025 – Today marks one-month-to-go until the 2025 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships taking place in Wuxi, China from April 7-15. More than 1000 fencers from as many as 100 countries will compete for 18 gold medals, including women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre.\r\n

For more information, click on the following links:\r\n

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Complete and official results for the Championships will be available here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos and more for this and other events on the FIE Facebook, Instagram and X/Twitter pages.\r\n


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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1466,"title":"Event Info – March 2025","date":"2025-03-03 17:59:15","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179290-EVA_9195.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179289-EVA_9195.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 14-16 March 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee

Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Lima, Peru
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 21-23 March 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Cairo, Egypt
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 06-09 March 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Team Foil, M Team Foil

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Padua, Italy
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 06-08 March 2025
Info: M Individual Sabre, M Team Sabre

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Heraklion, Greece
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 07-09 March 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Marrakech, Morocco
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 27-30 March 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Team Epee, M Team Epee

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 28-30 March 2025
Info: M Individual Sabre, M Team Sabre

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Cairo, Egypt
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 28-30 March 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1467,"title":"Obituary: Farhad Kasimov ","date":"2025-03-04 19:16:40","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179329-Farhad%20Kasimov.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179328-Farhad%20Kasimov.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 4, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Farhad Kasimov (AZE) on March 1. Since 2017, he served as Vice-President of the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation.

Kasimov was born on June 2, 1964, in Baku. A fencer since he was eight, he grew to win a gold medal at the Azerbaijani Championships in men’s sabre, going on to become a candidate for the USSR senior national team. He earned medals in several international tournaments held in Hungary, Romania and Belarus. He participated in several Veteran World Championships, including earning a bronze medal in men’s 50-59 sabre in Straslund, 2016.

Following his athletic and competitive career, he coached fencing in Russia, Canada and the USA.

While holding his high-level position in the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation, Kasimov was recognized for his dedicated work with junior and young athletes, playing an important role as part of a national system contributing to developing young coaches for the country.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Farhad Kasimov’s family and friends, the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1465,"title":"Obituary: Marie-Chantal Demaille","date":"2025-03-03 13:41:47","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179275-Marie-Chantal%20Demaille.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/179274-Marie-Chantal%20Demaille.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 3, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing on February 18 of Marie-Chantal Demaille (FRA) at the age of 83, a World Championships and Olympic fencer, French national coach and fencing master. She was born on Dec. 17, 1941, and competed in the Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972 Olympic Games in foil. She won individual gold medals at the 1971 World Championships – the second French female fencer to win a world title – and the 1971 Mediterranean Games.

An accomplished veteran fencer, later in her life Demaille earned 22 Veteran World Championships titles (in foil and epee) as well as three gold medals in three weapons at the 2019 Cognac European Veteran Championships.

Over her exceptional and distinguished competitive career, she won seven World Cups and two French national titles, with a total of 41 world medals including 24 individual and two team golds, 8 individual and one team silvers and 5 individual and 1 team bronzes. In addition, she earned 36 European medals including 16 individual and 7 team golds.

Demaille was appointed the French national coach in 1988, serving until 1991 as, at that time, the first and only woman to date to hold this role. She was also a member of the French National Commission for women’s foil.

\"Fortunately, mentalities and the place of women in sport have evolved”, she was quoted as saying. “I worked hard to be recognized.\"

In 1986, Demaille became a French national referee in foil, and then also in epee in 1996, while at the same time earning a Master-of-Arms diploma in Artistic Fencing. From 1987 to 2004, she supervised fencing master training courses in multiple countries. While reaching retirement age in 2001, she nonetheless continued managing programmes such as the Vaucluse departmental fencing committee (2002 to 2018) as well as serving as vice-president of the Provence fencing league (2004 to 2008), trainer at the B.E. \"Artistic Fencing\" within the regional commission, member of the regional commission \"Leisure Veteran Fencing\", and ultimately joining the national veterans commission at the FFE (2003 to 2008).

Among her numerous lifetime awards, recognition and decorations, notably, she is the namesake of the fencing hall of the club Escrime Cercle de Monteux (Vaucluse), of which she was the founder. She was awarded Deutsch de la Meurthe Prize in 1972, the 1980 Gold Medal of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the title of Chevalier de La Légion d'honneur as French national coach in 1991 and, 10 years later, received the Palmes Académiques. In 2023, the Academy of Fencing Masters awarded her the “Golden Sword” as a French fencing master.

As recently as 2023, she hosted veteran fencing clinics, helped veterans prepare for World Championships until 2024 and, also in 2024, carried the Olympic flame.

\"When you have self-esteem, you can surpass yourself\", she said. “It is a consequence of my education, my encounters, my values, a sporting ethic and honesty. I give back to sport what it gave me.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Marie-Chantal Demaille’s family and friends, the French Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1464,"title":"Italy’s Favaretto, Marini Win Turin Women’s and Men’s Foil Grand Prix","date":"2025-02-10 08:21:42","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178516-HSZ_7349.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178515-HSZ_7349.jpg","category":null,"content":"

February 7-9, 2025 – Italy’s Martina Favaretto and world champion Tommaso Marini won gold medals at the Turin, Italy Women’s and Men’s Foil Grand Prix. The event took place at the Inalpi Arena, with 211 women and 260 men participating in the competition.

Favaretto faced Canada’s Eleanor Harvey in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Harvey won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-12, while Favaretto defeated teammate Anna Cristino, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 32, Cristino beat USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-14, and in the round of 64, Italy’s Martina Sinigalia won against teammate and two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-8.

Marini faced Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Choupenitch won against Egypt’s Abdelrahman Tolba, 15-6, while Marini defeated Spain’s Carlos Llavador, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 16, Tolba beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-12; in the round of 32, AIN fencer Anton Borodachev won against Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-13; and in the round of 64, Italy’s Edoardo Luperi defeated USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-5.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, silver), Anna Cristino (ITA, bronze), Arianna Errigo (ITA, bronze), Anne Kleibrink (GER), Qingyuan Chen (CHN), Francesca Palumbo (ITA) and Irene Bertini (ITA).


Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Tommaso Marini (ITA, gold), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, silver), Carlos Llavador (ESP, bronze), Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY, bronze), Nick Itkin (USA), Kazuki Iimura (JPN), Davide Filippi (ITA) and Yudai Nagano (JPN).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1462,"title":"Two Fencing World Cups: Barcelona and Heidenheim","date":"2025-02-10 07:21:21","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178505-476675591_1027397089422272_3515716488750343716_n.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178504-476675591_1027397089422272_3515716488750343716_n.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Lausanne, Switz., Feb. 6-9, 2025 – Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Barcelona and Heidenheim, in women’s and men’s epee individual and team events.

Heidenheim, Germany, Men’s Epee World Cup, Feb. 6-8

Italy’s Davide Di Veroli won the gold medal at the Heidenheim, Germany 71st “Heidenheimer Pokal” Men’s Epee World Cup and Japan won the “Voith-Cup” team gold medal. The event took place at the Bibrishalle Herbrechtingen with 341 men’s individual fencers and 36 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Di Veroli faced Hungary’s Tibor Andrasfi in the final bout of individual men’s epee, winning with a 14-13 score. In the semifinal round, Andrasfi won against Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed, 15-6, while Di Veroli defeated Ukraine’s Volodymyr Stankevich, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals Andrasfi beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-10, and in the round of 32, Switzerland’s Jonathan Fuhrimann won against Korea’s Olympic champion Sangyoung Park, 9-8. Hungary’s world champions Gergely Siklosy and Mate Tamas Koch as well as Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon were eliminated in the round of 64.

Japan faced Israel in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 43-33 score. In the semifinal round, Israel won against Switzerland, 41-25, while Japan defeated France, 43-28. The bronze medal went to Switzerland over France, 45-42.

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Davide Di Veroli (ITA, gold), Tibor Andrasfi (HUN, silver), Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, bronze), Volodymyr Stankevych (UKR, bronze), Koki Kano (JPN), Gianpaolo Buzzacchino (ITA), David Gornovsky (CAN) and Jonathan Fuhrimann (SUI).

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Japan (gold), Israel (silver), Switzerland (bronze), France, Hungary, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and China.

Barcelona, Spain, Women’s Epee World Cup, Feb. 7-9

Hungary’s Eszter Muhari won the gold medal at the Barcelona, Spain Women’s Epee World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), one of the venues from the Barcelona 92 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with 303 women’s individual fencers and 30 women’s teams participating in the competition.

Muhari faced Korea’s world champion Sera Song in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Song won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-10, while Muhari defeated Italy’s Lucrezia Paulis, 15-7. Of note, in the round of 32 Ukraine’s Olena Kryvytska won against Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 15-8.

Italy faced China in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Korea, 45-26, while Italy defeated France, 45-37. The bronze medal went to Korea over France, 45-41.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Eszter Muhari (HUN, gold), Sera Song (KOR, silver), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA, bronze), Lucrezia Paulis (ITA, bronze), Olena Kryvytska (UKR), Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura (UKR), Eloise Vanryssel (FRA) and Katrina Lehis (EST).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Italy (gold), China (silver), Korea (bronze), France, Ukraine, Poland, USA and Hungary.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1461,"title":"Attention Coaches: Take Part in the FIE 2025 Budapest Coaching Academy – Foil and Epee Programmes Now Open!","date":"2025-02-07 07:02:14","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178365-IMG_4738.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178364-IMG_4738.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Feb. 5, 2025 – Take your coaching skills to the next level! National coaches are welcome to apply to the FIE 2025 Coaching Academy in Budapest, Hungary, with epee and foil programmes open for registration. These three-month, Level-2 courses provide high-level education resulting in an FIE-recognised diploma and a homologated diploma from the Hungarian University of Sports Science for successful graduates!

The programmes include valuable and expertly crafted and directed coursework in psychology, physiology, sports theory and biometrics as well as coaching education classes and practical exercises. These will greatly improve coaching skills that may be used effectively to develop and train fencing athletes of all levels.

The epee programme takes place from April 28 – July 18, and the foil programme takes place from July 28 – October 17. Deadlines are approaching quickly, so please apply as soon as possible!

For full information and to apply for the programme, please click here for details. For questions, please contact Ezequiel.Abellonavas@FIE.ch

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1460,"title":"Event Info – February 2025","date":"2025-02-06 19:17:45","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178336-EVA_4084.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/178335-EVA_4084.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Turin, Italy
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 07-09 February 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Heidenheim, Germany
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 06-08 February 2025
Info: M Individual Epee, M Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 07-09 February 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, W Team Epee

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1458,"title":"Hong Kong, China’s Hsieh, Belgium’s Loyola Win Doha Women’s and Men’s Epee Grand Prix","date":"2025-01-27 08:04:23","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177688-AGU_0827.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177687-AGU_0827.jpg","category":null,"content":"

DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 24-26, 2025 – Hong Kong, China’s Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh and Belgium’s Neisser Loyola won gold medals at the Doha, Qatar Women’s and Men’s Epee Grand Prix. The event took place at the Aspire Dome, with 192 women and 243 men participating in the competition.

Hsieh faced Estonia’s Nelli Differt in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Differt won against Italy’s Lucrezia Paulis, 15-11, while Hsieh defeated Ukraine’s Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura, 14-11. Of note, in the quarterfinals Bezhura beat Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-12, and in the round of 32, Bezhura won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 11-10, and USA’s Margherita Guzzi Vincenti won against Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 9-8.

Loyola faced Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Siklosi won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 12-7, while Loyola defeated Italy’s Davide Di Veroli, 15-9. Of note, in the round of 16 Di Veroli beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-10.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG, gold), Nelli Differt (EST, silver), Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura (UKR, bronze), Lucrezia Paulis (ITA, bronze), Sera Song (KOR), Alberta Santuccio (ITA), Irina Embrich (EST) and Wanlin Mo (CHN).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Neisser Loyola (BEL, gold), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, silver), Davide Di Veroli (ITA, bronze), Ruben Limardo Gascon (VEN, bronze), Akira Komata (JPN), Jakub Jurka (CZE), Gabriele Cimini (ITA) and Zsombor Keszthelyi (HUN).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1457,"title":"Bulgaria’s Ilieva, Korea’s Oh and Teams Japan, France Win Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup in Plovdiv","date":"2025-01-27 08:02:25","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177682-EVA_0933.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177681-EVA_0933.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria, Jan. 23-26, 2025 – Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva and Korea’s world and Olympic champion Sanguk Oh won individual gold medals at the Plovdiv, Bulgaria Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup, and teams from Japan and France won the women’s and men’s team gold. The event took place at the sports hall Kolodrum Plovdiv, with 174 women and 231 men participating in the individual competition as well as 19 and 24 women’s and men’s teams competing.

Ilieva faced Italy’s Chiara Mormile in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Mormile won against Spain’s Lucia Martin-Portugues, 15-8, while Ilieva defeated Greece’s Despina Georgiadou, 15-8. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Mormile beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-11.

Oh faced France’s Sebastien Patrice in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Patrice won against Korea’s Sangwon Park, 15-11, while Oh defeated Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze, 15-13.

Japan faced Hungary in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against France, 45-37, while Japan defeated Korea, 45-36. The bronze medal went to France over Korea, 45-38.

France faced USA in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against China, 45-32, while France defeated Korea, 45-42. The bronze medal went to Korea over China, 45-39.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Yoana Ilieva (BUL, gold), Chiara Mormile (ITA, silver), Despina Georgiadou (GRE, bronze), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP, bronze), Misaki Emura (JPN), Nisanur Erbil (TÜR), Yuina Kaneko (JPN) and Xinyi Zhang (CHN).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Sanguk Oh (KOR, gold), Sebastien Patrice (FRA, silver), Sangwon Park (KOR, bronze), Sandro Bazadze (GEO, bronze), Fares Ferjani (TUN), Colin Heathcock (USA), Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA) and Musa Aymuratov (UZB).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included Japan (gold), Hungary (silver), France (bronze), Korea, Poland, Uzbekistan, Spain and Germany.

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included France (gold), USA (silver), Korea (bronze), China, Romania, Canada, Georgia and Hong Kong, China.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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The International Fencing Federation (FIE) is the organisation which governs the sport of fencing worldwide.The FIE has 157 affiliated member federations all over the world, and fencing is an Olympic sport since 1896. The FIE establishes the rules to which international competitions must be organised and oversees their implementation. FIE is seeking its Head of competitions.

Main Responsibilities

1. FIE Calendar (in collaboration with Sport technology and administration manager)

2. FIE competitions

2a. World Cups and Grand Prix

2b. World Championships

2c. Other FIE events

3. Reporting and proposals

Requirements

Application and documents

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1456,"title":"Obituary: Jacques Guittet","date":"2025-01-22 10:13:52","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177533-Jacques%20Guittet.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177532-Jacques%20Guittet.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Jan. 22, 2025 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Jacques Guittet (FRA), 95, born on Jan. 12, 1930, in Casablanca, Morocco. He was a four-time gold medallist at the World Championships, including an individual title in 1961 in epee. Guittet earned a bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games in men’s team epee and competed in the individual event, and he also participated in the 1960 Rome Olympic Games (team and individual). At the 1959 Beirut Mediterranean Games, he earned gold medals in team epee and foil as well as individual epee.

Guittet was the President of the French Fencing Federation from 1977 to 1981. During his tenure at the FFE, he modernized fencing in France and successfully introduced computer technology to the sport.

In 1959, he was named a Knight of the Order of Sporting Merit, and in 2015 he was received as a “Glory of Sport” at the Maison du Sport Français in Paris by the Association of French International Sports. Guittet practiced fencing at the Racing Club de France.

He was a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris and worked as an engineer at the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Jacques Guittet’s family and friends, the French Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1454,"title":"Japan’s Emura, Korea’s Park Win Tunis Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix","date":"2025-01-13 10:10:05","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177099-sans%20titre-36.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177098-sans%20titre-36.jpg","category":null,"content":"

TUNIS, Tunisia, Jan. 10-12, 2025 – Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura and Korea’s Sangwon Park won gold medals at the 2025 Tunis Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. The event took place at the Sports Hall of Radès with 136 women and 150 men participating in the competition.

Emura faced Italy’s Michela Battiston in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Battiston won against Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, 15-11, while Emura defeated France’s Sarah Noutcha, 15-9.

Park faced France’s Sebastien Patrice in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Patrice won against Tunisia’s Fares Ferjani, 15-8, while Park defeated AIN fencer Pavel Graudyn, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 32, Italy's Michele Gallo beat Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-14.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Michela Battiston (ITA, silver), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, bronze), Sarah Noutcha (FRA, bronze), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB), Malina Vongsavady (FRA) and Eloisa Passaro (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Sangwon Park (KOR, gold), Sebastien Patrice (FRA, silver), Fares Ferjani (TUN, bronze), Pavel Graudyn (AIN, bronze), Sandro Bazadze (GEO), Luca Curatoli (ITA), Michele Gallo (ITA) and Dmitriy Nasonov (AIN).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1453,"title":"Two Foil Fencing World Cups: Paris and Hong Kong","date":"2025-01-13 09:58:10","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177093-EVA_3936.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177092-EVA_3936.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Jan. 10-12, 2025 – Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Paris and Hong Kong, each including women’s and men’s individual and team foil events.

Hong Kong, China Women’s Foil World Cup, Jan. 10-12

USA’s Jaelyn Liu won the gold medal at the Hong Kong, China Women’s Foil World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place in Hall 8 of AsiaWorld-Expo with 190 women’s individual fencers and 19 women’s teams participating in the competition. Liu faced Italy’s Martina Sinigalia in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Sinigalia won against Japan’s Yuka Ueno, 15-11, while Liu defeated Italy’s Martina Batini, 15-13. Of note, in the quarterfinals Batini beat teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-11, and in the round of 32, Liu won against teammate and two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-13.

Italy faced USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-27 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Canada, 45-28, while Italy defeated France, 45-30. The bronze medal went to France over Canada, 42-39.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Jaelyn Liu (USA, gold), Martina Sinigalia (ITA, silver), Martina Batini (ITA, bronze), Yuka Ueno (JPN, bronze), Martina Favaretto (ITA), Arianna Errigo (ITA), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL) and Pauline Ranvier (FRA).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Canada, Spain, Japan, Hungary and Korea.

Paris, France Men’s Foil “Forvis Mazars Challenge International De Paris (CIP)” World Cup, Jan. 10-12

Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi won the gold medal at the “Forvis Mazars Challenge International De Paris (CIP)” World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin with 297 men’s individual fencers and 29 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Foconi faced USA’s Alexander Massialas in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Massialas won against Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch, 15-10, while Foconi defeated Spain’s Carlos Llavador, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals Foconi beat Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-10, and in the round of 32 Italy’s Edoardo Luperi won against teammate and world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-8 and Hungary’s Daniel Dosa defeated USA’s World Champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-10.

Italy faced Japan in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against USA, 45-39, while Italy defeated France, 45-39. The bronze medal went to USA over France, 45-33.

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Alessio Foconi (ITA, gold), Alexander Massialas (USA, silver), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, bronze), Carlos Llavador (ESP, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Kazuki Iimura (JPN), Pierre Loisel (FRA) and Kirill Borodachev (AIN).

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), Japan (silver), USA (bronze), France, Poland, China, Korea and Hungary.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Tunis, Tunisia
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 10-12 January 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre

Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Doha, Qatar
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 24-26 January 2025
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Hong Kong, China
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women
Date: 10-12 January 2025
Info: W Individual Foil, W Team Foil

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Paris, France
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men
Date: 10-12 January 2025
Info: M Individual Foil, M Team Foil

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 23-26 January 2025
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre, M Team Sabre

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1451,"title":"Happy New Year","date":"2025-01-01 02:13:27","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/176668-news2.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/176667-news2.jpg","category":null,"content":"


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1455,"title":"Obituary: Pierre Abric","date":"2024-12-19 10:01:51","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177601-Pierre%20Abric.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/177600-Pierre%20Abric.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 19, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Pierre Abric (FRA) at the age of 81. He was President of the French Fencing Federation (FFE) from 1984 to 2004, then Honorary President. During his tenure, he played a key role in developing fencing and French fencers won 20 medals at major competitions including the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Games.

Abric also held significant positions in French sports, including serving as Vice President of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), where he worked to support and develop sport in France overall. In this role, he worked with many French sports federations and was the chief of mission for France at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games.

His achievements were recognized in France, notably in 1996 being named “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur”, one of the country’s highest awards, for his work in the administration and development of French sports, his influence in the supervision of athletes and his achievements in promoting fencing. Abric was a founder of the European Fencing Confederation and served as a Vice President during its formative years and later Secretary General, providing it with essential logistical and material support from the FFE. In 2023, the EFC named Abric an “Honorary Member”.

Abric was a physiotherapist by profession.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Pierre Abric’s family and friends, the French Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1450,"title":"Two Fencing World Cups: Busan and Takasaki","date":"2024-12-08 18:55:50","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175856-AGU_7857.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175855-AGU_7857.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 5-8, 2024 – Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Busan and Takasaki, each including women’s and men’s individual and team events.

Busan, Korea Women’s Foil World Cup – Dec. 5-7

Italy’s Elena Tangherlini won the individual gold medal at the Busan Women’s Foil World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Indoor Gymnasium in Busan Spo1 Park with 177 women’s individual fencers and 17 women’s teams participating in the competition.

Tangherlini faced Canada’s Eleanor Harvey in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 12-11 score. In the semifinal round, Harvey won against Japan’s Yuka Ueno, 14-3, while Tangherlini defeated teammate Anna Cristino, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 16, Italy’s Martina Sinigalia beat USA’s two-time Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-10, and in the round of 32, France’s Constance Catarzi won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-13.


Italy faced USA in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Japan, 45-34, while Italy defeated France, 45-19. The bronze medal went to France over Japan, 39-34.

Final rankings for women’s individual foil included Elena Tangherlini (ITA, gold), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, silver), Anna Cristino (ITA, bronze), Yuka Ueno (JPN, bronze), Lee Kiefer (USA), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL), Pauline Ranvier (FRA) and Svetlana Tripapina (AIN).

Final rankings for women’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Japan, Korea, China, Canada and Spain.


Takasaki, Japan Nexus Men’s Foil Prince Takamado Trophy World Cup – Dec. 6-8

Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi won the individual gold medal at the Nexus Men’s Foil Prince Takamado Trophy World Cup and Italy won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Takasaki Arena with 216 men’s individual fencers and 21 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Foconi faced teammate Filippo Macchi in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Macchi won against Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-9, while Foconi defeated USA’s Alexander Massialas, 15-12.

Italy faced USA in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Japan, 45-41, while Italy defeated France, 45-27. The bronze medal went to France over Japan, 45-33.

Final rankings for men’s individual foil included Alessio Foconi (ITA, gold), Filippo Macchi (ITA, silver), Alexander Massialas (USA, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG, bronze), Nick Itkin (USA), Mohamed Hamza (EGY), Kirill Borodachev (AIN) and Jaimie Cook (GBR).

Final rankings for men’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Japan, China, Canada, Korea and Germany.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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ORLÉANS, France, Dec. 5-7, 2024 – Korea’s Hayoung Jeon and France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice won gold medals at the 2024 Orléans “Trophée Nuoma” Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. The preliminary rounds took place at the Palais des Sports with 176 women and 225 men participating in the competition, and the semifinals and finals were held at the Orléans “Zénith” venue.\r\n

Jeon faced Greece’s Theodora Gkountoura in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Gkountoura won against teammate Despina Georgiadou, 15-13, while Jeon defeated Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, 15-13. Of note, in the quarterfinals Ilieva beat France’s Olympic champion Manon Apithy, 15-14, and in the round of 32, Italy’s Mariella Viale won against Japan’s world champion Misaki Emura, 15-14, and Poland’s Julia Cieslar defeated Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, 15-14.\r\n

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Patrice faced USA’s Colin Heathcock in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Heathcock won against Tunisia’s Fares Ferjani, 15-11, while Patrice defeated teammate Sebastien Patrice, 15-12.\r\n

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Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Hayoung Jeon (KOR, gold), Theodora Gkountoura (GRE, silver), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, bronze), Despina Georgiadou (GRE, bronze), Manon Apithy (FRA), Nisanur Erbil (TÜR), Mariella Viale (ITA) and Andreea Lupu (ROU).\r\n

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Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Jean-Philippe Patrice (FRA, gold), Colin Heathcock (USA, silver), Fares Ferjani (TUN, bronze), Sebastien Patrice (FRA, bronze), Luca Curatoli (ITA), Maxime Pianfetti (FRA), Kaito Streets (JPN) and Ahmed Hesham (EGY).\r\n

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Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1448,"title":"Obituary: Peter Westbrook","date":"2024-12-06 17:16:50","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175745-Peter%20Westbrook.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175744-Peter%20Westbrook.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Dec. 6, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Peter Westbrook (USA, MH) on November 29, at the age of 72. He competed in five Olympic Games in men’s sabre, and earned an individual bronze medal at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

He was born on April 16, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Newark, New Jersey. He began fencing at the Essex Catholic High School and then competed while attending New York University. Between 1974 and 1995, Westbrook won 13 USA national men’s sabre titles, including eight consecutively between 1979 and 1986. He became a member of the FIE Hall of Fame in addition to being inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame, New York University Athletics Hall of Fame, Sports Hall of Fame of New Jersey and International Sports Hall of Fame.

Following his competitive career, he founded the Peter Westbrook Foundation, a non-profit organisation that helped develop fencing athletes from underdeveloped communities in New York City. His programme has produced numerous nationally and internationally ranked athletes, including Olympians Akhi Spencer-El, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Daryl Homer, Curtis McDowald, Khalil Thompson and Lauren Scruggs. Scruggs most recently won two medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

USA Fencing Chair of the Board of Directors Damien Lehfeldt said that Westbrook was “one of the most influential figures in the history of American Fencing. You cannot tell our history without Peter’s on-strip accomplishments, nor can you tell them without his contributions via his foundation.”

Westbrook published a personal memoir in 1997, titled “Harnessing Anger: The Way of an American Fencer,” which was the story of his childhood and how his experiences influenced his success as an Olympic fencer and was inspirational in the founding of his Foundation.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Peter Westbrook’s family and friends, USA Fencing and the Pan American Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1447,"title":"Event Info – December 2024","date":"2024-12-04 18:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175620-DSC_4382.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175619-DSC_4382.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Orléans, France
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 05-07 December 2024
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Busan, Korea
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women
Date: 05-07 December 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, W Team Foil

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Takasaki, Japan
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men
Date: 06-08 December 2024
Info: M Individual Foil, M Team Foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1446,"title":"Two FIE Fencing World Cups: Tunis and Vancouver","date":"2024-11-25 14:05:54","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175173-AGU_8118.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/35/175172-AGU_8118.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 21-24, 2024 – Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Tunis and Vancouver, each including women’s and men’s individual and team events.

Tunis, Tunisia Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup – Nov. 21-24

Italy’s Martina Favaretto and USA’s Alexander Massialas won the individual gold medals at the Tunis Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup and Japan and Italy won the team gold medals. The event took place at the Sports Hall of Radès with 178 women’s and 236 men’s individual fencers and 19 women’s and 26 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Favaretto faced teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Errigo won against Poland’s Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk, 15-10, while Favaretto defeated Canada’s Eleanor Harvey, 15-8.

Massialas faced teammate Bryce Louie in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Louie won against Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza, 15-13, while Massialas defeated Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch, 15-12. Of note, in the round of 16, Choupenitch beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-12, and in the round of 32, Italy’s Giulio Lombardi won against Hong Kong, China’s two-time Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-7.

Japan faced Ukraine in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 24-22 score. In the semifinal round, Ukraine won against France, 41-39, while Japan defeated Korea, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Korea over France, 37-36.

Italy faced USA in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-43 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Japan, 45-26, while Italy defeated France, 45-27. The bronze medal went to France over Japan, 45-39.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Arianna Errigo (ITA, silver), Eleanor Harvey (CAN, bronze), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL, bronze), Yuka Ueno (JPN), Anita Blaze (FRA), Maria Marino (ESP) and Kata Kondricz (HUN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Alexander Massialas (USA, gold), Bryce Louie (USA, silver), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, bronze), Mohamed Hamza (EGY, bronze), Carlos Llavador (ESP), Kirill Borodachev (AIN), Tommaso Martini (ITA) and Jaimie Cook (GBR).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Japan (gold), Ukraine (silver), Korea (bronze), France, Italy, Poland, Canada and Romania.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Japan, Poland, Korea, Egypt and China.


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup – Nov. 21-24

Korea’s world champion Sera Song and Israel’s Yuval Shalom Freilich won the individual gold medals at the Vancouver Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup and Korea and Hungary won the team gold medals. The event took place at the Richmond Olympic Oval with 169 women’s and 216 men’s individual fencers and 16 women’s and 24 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Song faced Estonia’s Katrina Lehis in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Lehis won against teammate Nelli Differt, 15-6, while Song defeated Hong Kong, China’s Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 32, Differt beat teammate and world champion Julia Beljajeva, 15-12.

Freilich faced Spain’s Eugeni Gavalda in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Gavalda won against Hong Kong, China’s Wai Hang Ho, 15-13, while Freilich defeated Canada’s Dylan French, 15-8. Of note, in the round of 32, Italy’s Valerio Cuomo beat Japan’s Olympic Champion, Koki Kano, 15-14; Japan’s Seiya Asami won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 15-3; and USA’s Justin Yoo defeated Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-13.

Korea faced Ukraine in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, Ukraine won against France, 38-30, while Korea defeated Poland, 44-38. The bronze medal went to France over Poland, 45-24.

Hungary faced Japan in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 45-31 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Kazakhstan, 45-28, while Hungary defeated France, 39-35. The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan over France, 36-35.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Sera Song (KOR, gold), Katrina Lehis (EST, silver), Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG, bronze), Nelli Differt (EST, bronze), Giulia Rizzi (ITA), Jade Sersot (FRA), Emily Conrad (UKR) and Lauren Rembi (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Yuval Shalom Freilich (ISR, gold), Eugeni Gavalda (ESP, silver), Dylan French (CAN, bronze), Wai Hang Ho (HKG, bronze), Seiya Asami (JPN), Justin Yoo (USA), Valerio Cuomo (ITA) and Lukas Bellmann (GER).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Korea (gold), Ukraine (silver), France (bronze), Poland, Estonia, Germany, Hungary and Italy.

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Hungary (gold), Japan (silver), Kazakhstan (bronze), France, Italy, Czechia, Ukraine and Spain.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 22, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Bassam Abbas Muhammad (IRQ). Born in 1950, he was Vice President of the Iraqi Fencing Federation and a national team fencer from 1974 to 1980.

According to an announcement from the Iraqi Fencing Federation, Bassam “was a prominent figure in the world of Iraqi fencing, as he contributed his efforts and experience to developing fencing and enhancing its position in Iraq. His loss represents a great loss not only to family, but also to everyone who knew and worked with him in the field of sports.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Dr. Muhammad’s family and friends, the Iraqi Fencing Federation and the Asian Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1444,"title":"Three FIE Fencing World Cups: Bern, Fujairah, Oran","date":"2024-11-11 15:03:15","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/174374-LPG01067.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/174373-LPG01067.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 7-10, 2024 – Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Bern, Fujairah and Oran in the first weekend of Senior events for the 2024-2025 competition season.

Bern, Switzerland Men’s Epee World Cup – November 8-10

Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch won the individual gold at the Bern Men’s Epee World Cup and Hungary won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Bern Mobiliar Arena with 321 individual fencers and 35 teams participating in the competition.

Koch faced Italy’s Giacomo Paolini in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Paolini won against teammate Matteo Galassi, 15-6, while Koch defeated China’s Xinkun Zhang, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Paolini beat Japan’s Olympic champion Koki Kano, 15-8.

Hungary faced Japan in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 34-27 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Italy, 45-30, while Hungary defeated France, 45-41. The bronze medal went to France over Italy, 39-29.

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Mate Tamas Koch (HUN, gold), Giacomo Paolini (ITA, silver), Matteo Galassi (ITA, bronze), Xinkun Zhang (CHN, bronze), Koki Kano (JPN), Mahmoud Elsayed (EGY), Ryu Matsumoto (JPN) and Giulio Gaetani (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Hungary (gold), Japan (silver), France (bronze), Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands.

Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Women’s Epee World Cup – November 8-10

Italy’s Sara Maria Kowalczyk won the individual gold at the Fujairah Women’s Epee World Cup and Estonia won the team gold medal. The event took place at the Zayed Sports Complex with 194 individual fencers and 24 teams participating in the competition.

Kowalczyk faced teammate Giulia Rizzi in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Rizzi won against France’s Lauren Rembi, 13-7, while Kowalczyk defeated Estonia’s Irina Embrich, 15-12. Of note, in the round of 16 Estonia’s Irina Embrich beat teammate and world champion Julia Beljajeva, 15-8.

Estonia faced Italy in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against USA, 45-34, while Estonia defeated China, 40-29. The bronze medal went to USA over China, 45-38.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Sara Maria Kowalczyk (ITA, gold), Giulia Rizzi (ITA, silver), Irina Embrich (EST, bronze), Lauren Rembi (FRA, bronze), Eszter Muhari (HUN), Katrina Lehis (EST), Jade Sersot (FRA) and Taehee Lim (KOR).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Estonia (gold), Italy (silver), USA (bronze), China, Korea, France, Poland and Ukraine.

Oran, Algeria Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup – November 7-10

Korea’s Hayoung Jeon and France’s Sebastien Patrice won the individual gold medals at the Oran Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup and Hungary and Korea won the team gold medals. The event took place at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena with 138 and 159 women’s and men’s individual fencers and 20 women’s and 21 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Jeon faced Spain’s Lucia Martin-Portugues in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Martin-Portugues won against teammate Celia Perez Cuenca, 15-5, while Jeon defeated Hungary’s Sugar Katinka Battai, 15-14.

Patrice faced Romania’s Radu Nitu in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Nitu won against Korea’s Sangwon Park, 15-14, while Patrice defeated Spain’s Santiago Madrigal, 15-10. Of note, Korea’s Olympic champion Sanguk Oh had a medical withdrawal in the round of 64.

Hungary faced Poland in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, Poland won against Korea, 45-41, while Hungary defeated China, 45-43. The bronze medal went to Korea over China, 45-38.

Korea faced Iran in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, Iran won against USA, 45-35, while Korea defeated Italy, 45-34. The bronze medal went to Italy over USA, 45-32.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Hayoung Jeon (KOR, gold), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP, silver), Sugar Katinka Battai (HUN, bronze), Celia Perez Cuenca (ESP, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Luca Szucs (HUN), Jumi Wakita (JPN) and Enlan Tang (CHN).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Sebastien Patrice (FRA, gold), Radu Nitu (ROU, silver), Santiago Madrigal (ESP, bronze), Sangwon Park (KOR, bronze), Pietro Torre (ITA), Enver Yildirim (TUR), Evann Jean Abba Girault (NIG) and Dario Cavaliere (ITA).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included Hungary (gold), Poland (silver), Korea (bronze), China, France, Italy, Germany and Ukraine.

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included Korea (gold), Iran (silver), Italy (bronze), USA, France, Hungary, Romania and Germany.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Oran, Algeria
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 07-10 November 2024
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre, M Team Sabre

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 08-10 November 2024
Info: W Individual Epee, W Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Bern, Switzerland
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 08-10 November 2024
Info: M Individual Epee, M Team Epee

Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Tunis, Tunisia
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 21-24 November 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Team Foil, M Team Foil


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Vancouver, Canada
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women & Men
Date: 21-24 November 2024
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Team Epee, M Team Epee

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 1, 2024 – The leading German television consortium ARD, through its broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), will not appeal a German court's decision to prohibit the dissemination of allegations about a “referee bribery system” within the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

On August 4, 2024, ARD broadcast a report that contained a number of slanderous and untrue statements about fencing with regard to an alleged “system of bribing referees” in the FIE.

FIE President-elect Alisher Usmanov, who voluntarily suspended his duties in March 2022 due to EU sanctions and was named in the report as the “creator” of this “system”, filed a claim with the Hamburg Regional Court seeking an injunction against WDR, a member of the ARD consortium, which had disseminated the slanderous allegations. In September 2024, the statements were banned by a decision of this Court, which found them to be “inadmissible suspicion-based reporting”. As a consequence of the ruling, the broadcaster may no longer reproduce or disseminate these statements.

Earlier, the statements had also been removed by several other media outlets following pretrial proceedings.

On October 23, WDR issued a written conclusive statement “on recognizing the Hamburg [Court's injunction]” and “waiving all rights to challenge it”. The scandalous report has since been removed.

FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis stated, \"We welcome the decision made by WDR and ARD. Although the information in the report was knowingly false and speculative, acknowledging their wrongdoing does credit to any news organisation. I hope and trust that they will be strong and work through their mistakes. After all, there should be no place for defamation and fabricated stories in journalism.\"

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1440,"title":"2025 FIE Coaching Academy in Budapest","date":"2024-10-30 19:38:40","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/173816-Copia%20de%20WhatsApp%20Image%202023-08-23%20at%2011.16.01.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/173815-Copia%20de%20WhatsApp%20Image%202023-08-23%20at%2011.16.01.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Oct. 28, 2024 – The FIE will host a series of three-month academic coaching programmes in Budapest, Hungary, in epee, foil and sabre in 2025. Coaches attending the Academy must meet specific criteria to be accepted and be endorsed by their respective national federations.

The key dates of the programmes are as follows:

Important: Application forms have already been sent to national federations, so individual coaches should communicate directly with them regarding applications. National federations submit the applications to the FIE.

The programmes will include courses in psychology, physiology, sport theory and biomechanics in addition to weapon-specific coaching education classes and practical work. At the conclusion of each programme, an examination will be conducted and participants successfully completing the curriculum will receive an FIE-recognised diploma as well as a homologated diploma from the Hungarian University of Sports Science. The curriculum provided is a Level-2 course of study.

The FIE will provide accommodation, local transportation and full board for accepted participants. A subsidy of 300 CHF per student will be provided for participants to travel to Budapest. Other costs are covered by the individual participants.

Each of the three Academy sessions is limited to eight students.

Federations should submit completed applications with information listed above, including the candidate’s signature, directly to Ezequiel.abellonavas@fie.ch.

For a full description and syllabus of the Academy curriculum, including course content, coaching principles covered, Hungarian University of Sports Education theory and the daily course schedule, click here.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1439,"title":"2024 Veteran Fencing World Championships Finish in Dubai","date":"2024-10-18 17:29:57","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/173263-EVA_9820.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/173262-EVA_9820.jpg","category":null,"content":"

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 18, 2024 – The 2024 Veteran Fencing World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates have completed seven days of individual and team competition with 736 fencers in their 50s, 60s and 70s-plus from 58 countries. In all, events included 855 fencers participating, some in multiple weapons.

There was a 34.5% increase in individual fencers competing over the 2023 Daytona Veteran Fencing World Championships, with a 38.1% increase in participating countries.

The Closing Ceremony took place before the finals of women’s and men’s team epee events, with FIE Vice President Abdelmoneim Elhamy El Husseiny (EGY) declaring the Championships officially closed and expressing thanks and appreciation to all the athletes, coaches, officials, referees and volunteers, as well as the UAE Fencing Federation, who all made the event possible.

“The veteran fencers we have seen this week in Dubai have been an inspiration to the entire world of fencing”, said El Husseiny. “They represent passion, athleticism and a love for fencing as a lifelong sport. On behalf of the global fencing family, we applaud them all.”

The FIE flag was ceremoniously passed from UAE to Tunisia, which will host the 2025 Veteran Fencing World Championships.

This year’s Championships took place at Dubai’s Hamdan Sports Complex, where the 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships were also held. In all, 24 competitions took place from October 11 - 17 in epee, foil and sabre, including 18 individual and 6 team events. The USA led the medal count with a total of 26 (9 gold, 4 silver, 13 bronze), followed by Germany with 11 (4 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze) and France with 12 (3 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze). Overall, 14 countries earned at least one medal.

Click here to see the complete list of medallists and medals table.

The Championships were livestreamed on the FIE YouTube Channel with live commentary, and the event was fully covered on FIE social media platforms.

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1437,"title":"German Court Rules Against Television Network Allegations About International Fencing","date":"2024-10-08 15:02:23","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/172829-2014%20AMEND%20FIE%20LOGO_RGB_UK%203.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/172828-2014%20AMEND%20FIE%20LOGO_RGB_UK%203.png","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Oct. 8, 2024 – A German court has imposed an injunction against the dissemination of allegations by the leading German TV consortium ARD about a “system of bribing referees” in the International Fencing Federation (FIE).

On August 4, 2024, ARD broadcast a report that contained a number of slanderous and untrue statements about fencing with regard to an alleged “system of bribing referees” in the FIE.

FIE President-elect Alisher Usmanov, who voluntarily suspended his duties in March 2022 due to EU sanctions and was named in the report as the “creator” of this “system,” filed a request for an injunction against WDR, a consortium member of ARD that disseminated the slanderous allegations, with the Hamburg Regional Court. The statements were banned by a decision of this court, which found them to be “inadmissible suspicion-based reporting.” As a consequence of the ruling, they may no longer be reproduced or disseminated.

Earlier, these statements were also deleted by a number of other media outlets as a result of pretrial proceedings.

The court prohibits the network “...from making and/or distributing, and/or creating grounds for making and/or distributing” specific statements contained in its original report.

“We are satisfied with the court’s decision”, said FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis. “The refereeing practice in fencing is transparent and the FIE values the reputation of fencing as a fair and clean sport. I firmly believe there should be no place for defamation and misrepresentation from respectable media outlets.”

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From Gilles Martinage - An equipment repair course in Johannesburg, South Africa took place from September 23 – 27. The group comprised eight students: 2 each from Kenya, Angola, Togo, and one each from Mauritius and South Africa.

The group was particularly attentive and eager to learn. They were very active in the many practical exercises and provided very satisfactory and promising results.

After explanations about how weapons work and particularities of their electrical circuitry, we discussed different possible failures, how to locate problems and how to fix them.

Each trainee was able to completely dismantle a foil and an epee, and carry out the reassembly including gluing and installing new wires.

The last course was devoted to raising awareness of competition weapons control organisation and piste installation verification. In particular, the students were shown how to carry out this verification using a basic tester and DIY tools. This part of the training was particularly appreciated by the two Angolan students in view of the organisation of the next African Junior and Cadet Championships.

The working environment of the Academy fencing school made it possible to carry out this internship in the best conditions.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1436,"title":"Celebrating World Fencing Day 2024: We Welcome the World to Fencing! ","date":"2024-09-24 19:29:30","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/172409-FIE_Fencing_Day_2024_Website%202.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/172408-FIE_Fencing_Day_2024_Website%202.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Sept. 24, 2024 – World Fencing Day 2024 was celebrated globally on September 14 with the theme of “We Welcome the World to Fencing”. Following the spectacular fencing events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, there was a very enthusiastic response to and participation in this year’s event, with athletes sending video greetings, federations and clubs posting videos and creative artistic renderings being shared, among other activities.\r\n

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Original and festive submissions and posts came from all over the world.\r\n

To support this year’s celebration, several weeks prior to Sept. 14 the FIE provided a media package to federations and confederations with a wide array of digital content, resources and support to help and encourage engagements with audiences in person and on social media. The package included design concepts, printable posters and other tools such as several shareable videos and banners to aid in reaching as many fencers and non-fencers as possible in every region of the world.\r\n

The FIE received a wide array of content from the global fencing family, with more than 31,000 social media engagements taking place on Instagram (1.04 million impressions), Facebook (200K impressions) and Twitter/X (26K impressions) – an increase of 147% from 2023. This included 255 posts, 1,264K impressions and 31K engagements across all channels by the FIE.\r\n

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World Fencing Day is an annual event providing the 156 FIE member federations the opportunity to reach and share fencing with individuals and communities, building awareness and involvement worldwide.\r\n

Listed below are links to several notable examples of creative contributions:\r\n

Video from Hungarian Fencing:

Video from Swiss Fencing:
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Creative work from Tsomulai:
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A post of activity from Rwanda:



Photo shared by Liliana Tejeda:

Illustration from the Chinese fencing community:

Fencing drawing created by an artist:\r\n

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1434,"title":"Happy World Fencing Day: A Message from the Pan American Fencing Confederation","date":"2024-09-14 19:23:55","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171952-170227-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171951-170227-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","category":null,"content":"

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1432,"title":"Jobs: National Weapon Coaches, USA Fencing Federation","date":"2024-09-12 19:56:51","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171851-USA%20fencing%20job.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171850-USA%20fencing%20job.png","category":null,"content":"

USA Fencing is seeking six part-time independent\r\ncontractors to be National Weapon Coaches in all six weapons (Men’s Epee,\r\nWomen’s Epee, Men’s Foil, Women’s Foil, Men’s Sabre, Women’s Sabre) to lead\r\neach of our national weapon programs. The positions run through the Los Angeles\r\n2028 Olympics. Apply by Sept. 30, 2024.

More details here: https://www.usafencing.org/careers

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1431,"title":"The ITA webinar series continues in 2024","date":"2024-09-12 19:13:12","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171849-FIE_EDU_CLEAN_SPORT_WHITE_BG_page-0001.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171848-FIE_EDU_CLEAN_SPORT_WHITE_BG_page-0001.jpg","category":null,"content":"

The third edition of the IF’s Anti-Doping Webinar Series, jointly organized by the ITA and FIE, will begin on Thursday, 26 September.

Check below for the details of all five sessions.

1.Introduction to anti-doping

2.The Doping Control Process

3.Medications, Supplements, Prohibited List and TUEs

4.Values, Consequences, and Reporting

5.Out-of-Competition Testing

The webinars will be available in multiple languages, with English as the primary language and simultaneous translation in Arabic, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. Participants who attend all five sessions will receive a certificate of completion.

Don’t forget to register!


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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1430,"title":"The First Online Referees Course for the 2024- 2025 Season Begins in Preparation for the FIE Exam in Lima, Peru.","date":"2024-09-09 23:11:11","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171683-170227-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171682-170227-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","category":null,"content":"

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1429,"title":"FIE Invites Global Fencing Family to Celebrate World Fencing Day 2024 Together","date":"2024-09-01 21:35:20","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171243-FIE_Fencing_Day_2024_Website2.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/171242-FIE_Fencing_Day_2024_Website2.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz, Sept. 1, 2024 – 2024 has been a spectacular year for world fencing, especially with the spectacular Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The FIE wants to help the global fencing family build on the success of fencing with the 2024 World Fencing Day, which takes place this year on Saturday, September 14. This annual event gives member federations the opportunity to reach and share fencing with people and communities in your regions and share our amazing sport with the world!

The FIE 2024 World Fencing Day theme is “We Welcome the World to Fencing”, and we are providing you this resource kit to help you celebrate and engage with people to get them interested in, participate and get excited about fencing. Contained in this World Fencing Day Resource Kit (click here) are the following:

We want you to plan events for World Fencing Day and then send us videos, photos and stories about the results (*please send videos, images, and other materials via email to zhen.ma@fie.ch), which we will share on our FIE social media platforms. The FIE has a very large social media following, and this will give fencing in your area a lot of global attention!

We also encourage everyone to actively engage with the FIE on social media. When publishing related content, please tag FIE social media accounts (check the handles below) and use the hashtag #WorldFencingDay2024.

Please let us know if you have any questions or need our support!


* FIE social media handles

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1427,"title":"Fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Concludes – “A Spectacular Achievement”","date":"2024-08-09 17:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170866-EVA_6394.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170865-EVA_6394.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, August 7, 2024 – Nine days of fencing competition have completed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the Grand Palais between July 27 and August 4, with 12 gold medals awarded in individual and team events for women and men in epee, foil and sabre.

“We have seen fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in the Grand Palais in the most spectacular venue in our lifetime”, said Emmanuel Katsiadakis, FIE Interim President. “Fencing events at these Games will surely stand as the most memorable of all time, presenting our sport to the world as never before. I congratulate our new Olympic champions, all participating athletes, as well as all the people who made these Games possible. Fencing has absolutely entered a new era of excitement and interest, having reached millions of spectators and fans worldwide.”

A total of 53 NOCs participated in the Paris 2024 Olympic fencing programme, with 212 athletes, evenly divided between 106 women and 106 men.

The medals were distributed among four continents and 13 countries. Japan topped the fencing medals table with a total of five (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), followed by USA with four (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) and Korea with three (2 gold, 1 silver).

In addition to a sold-out audience in the Grand Palais for every day of fencing competition, millions of people worldwide followed fencing on television and social media. The FIE posted more than 1200 updates on the Games, engaging with followers on its website as well as X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linked-In and Weibo, achieving contact with approximately 30 million impressions over the nine days of competition.

The FIE hosted programmes at the Olympic Games to introduce the public and guests to fencing, including giving visitors to the Grand Palais the opportunity to learn the basics of the sport. Under the umbrella of the French Fencing Federation and direction of French fencing masters, spectators were able to try fencing each day of competition.

The following notable results, records and achievements took place throughout fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games:

Multiple dignitaries and VIPs visited fencing at the Grand Palais throughout the Games, most notably including President of France Emmanuel Macron, President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani, President of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam, President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini, HRH Grand Duke Henri de Luxembourg (IOC member), HSH Albert II Prince of Monaco (IOC member), President of Italy Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister of Italy Giorgia Meloni, President of Estonia Alar Karis, President of Hungary Tamás Sulyok and former President of Hungary Mr. Pál Schmitt (former IOC member, Olympic champion fencer), USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, Paris 2024 Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, French Minister for Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games of France Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, and numerous other dignitaries.

Numerous Olympic and world champions from fencing as well as other sports visited the Grand Palais throughout the fencing competitions, most notably including snowboarding three-time Olympic gold medallist Shaun White and Olympic, world champion figure skater Brian Boitano and French epee fencer Laura Flessel (who has won the most Olympic medals of any French sportswoman and served as the French Minister of Sports from 2017-2018). The multiple celebrity guests attending fencing competitions notably included French football stars Zinedine Zidane and Antoine Griezmann, F1 driver Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng, actress Nina Dobrev and music stars Sir Michael Philip (Mick) Jagger of The Rolling Stones, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Snoop Dogg.

In an official statement from the International Olympic Committee, IOC President and Men’s Team Foil Olympic gold medallist Thomas Bach stated, “...you have never seen fencing until you have seen it in the Grand Palais, where thousands of people are singing and cheering for every competitor in a magnificent setting”. Mr. Bach presented the medals with FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis for men’s team foil on the final day of fencing in the Grand Palais.

Complete information about fencing results and athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games may be found on the official Olympic website and here on the FIE web site.

For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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PARIS, France, August 4, 2024 – Japan won the gold medal in men's team foil on the final day of fencing competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first time the country has ever won this event. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, who is an Olympic gold medallist in men’s team foil, presented the medals with FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis.

In all, 12 gold-medal events in epee, foil and sabre individual and team competitions have been held from July 27 to August 4 at the Grand Palais.

Men’s Team Foil (8 teams)

Japan faced Italy in the final match of men’s team foil, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 45-36. In the semifinal round, Italy won against USA, 45-38, while Japan defeated France, 45-37. France won the bronze medal match over USA, 45-32.

“I can’t believe what we’ve achieved here today”, said Japan’s Kyosuke Matsuyama. “This is for the future, for the kids in Japan, and I hope in the future there will be many Japanese medals in fencing. France was our very hardest match today, this is their home country, and everyone was cheering for them but we stayed focused on each touch and we beat them. This is a really amazing venue—at the last Olympics in Tokyo there were no crowds, but here everyone was cheering, even for us.”

Final rankings for men's team foil include the following countries:

  1. Japan (gold)
  2. Italy (silver)
  3. France (bronze)
  4. USA
  5. China
  6. Poland
  7. Canada
  8. Egypt

The schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

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Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site.

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PARIS, France, August 3, 2024 – Ukraine won the gold medal in women’s team sabre fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In all, 12 gold-medal events in epee, foil and sabre individual and team competitions are being held from July 27 to August 4 at the Grand Palais.

Women’s Team Sabre (8 teams)

Ukraine faced Korea in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 45-42. In the semifinal round, Korea won against France, 45-36, while Ukraine defeated Japan, 45-32. Japan won the bronze medal match over France, 45-40.

“My emotions are part of my actions, and it’s the Olympic Games, which is all about emotions”, said Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan. “It was about emotions in this amazing hall with all the people cheering. All the matches were important and challenging, but the semifinals were probably the most important because if you win you surely have a medal, and then you must accept that you can make it even more. Thank you, Ukraine, thank you Paris and this amazing venue and all the people cheering for us.”

Final rankings for women’s team sabre include the following countries:

  1. Ukraine (gold)
  2. Korea (silver)
  3. Japan (bronze)
  4. France
  5. USA
  6. Hungary
  7. Italy
  8. Algeria

The schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1424,"title":"Hungary Wins Gold Medal in Men’s Team Epee Fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games","date":"2024-08-02 23:05:05","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170687-AGU_5449.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170686-AGU_5449.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, August 2, 2024 – Hungary won the gold medal in men’s team epee fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. This was Hungary’s fourth time winning the men’s team epee event at the Olympics, last taking the title in 1972. In all, 12 gold-medal events in epee, foil and sabre individual and team competitions are being held from July 27 to August 4 at the Grand Palais.

Men’s Team Epee (8 Teams)

Hungary faced Japan in the final match of men’s team epee, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 26-25. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Czechia, 45-37, while Hungary defeated France, 45-30. Czechia won the bronze medal over France, 43-41.

\"I knew there was something special about the team event”, said Hungary’s Gergely Siklosi. “We worked a lot these past months and were absolutely ready for this challenge. We had different strategies for each team, and against Japan we knew they want to use defensive tactics and we had to attack them and it was crucial that we had the lead. Still, they managed to equalize it. This event and venue have been on our minds since being announced, and the Grand Palais is the most beautiful place I have ever fenced in my life.”

Final rankings for men’s team epee include the following countries:

  1. Hungary (gold)
  2. Japan (silver)
  3. Czechia (bronze)
  4. France
  5. Italy
  6. Kazakhstan
  7. Venezuela
  8. Egypt

The schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1423,"title":"USA Wins Gold Medal in Women’s Team Foil Fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games","date":"2024-08-01 23:13:32","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170672-AUG_03302.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170671-AUG_03302.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, August 1, 2024 – USA won the gold medal in women’s team foil fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first time the country has won an Olympic gold medal in any team fencing event. In all, 12 gold-medal events in epee, foil and sabre individual and team competitions are being held from July 27 to August 4 at the Grand Palais.

Women’s Team Foil (8 Teams)

USA faced Italy in the final match of women’s team foil, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 45-39. In the semifinal round, Italy defeated Japan, 45-39, while USA won against Canada, 45-31. Japan won the bronze medal match over Canada, 33-32.

“I’m very shocked, I have no words to describe it”, said USA’s Lauren Scruggs. “I think it’s super-cool and unbelievable to make history. The last bout was a tough one, I was dealing with some injuries, and Errigo is super-good and it’s so stressful to be the anchor. I locked-in, kept fighting, had a good lead, and I managed to close it out. Our strategy was just to be better fighters, we doubled-down and we fought better. I’m proud of my teammates, happy to make my country proud, and hopefully this is the start of a long continuation of great women’s foil and American fencing. This is a whole family effort, and thank you to everyone for your support.”

The teams include the following countries:

  1. USA (gold)
  2. Italy (silver)
  3. Japan (bronze)
  4. Canada
  5. France
  6. Poland
  7. China
  8. Egypt

The schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

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Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1428,"title":"Obituary: Nicolas Lullien ","date":"2024-07-31 23:59:59","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170879-Nicolas%20Lullien.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170878-Nicolas%20Lullien.png","category":null,"content":"


LAUSANNE, Switz., July 31, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Maitre Nicolas Lullien (FRA) on July 25 at the age of 77. Under his leadership, his club, Tour d’Auvergne, won 14 medals at World Championships, multiple victories in World Cup competitions and three world championship titles in different categories by his students, Olivier Lambert, Antoinette Willard and Laurent Bel. Five Olympic athlete selections resulted from his coaching.

Lullien was awarded the Medal of Honour of the French Fencing Federation for his “remarkable human and pedagogical qualities and the brilliant results obtained by the licensees of his only club, the Tour d’Auvergne in Paris”, presented in 2023.

Following retirement, in 2023 his club was quoted about his award: “We are happy, proud and grateful that the French Fencing Federation honors a man who has embodied excellence in the world of fencing. Nicolas Lullien is a fencing master and an exceptional man, whose talent and passion have left an unforgettable mark on the history of the club and on all the students and colleagues who have had the chance to meet him and benefit from his teaching.”

In all, with his club, more than 109 medals, including 35 titles, were won by Laurent Bel, Christophe Bel, Antoinette Willard, Cyril Lacroix, Christina Cerny, Julie Anne Gross and Xavier Ali, among other members.

Lullien was also called a “literary man passionate about ancient and artistic fencing, and he set up ‘La Salle d’Armes’ at the Tour d’Auergne, which became the leading club in France for artistic fencing.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Nicolas Lullien’s family and friends, the French Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

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PARIS, France, July 30, 2024 – Italy won its first-ever gold medal in women's team epee fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In all, 12 gold-medal events in epee, foil and sabre individual and team competitions are being held from July 27 to August 4 at the Grand Palais.

Women’s Team Epee (8 Teams)

Italy faced France in the final match of women’s team epee, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 30-29. In the semifinal round, Italy won against China, 45-24, while France defeated Poland, 45-39. Poland won the bronze medal match over China, 32-31.

“We are friends, we put our hearts in what we do, we work hard for one touch, one touch, one touch”, said Italy’s Mara Navarria. “For Italy, this is so important for the young, the girls and for dreamers. If they work hard, they can do it. And the Grand Palais is spectacular!”

The teams included the following countries:

  1. Italy (gold)
  2. France (silver)
  3. Poland (bronze)
  4. China
  5. Korea
  6. Ukraine
  7. USA
  8. Egypt

The schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1422,"title":"Korea Wins Gold Medal in Men’s Team Sabre Fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games","date":"2024-07-31 23:14:35","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170655-AUG_0028.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170654-AUG_0028.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, July 31, 2024 – Korea won men's team sabre fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the third time winning the Olympic gold medal in this event. In all, 12 gold-medal events in epee, foil and sabre individual and team competitions are being held from July 27 to August 4 at the Grand Palais.

Men’s Team Sabre (8 Teams)

Korea faced Hungary in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 45-41. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Iran, 45-43, while Korea defeated France, 45-39. France won the bronze medal match over Iran, 45-25.

\"At the moment I won the gold medal, I had tears in my eyes”, said Korea’s Sanguk Oh, who also won the Paris 2024 gold medal in men’s individual sabre. “We had a great deal of burden on us, and this was a very important moment for us as a team. But even though our team members are changing, we are getting stronger and our team is performing well.”

The teams include the following countries:

  1. Korea (gold)
  2. Hungary (silver)
  3. France (bronze)
  4. Iran
  5. Italy
  6. Egypt
  7. USA
  8. Canada

The schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1419,"title":"France’s Apithy-Brunet, Hong Kong-China's Cheung Win Gold Medals in Individual Women’s Sabre, Men’s Foil Fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games","date":"2024-07-30 00:23:36","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170613-AGU_1966.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170612-AGU_1966.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, July 29, 2024 – France’s Manon Apithy-Brunet and Ka Long Cheung won gold medals in individual women’s sabre and men’s foil fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In all, 12 gold-medal events in individual and team epee, foil and sabre are being held at the Grand Palais from July 27 to August 4. International Olympic Committee President and Olympic men’s foil gold medallist Thomas Bach attended the evening’s finals.

Women’s Individual Sabre (36 Fencers)

Apithy-Brunet faced teammate Sara Balzer in the final bout of women’s sabre, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 15-12. This was France’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s sabre. In the semifinal round, Balzer won against Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, 15-7, while Apithy-Brunet defeated Korea’s Sebin Choi, 15-12. The bronze medal went to Kharlan over Choi, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 16, Choi beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-7.

“This morning when I woke up I was thinking I was scared, I’m alive, and I’ll just do my best and just enjoy all the people here and we’ll see”, said Apithy-Brunet. “Tonight, I’ll take my medal and sleep with it. Today I felt many emotions – every match was difficult. I was scared, I’m happy, I'm stressed, and I just accepted them, I said to myself if you want to cry, cry; if you want to smile, smile; and go all the day with this.”

“I got the first women’s sabre medal for France in Tokyo, and now I am happy and proud for my country that I have the first gold, in Paris.”

The top eight includes the following fencers:

  1. Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA, gold)
  2. Sara Balzer (FRA, silver)
  3. Olga Kharlan (UKR, bronze)
  4. Sebin Choi (KOR)
  5. Theodora Gkountoura (GRE)
  6. Hayoung Jeon (KOR)
  7. Luca Virag Szucs (HUN)
  8. Anna Marton (HUN)

Men’s Individual Foil (37 Fencers)

Cheung faced Italy’s Filippo Macchi in the final bout of men’s foil, winning his second Olympic gold medal with a score of 15-14. In the semifinal round, Macchi won against USA's Nick Itkin, 15-11, while Cheung defeated Japan’s Kazuki Iimura,15-11. Itkin won the bronze medal bout against Iimura, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Cheung beat France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-14, and in the table of 16, France’s Maxime Pauty won against Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-14.

\"This is wonderful, one of the best days of my life”, said Cheung. “I got back-to-back golds, and with my French coach, in Paris—that means so much. In the final tonight, I was down 14-12, and in my mind I said I have to try my best, and I made a comeback.”

“When I got my last gold Olympic gold medal, everyone in Hong Kong went crazy and everyone was psyched to fence and be a fencer. I hope like last time this will create even more fencers in Hong Kong. This is a very beautiful competition, one of the best in my life.”

The top eight includes the following fencers:

  1. Ka Long Cheung (HKG, gold)
  2. Filippo Macchi (ITA, silver)
  3. Nick Itkin (USA, bronze)
  4. Kazuki Iimura (JPN)
  5. Mohamed Hamza (EGY)
  6. Enzo Lefort (FRA)
  7. Guillaume Bianchi (ITA)
  8. Maxime Pauty (FRA)

The full schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1418,"title":"USA’s Kiefer, Japan’s Kano Win Gold Medals in Individual Women’s Foil, Men’s Epee Fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ","date":"2024-07-29 02:15:51","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170601-EVA_7963.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170600-EVA_7963.jpg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, July 28, 2024 – USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer and Japan’s Koki Kano won gold medals in individual women’s foil and men’s epee fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In all, 12 gold-medal events in individual and team epee, foil and sabre are being held at the Grand Palais from July 27 to August 4.

Women’s Individual Foil (34 Fencers)

Kiefer faced teammate Lauren Scruggs in the final bout of women’s foil, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 15-6. She is the third woman in history to win multiple Olympic gold medals in women’s individual foil, after Valentina Vezzali (ITA, 3) and Ilona Elek (HUN, 2). In the semifinal round, Scruggs won against Canada’s Eleanor Harvey, 15-9, while Kiefer defeated Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-10. Harvey won the bronze medal bout against Volpi, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals Scruggs beat Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-14, and in the round of 32, Poland’s Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk won against France’s world champion Ysaora Thibus, 15-12.

“I feel good, I feel relaxed, my face hurts from smiling so much”, said Kiefer. “No matter how much I prepare, I put pressure on myself and work to fence well and stay present. As a woman, we’ve seen so much growth in our women’s programs in the past decade for me and for Lauren to be on the podium, it really makes a statement.”

The top eight includes the following fencers:

  1. Lee Kiefer (USA, gold)
  2. Lauren Scruggs (USA, silver)
  3. Eleanor Harvey (CAN, bronze)
  4. Alice Volpi (ITA)
  5. Arianna Errigo (ITA)
  6. Martina Favaretto (ITA)
  7. Anne Sauer (GER)
  8. Flora Pasztor (HUN)

Men’s Individual Epee (35 Fencers)

Kano faced France’s world champion Yannick Borel in the final bout of men’s epee, winning the gold medal with a score of 15-9. This is the first-ever Olympic gold medal in an individual fencing event for Japan. In the semifinal round, Borel won against Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed, 15-9, while Kano defeated Hungary’s Tibor Andrasfi, 14-13. Elsayed won the bronze medal against Andrasfi, 8-7, the first Olympic individual epee medal for Egypt. Of note, in the round of 16, Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov defeated France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-10 and Belgium’s Neisser Loyola beat Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 14-13. In the round of 32, Venezuela’s Grabiel Lugo won against Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-10, and Andrasfi beat Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 15-10.

“I am so very happy, but I am tired”, said Kano. “It’s a very good feeling. I had to focus very much today. This is so important, because it’s the first individual gold medal in fencing in Japan, and this is history.”


The top eight includes the following fencers:

  1. Koki Kano (JPN, gold)
  2. Yannick Borel (FRA, silver)
  3. Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, bronze)
  4. Tibor Andrasfi (HUN)
  5. Federico Vismara (ITA)
  6. Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ)
  7. Masaru Yamada (JPN)
  8. Neisser Loyola (BEL)

The full schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

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PARIS, France, July 27, 2024 – Hong Kong, China’s Man Wai Vivian Kong and Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh won gold medals in individual women’s epee and men’s sabre fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In all, 12 gold-medal events in individual and team epee, foil and sabre are being held at the Grand Palais from July 27 to August 4.

Women’s Individual Epee (36 Fencers)

Kong faced France’s Auriane Mallo-Breton in the final bout of women’s epee, winning with a score of 13-12. This is the first-ever women’s Olympic medal in fencing for Hong Kong, China. In the semifinal round, Mallo-Breton won against Hungary’s Eszter Muhari, 15-9, while Kong defeated Estonia’s Nelli Differt, 15-11. The bronze medal went to Muhari over Differt, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 16, Muhari beat Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-6, and China’s Sihan Yu won against France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-10. In the round of 32, Canada’s Ruien Xiao defeated Brazil’s world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, 15-11, Japan’s Miho Yoshimura beat China’s Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 14-13, and USA’s Anne Cebula won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-14.

\"I love the fencing family, I love the FIE”, said Kong. “I’m so lucky to be a part of it. I think [this medal] is a gift I can give everyone who has shown so much love. I’m so grateful to be in a position to give back and thank everyone.”

The top eight includes the following fencers:

  1. Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG, gold)
  2. Auriane Mallo-Breton (FRA, silver)
  3. Eszter Muhari (HUN, bronze)
  4. Nelli Differt (EST)
  5. Alberta Santuccio (ITA)
  6. Sihan Yu (CHN)
  7. Vlada Kharkova (UKR)
  8. Olena Kryvytska (UKR)

Men’s Individual Sabre (34 fencers)

Oh faced Tunisia’s Fares Ferjani in the final bout of men’s sabre, winning the Olympic gold medal with a score of 15-11. In the semifinal round, Ferjani won against Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy, 15-11, while Oh defeated Italy’s Luigi Samele, 15-5. The bronze medal went to Samele over Elsissy, 15-12. Of note, in the round of 32, Hungary’s Csanad Gemesi beat USA’s world champion Eli Dershwitz, 15-10, France’s Bolade Apithy won against Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-13, and Canada’s Fares Arfa defeated Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-8.

\"I listened to my coach, who told me to work hard”, said Oh. “I tried that and ended up coming in first place, and it’s an honour. I think that if it wasn’t this time, the next time would be difficult, because I would be older.”

The top eight includes the following fencers:

  1. Sanguk Oh (KOR, gold)
  2. Fares Ferjani (TUN, silver)
  3. Luigi Samele (ITA, bronze)
  4. Ziad Elsissy (EGY)
  5. Matyas Szabo (GER)
  6. Mohamed Amer (EGY)
  7. Chenpeng Shen (CHN)
  8. Fares Arfa (CAN)

The full schedule for Paris 2024 Olympic fencing may be found here.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1416,"title":"Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony: “Games Wide Open”","date":"2024-07-27 10:12:18","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170576-WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-26%20at%2023.13.51.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170575-WhatsApp%20Image%202024-07-26%20at%2023.13.51.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

PARIS, France, July 26, 2024 – The Paris 2024 33rd Summer Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place on July 26, 2024 with the theme of “Games Wide Open”. The introduction of the Olympic athletes took place in 85 boats on a six-kilometre journey on the Seine River from the Pont d’Austerlitz to the Pont d'Iéna, in front of the Eiffel Tower.

IOC President and Olympic fencing gold medallist Thomas Bach gave a welcome speech, stating “The Olympic flame will make Paris and all of France shine even brighter. What better place than Paris, to share this magic of the Olympic Games with the whole world. Paris, the birthplace of our founder, Pierre de Coubertin, to whom we owe everything. Paris, City of Light, where he created the modern Olympic Games.”

Mr. Bach then invited the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, to declare open the Games of the 33rd Olympiad, Paris 2024.

Fencing was one of the original events at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

Paris 2024 Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet also gave a speech to the 320,000 Opening Ceremony attendees in 124 grandstands lining the Seine River as well as the hundreds of millions of spectators watching worldwide on television and social media. “This love story was born nearly 130 years ago, just a few kilometres from here, in the main amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University, when Pierre de Coubertin proposed the rebirth of the ancient Olympic Games”, he said.

Two French Olympic champion fencers participated in the final torch relay, Laura Flessel and Jean-Francois Lamour, before the lighting of the Olympic flame for Paris 2024.

Seven fencers competing in Paris 2024 served as flag-bearers for their respective countries:

The schedule for the fencing events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is available here.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1414,"title":"Paris 2024 Fencing Ones to Watch: Men's Team Foil","date":"2024-07-25 02:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170465-AND06030.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170464-AND06030.jpg","category":null,"content":"

France claimed a record eighth Olympic gold medal in the men's team foil event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). France (8) is one gold medal ahead of Italy (7). Enzo Lefort, Julien Mertine, Maxime Pauty and Erwann Le Pechoux handed France its first Olympic gold medal in the men' team foil event since 2000. France could win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in this event for the second time, after 1948 and 1952. France also won a gold medal in the men's team foil event at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games.

Italy has won 13 Olympic medals in the men's team foil event (G7-S5-B1). Only France (17, G8-S5-B4) won more medals in this event. Italy's last medal in this event at the Olympic Games was a gold medal in 2012.

At the most recent world championships (2023), the podium in the men's team foil event was swept by three Asian NOCs: Japan (1st), China (2nd) and Hong Kong, China (3rd). Japan's only Olympic medal in the men's team foil event was silver in 2012.

China has claimed two Olympic medals in this event: silver in 2000 and 2004. China became world champion in the men's team foil event in 2010, when the world championships were held at the Grand Palais in Paris.

United States (5, G0-S1-B4) is the NOC to have claimed the most Olympic medals in this event without having won gold. USA took the bronze medal at both of the last two Olympic Games.

Poland has claimed six Olympic medals in the men's team foil event (G1-S2-B3), including gold in 1972. Poland's last medal in this event was a silver medal in 1996. Poland will compete in the men's team foil event at the Olympic Games for the first time since 2000 (fourth place).

Egypt's best result in this event at the Olympic Games was fourth on their debut in 1952.

Canada's highest finish in this event at the Olympic Games was ninth at Tokyo 2020.

The last fencer to achieve the double of winning gold in the men's individual foil and men's team foil event at the same Olympic Games was Mauro Numa (ITA) in 1984.

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The women's team sabre event will be held for the fourth time at the Olympic Games, after 2008, 2016 and at Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021).

Ukraine (G1-S1-B0) and United States (G0-S0-B2) are the NOCs to have won multiple Olympic medals in this event.

Olga Kharlan (UKR) can become the first woman to win three Olympic medals in this event. Kharlan helped Ukraine take a gold medal in 2008 and a silver medal in 2016. Kharlan was part of Ukraine's team that finished second in this event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Hungary won the world title in the women's team sabre event in 2023, defeating France in the final (45-38). Coming into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Hungary had never won an Olympic medal in a women's sabre event (team or individual). Its last medal in a women's team event was bronze in the women's team foil event in 1988.

France took silver in women's team sabre event at Tokyo 2020. France is the only NOC to have finished on the podium in this event at each of the last five world championships: 3rd-1st-2nd-2nd-2nd (2023). France finished third in this specific event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Republic of Korea hopes to win its first Olympic medal in the women's team sabre event. It finished third in this event at the world championships in 2023.

At the start of the Paris 2024 Games, Italy had yet to win its first Olympic medal in a women's sabre event (team or individual). Italy came fourth in the Olympic women's team sabre event in both of their two previous participations: in 2016 and 2021.

Japan will take part in this specific event at the Olympic Games for the second time, after a fifth place on home soil at Tokyo 2020.

Algeria will compete in a team event in fencing at the Olympic Games for the second time, after a ninth place in the men's team sabre event in 2004.

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Japan won the gold medal in the men's team epee event on home soil at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in any fencing event. Koki Kano, Kazuyasu Minobe, Satoru Uyama and Masara Yamada formed the quartet that made Olympic history for Japan in fencing.

All other 24 Olympic gold medals in the men's team epee event had been won by European NOCs. France (9), Italy (8) and Hungary (3) are the three NOCs to have won multiple Olympic gold medals in the men's team epee event.

France (17, G9-S3-B5) also leads in most medals in this event at the Olympic Games. Italy is next on 15 medals (G8-S4-B3). France can win its 10th Olympic gold medal in the men's team epee event. France won the gold medal in the men's team epee event at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games. Belgium (silver) and Italy (bronze) completed the podium a century ago. France won the final against United States in this event at the world championships at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2010.

Italy hopes to win its first Olympic gold medal in the men's team epee event since it won gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Hungary targets its fourth Olympic gold medal in the men's team epee event, after consecutive victories in 1964, 1968 and 1972. Hungary has claimed seven Olympic medals in the men's team epee event, most recently a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. Only Hungary has won at least 10 gold medals in specific fencing events in the Olympic Games: 15 gold medals in men's individual sabre and 10 gold medals in men's team sabre.

Egypt could become the first African NOC to take an Olympic medal in the men's team epee event.

Czechia and Kazakhstan make its Olympic debut in the men's team epee event.

The last man to claim the gold medal in both the individual epee event and team epee event at a single Olympic Games was Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) in 1972.

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Italy won the world title in the women's team foil event in 2023, defeating France in the final (45-39). Italy can win a record fifth Olympic gold medal in this event. Italy has won an Olympic medal in this event at each of the last seven Games it was on the programme; from 1988-2000, 2008-2012 and at Tokyo 2020 (held in 2021). The last time Italy missed out on an Olympic medal in this event was in 1984 (fourth place).

Arianna Errigo (ITA) won Olympic gold (2012) and bronze (Tokyo 2020) in this event. She finished on the podium with Italy's women's foil team at 12 world championships. Errigo helped Italy win the women's team foil world title in at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2010.

France claimed silver in the women's team foil event at Tokyo 2020. It was France's first medal in this event since 1984 (bronze). France claimed a medal in the women's team foil event at seven of the last nine world championships (G0-S2-B5). Italy won a medal at all nine of these tournaments.

Japan has yet to win its first Olympic medal in the women's team foil event. Japan's only Olympic medal in the team foil event on the men's side was silver in 2012.

United States claimed its only Olympic medal in this event in 2008 (silver). USA finished fourth at the world championships in 2023. It lost the final at the world championships in 2022.

Poland hopes to claim its second Olympic medal in this event, after silver in 2000.

The last woman to win the gold medal in the women's individual and team foil events at the same Olympic Games was Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) in 2012.

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Republic of Korea won the gold medal in the men's team sabre event at the last two Olympic Games it was on the programme, in 2012 and at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). Republic of Korea could become the second NOC to win three consecutive Olympic gold medals in this event, after Hungary (7, 1928-1960). Bon-Gil Gu (KOR) and Jung-Hwan Kim (KOR) were part of the winning team at both the London 2012 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021).

Hungary won the men's team sabre event 10 times at the Olympic Games, at least six times more than any other NOC. Hungary's last gold medal in this event was at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. Hungary is the reigning world champion in the men's team sabre event. Hungary beat Republic of Korea in the final in Milan last year (45-42).

Italy has claimed a medal in 21 of their 23 participations in the men's team sabre event at the Olympic Games (G4-S12-B5). The team did not win a medal in 1992 and 2000. No other NOC won a medal in a specific fencing event at more Olympic Games than Italy in the men's team sabre (21). Italy has won four Olympic gold medals in the men's team sabre event: in 1920, 1924, 1972 and 1984. The 1924 Olympic Games were held in Paris.

France won the Olympic gold medal in the men's team sabre event twice: in 2004 and 2008.

United States has claimed two medals in the men's team sabre event at the Olympic Games: bronze in 1948 and silver in 2008.

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Poland won the women's team epee event at the world championships in 2023, defeating Italy 32-28 in the final in Milan. Republic of Korea took bronze. Poland could win an Olympic medal in this event for the first time. Coming into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Poland had never won an Olympic medal in a women's epee event (team or individual). Poland has won three Olympic medals in the team epee event on the men's side: two silver medals (1980, 2008) and one bronze (1968).

Italy claimed silver in this event in 1996 and bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). At the start of the Paris 2024 Games, Italy had never won a gold medal in a women's epee event (team or individual).

Republic of Korea won the world title in the women's team epee event in 2022, with Italy in second place and Poland in third. Republic of Korea took Olympic silver in the women's team epee in 2012 and at Tokyo 2020. It lost the final to Estonia, who is not competing in this event in Paris. Republic of Korea finished third in this event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris, behind Romania (first) and runner-up Germany (second).

France has won gold (1996) and bronze (2004) in this event at the Olympic Games.

China has won three Olympic medals in the women's team epee event (G1-S1-B1).

United States won its only medal in this event in 2012 (bronze).

Egypt competes in this event for the first time at the Olympic Games.

The only woman to have won a gold medal in the individual and team epee events at a single Olympic Games was Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) in 1996.

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Ka Long Cheung (HKG) was crowned the Olympic champion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). Hong Kong, China had never claimed an Olympic medal in fencing before.Cheung could equal Nedo Nadi (ITA, 1912 and 1920) and Christian D'Oriola (ITA, 1952 and 1956) on a joint-record two Olympic gold medals in the men's individual foil event.


The last two Olympic gold medals in the men's individual foil event were 24 years old: Daniele Garozzo (ITA) and Cheung (HKG). Tommaso Marini (ITA, first in the world rankings of the FIE) and Nick Itkin (USA, second in the world rankings) will be 24 years of age at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Italy swept the podium in the men's individual foil World Cup event in Paris in January 2024 (held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin): Marini (gold), Alessio Foconi (silver), Guillaume Bianchi (bronze) and Filippo Macchi (bronze).

Italy and France (both 9) are tied for most Olympic gold medals in the men's individual foil event.

Nick Itkin (USA) could become the first fencer representing United States to win an Olympic gold medal in the men's individual foil event.

USA has claimed five Olympic medals in this event (G0-S3-B2), including silver medals by Albertson van Zo Post (USA, 1904), Joseph Levis (USA, 1932) and Alexander Massialas (USA, 2016). Massialas (G0-S1-B2) could equal Albertson van Zo Post (G1-S1-B2) and Mariel Zagunis (G2-S0-B2) on a joint-record four Olympic medals among fencers representing USA.

France's last Olympic medal in the men's individual foil event was a gold medal for Brice Guyart (FRA) at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

Alexander Tchoupenitch (CZE) claimed the bronze medal in the men's foil event at Tokyo 2020. It marked the first Olympic medal in fencing for Czechia.

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Olga Kharlan (UKR, G0-S0-B2) can become the second woman to win as many as three Olympic medals in the women's individual sabre event.

Misaki Emura (JPN) won both of the last two world titles in this event (2022 and 2023). She could become the first reigning world champion to win the Olympic gold medal in the women's individual sabre event.

Coming into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Japan had never won an Olympic medal in a women's fencing event.

Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA) took bronze in the women's individual sabre event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). It is France's only Olympic medal in this event.

Sara Balzer (FRA) won the FIE Annual Award for Senior Top-Ranked Individuals in 2023, having secured 4 senior World Cup individual titles over the past season.

France has won Olympic gold medals in women's epee and foil events, but not yet in a sabre event.

United States (G2-S1-B2) has won a record five Olympic medals in the women's individual sabre event. USA's last medals in this event date back to 2008, when it swept the podium.

Theodora Gkountoura (GRE) could win the first Olympic medal in fencing for Greece since 1896 (G2-S1-B1 in men's fencing). She took a bronze medal in in the women's individual sabre event at the 2023 World Championships.


Yoana Ilieva (BUL) could hand Bulgaria its first Olympic medal in fencing. She claimed a bronze medal in in the women's individual sabre event at the 2023 World Championships.

Italy claimed 11 medals in the women's individual sabre event at world championships (G0-S3-B8), but it has never won an Olympic medal in a women's sabre event (individual or team).
Italy has already won Olympic medals in women's foil and epee events, and in all three different weapons in men's fencing (sabre, foil and epee).

Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP) hopes to become the first woman representing Spain to win an Olympic medal in fencing. Spain's only Olympic medal in fencing was a bronze medal for Jose Luis Abajo in the men's individual epee event in 2008.

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Defending Olympic champion Romain Cannone (FRA) could become the second fencer to win multiple Olympic gold medals in the men's individual epee event, after Ramón Fonst (CUB) who claimed the first two gold medals in this event (1900 and 1904). Cannone could become the third fencer representing France to win multiple gold medals in the same individual men's event, after Christian D'Oriola (FRA, foil in 1952 and 1956) and Jean-François Lamour (FRA, sabre in 1984 and 1988).

Cannone or Yannick Borel (FRA) could become the second athlete to win the Olympic gold medal in the men's individual epee event on home soil, after Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) at the Rome 1960 Olympic Games.

Hungary is aiming for its third gold medal in the men's individual epee event at the Olympic Games, after gold for Gyözö Kulcsár (HUN, 1968) and Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN, 1972). Hungary could become the third NOC to win more than two Olympic gold medals in the men's individual epee event, after Italy (7) and France (6).

Gergely Siklosi (HUN) took the silver medal in the men's individual epee event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). Siklosi lost 15-10 against Romain Cannone in the final.

Mate Tamas Koch (HUN) could become the first reigning world champion in the men's individual epee event (2023) to claim Olympic gold in this event since Alexander Pusch (FRG) at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games.

Davide Di Veroli (ITA) could hand Italy its first medal in the men's individual epee event at the Olympic Games, since Matteo Tagliariol won gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Koki Kano (JPN) could hand Japan its second medal in an individual fencing event at the Olympic Games, after a silver medal by Yuki Ota (JPN) in the men's individual foil in 2008. Kano helped win Japan's only Olympic gold medal in fencing, in the men's team epee event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021).

Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ) could hand Kazakhstan its first Olympic medal in fencing.

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Lee Kiefer (USA) can become the third woman to win multiple Olympic gold medals in the women's individual foil event, after Valentina Vezzali (ITA, 3) and Ilona Elek (HUN, 2). Kiefer won the gold medal in this event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (held in 2021). It was the second successive Olympic women's individual foil final in which the winner defeated the defending champion.

Italy has won a record seven Olympic gold medals and 18 total medals in the women's individual foil event, but the Tokyo 2020 Games were the first since 1988 in which Italy failed to win a medal in this event.

Alice Volpi (ITA) won the world title in the women's individual foil event in 2023 after defeating Arianna Errigo in the final. It was Volpi's second world title in this event, after she triumphed in 2018.
From 1992 to 2008, the reigning world champion in the women's individual foil also won this event at the Olympic Games. At the last three Games, this only happened in 2016.

Arianna Errigo (ITA) can win her second Olympic medal in this event, after silver in 2012. At those London 2012 Olympic Games, Errigo defeated triple Olympic champion Valentina Vezzali (ITA, 2000, 2004, 2008) in the semi-finals. Errigo lost the final in this event at the world championships in July 2023, five months after she had given birth to twins in March 2023. It was Errigo's 10th world championship medal in this event. Errigo also finished runner-up in the final of the women's individual foil event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Martina Favaretto (ITA, born 15 November 2001) will be 22 years and 256 days old on the day of the women's individual foil event and could become the youngest medal winner in this event at the Games since Vezzali claimed silver at the age of 22 years and 159 days in 1996.

At the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, no woman born after 1 January 2000 had won an Olympic medal in fencing.

Qingyuan Chen (CHN) won the women's individual foil World Cup event in Paris in January 2024. China last took an Olympic medal in this event in 1992 (silver by Huifeng Wang).

France has claimed two Olympic medals in this event:abronze medal for Renée Garilhe (FRA) in 1956 and a gold medal by Pascale Trinquet-Hachin (FRA) in 1980.

Hungary's last Olympic medal in this event dates back to 1980: silver by Magda Maros (HUN).

The final in the women's individual foil event was decided by one point (2008, 2012, 2016) or two points (2021) at each of the last four Olympic Games.

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Aron Szilagyi (HUN) claimed the gold medal in the men's individual sabre event at each of the last three Olympic Games. Szilagyi (G3-S0-B0) can become the first fencer to win more than three medals in this event at the Olympic Games. He currently shares the record with Aládar Gerevich (HUN, G1-S1-B1) and Jean-Français Lamour (FRA, G2-S0-B1). Szilagyi can become the first fencer to win as many as four Olympic gold medals in an individual event in fencing. Valentina Vezzali (ITA) won three gold medals in the women's individual foil event (2000-2008).

Hungary (15 out of a possible 29) has won the majority of the gold medals in the men's individual sabre event at the Olympic Games. Hungary is the only NOC other than USA to have won as many as 15 gold medals in a specific event at the Olympics (in any sport). The 15 gold medals in the men's individual sabre are the most for Hungary in any event in Olympic Games history (10 in the men's sabre team event).

Eli Dershwitz (USA) could hand United States its first gold medal in the men's individual sabre event at the Olympic Games. USA's best results in this event at the Games are silver medals by William Grebe (1904) and Daryl Homer (2016). It only also claimed two bronze medals (1904, 1984). Dershwitz could become the man second to win an Olympic gold medal in fencing for USA, after Albertson van Zo Post claimed gold in the men's single sticks event at the St. Louis 1904 Olympic Games. Dershwitz could become the first reigning world champion in the men's individual sabre event to win the Olympic gold medal in this event since Jean-Français Lamour (FRA) at the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games.

Sandro Bazadze (GEO) could hand Georgia its first-ever Olympic medal in fencing. Bazadze finished fourth in the men's individual sabre event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games (held in 2021), but took a medal at the last two world championships: bronze in 2022 and silver in 2023.

Ziad Elsissy (EGY) could make history as the first fencer representing an African NOC to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. The only Olympic medal for Egypt in fencing was a silver medal by Alaaeldin Abdouelkassem (EGY) in the men's individual foil at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Sanguk Oh (KOR) could become the second fencer representing an Asian NOC to claim the Olympic gold medal in the men's individual sabre event, after Man Zhong(CHN) in 2008.

France has won three Olympic gold medals in the men's individual sabre event: by Gabriel de la Falaise (FRA) in Paris in 1900, and Jean-François Lamour (FRA, 1984 and 1988).

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Man Wai Vivian Kong(HKG) is leading the world rankings in the women's epee event. She can become the first woman to win a medal in fencing for Hong Kong, China.

Paris-born Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA) won the world title in the women's individual epee event in 2023. She can join Britta Heidemann (GER, 2008) as only reigning world champion to win Olympic gold in this event.

France (5) is level with Hungary (5) in having won most Olympic medals in the women's individual epee event, but it has been 20 years since France's last medal in this event: silver for Laura Flessel-Colovic in 2004.

The last time the Grand Palais in Paris hosted a major fencing competition, the 2010 world championships, France's Maureen Nisima-Charley won the women's individual epee event.

Yiwen Sun (CHN) can become the second woman to win multiple Olympic gold medals in the women's individual epee event, after Timea Nagy (HUN) in 2000 and 2004. Sun (bronze in 2016, gold in 2021) can join Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA, G1-S1-B1) as only woman to have won as many as three Olympic medals in the women's individual epee event.

Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) hopes to win the first Olympic gold medal for Italy in the women's individual epee event.

Italy has won four world titles in this event, including two by Fiamingo (2014, 2015), but its only Olympic medal in this event is a silver medal for Fiamingo in 2016.

Hungary has won this event three times at the Olympic Games. It is the only NOC on more than one Olympic gold medal in the women's individual epee event.

Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) took a bronze medal in the women's individual epee event at the 2010 World Championships at the Grand Palais in Paris. Moellhausen can become the first fencer representing Brazil to win a medal in fencing in the Olympic Games.

Republic of Korea has claimed two Olympic silver medals in the women's team epee event (2012, 2021), but it has never taken an Olympic medal in the women's individual epee event.

Poland has won three Olympic medals in women's fencing, but all were in foil events (G0-S1-B2).

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LAUSANNE, Switz., July 11, 2024 – The complete lineup of individuals and teams who will compete in fencing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been announced. A total of 212 fencers from 53 countries will compete in Paris, including 106 men and 106 women. Twelve gold-medal fencing events will be held at the Grand Palais featuring men's and women's individual and team epee, foil and sabre.

Team events include three participants from each country.

For a complete Paris 2024 fencing schedule, click here.

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LIMA, Peru, June 25-30, 2024 – The Pan American Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Velódromo Car Videna, with fencers participating from 27 countries. USA won the medal count with 19 medals overall (10 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze), followed by Canada with 11 (1 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze) and Venezuela with 2 (1 gold, 1 bronze).

Day 1. In women’s individual epee, USA’s Margherita Guzzi Vincenti faced teammate Hadley Husisian in the final bout, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Husisian won against Paraguay’s Montserrat Viveros, 15-9, while Guzzi Vincenti defeated teammate Anne Cebula, 15-14.

In men’s individual foil, USA’s Nick Itkin faced teammate Gerek Meinhardt in the final bout, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Meinhardt won against Brazil’s Guilherme Toldo, 15-7, while Itkin defeated teammate Alexander Massialas, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Toldo beat USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-14.

Women’s Individual Epee (43 fencers)

Men’s Individual Foil (50 fencers)

Day 2. In women’s individual sabre, USA’s Elizabeth Tartakovsky faced teammate Maia Chamberlain in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Chamberlain won against Canada’s Pamela Brind’Amour, 15-9, while Tartakovsky defeated teammate Tatiana Nazlymov, 15-8.

In men’s individual epee, USA’s Samuel Imrek faced U.S. Virgin Islands’ Kruz Schembri, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Schembri won against Venezuela’s Jesus Limardo, 10-9, while Imrek defeated Canada’s Fynn Fafard, 15-9. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Imrek beat Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 15-14.

Women’s Individual Sabre (35 fencers)

Men’s Individual Epee (53 fencers)

Day 3. In women’s individual foil, USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer faced Canada’s Eleanor Harvey in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Harvey won against USA’s Jacqueline Dubrovich, 15-9, while Kiefer defeated Canada’s Jessica Zi Jia Guo, 15-12.

In men’s individual sabre, USA’s world champion Eli Dershwitz faced teammate Mitchell Saron in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Saron won against Canada’s Fares Arfa, 15-11, while Dershwitz defeated Canada’s Olivier Desrosiers, 15-13.

Women’s Individual Foil (36 fencers)

Men’s Individual Sabre (44 fencers)

Day 4. In women’s team epee, Canada faced USA in the final match, winning with a 35-34 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Argentina, 45-26, while Canada defeated Colombia, 45-29. The bronze medal went to Argentina over Colombia, 45-35.

In men’s team foil, USA faced Brazil in the final match, winning with a 45-14 score. In the semifinal round, Brazil won against Canada, 45-36, while USA defeated Chile, 45-23. The bronze medal went to Canada over Chile, 45-35.

Women’s Team Epee (9 teams)

Men’s Team Foil (12 teams)

Day 5. In women’s team sabre, USA faced Canada in the final match, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Argentina, 45-36, while USA defeated Colombia, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Argentina over Colombia, 45-35.

In men’s team epee, Venezuela faced Colombia in the final match, winning with a 31-26 score. In the semifinal round, Colombia won against Canada, 45-39, while Venezuela defeated Brazil, 45-37. The bronze medal went to Brazil over Canada, 44-43.

Women’s Team Sabre (8 teams)

Men’s Team Epee (11 teams)

Day 6. In women’s team foil, USA faced Canada in the final match, winning with a 45-21 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Brazil, 45-17, while USA defeated Chile, 44-16. The bronze medal went to Brazil over Chile, 45-40.

In men’s team sabre, USA faced Canada in the final match, winning with a 45-26 score. In the semifinal round, Canada won against Brazil, 45-21, while USA defeated Mexico, 45-21. The bronze medal went to Mexico over Brazil, 45-40.

Women’s Team Foil (8 teams)

Men’s Team Sabre (10 teams)

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1398,"title":"United States Shines in Men's Sabre and Women's Foil","date":"2024-07-01 18:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170228-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170227-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","category":null,"content":"

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1396,"title":"Venezuela Takes Gold in a Thrilling Men’s Epee Final at the Panamerican Fencing Championships","date":"2024-06-30 18:46:46","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170198-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170197-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","category":null,"content":"

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1394,"title":"2024 Asian Senior Fencing Championships Finish in Kuwait City","date":"2024-06-28 15:05:16","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170166-LPG04378.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170165-LPG04378.jpg","category":null,"content":"

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait, June 22-27, 2024 – The Asian Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Sheikh Sa'ad Al Abdullah Sports Complex, with fencers participating from 34 countries. Korea won the medal count, including 11 overall (4 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze), followed by China with 10 (3 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze) and Japan with 11 (3 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze). Seven countries received at least one medal.

Day 1. In women’s individual epee, China’s Sihan Yu faced teammate and Olympic champion Yiwen Sun in the final bout, winning with a 9-8 score. In the semifinal round, Sun won against Korea’s Young Mi Kang, 15-8, while Yu defeated Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 13-12.

In men’s individual sabre, Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh faced China’s Chenpeng Shen in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Shen won against Kuwait’s Yousef Alshamlan, 15-9, while Oh defeated Iran’s Mohammad Rahbari, 15-5.

Women’s Individual Epee (54 fencers)

Men’s Individual Sabre (63 fencers)

Day 2. In women’s individual foil, Korea’s Sena Hong faced Japan’s Komaki Kikuchi in the final bout, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Kikuchi won against teammate Yuka Ueno, 15-13, while Hong defeated China’s Yuting Wang, 15-13.

In men’s individual epee, Hong Kong, China’s Wai Hang Ho faced teammate Ho Tin Ng in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Ng won against Japan’s Akira Komata, 10-9, while Ho defeated Kazakhstan’s Yerlik Sertay, 15-13.

Women’s Individual Foil (44 fencers)

Men’s Individual Epee (79 fencers)

Day 3. In women’s individual sabre, Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura faced Korea’s Jisu Joon in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Yoon won against teammate Hayoung Jeon, 15-14, while Emura defeated teammate Seri Ozaki, 15-9.

In men’s individual foil, Japan’s Kyosuke Matsuyama faced teammate Kazuki Iimura in the final bout, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Iimura won against China’s Ziwei Mo, 15-11, while Matsuyama defeated teammate Takahiro Shikine, 15-7. Of note, in the round of 16 Matsuyama beat Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-14.

Women’s Individual Sabre (39 fencers)

Men’s Individual Foil (54 fencers)

Day 4. In women’s team epee, Korea faced China in the final match, winning with a 42-41 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Hong Kong, China, 45-40, while Korea defeated Japan, 45-26. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Japan, 45-35.

In men’s team sabre, Korea faced Iran in the final match, winning with a 45-26 score. In the semifinal round, Iran won against Kazakhstan, 45-37, while Korea defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-37. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Kazakhstan, 45-41.

Women’s Team Epee (13 teams)

Men’s Team Sabre (14 teams)

Day 5. In women’s team foil, Japan faced China in the final match, winning with a 39-34 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Korea, 44-42, while Japan defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-28. The bronze medal went to Korea over Hong Kong, China, 45-36.

In men’s team epee, Kazakhstan faced Japan in the final match, winning with a 40-34 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against China, 45-41, while Kazakhstan defeated Hong Kong, China, 44-34. The bronze medal went to China over Hong Kong, China, 45-43.

Women’s Team Foil (9 teams)

Men’s Team Epee (17 teams)

Day 6. In women’s team sabre, China faced Kazakhstan in the final match, winning with a 45-42 score. In the semifinal round, Kazakhstan won against Korea, 45-36, while China defeated Japan, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Korea over Japan, 45-37.

In men’s team foil, China faced Korea in the final match, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Japan, 45-41, while China defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-44. The bronze medal went to Japan over Hong Kong, China, 45-41.

Women’s Team Sabre (9 teams)

Men’s Team Foil (12 teams)

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1392,"title":"The Panamerican Fencing Championship begins heading to the 2024 París Olympics.","date":"2024-06-26 21:08:24","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170106-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170105-Screenshot%202024-06-26%20211347.png","category":null,"content":"

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1391,"title":"2024 European Senior Fencing Championships Finish in Basel","date":"2024-06-24 21:53:01","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170005-EVA_1821.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170004-EVA_1821.jpg","category":null,"content":"

BASEL, Switz., June 18-23, 2024 – The European Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the St. Jakobshalle, with fencers participating from 38 countries. Italy won the medal count, including 11 overall (5 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze), followed by France with 8 (4 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze) and Hungary with 7 (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze). Twelve European nations received at least one medal.

Day 1. In women’s individual epee, Estonia’s Irina Embrich faced France’s Auriane Mallo-Breton in the final bout, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Mallo-Breton won against Switzerland’s Angeline Favre, 15-14, while Embrich defeated Italy’s Alberta Santuccio, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Mallo-Breton beat France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-7, and in the round of 16, France’s Coraline Vitalis defeated Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-3.

In men’s individual foil, Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini faced teammate and world champion Alessio Foconi in the final bout, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Foconi won against France’s Maxime Pauty, 15-7, while Marini defeated Czechia’s Alexander Choupenitch, 15-11.

Women’s Individual Epee (85 fencers)

Men’s Individual Foil (71 fencers)

Day 2. In women’s individual foil, Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo faced Ukraine’s Dariia Myroniuk in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Myroniuk won against Poland’s Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk, 15-11, while Errigo defeated Great Britain’s Carolina Stutchbury, 15-14. Of note, Ukraine’s Alina Poloziuk beat Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi in the round of 16, 15-14.

In men’s individual sabre, Italy’s Michele Gallo faced teammate Luca Curatoli in the final bout, 15-10. In the semifinal round, Curatoli won against teammate Luigi Samele, 15-3, while Gallo defeated France’s Jean-Philippe Patrice, 15-6. Of note, in the round of 32 Türkiye’s Enver Yildirim beat Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-11.

Women’s Individual Foil (58 fencers)

Men’s Individual Sabre (62 fencers)

Day 3. In women’s individual sabre, Spain’s Celia Perez Cuenca faced Hungary’s Liza Pusztai in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Pusztai won against Spain’s Araceli Navarro, 15-11, while Perez Cuenca defeated Poland’s Zuzanna Cieslar, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 16 France’s Sarah Noutcha beat Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, 15-11.

In men’s individual epee, France’s Luidgi Midelton faced Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Siklosi won against teammate Tibor Andrasfi, 15-8, while Midelton defeated Switzerland’s Ian Hauri, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals Andrasfi beat teammate and world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 10-9, and in the table of 32 Hauri won against France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-9.

Women’s Individual Sabre (51 fencers)

Men’s Individual Epee (99 fencers)

Day 4. In women’s team epee, Italy faced Hungary in the final match, winning with a 38-31 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Poland, 45-37, while Italy defeated France, 32-31. The bronze medal wen to France over Poland, 33-32.

In men’s team foil, France faced Hungary in the final match, winning with a 45-30 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Italy, 44-43, while France defeated Poland, 45-29. The bronze medal went to Italy over Poland, 45-25.

Women’s Team Epee (14 teams)

Men’s Team Foil (12 teams)

Day 5. In women’s team sabre, France faced Ukraine in the final match, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Ukraine won against Hungary, 45-41, while France defeated Spain, 45-42. The bronze medal went to Spain over Hungary, 45-38.

In men’s team epee, France faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-24 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Spain, 43-30, while France defeated Czechia, 45-33. The bronze medal went to Spain over Czechia, 43-32.

Women’s Team Sabre (11 teams)

Men’s Team Epee (18 teams)

Day 6. In women’s team foil, Italy face Poland in the final match, winning with a 45-27 score. In the semifinal round, Poland won against France, 41-40, while Italy defeated Hungary, 45-17. The bronze medal went to Hungary over France, 45-43.

In men’s team sabre, Hungary faced Romania in the final match, winning with a 45-40 score. In the semifinal round, Romania won against Türkiye, 45-44, while Hungary defeated Germany 45-32. The bronze medal went to Türkiye over Germany, 45-42.

Women’s Foil Team (12 teams)

Men’s Team Sabre (12 teams)

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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Casablanca, Morocco, June 6-10, 2024 – The 2024 African Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Salle Mohamed V indoor sporting arena, with fencers participating from 18 countries. Egypt won the medal count, including 22 overall (9 gold, 4 silver, 9 bronze), followed by Tunisia with 3 (1 gold, 2 silver) and, tied for third place, Kenya with 1 (gold) and Cameroon with 1 (gold). Nine African nations received at least one medal.

Day 1. In women’s individual foil, Egypt’s Yara Elsharkawy faced Côte d'Ivoire’s Maxine Isabel Esteban in the final bout, winning with a 9-8 score. In the semifinal round, Esteban won against Egypt’s Malak Hamza, 15-6, while Elsharkawy defeated teammate Noha Hany, 15-13.

In men’s individual epee, Egypt’s Mohamed Elsayed faced Morocco’s Houssam Elkord in the final bout, winning with a 14-13 score. In the semifinal round, Elkord won against Egypt’s Mohamed Yasseen, 15-7, while Elsayed defeated Côte d'Ivoire’s Bedi Paul Alex Beugre, 15-8.

Women’s Individual Foil (12 fencers)

Men’s Individual Epee (24 fencers)

Day 2. In women’s individual epee, Kenya’s Alexandra Ndolo faced Morocco’s Camilia El Kord in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, El Kord won against Egypt’s Shirwit Gaber, 15-11, while Ndolo defeated Egypt’s Aya Hussein, 15-11.

In men’s individual sabre, Egypt’s Mohamed Amer faced teammate Adham Moataz in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Moataz won against teammate Ziad Elsissy, 15-14, while Amer defeated Niger’s Evann Jean Abba Girault, 15-13.

Women’s Individual Epee (16 fencers)

Men’s Individual Sabre (17 fencers)

Day 3. In women’s individual sabre, Cameroon’s Lorina Essomba faced Egypt’s Nagwa Nofal in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Nofal won against teammate Renad Eldoksh, 15-14, while Essomba defeated Egypt’s Nada Hafez, 10-4.

In men’s individual foil, Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza faced teammate Abdelrahman Tolba in the final bout, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Tolba won against teammate AlaaEldin Abouelkassem, 15-13, while Hamza defeated Côte d'Ivoire’s Jeremy Fafa Keryhuel, 15-10.

Women’s Individual Sabre (13 fencers)

Men’s Individual Foil (15 fencers)

Day 4. In women’s team foil, Egypt faced Tunisia in the final match, winning with a 45-25 score. In the semifinal round, Tunisia won against Morocco, 45-26, while Egypt had a bye.

In men’s team sabre, Tunisia faced Egypt in the final match, winning with a 45-43 score. In the semifinal round, Egypt won against Morocco, 45-12, while Tunisia defeated Senegal, 45-15. The bronze medal went to Morocco over Senegal, 45-30.

In men’s team epee, Egypt faced Morocco in the final match, winning with a 42-41 score. In the semifinal round, Morocco won against South Africa, 45-32, while Egypt defeated Angola, 45-23. The bronze medal went to South Africa over Angola, 45-33.

Women’s Team Foil (3 teams)

Men’s Team Sabre (4 teams)

Men’s Team Epee (5 teams)

Day 5. In women’s team epee, Egypt faced South Africa in the final match, winning with a 40-21 score. In the semifinal round, South Africa won against Morocco, 45-40, while Egypt had a bye.

In men’s team foil, Egypt faced Morocco in the final match, winning with a 45-8 score. In the semifinal round, Morocco won against Senegal, 45-42, while Egypt had a bye.

In women’s team sabre, Egypt faced Tunisia in the final match, winning with a 45-26 score. In the semifinal round, Tunisia won against Morocco, 45-24, while Egypt had a bye.

Women’s Team Epee (3 teams)

Men’s Team Foil (3 teams)

Women’s Team Sabre (3 teams)

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., June 21, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Guram Kostava (GEO) at the age of 87, a world champion and Olympic medallist.

Fencing on the Soviet team, Kostava earned two World Championships gold medals in men’s team epee in 1961 and 1967. He also earned two Olympic bronze medals, one in team (Rome, 1960) and another in individual (Tokyo, 1964). Also in team epee he earned a World Championships silver medal in 1959, followed by bronze medals in 1963 and 1965.

Kostava was champion of the Soviet Union in men’s individual epee (1961) and earned five silver medals (1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1968) and five bronze medals (1957, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967). He was the Soviet Union Cup winner in 1960 and named a “knight of sports” in 2016.


“After leaving his active sports career with glory, Guram Kostava was always where Georgian fencing needed him”, stated the Georgian Fencing Federation. “He was extremely fond of fencing and a fan of every fencer.”

Kostava was born in Tbilisi, Georgia on June 18, 1937. He graduated from the Institute of Physical Culture of Georgia.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., June 1, 2024 – The FIE and International Testing Agency (ITA) will host a webinar titled “FIE-ITA Out-of-Competition Testing: A Practical Guide for Athletes and ASP”, which will take place on June 14, from 1400-1500 Central European Summer Time (CEST) on Zoom.

Panelists for this informative session will include Armando Urban, MD from the ITA Education Team and Sabrina Imene Halaimia, MD from the FIE Medical Commission.

The webinar will cover the following:

The webinar will be delivered in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in French and Spanish.

Registration for the webinar is open to all FIE member federations, confederations, RTP/TP, staff, athletes, coaches and other athlete support personnel (ASP).

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Once registered, participants will receive information and a link to join the webinar.

For any further questions, please contact Elena.Murdaca@FIE.ch

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SHANGHAI, China, May 17-19, 2024 – Italy’s Martina Favaretto and Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung won gold medals at the 2024 Shanghai Women’s and Men’s Foil Grand Prix. The event took place in the Jing’an Gymnasium with 163 women and 190 men participating in the competition.\r\n

Favaretto faced Poland’s Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Walczyk-Klimaszyk won against USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-12, while Favaretto defeated France’s Pauline Ranvier, 15-9. Of note, in the table of 16, Walczyk-Klimaszyk beat Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-14, and in the table of 32, Ranvier won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-11.

Cheung faced USA’s Gerek Meinhardt in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Meinhardt won against Japan’s Kazuki Iimura, 15-8, while Cheung defeated Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza, 15-11. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Cheung beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-2, and in the table of 16, Foconi won against teammate and world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-8, China's Ziwei Mo defeated France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-8. In the table of 32, Iimura beat USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-14.\r\n

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL, silver), Lee Kiefer (USA, bronze), Pauline Ranvier (FRA, bronze), Martina Batini (ITA), Anne Sauer (GER), Qingyuan Chen (CHN) and Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN).\r\n

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Ka Long Cheung (HKG, gold), Gerek Meinhardt (USA, silver), Mohamed Hamza (EGY, bronze), Kazuki Iimura (JPN, bronze), Guillaume Bianchi (ITA), Ziwei Mo (CHN), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE) and Alessio Foconi (ITA).\r\n

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., May 17-19, 2024 – The International Fencing Federation has completed its 2023-2024 Senior World Cup competition season with four events in Fujairah, Madrid, Plovdiv and Saint-Maur, as athletes prepare for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Here are the results from the four World Cups:

Fujairah, United Arab Emirates Women’s Epee World Cup – May 17-19

Hong Kong, China’s Man Wai Vivian Kong won the individual gold medal at the Fujairah Women’s Epee World Cup, and Korea won the team gold. The event took place at the Zayed Sports Complex, with 193 individual fencers and 21 teams participating in the competition.

Kong faced Switzerland’s Pauline Brunner in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Brunner won against France’s Auriane Mallo-Breton, 15-10, while Kong defeated Italy’s Alberta Santuccio, 15-8. Of note, in the table of 16, Korea’s Hyein Lee beat France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 13-12, and Ukraine’s Vlada Kharkova won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-9. In the table of 32, Brunner defeated China’s Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 15-9, Germany’s Alexandra Ehler beat Brazil’s world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, 11-9, and China’s Chen Chen won against Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 15-10. In the table of 64, Kharkova defeated Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-10, and Beljajeva beat Italy’s world champion Mara Navarria, 14-13.

In the women’s team epee event, Korea faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 34-33 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Canada, 36-29, while Korea defeated Switzerland, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Switzerland over Canada, 45-39.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG, gold), Pauline Brunner (SUI, silver), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, bronze), Auriane Mallo-Breton (FRA, bronze), Alexandra Ndolo (KEN), Hyein Lee (KOR), Chen Chen (CHN) and Vlada Kharkova (UKR).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Korea (gold), Italy (silver), Switzerland (bronze), Canada, Estonia, Poland, France and China.

Madrid, Spain Men’s Sabre “Villa de Madrid” World Cup – May 17-19

France's Sebastien Patrice won the individual gold medal at the Madrid Men’s Sabre “Villa de Madrid” World Cup, and USA won the team gold. The event took place at the Centro Deportivo Municipal La Fundi, with 207 individual fencers and 24 teams participating in the competition.

Patrice faced Korea’s Hansol Ha in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Ha won against Italy’s Matteo Neri, 15-14, while Patrice defeated USA’s William Morrill, 15-9. Of note, in the table of 16, Patrice beat Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh, 15-12, and Morrill won against Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-11. In the table of 32, Ha beat USA’s world champion Eli Dershwitz, 15-12.

In the men’s team sabre event, USA faced Egypt in the final match, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, Egypt won against France, 45-40, while USA defeated Hungary, 45-42. The bronze medal went to Hungary over France, 45-38.

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Sebastien Patrice (FRA, gold), Hansol Ha (KOR, silver), William Morrill (USA, bronze), Matteo Neri (ITA, bronze), Ziad Elsissy (EGY), Colin Heathcock (USA), Bongil Gu (KOR) and Lok Hei Royce Chan (HKG).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included USA (gold), Egypt (silver), Hungary (bronze), France, Romania, Germany, Japan and Korea.

Plovdiv, Bulgaria Women’s Sabre World Cup – May 17-19

France’s Sara Balzer won the individual gold medal at the Plovdiv Women’s Sabre World Cup, and Ukraine won the team gold. The event took place at the Kolodrum Plovdiv, with 152 individual fencers and 16 teams participating in the competition.

Balzer faced Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Kharlan won against Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-13, while Balzer defeated Greece’s Despina Georgiadou, 15-9.

In the women’s team sabre event, Ukraine faced Spain in the final match, winning with a 45-43 score. In the semifinal round, Spain won against Korea, 45-44, while Ukraine defeated France, 45-38. The bronze medal went to France over Korea, 45-30.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Sara Balzer (FRA, gold), Olga Kharlan (UKR, silver), Misaki Emura (JPN, bronze), Despina Georgiadou (GRE, bronze), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP), Elizabeth Tartakovsky (USA), Luca Szucs (HUN) and Caroline Queroli (FRA).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included Ukraine (gold), Spain (silver), France (bronze), Korea, Japan, Italy, Hungary and USA.

Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France Men’s Epee “Challenge Monal” World Cup – May 17-19

Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi won the individual gold medal at the Saint-Maur “Challenge Monal” Men’s Epee World Cup, and Japan won the team gold. The event took place at the Centre Sportif Pierre Brossolette, with 307 individual fencers and 29 teams participating in the competition.

Siklosi faced Japan’s Masaru Yamada in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Yamada won against Italy’s Davide Di Veroli, 15-9, while Siklosi defeated China’s Zijie Wang, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Di Veroli beat France’s world champion Yannick Borel, 15-8, and in the table of 16, Italy’s Federico Vismara won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 15-11, and Israel’s Yuval Shalom Freilich defeated France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-8. In the table of 32, Yamada beat Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-11.

In the men’s team epee event, Japan faced France in the final match, winning with a 44-43 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Kazakhstan, 45-36, while Japan defeated Israel, 45-33. The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan over Israel, 45-29.

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Gergely Siklosi (HUN, gold), Masaru Yamada (JPN, silver), Davide Di Veroli (ITA, bronze), Zijie Wang (CHN, bronze), Federico Vismara (ITA), Yannick Borel (FRA), Yuval Shalom Freilich (ISR) and Ryu Matsumoto (JPN).

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Japan (gold), France (silver), Kazakhstan (bronze), Israel, Venezuela, Ukraine, Chinese Taipei and Czechia.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1399,"title":"Obituary: James Williams","date":"2024-05-18 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170235-James%20Williams%20GFX.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/34/170234-James%20Williams%20GFX.png","category":null,"content":"

Former Team GB fencer James Williams passed away aged 57 following a short-term illness on Sunday 12 May.

Williams represented his homeland at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta, and Sydney.

He took up the sport during his time in the military, quickly becoming a well-respected member of the fencing community.

After his retirement from the sport, Williams turned his attention to public service, joining Medway Council in 2017 where he would serve as the Director of Public Health

\"I will always remember him for his larger-than-life presence, his humour and, above all, his humanity and kindness,” said Dr Anjan Ghosh, director of public health for Kent County Council.

Further tributes have been paid by his colleagues, with councillor Teresa Murray describing Williams as ‘an Olympian in all sense of the word.’

“His passion for focusing on building resilience within communities and his focus on intervention at an early stage to prevent the development of poor health has meant that the people of Medway are leading better, healthier lives as a result of his hard work.\"

British Fencing are collating messages of condolence from the community to pass on to James’ family, which people can contribute to here.


Source: [IOC website]

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1384,"title":"Spain’s Navarro, Egypt’s Elsissy Win Seoul Women’s & Men’s Sabre Grand Prix","date":"2024-05-07 09:39:26","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/169052-EVA_6496.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/169051-EVA_6496.jpg","category":null,"content":"

SEOUL, Korea, May 4-6, 2024 – Spain’s Araceli Navarro and Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy won gold medals at the 2024 SK Telecom Seoul Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. The event took place in the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium with 135 women and 148 men participating in the competition.

Navarro faced France’s Sarah Noutcha in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Noutcha won against teammate Sara Balzer, 15-11, while Navarro defeated teammate Lucia Martin-Portugues, 15-13. Of note, in the table of 16, France’s Cecilia Berder beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-11, and Navarro won against Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, 15-8.

Elsissy faced Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-13 score. Bazadze won against USA’s Colin Heathcock in the semifinal round, 15-13, while Elsissy defeated USA’s Filip Dolegiewicz, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals Dolegiewicz beat Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh, 15-12, and in the table of 32 he defeated teammate and world champion Eli Dershwitz, 15-10.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Araceli Navarro (ESP, gold), Sarah Noutcha (FRA, silver), Sara Balzer (FRA, bronze), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP, bronze), Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), Yoana Ilieva (BUL) and Cecilia Berder (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Ziad Elsissy (EGY, gold), Sandro Bazadze (GEO, silver), Filip Dolegiewicz (USA, bronze), Colin Heathcock (USA, bronze), Sanguk Oh (KOR), Sebastien Patrice (FRA), Bolade Apithy (FRA) and Adham Bahgat (EGY).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1383,"title":"France’s Mallo-Breton, Japan’s Kano Win Cali Women’s and Men’s Epee Grand Prix","date":"2024-05-06 16:13:58","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/169040-AND092031.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/169039-AND092031.jpg","category":null,"content":"

CALI, Colombia, May 3-5, 2024 – France’s Auriane Mallo-Breton and Japan’s Koki Kano won gold medals at the Cali Women’s and Men’s Epee Grand Prix. The event took place at the Coliseum El Pueblo Cali, with 143 women and 162 men participating in the competition.

Mallo-Breton faced Italy’s Giulia Rizzi in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Rizzi won against Brazil’s world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, 15-9, while Mallo-Breton defeated Italy’s Federica Isola, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 16, Mallo-Breton beat Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 14-13, and in the round of 32, Poland’s Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-14, and Ukraine’s Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura defeated France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 12-11.

Kano faced Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Siklosi won against Egypt’s Mohamed Nada Saleh, 15-5, while Kano defeated Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-8. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Nada Saleh beat France’s world champion Yannick Borel, 15-14; in the round of 16, Kano won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 9-8; and in the round of 32, Korea’s Minseong Son defeated France’s Olympic and world champion Romain Cannone, 15-14.


Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Auriane Mallo-Breton (FRA, gold), Giulia Rizzi (ITA, silver), Federica Isola (ITA, bronze), Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA, bronze), Nelli Differt (EST), Isabel Di Tella (ARG), Erika Kirpu (EST) and Chen Chen (CHN).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Koki Kano (JPN, gold), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, silver), Mate Tamas Koch (HUN, bronze), Mohamed Nada Saleh (EGY, bronze), Yannick Borel (FRA), Akira Komata (JPN), Tibor Andrasfi (HUN) and Samuel Imrek (USA).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1382,"title":"USA’s Weintraub, Italy’s Bianchi and Teams Italy, Hong Kong-China Win Hong Kong Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup","date":"2024-05-05 12:57:10","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/169007-AUG_0858.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/169006-AUG_0858.jpg","category":null,"content":"

HONG KONG, CHINA, May 1-4, 2024 – USA’s Maia Mei Weintraub and Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi won the gold medals in women’s and men’s individual foil at the Hong Kong Foil World Cup, and Italy and Hong Kong, China won the team events. The competition took place at the AsiaWorld Expo (Hall 10), with 163 women and 197 men competing as well as 19 women’s and 21 men’s teams.

Weintraub faced Italy’s Elena Tangherlini in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Tangherlini won against USA’s Jacqueline Dubrovich, 15-7, while Weintraub defeated Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-13. Of note, Weintraub beat teammate and Olympic champion Lee Kiefer in the table of 16, 15-14, while Italy’s Francesca Palumbo won against teammate and two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-11, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Dubrovich, 15-9.

Bianchi faced Japan’s Takahiro Shikine in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Shikine won against Spain’s Carlos Llavador, 15-14, while Bianchi defeated teammate and world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-3. Of note, Italy’s Davide Filippi beat Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung in the table of 16, 15-14, and Bianchi won against France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-1. In the round of 32, Japan’s Kyosuke Matsuyama defeated USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-9, before being eliminated by USA’s Bryce Louie in the round of 16, 15-11.

Italy faced France in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-30 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Korea, 45-19, while Italy defeated Ukraine, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Ukraine over Korea, 34-31.

Hong Kong, China faced Italy in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against China, 45-37, while Hong Kong, China defeated Korea, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Korea over China, 45-37.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Maia Mei Weintraub (USA, gold), Elena Tangherlini (ITA, silver), Jacqueline Dubrovich (USA, bronze), Arianna Errigo (ITA, bronze), Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN), Francesca Palumbo (ITA), Komaki Kikuchi (JPN) and Delphine Devore (USA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, gold), Takahiro Shikine (JPN, silver), Carlos Llavador (ESP, bronze), Tommaso Marini (ITA, bronze), Filippo Macchi (ITA), Davide Filippi (ITA), Kwanghyun Lee (KOR) and Bryce Louie (USA).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), France (silver), Ukraine (bronze), Korea, Poland, USA, China and Austria.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Hong Kong-China (gold), Italy (silver), Korea (bronze), China, USA, France, Egypt and Singapore.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Cali, Colombia
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 03-05 May 2024
Info: W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee


Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Seoul, South Korea
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 04-06 May 2024
Info: W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre


Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Shanghai, China
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 17-19 May 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Hong Kong, China
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 01-04 May 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Team Foil, M Team Foil


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 17-19 May 2024
Info: W Individual Epee, W Team Epee


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Saint-Maur, France
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 17-19 May 2024
Info: M Individual Epee, M Team Epee


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 17-19 May 2024
Info: W Individual Sabre, W Team Sabre


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Madrid, Spain
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 17-19 May 2024
Info: M Individual Sabre, M Team Sabre

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1378,"title":"African Olympic Qualifier Finishes in Algiers","date":"2024-05-01 12:39:05","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/168871-440024959_832645938897389_1525640508787401324_n.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/168870-440024959_832645938897389_1525640508787401324_n.jpg","category":null,"content":"

ALGIERS, Algeria, April 27, 2024 – The African Olympic Qualifying Tournament has finished in Algiers, Algeria, 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 Centre Sportif Féminin Ben Aknoun.

Women’s Epee. Senegal’s Ndeye Binta Diongue won the women’s individual epee event, with eight fencers competing. Diongue faced Algeria’s Charline Boukhelifa in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Boukhelifa won against Nigeria’s Somto Eribenne, 15-10, while Diongue defeated Morocco's Camilia El Kord, 15-12.

Men’s Epee. South Africa’s Harry Saner won the men’s individual epee event, with 10 fencers competing. Saner faced Mali’s Keletigui Diabate in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Diabate won against Ivory Coast’s Bedi Paul Alex Beugre, 5-5, while Saner defeated Mauritius’ Satya Gunput, 15-14.

Women’s Foil. Morocco’s Youssra Zakarani won the women’s individual foil event, with six fencers competing. Zakarani faced Senegal’s Safietou Inna Namiya Coly in the final bout, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Coly won against Algeria’s Meriem Mebarki, 15-9, while Zakarani defeated Tunisia's Nourane B'chir, 15-14.

Men’s Foil. Ivory Coast’s Jeremy Fafa Keryhuel won the men’s individual foil event, with 10 fencers competing. Keryhuel faced Morocco’s Amir El Rhazzouly in the final bout, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Rhazzouly won against Senegal’s Noe Robin, 15-14, while Keryhuel defeated Mali's Mathieu Cheickh Jaques Prats, 15-2.

Women’s Sabre. Tunisia’s Yasmine Daghfous won the women’s individual sabre event, with seven fencers competing. Daghfous faced Cameroon’s Lorina Essomba in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Essomba won against Mali’s Aichata Dembele, 15-2, while Daghfous defeated Morocco’s Manal Saraa, 15-8.

Men’s Sabre. Niger’s Evann Jean Abba Girault won the men’s individual sabre event, with nine fencers competing. Girault faced Algeria’s Zacharia Bounachada in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Bounachada won against Mali’s Mahamadou Samake, 15-6, while Girault defeated Senegal’s Babacar Sadikh Keita, 15-6.

Final rankings in women’s epee included Ndeye Binta Diongue (SEN, gold), Charline Boukhelifa (ALG, silver), Camilia El Kord (MAR, bronze), Somto Eribenne (NGR, bronze), Maryam Malikova (COD), Sarah Florence Ngo Ntat Sarah (CMR), Aphiwe Tuku (RSA) and Tufaha Uwihoreye (RWA).

Final rankings in men’s epee included Harry Saner (RSA, gold), Keletigui Diabate (MLI, silver), Satya Gunput (MRI, bronze), Bedi Paul Alex Beugre (CIV, bronze), Wajdi Zayer (TUN), Jefferson John-Mary Porro (BEN), Tamer Houssam Eddine Berkane (ALG) and Ahmed Alsiheeri (LBA).

Final rankings in women’s foil included Youssra Zakarani (MAR, gold), Safietou Inna Namiya Coly (SEN, silver), Meriem Mebarki (ALG, bronze), Nourane B'chir (TUN, bronze), Imaan Cassim (RSA) and Nubar Malikova (COD).

Final rankings in men’s foil included Jeremy Fafa Keryhuel (CIV, gold), Amir El Rhazzouly (MAR, silver), Noe Robin (SEN, bronze), Mathieu Cheickh Jaques Prats (MLI, bronze), Mohamed Rayane Fenniche (TUN), Victor Alvares De Oliveira (CPV), Pavel Tychler (RSA) and Cedric Nkene (CMR).

Final rankings in women’s sabre included Yasmine Daghfous (TUN, gold), Lorina Essomba (CMR, silver), Manal Saraa (MAR, bronze), Aichata Dembele (MLI, bronze), Aya Dorothee Konan (CIV), Awa Diedhiou (SEN) and Elvira Wood (RSA).

Final rankings in men’s sabre included Evann Jean Abba Girault (NIG, gold), Zacharia Bounachada (ALG, silver), Mahamadou Samake (MLI, bronze), Babacar Sadikh Keita (SEN, bronze), Jeremy Saner (RSA), Inkosi Brou (NGR), Jihad Kabbaj (MAR) and Emmanuel Landry Olivier Kouadio (CIV).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates, April 27-28, 2024 – The Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament has finished in Fujairah, UAE, 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 Zayed Sports Complex.

Women’s Epee. Singapore’s Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman won the women’s individual epee event, with 16 fencers competing. Abdul Rahman faced India’s Taniksha Khatri in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Khatri won against Uzbekistan’s Dilnaz Murzataeva, 15-11, while Abdul Rahman defeated Mongolia’s Amarzaya Batsaikhan, 15-13.

Men’s Epee. Hong Kong, China’s Wai Hang Ho won the men’s individual epee event, with 24 fencers competing. Ho faced Uzbekistan’s Javokhirbek Nurmatov in the final bout, winning with a 9-8 score. In the semifinal round, Nurmatov won against Vietnam’s Phuoc Den Nguyen, 11-10, while Ho defeated Iran’s Mohammad Esmaeili, 15-14.

Women’s Foil. The Philippines’ Samantha Kyle Catantan won the women’s individual foil event, with 14 fencers competing. Catantan faced Kazakhstan’s Sofiya Aktayeva, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Aktayeva won against Thailand’s Chayanutphat Shinnakerdchoke, 15-14, while Catantan defeated Korea’s Sena Hong, 15-3.


Men’s Foil. Chinese Taipei’s Yi-Tung Chen on the men’s individual foil event, with 16 fencers competing. Chen faced Singapore’s Samuel Elijah Robson in the final bout, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Robson won against Kazakhstan’s Galim Nurumov, 15-13, while Chen defeated Uzbekistan’s Mukhammad Yusuf Asranov, 15-10.

Women’s Sabre. Kazakhstan’s Aigerim Sarybay won the women’s individual sabre event, with 10 fencers competing. Sarybay faced Hong Kong, China’s Wing Kiu Chu in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Chu won against India’s Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman, 15-12, while Sarybay defeated Australia’s Veronika Vasileva, 15-11.

Men’s Sabre. China’s Chenpeng Shen won the men’s individual sabre event, with 16 fencers competing. Shen faced India’s Karan Singh Singh in the final bout, winning with a 15-2 score. In the semifinal round, Singh won against Uzbekistan’s Musa Aymuratov, 15-14, while Shen defeated Hong Kong, China’s Ho Tin Low, 15-6.


Final rankings in women’s epee included Kiria Tikanah Abdul Rahman (SGP, gold), Taniksha Khatri (IND, silver), Dilnaz Murzataeva (UZB, bronze), Amarzaya Batsaikhan (MGL, bronze), Sohiya Nikolaichuk (KAZ), Evelyn Halls (AUS), Li-Hsiang Hung (TPE) and Hanniel Abella (PHI).

Final rankings in men’s epee included Wai Hang Ho (HKG, gold), Javokhirbek Nurmatov (UZB, silver), Phuoc Den Nguyen (VIE, bronze), Mohammad Esmaeili (IRI, bronze), Jian Tong Sito (SGP), Rang Lee (TPE), Roman Petrov (KGZ) and Abdullah Al Hammadi (UAE).

Final rankings in women’s foil included Samantha Kyle Catantan (PHI, gold), Sofiya Aktayeva (KAZ, silver), Sena Hong (KOR, bronze), Chayanutphat Shinnakerdchoke (THA, bronze), Umida Ilyosova (UZB), Israa Al Siyabi (OMA), Roaa Majali (JOR) and Huang-Mei-Tzu Chang (TPE).

Final rankings in men’s foil included Yi-Tung Chen (TPE, gold), Samuel Elijah Robson (SGP, silver), Mukhammad Yusuf Asranov (UZB, bronze), Galim Nurumov (KAZ, bronze), Joseph Glasson (AUS), Ali Fadel Abbas (KUW), Philippe Wakim (LBN) and Hans Wei Shen Yoong (MAS).

Final rankings in women’s sabre included Aigerim Sarybay (KAZ, gold), Wing Kiu Chu (HKG, silver), Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman (IND, bronze), Veronika Vasileva (AUS, bronze), Najmeh Sazanjian (IRI), Ruba Almasri (KSA), Thi Khanh Linh Phung (VIE) and Juliet Jie Min Heng (SGP).

Final rankings in men’s sabre included Chenpeng Shen (CHN, gold), Karan Singh Singh (IND, silver), Musa Aymuratov (UZB, bronze), Ho Tin Low (HKG, bronze), Voragun Srinualnad (THA), Artyom Sarkissyan (KAZ), Thanh An Vu (VIE) and Abdallah Tahla (JOR).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1379,"title":"European Olympic Qualifier Finishes in Differdange","date":"2024-05-01 13:08:43","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/168884-EVA_8893.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/168883-EVA_8893.jpg","category":null,"content":"

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).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 12-20, 2024 – The 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships have completed 18 events over nine days from April 12-20 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, including men’s and women’s individual and team competitions in epee, foil and sabre. The Championships, held at the King Saud University Sports Arena, represented the first time Saudi Arabia has hosted a Fencing World Championships.\r\n

“Please join me and our global fencing family in celebrating a very successful nine days of junior and cadet events, resulting in 18 new individual and team world champions. This year, we had 1439 fencers participating from 103 countries.\r\n

“We appreciate the hospitality and excellent organisation provided to us by our hosts, the Saudi Fencing Federation, at the beautiful King Saud University Sports Arena”, said FIE Vice President Mr. Abdelmoneim Elhamy El Husseiny, who officially closed the Championships on behalf of FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis. “We congratulate the Saudi Federation both for 2024 being its 50th anniversary as an FIE member federation, and for this first time in its history to host a World Championships. I extend sincere acknowledgement to the organising committee.”\r\n

“I would like to thank Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the ambitious vision of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister”, said Mr. Ahmed Alsabban, President of the Saudi Fencing Federation. “We are grateful for their support not only of fencing, but all sports in Saudi Arabia. I would also like to thank His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, Saudi Minister of Sport and President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, as well as His Highness Prince Fahad bin Jalawi Alsaud, Vice-President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee, for their tremendous support for this competition”.\r\n

Alsabban thanked everyone at the Championships for their participation, spirit of Fair Play, support and work to achieve a resounding success. He formally passed the FIE flag to Mr. Li Haihong, Deputy Director of the Wuxi Sports Bureau, for next year’s Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Wuxi, China.\r\n

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Special Guests at the Championships\r\n

Numerous VIPs and dignitaries came to the Championships to watch finals and/or to present medals:\r\n

Medals presenters:\r\n

Saudi dignitaries included His Excellency Abdulelah Aldalak, Assistant Minister of Sports; HH Prince Fahad Bin Jalawi Al Saud, Vice President of Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee; HRH Prince Homoud Bin Saud Al Saud, Honorary Chairman of the Saudi Fencing Federation; HRH Princess Dilayl Bint Nahar Al Saud, CEO of the 2034 Asian Games Organizing Committee; HRH Princess Reham bint Saif Al-Islam Alsaud, Executive Director of Protocol & Events for Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee; and HRH Princess Dr. Ahad Bint Alhassan Al Saud, Chief Operating Officer, Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation.\r\n

Distinguished dignitaries included H.E. Professor-Doctor Emrullah Işler, Türkiye Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; and Ms. Claudia Botha, Chief Operation Officer of Motus One.\r\n

Saudi Fencing Federation members included Mr. Ahmed Alsabban, President; Mr. Mohammed Bin Ahmed Buali, Vice President; Dr. Wasem Bin Eissa Al Hassan, Board Member; Ms. Lama Alfozan, Board member; Mr. Abdullah Bin Mohammed Alsunaid, CEO; and Mr. Adel Bin Majed Alrumaihi, Head of Saudi National Team.\r\n

FIE Executive Committee members included Ms. Ferial Salhi, Secretary-Treasurer of the FIE; Mr. Abdelmoneim Elhamy El Husseiny, Vice-President; Ms. Erika Aze, Vice-President; Mr. Donald Anthony; Mr. Paolo Azzi; Ms. Velichka Hristeva; Mr. Novak Perovic; Sheikh Salem Bin Sultan Alqasimi, President of the Asian/Arab Fencing Confederation; Ms. Helen Smith, President of the Oceania Fencing Confederation.\r\n

Federation members included Mr. Murat Atali, President of the Türkiye Fencing Federation; Mr. Mohamed Soufiane Chaouachi, President of the Tunisian Fencing Federation; Mr. Dawoud Miwali, President of the Palestinian Fencing Federation; Mr. Abdulkarim Al-Shamlan, President of the Kuwait Fencing Federation; Mr. Muhammad Tariq Al-Husseini, Vice President of the Egyptian Fencing Federation; Dr. Henriette Brigitt Tamas, Secretary-General of the Hungarian Fencing Federation; Mr. Fahad Abdulla Al-Mulla, Assistant Secretary-General of the Qatar Fencing Federation; and Ms. Gulnora Saidova, Executive Secretary of the Asian Fencing Confederation.\r\n

Diplomatic dignitaries in attendance included Choi Byung-Hyuk, Ambassador-Designate of the Republic of Korea to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Neil Crompton, UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Alireza Enayati, Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Jean-Philippe Linteau, Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Yemen, and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman; Nuno Mathias, Ambassador of Portugal to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, covering also Bahrain, Oman & Yemen; H.E. Petra Menander, Swedish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Liselotte Plesner, Ambassador of Denmark to Saudi Arabia; Mr. Ludovic Pouille, Ambassador of France to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Robert Rostek, Polish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Balázs Selmeci, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Embassy of Hungary in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Bahrain and Republic of Yemen. Anu-Eerika Viljanen, Finnish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Chen Weiqing, Chinese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; and Yasmine Chatila Zwahlen, Swiss Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.\r\n

Championships Details\r\n

Of the three weapons used in fencing, including junior and cadet men’s and women’s individual and team events at the Championships, 38% competed in epee, 32% in foil and 30% in sabre. Each weapon had three days of competition in a row, with each three-day cycle including a first day of men’s and women’s individual junior events, followed by a day of individual cadet and ending with a day of junior team competition. Overall, 56% of this year’s fencers were male and 44% were female.\r\n

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FIE Development Programmes\r\n

Several FIE development programmes featured interactive stands and events at the World Championships to support the global fencing family and build fencing at an individual and world level:\r\n

Donate Your Fencing Gear! was on site in Riyadh and received donations of fencing gear from coaches and fencers, as well as a generous gift of equipment from the Saudi Fencing Federation. The programme receives good-quality fencing gear distributed to recipient countries with limited resources, which then gives athletes opportunities to train and build their careers.\r\n

“We are proud to support countries from around the world with equipment received from donors”, said FIE Executive Committee member Novak Perovic. “This year, we have 11 countries receiving equipment and the Saudi Federation is our major donor.”\r\n

“Through these Championships we want to show the world how countries can come together as one nation”, said Abdullah Alsunaid, CEO of the Saudi Fencing Federation. “The Saudi Federation tries to use the opportunity we have with this event to support other countries.”

As part of a global commitment to sustainability, the FIE Fencing for the Planet programme, annually recognized on April 13, the Saudi Federation supported efforts undertaken to conserve resources at the Championships and in conformance with the King Saud University Sustainability programme. Fencing for the Planet is an ongoing programme meant to inspire and encourage fencers, coaches, supporters, clubs and federations to become involved in environmental projects and practices.

As part of this, a symbolic tree was planted on the University grounds with FIE Executive Committee Vice President Erika Aze (LAT) and member Rusni Abu Hassan, along with Saudi Fencing Federation CEO Abdullah Alsunaid and King Saud University Director of Sustainability and Environmental Development Department and Engineer Abdullah Mohammed Al-Qahtani. “We are proud to have a sustainability programme at King Saud University ... to help save the planet and the people”, said Al-Qahtani.\r\n

“The International Fencing Federation is pleased to be here and in support of the King Saud sustainability programme and we appreciate the Saudi Federation’s commitment to it, for here and for the world”, said Aze.\r\n

“Sustainability is important as it helps to reduce global warming and its effects”, said athlete Jae Jia En Lim (SIN). “I feel that sustainability will help everyone on the Earth, allow us to breathe better air, and to live healthily.”\r\n

“We have to do something different for our planet for the sake of the environment, especially with plastic and carbon”, said athlete Ziyad Almutairi (KSA). “As young fencers, Fencing for the Planet is important because we need to save the future, and the future is for our families.”\r\n

Athlete Julie Xiao (CAN) said, “We’re on this planet together and should be mindful of the things we’re using that are our planet’s resources, and we have to conserve and use them for the future.”\r\n

“It’s very important to support this green project with the sport of fencing and all over the world”, said Greek Coach Ioannis Notaras. “Protecting the future is through the ‘green way’, and with fencing we are trying our best to support that.”\r\n

“Sustainability is a very important term today”, said Paolo Azzi, Italian Federation President and FIE Executive Committee member. “In Italy this year, during the Junior World Cup competition in Udine, it was for the first time we’ve held a competition with a certification of sustainability issued by the authorities. I think it’s a step in the right way.”\r\n

FIE Executive Committee member Donald Anthony (USA) said, “We know that weather impacts every place in the world, so let’s take care of our planet, and Fencing for the Planet is something we should all support.”\r\n

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As part of the FIE anti-doping Clean Sport programme, an educational stand provided information about Clean Sport principles and fencing for athletes and coaches. Interactive games were provided along with printed and online resources and gifts to encourage participants to learn about this important area of sports. The stand was staffed by members of the Saudi National Anti-Doping Organisation, under the leadership of Mr. Ali Alateeq, NADO Public Relations and Awareness Director. Prior to the Championships, the NADO also gave a lecture to the Saudi national team on this topic.\r\n

The FIE Fair-Play Council was on-site in Riyadh for the duration of the competition, educating and engaging athletes in sports Fair Play concepts. Fencers from a diversity of nations took part in informational games and activities to learn more about Fair Play and understand the importance of unity and the spirit of sport. “The International Fair Play Committee is proud for its long-term cooperation with the FIE”, said Fair Play Executive Director Gabor Deregan. “The FIE is one of our exemplary partners with its Fair Play awards and stands at youth events. The FIE Championships in Riyadh are a perfect competition from the Fair Play viewpoint, and our staff of Saudi LOC volunteers have been very reliable and enthusiastic. We are represented here by Dr. Eyyad Maghayreh, and we are grateful to the FIE for this excellent promotion and looking forward to future cooperation.”

FIE Safeguarding officers were on-site for the duration of the Championships, available to any athletes, coaches, officials or staff. A team of volunteers supporting the education activities staffed a promotional stand alongside two IOC-certified Safeguarding officers, Georgina Usher and Hossam Ellaboudy. “The FIE first started its SafeSport education and awareness programme for cadet and junior fencers in 2018”, said Usher. “Five years later we continue to deliver on our commitment to promote SafeSport and train athletes on how to spot harassment and abuse and how to report it.”

The FIE hosted its annual Junior and Cadet Training Camp, with 19 fencers from 19 countries having a unique opportunity to participate in training with elite-level coaches in three weapons.

Each weapon had six days of training in the same facility as the Championships, the King Saud University Sports Arena. Training began six days before individual competition for each specific weapon began, with two three-hour training sessions per day. The fencers then competed in the Championships.\r\n

Three athletes from the camp achieved notable results in the Riyadh Championships:\r\n

Coaches included Rita Abou Jaoude (LBN, foil), Alexandros Emmanouilidis (CYP, epee), and Andrew Fischl (USA, sabre). They covered theoretical and tactical topics, competition strategy and simulation, footwork and other topics in individual and group settings.\r\n

The athletes benefited from a cultural exchange and being able to make new friends and relationships, and other fencers at the Championships were invited to take part in open matches and practices.\r\n

Athletes were from the following countries:\r\n

Africa: Angola, Benin, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia\r\n

Asia-Oceania: Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Sri Lanka\r\n

Pan America: Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Chile, El Salvador, Puerto Rico\r\n

Europe: Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia\r\n

Financial aid for the camp was provided by a special IOC programme for countries fielding fewer than 50 Olympic participants in the prior Olympic Games. Aid was provided by the IOC to help 12 participants in joining the camp. For all the others, the FIE paid for flights and travel, visas, competition fees, room and board, and pocket expenses.

Top Eight Medallists at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships (All Categories):


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USA led the overall and gold medal count with a total of 11 (4 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze), Italy with 13 (2 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze), followed by France with 6 (2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze). The table below shows the medal count for the Championships:\r\n

Day 1\r\n

Junior Women’s Individual Foil\r\n

1. Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN, gold)
2. Irene Bertini (ITA, silver)
3. Rino Nagase (JPN, bronze)
3. Vittoria Pinna (ITA, bronze)
5. Andreea Dinca (ROU)
6. Yunjia Zhang (CAN)
7. Enqi Jiao (CHN)
8. Ariadna Tucker (ESP)\r\n

Junior Men’s Individual Foil\r\n

1. Ryosuke Fukuda (JPN, gold)
2. David Sosnov (GBR, silver)
3. Eliot Chagnon (FRA, bronze)
3. Samarth Kumbla (USA, bronze)
5. Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY)
6. Anas Anane (FRA)
7. Jaimie Cook (GBR)
8. Pavel Puzankov (AIN)\r\n

Day 2\r\n

Cadet Women’s Individual Foil\r\n

1. Jaelyn Liu (USA, gold)
2. Polina Volobueva (AIN, silver)
3. Natasza Kus (POL, bronze)
3. Yunjia Zhang (CAN, bronze)
5. Adeline Senic (MDA)
6. Sara Amr Hossny (EGY)
7. Ludovica Franzoni (ITA)
8. Yuqiao Song (CAN)\r\n

Cadet Men’s Individual Foil\r\n

1. Weiqiao Lyu (CHN, gold)
2. Don Jeidus Deseranno (USA, silver)
3. Jia Bao Xu (CAN, bronze)
3. Chun Lok Luk (HKG, bronze)
5. Luao Yang (USA)
6. Thibaut Gaven Mary (FRA)
7. David Kelly (GBR)
8. Guillaume Watson (FRA)\r\n

Day 3\r\n

Junior Women’s Team Foil\r\n

1. Italy (gold)
2. Japan (silver)
3. Korea (bronze)
4. France
5. Great Britain
6. USA
7. Poland
8. Hong Kong, China\r\n

Junior Men’s Team Foil\r\n

1. USA (gold)
2. Italy (silver)
3. Japan (bronze)
4. France
5. Hungary
6. Hong Kong, China
7. Great Britain
8. Poland\r\n

Day 4\r\n

Junior Women’s Individual Epee\r\n

1. Oceane Francillonne (FRA, gold)
2. Julia Yin (CAN, silver)
3. Anita Corradino (ITA, bronze)
3. Leehi Machulsky (USA, bronze)
5. Emily Conrad (UKR)
6. Michaela Joyce (USA)
7. Dilnaz Murzataeva (UZB)
8. Ekaterina Kolbeneva (AIN)\r\n

Junior Men’s Individual Epee\r\n

1. Alban Aebersold (SUI, gold)
2. Alec Brooke (GBR, silver)
3. Nicolo’ Del Contrasto (ITA, bronze)
3. Samuel Imrek (USA, bronze)
5. Jungbeom Kim (KOR)
6. Erik Tobias (EST)
7. Matteo Galassi (ITA)
8. Kohaku Yasui (JPN)\r\n

Day 5\r\n

Cadet Women’s Individual Epee\r\n

1. Anna Maksymenko (UKR, gold)
2. Sharika Gajjala (USA, silver)
3. Emily Conrad (UKR, bronze)
3. Huishuang Jiang (CHN, bronze)
5. Anna Szilard (HUN)
6. Mariachiara Testa (ITA)
7. Laura Misiak (POL)
8. Arina Zakharova (AIN)\r\n

Cadet Men’s Individual Epee\r\n

1. Doruk Erolcevik (TÜR, gold)
2. Eslam Osama (EGY, silver)
3. Alexander Bezrodnov (USA, bronze)
3. Federico Varone (ITA, bronze)
5. Ole Petersen (GER)
6. Kerkko Jarvi (FIN)
7. Elisei Pisarev (AIN)
8. Noam Duchene (FRA)\r\n

Day 6\r\n

Junior Women’s Team Epee\r\n

1. USA (gold)
2. Italy (silver)
3. France (bronze)
4. Canada
5. China
6. Hungary
7. Ukraine
8. Hong Kong, China\r\n

Junior Men’s Team Epee\r\n

1. Italy (gold)
2. France (silver)
3. Switzerland (bronze)
4. Hungary
5. USA
6. Egypt
7. Korea
8. Spain\r\n

Day 7\r\n

Junior Women’s Individual Sabre\r\n

1. Qimiao Pan (CHN, gold)
2. Aleksandra Mikhailova (AIN, silver)
3. Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara (UZB, bronze)
3. Alejandra Manga (FRA, bronze)
5. Magda Skarbonkiewicz (USA)
6. Alexandra Kuvaeva (GEO)
7. Anna Spiesz (HUN)
8. Amalia Stan (ROU)\r\n

Junior Men’s Individual Sabre\r\n

1. Vlad Covaliu (ROU, gold)
2. Pavel Graudyn (AIN, silver)
3. Santiago Madrigal (ESP, bronze)
3. William Morrill (USA, bronze)
5. In Park (KOR)
6. Remi Garrigue (FRA)
7. Ilia Kostiukov (AIN)
8. Cody Walter Ji (USA)\r\n

Day 8\r\n

Cadet Women’s Individual Sabre\r\n

1. Dorottya Csonka (HUN, gold)
2. Francesca Romana Lentini (ITA, silver)
3. Vittoria Mocci (ITA, bronze)
3. Nargiza Jaksybaeva (UZB, bronze)
5. Qimiao Pan (CHN)
6. Sofia Novikova (AIN)
7. Maria Tretyakova (AIN)
8. Julie Xiao (CAN)\r\n

Cadet Men’s Individual Sabre\r\n

1. Sardor Abdukarimbekov (UZB, gold)
2. Alpamis Urakboev (UZB, silver)
3. Motoki Kawahara (JPN, bronze)
3. Doyeon Kim (KOR, bronze)
5. Julian Maklakov (GER)
6. Massimo Sibillo (ITA)
7. Enno Chiang (NED)
8. Yigit Ayaz (TÜR)\r\n

Day 9\r\n

Junior Women’s Team Sabre\r\n

1. France (gold)
2. Italy (silver)
3. Hungary (bronze)
4. Uzbekistan
5. USA
6. Kazakhstan
7. Poland
8. Mexico\r\n

Junior Men’s Team Sabre\r\n

1. USA (gold)
2. Romania (silver)
3. Italy (bronze)
4. Egypt
5. Korea
6. Spain
7. Uzbekistan
8. Hungary\r\n

The 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships were available to audiences worldwide and livestreamed on the FIE YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website.\r\n

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TBILISI, Georgia, April 19-21 – Italy’s two-time World Champion Alice Volpi won the individual gold medal at the Tbilisi Women’s Foil World Cup, and Italy won the team gold. The event took place at the Tbilisi Sport Palace with 141 women and 15 teams participating in the competition.

Volpi faced teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Errigo won against teammate Martina Favaretto, 15-8, while Volpi defeated teammate Anna Cristino, 15-11.

Team Italy faced France in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, France won against USA, 43-35, while Italy defeated Japan, 45-34. The bronze medal went to USA over Japan, 45-39.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Alice Volpi (ITA, gold), Arianna Errigo (ITA, silver), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Anna Cristino (ITA, bronze), Qingyuan Chen (CHN), Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN), Francesca Palumbo (ITA) and Karin Miyawaki (JPN).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), France (silver), USA (bronze), Japan, Hungary, Poland, China and Hong Kong-China.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 20, 2024 – France and USA won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s team sabre at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the ninth and final day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 30 women’s and 35 men’s teams and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

“We appreciate the hospitality and excellent organisation provided to us by our hosts, the Saudi Fencing Federation, at the beautiful King Saud University Sports Arena”, said FIE Vice President Mr. Abdelmoneim Elhamy El Husseiny, who officially closed the Championships on behalf of FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis. “We congratulate the Saudi Federation both for 2024 being its 50th anniversary as an FIE member federation, and for this first time in its history to host a World Championships.”

At the Closing Ceremony, Mr. Ahmed Alsabban, President of the Saudi Fencing Federation, thanked everyone at the Championships for their participation, spirit of Fair Play, support and work to achieve a resounding success. He formally passed the FIE flag to Mr. Li Haihong, Deputy Director of the Wuxi Sports Bureau, for next year’s Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Wuxi, China.

France faced Italy in the final match of junior women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-36 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Uzbekistan, 45-43, while France defeated Hungary, 45-44. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Uzbekistan, 45-44.

“We feel a bit overwhelmed, very excited, really tired”, said France’s Alejandra Manga. “We started the day against India and weren’t fencing our best and we were worried about how the day would go. As the matches came, we did better and better. The semifinal against Hungary was today’s hardest match because each time we fence them we don’t know whether we’ll win or lose. And then the final against Italy was a rollercoaster – they’re really good – but we know we can trust each other and we just went for it.”

USA faced Romania in the final match of junior men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-28 score. In the semifinal round, Romania won against Italy, 45-39, while USA defeated Egypt, 45-37. The bronze medal went to Italy over Egypt, 45-35.


“It really just feels amazing, it feels like all the work we’ve been doing this season has come to this moment”, said USA’s Jordan Silberzweig. “We’re all super-grateful to be here and have this amazing opportunity to compete at the World Championships.” “Our hardest match was the semifinal”, said USA’s Cody Walter Ji. “We all struggled in the beginning but most importantly we were able to come together as a team.”

Final rankings in junior women’s team sabre\r\nincluded France (gold), Italy (silver), Hungary (bronze), Uzbekistan, USA,\r\nKazakhstan, Poland and Mexico.

Final rankings in junior men’s team sabre included USA (gold), Romania (silver), Italy (bronze), Egypt, Korea, Spain, Uzbekistan and Hungary.

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 12-20, 2024 – As part of the FIE’s global commitment to sustainability and environmental initiatives and its Fencing for the Planet programme, various actions and events took place at the 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

On-site at the Championships, the Saudi Federation supported efforts undertaken to conserve resources as part of the Fencing for the Planet undertaking and in conformance with the King Saud University Sustainability programme. As part of this, a symbolic tree was planted on the University grounds with FIE Executive Committee Vice President Erika Aze (LAT) and member Rusni Abu Hassan, along with Saudi Federation Secretary-General Abdullah Alsunaid and King Saud University Director of Sustainability and Environmental Development Department and Engineer Abdullah Mohammed Al-Qahtani.

“We are proud to have a sustainability programme at King Saud University ... to help save the planet and the people”, said Al-Qahtani. “The International Fencing Federation is pleased to be here and in support of the King Saud sustainability programme and we appreciate the Saudi Federation’s commitment to it, for here and for the world”, said Aze.

In addition to information presented about Fencing for the Planet on FIE social media channels around the world, fencers at the Riyadh Championships spoke up about their feelings regarding the programme:

“Sustainability is important as it helps to reduce global warming and its effects”, said athlete Jae Jia En Lim (SIN). “For example, with deforestation, trees are being cut down and then used and things like that are bad. There’s a lot of CO2 emissions in the air and the carbon emission levels are very, very bad, which is also bad for the athletes when we breathe-in air. I feel that sustainability will help everyone on the Earth, allow us to breathe better air, and to live healthily.”

“We have to do something different for our planet for the sake of the environment, especially with plastic and carbon”, said athlete Ziyad Almutairi (KSA). “As young fencers, Fencing for the Planet is important because we need to save the future, and the future is for our families.”

“I think it is really important, because although we can live however we want right now, it’s our future that we have to look after”, said athlete Julie Xiao (CAN). “We’re on this planet together and should be mindful of the things we’re using that are our planet’s resources, and we have to conserve and use them for the future.”

Fencing for the Planet is an ongoing programme meant to inspire and encourage fencers, coaches, supporters, clubs and federations to become involved in environmental projects and practices. This is part of the FIE’s effort – along with many other sports – to create a global sustainability network and to make a difference in improving the world.

“It’s very important to support this green project with the sport of fencing and all over the world”, said Greek Coach Ioannis Notaras. “Protecting the future is through the ‘green way’, and with fencing we are trying our best to support that.”

“Sustainabilty is a very important term today”, said Paolo Azzi, Italian Federation President and FIE Executive Committee member. “In Italy this year, during the Junior World Cup competition in Udine, it was for the first time we’ve held a competition with a certification of sustainability issued by the authorities. It’s very important that we trust and repeat the experience for the next edition of the event and others, and I think it’s a step in the right way.”

“It’s important that we honour Fencing for the Planet”, said FIE Executive Committee member Donald Anthony (USA). “We know that weather impacts every place in the world, including Saudi where have desert as well as other areas where we have lots of water. When we combine them both, it’s a challenge so let’s take care of our planet, and Fencing for the Planet is something we should all support.”

Fencing for the Planet is officially celebrated annually on Saturday of the second weekend in April.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 19, 2024 – Hungary’s Dorottya Csonka and Uzbekistan’s Sardor Abdukarimbekov won gold medals in cadet women’s and men’s sabre at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the eighth day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 89 women and 110 men and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

Csonka faced Italy’s Francesca Romana Lentini in the final bout of cadet women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Lentini won against Uzbekistan’s Nargiza Jaksybaeva, 15-13, while Csonka defeated Italy’s Vittoria Mocci, 15-10.

“I still can’t really believe it, but I’m extremely happy”, said Csonka. “My goal was to win the World Championships, but in the beginning I couldn’t believe that I could do it because after the pools my first match was a bit tough. But I managed to win, and then I felt like I was unstoppable. In the final I felt like there was no choice of losing, because this year I lost in the finals so many times that I can’t do that again. I’m really happy I could do it. I want to be on the senior national team and my dream is to go to the Olympics.”

Abdukarimbekov faced teammate Alpamis Urakboev in the final bout of cadet men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Urakboev won against Japan’s Motoki Kawahara, 15-14, while Abdukarimbekov defeated Korea’s Doyeon Kim, 15-2.

“I feel really good because today I fenced like Szilagyi”, said Abdukarimbekov. “When I started to fence pools, I started to feel too much pain in my leg, but now I’m world champion. The final match was so hard because I fenced with my friend from Uzbekistan. I want to thank the Uzbek federation because of all their support for me, and for my coach, Luigi Tarantino and my first coach, Nazlymov, they are the best in the world. Today I feel like a champion in my heart.”

Final rankings in cadet women’s sabre included Dorottya Csonka (HUN, gold), Francesca Romana Lentini (ITA, silver), Vittoria Mocci (ITA, bronze), Nargiza Jaksybaeva (UZB, bronze), Qimiao Pan (CHN), Sofia Novikova (AIN), Maria Tretyakova (AIN) and Julie Xiao (CAN).

Final rankings in cadet men’s sabre rankings included Sardor Abdukarimbekov (UZB, gold), Alpamis Urakboev (UZB, silver), Motoki Kawahara (JPN, bronze), Doyeon Kim (KOR, bronze), Julian Maklakov (GER), Massimo Sibillo (ITA), Enno Chiang (NED) and Yigit Ayaz (TÜR).

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 18, 2024 – China’s Qimiao Pan and Romania’s Vlad Covaliu won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s sabre at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the seventh day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 132 women and 156 men and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

Pan faced Aleksandra Mikhailova (AIN) in the final bout of junior women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal, Mikhailova won against France’s Alejandra Manga, 15-10, while Pan defeated Uzbekistan’s Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara, 15-12.

“I’m so excited, it’s like a dream come true”, said Pan. “I’ve been extremely nervous today because in addition to the junior event today I need to prepare for the cadet sabre event tomorrow. My most difficult bout today was when I fenced the Australian girl in the 32. I used to lose to her; I was taking the lead and then she came back, but I overcame the difficult moment and won. Now I have to fence cadet tomorrow and then junior team the next day, something I’ve never experienced—it’s like everything is happening in slow motion.”

Covaliu faced Pavel Graudyn (AIN) in the final bout of junior men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Graudyn won against USA’s William Morrill, 15-10, while Covaliu defeated Spain’s Santiago Madrigal, 15-6.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be a world champion, and I can only be grateful for all the work that has been put into this medal”, said Covaliu. “It was a tough day, and through the competition I got better and better and my fencing improved from bout-to-bout. The final was my most difficult bout because it was only one point difference to win and I’m so happy I was able to score it. This achievement means there is a future in senior fencing for me, and I think I made my dad proud today.”

Final rankings in junior women’s sabre included Qimiao Pan (CHN, gold), Aleksandra Mikhailova (AIN), Luisa Fernanda Herrera Lara (UZB, bronze), Alejandra Manga (FRA, bronze), Magda Skarbonkiewicz (USA), Alexandra Kuvaeva (GEO), Anna Spiesz (HUN) and Amalia Stan (ROU).

Final rankings in junior men’s sabre rankings included Vlad Covaliu (ROU, gold), Pavel Graudyn (AIN, silver), Santiago Madrigal (ESP, bronze), William Morrill (USA, bronze), In Park (KOR), Remi Garrigue (FRA), Ilia Kostiukov (AIN) and Cody Walter Ji (USA).

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 17, 2024 – USA and Italy won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s team epee at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the sixth day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 33 women’s and 42 men’s teams and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

USA faced Italy in the final match of junior women’s team epee, winning with a 42-27 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Canada, 45-43, while USA defeated France, 42-37. The bronze medal went to France over Canada, 45-35.

“It’s an incredible honour to be here”, said USA’s Michaela Joyce. “We had really difficult bouts and we had to trust in each other. Before this tournament we had only fenced with each other at a world cup one time. We had to believe in each other and just do it. France was the toughest bout and they trusted each other as well, but we all worked together. It’s just amazing that we’re here.”

Italy faced France in the final match of junior men’s team epee, winning with a 41-37 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Hungary, 45-40, while Italy defeated Switzerland, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Switzerland over Hungary, 45-37.

“The feeling amazing”, said Italy’s Jacopo Rizzi. “We won a lot of world cups, but the feeling of winning a World Championship is really amazing, I still can’t believe we won. The first match against Canada, our first match, was very hard. And then Korea’s speed in our match with them was insane. We don’t really have a strategy, if we fence like we do in training and national competitions, just fence to five points, and if we’re ahead we play with defense and time. We haven’t won a junior men’s team epee title in many years and this was the most important competition of the year.”

Final rankings in junior women’s team epee included USA (gold), Italy (silver), France (bronze), Canada, China, Hungary, Ukraine and Hong Kong – China.

Final rankings in junior men’s team epee included Italy (gold), France (silver), Switzerland (bronze), Hungary, USA, Egypt, Korea and Spain.

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saud Arabia, April 16, 2024 – Ukraine’s Anna Maksymenko and Türkiye’s Doruk Erolcevik won gold medals in cadet women’s and men’s epee at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the fifth day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 129 women and 146 men and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

Maksymenko faced USA’s Sharika Gajjala in the final bout of cadet women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Gajjala won against Ukraine’s Emily Conrad, 15-7, while Maksymenko defeated China’s Huishuang Jiang, 15-10.

“I feel really happy because this is the last cadet year in my career”, said Maksymenko. “This was my dream, to win this gold medal. I was on the World Championships podium two years ago with the silver, and for today I was gold. The most difficult part for me today was after the pools, I felt really tired and I talked with my coach and he calmed me down and then everything went good. This means a lot for my country and I’m really happy with this result.”

Erolcevik faced Egypt’s Eslam Osama in the final bout of cadet men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Osama won against USA’s Alexander Bezrodnov, 10-9, while Erolcevik defeated Italy’s Federico Varone, 14-10.

“I feel so great to be world number one ... I can’t explain it, you can just feel it”, said Erolcevik. “In pools it got me so tired, and then it went so great. The final was a tough one, he was strong, he was fast, but I was faster than him. I just used everything except touching the foot. My family is so proud of me and I’m proud for my country. My goal is to be Olympic champion.”

Final rankings in cadet women’s epee included Anna Maksymenko (UKR, gold), Sharika Gajjala (USA, silver), Emily Conrad (UKR, bronze), Huishuang Jiang (CHN, bronze), Anna Szilard (HUN), Mariachiara Testa (ITA), Laura Misiak (POL) and Arina Zakharova (AIN).

Final rankings in cadet men’s epee included Doruk Erolcevik (TÜR, gold), Eslam Osama (EGY, silver), Alexander Bezrodnov (USA, bronze), Federico Varone (ITA, bronze), Ole Petersen (GER), Kerkko Jarvi (FIN), Elisei Pisarev (AIN) and Noam Duchene (FRA).

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 15, 2024 – France’s Oceane Francillonne and Switzerland’s Alban Aebersold won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s epee at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the fourth day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 169 women and 214 men and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

Francillonne faced Canada’s Julia Yin in the final bout of junior women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Yin won against Italy’s Anita Corradino, 11-10, while Francillonne defeated USA’s Leehi Machulsky, 15-14.

“I don’t realize it yet, my mind is still on the piste”, said Francillonne. “It was actually a tough day, I went match-by-match, point-by-point, instead of focusing on the end. The hardest part was for me to ‘stay in my mind’, even if my opponent was getting points on me. It’s my last year of juniors and I was really glad to achieve this. This was a lot of sacrifice for my family, my club, so I’m really happy.”

Aebersold faced Great Britain’s Alec Brooke in the final bout of junior men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Brooke won against Italy’s Nicolo’ Del Contrasto, 15-9, while Aebersold defeated USA’s Samuel Imrek, 15-9.

“It’s incredible, I don’t have the words to describe it”, said Aebersold. “It was a lot of emotion for my coach, my parents, my friends who are here to support me. This was a lot of training this year, only for fencing, and then I won. Today was a feeling I’ve never had before, I was like a ‘fish in the water’, I just knew what I had to do and I did it! I was so proud to hold the Swiss flag and to represent my country.”

Final rankings in junior women’s epee included Oceane Francillonne (FRA, gold), Julia Yin (CAN, silver), Anita Corradino (ITA, bronze), Leehi Machulsky (USA, bronze), Emily Conrad (UKR), Michaela Joyce (USA), Dilnaz Murzataeva (UZB) and Ekaterina Kolbeneva (AIN).

Final rankings in junior men’s epee rankings included Alban Aebersold (SUI, gold), Alec Brooke (GBR, silver), Nicolo’ Del Contrasto (ITA, bronze), Samuel Imrek (USA, bronze), Jungbeom Kim (KOR), Erik Tobias (EST), Matteo Galassi (ITA) and Kohaku Yasui (JPN).

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 14, 2024 – Italy and USA won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s team foil at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the third day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 30 women’s and 37 men’s teams and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

Italy faced Japan in the final match of junior women’s team foil, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Korea, 45-31, while Italy defeated France, 45-24. The bronze medal went to Korea over France, 42-41.

“We are happy we’ve done this together”, said Italy’s Greta Collini. “The funny thing is we won today against all the other teams we’ve lost to throughout this year and we’re very happy how it ended. The match with Great Britain was very difficult because it was the team we lost to at the European Championships, we didn’t get a medal, and we were a bit scared but our fencing today was good!”

USA faced Italy in the final match of junior men’s team foil, winning with a 45-33 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against France, 45-36, while USA defeated Japan, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Japan over France, 45-29.

“It was a hard-fought day the whole time”, said USA’s Chase Emmer. “We came back in the table of eight; we fought throughout the day and now we’re world champions. We all know each other, we’re all good friends, and we pulled through. It was a really draining day, but it was incredible. We’re all a team.”

Final rankings in junior women’s team foil included Italy (gold), Japan (silver), Korea (bronze), France, Great Britain, USA, Poland and Hong Kong – China.

Final rankings in junior men’s team foil rankings included USA (gold), Italy (silver), Japan (bronze), France, Hungary, Hong Kong – China, Great Britain and Poland.

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 13, 2024 – USA’s Jaelyn Liu and China’s Weiqiao Lyu won gold medals in cadet women’s and men’s foil at the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. Today’s competitions, on the second day of 18 individual and team events taking place from April 12 to 20, included 105 women and 131 men and are being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena.

Liu faced Polina Volobueva (AIN) in the final bout of cadet women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Volobueva won against Poland’s Natasza Kus, 15-11, while Liu defeated Canada’s Yunjia Zhang, 15-5.

“I didn’t expect this to happen today, yesterday [in juniors] my fencing felt really ‘heavy’, but then today – I’ve never been in a World Championships before – I guess I was just on a roll”, said Liu. “I did really well in pools and didn’t have that hard of a path until I met my teammate and friend Katerina Lung. From there, I just wanted to compete with her and make her last year in cadet special, but also fence my best. I had a really emotional experience with Sara Amr Hossny, but in the end my friends cheered me on and then I made it through and I won!”

Lyu faced USA’s Don Jeidus Deseranno in the final bout of cadet men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Deseranno won against Canada’s Jia Bao Xu, 15-7, while Lyu defeated Hong Kong, China’s Chun Lok Luk, 15-12.

“I feel really great”, said Lyu. “It was a new experience and I enjoyed it a lot. Before today, I never thought I could win this top-class tournament in the world for cadets. I am really proud of myself. For me, it's a great success; no words can describe my emotions. I am proud of my country. I hope more kids in China can take part in competitive fencing.”

Final rankings in cadet women’s foil included Jaelyn Liu (USA, gold), Polina Volobueva (AIN, silver), Natasza Kus (POL, bronze), Yunjia Zhang (CAN, bronze), Adeline Senic (MDA), Sara Amr Hossny (EGY), Ludovica Franzoni (ITA) and Yuqiao Song (CAN).

Final rankings in cadet men’s foil included Weiqiao Lyu (CHN, gold), Don Jeidus Deseranno (USA, silver), Jia Bao Xu (CAN, bronze), Chun Lok Luk (HKG, bronze), Luao Yang (USA), Thibaut Gaven Mary (FRA), David Kelly (GBR) and Guillaume Watson (FRA).

Complete and official results for the event may be found on the FIE website. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2024 – Canada’s Jessica Zi Jia Guo and Japan’s Ryosuke Fukuda won gold medals in junior women’s and men’s foil on the opening day of the 2024 Riyadh Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships. At the opening ceremony of the competition, being held at the King Saud University Sports Arena, Mr. Ahmed Alsabban, President of the Saudi Fencing Federation, gave opening remarks welcoming all the athletes and participants from around the world. Mr. Abdelmoneim Elhamy El Husseiny, Vice President of the FIE, spoke on behalf of Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis and officially declared the Championships open.

With 1449 fencers registered for the Championships from 103 countries, the opening day’s events included 145 women and 177 men and were the first of 18 individual and team events taking place over nine days.

Guo faced Italy’s Irene Bertini in the final bout of junior women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Bertini won against teammate Vittoria Pinna, 15-13, while Guo defeated Japan’s Rino Nagase, 15-5.

“I’ve fenced many junior worlds and got third in Cairo, but this is my first time winning juniors”, said Guo. “I started pools a little ‘off’, wasn’t too warmed up, and in every bout everyone was such a fighter. In the final, Bertini was a really good fencer and very strong with her hand, but I was able to figure that out. It was a hard challenge and took a lot of muscle and power. I’m super happy and it feels great.”

Fukuda faced Great Britain’s David Sosnov in the final bout of junior men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Sosnov won against France’s Eliot Chagnon, 15-12, while Fukuda defeated USA’s Samarth Kumbla, 15-11.

“I don’t feel like a world champion yet, but I’m super happy”, said Fukuda. “The final was the most difficult, because he has a really particular style and I was stressed at the final stage. I focused on my stress and myself to win. I think I will be a hero of the young Japanese athletes and want to tell them if you don’t forget your dream, it can come true.”

Final rankings in junior women’s individual foil included Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN, gold), Irene Bertini (ITA, silver), Rino Nagase (JPN, bronze), Vittoria Pinna (ITA, bronze), Andreea Dinca (ROU), Yunjia Zhang (CAN), Enqi Jiao (CHN) and Ariadna Tucker (ESP).

Final rankings in junior men’s individual foil included Ryosuke Fukuda (JPN, gold), David Sosnov (GBR, silver), Eliot Chagnon (FRA, bronze), Samarth Kumbla (USA, bronze), Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY), Anas Anane (FRA), Jaimie Cook (GBR) and Pavel Puzankov (AIN).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, April 5-7, 2024 – The Pan American Olympic Qualifying Tournament has finished in San José, Costa Rica, 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 will be eligible to compete in Paris 2024. The tournament took place at the Eddy Cortez National Gymnasium.

Women’s Epee. Peru’s Maria Luisa Doig Calderon won the women’s individual epee event, with 15 fencers competing. Doig Calderon faced Canada’s Ruien Xiao in the final bout, winning with an 8-7 score. In the semifinal round, Xiao won against Argentina’s Isabel Di Tella, 9-8, while Doig Calderon defeated Paraguay’s Montserrat Viveros, 15-12.

Men’s Epee. Canada’s Nicholas Zhang won the men’s individual epee event, with 17 fencers competing. Zhang faced Brazil’s Alexandre Camargo in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Camargo won against USA’s Jonas Hansen, 13-7, while Zhang defeated Chile’s Pablo Nunez, 15-9.

Women’s Foil. Brazil’s Mariana Pistoia won the women’s individual foil event, with 14 fencers competing. Pistoia faced Venezuela’s Isis Gimenez in the final bout, winning with an 11-10 score. In the semifinal round, Gimenez won against Mexico’s Alely Hernandez, 10-15, while Pistoia defeated Colombia’s Tatiana Prieto, 15-8.

Men’s Foil. The U.S. Virgin Islands’ Kruz Schembri won the men’s individual foil event, with 13 fencers competing. Schembri faced Mexico’s Diego Cervantes in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Cervantes won against Chile’s Leopoldo Alarcon, 15-10, while Schembri defeated Puerto Rico’s Cesar Colon Lopez, 15-10.

Women’s Sabre. Venezuela’s Katherine F. Paredes Torres won the women’s individual sabre event, with 15 fencers competing. Paredes Torres faced Cuba’s Leidis Maris Veranes Mustelier in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Veranes Mustelier won against Maria Belen Perez Maurice by default after a medical withdrawal, while Paredes Torres defeated Dominican Republic’s Heddys Valentin, 15-13.

Men’s Sabre. Mexico’s Gibran Zea won the men’s individual sabre event, with 13 fencers competing. Zea faced Puerto Rico’s Rafael Western Reyes in the final bout, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Western Reyes won against Venezuela’s Eliecer Romero, 15-12, while Zea defeated Colombia’s Sebastian Cuellar, 15-7.

Final rankings in women’s epee included Maria Luisa Doig Calderon (PER, gold), Ruien Xiao (CAN, silver), Isabel Di Tella (ARG, bronze), Montserrat Viveros (PAR, bronze), Analia Fernandez (CHI), Lizzie Asis (VEN), Maria Fernanda Morales (MEX) and Karina Dyner (CRC).

Final rankings in men’s epee included Nicholas Zhang (CAN, gold), Alexandre Camargo (BRA, silver), Pablo Nunez (CHI, bronze), Jonas Hansen (USA, bronze), Jesus Andres Lugones Ruggeri (ARG), Leandro Sauri (MEX), Arturo Isaac Dorati Ameglio (PAN) and Vicente Antonio Rojas Cruz (NCA).

Final rankings in women’s foil included Maraian Pistoia (BRA, gold), Isis Gimenez (VEN, silver), Alely Hernandez (MEX, bronze), Tatiana Prieto (COL, bronze), Yasmin Campbell (JAM), Athina Gonzalez Ciavarella (ARG), Ariana Belen Fuentes Henriquez (ESA) and Valentina Olivera (URU).

Final rankings in men’s foil included Kruz Schembri (ISV, gold), Diego Cervantes (MEX, silver), Leopoldo Alarcon (CHI, bronze), Cesar Colon Lopez (PUR, bronze), David Ospina Ladron De Guevara (COL), Augusto Antonio Servello (ARG), Cesare Aguirre (VEN) and Cristian Porras (GUA).

Final rankings in women’s sabre included Katherine F. Paredes Torres (VEN, gold), Leidis Maris Veranes Mustelier (CUB, silver), Maria Belen Perez Maurice (ARG, bronze), Heyddys Valentin (DOM, bronze), Karina Trois (BRA), Julieta Toledo (MEX), Jessica Yolima Morales Linares (COL) and Eileen Grench (PAN).

Final rankings in men’s sabre included Gibran Zea (MEX, gold), Rafael Western Reyes (PUR, silver), Sebastian Cuellar (COL, bronze), Eliecer Romero (VEN, bronze), Henrique Garrigos (BRA), Guillermo Maclean (URU), Lukas Eichhorn (PER) and Cristoher Elias Cortez Yancosek (ECU).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1364,"title":"Event Info – April 2024","date":"2024-04-04 19:17:39","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/168203-FIE_JCFWC%20RIYADH%202024_1600x900_FB_Header.png","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/168202-FIE_JCFWC%20RIYADH%202024_1600x900_FB_Header.png","category":null,"content":"


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Event: FIE Junior & Cadet World Championships
Place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Weapon: Foil, Epee, Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 12-20 April 2024
Info: Event Site\r\n


Event: Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournament
Place: San-Jose, Costa Rica
Weapon: Foil, Epee, Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 06-07 April 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre\r\n


Event: European Olympic Qualification Tournament
Place: Differdange, Luxembourg
Weapon: Foil, Epee, Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 26-28 April 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre\r\n


Event: African Olympic Qualification Tournament
Place: Algiers, Algeria
Weapon: Foil, Epee, Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 27 April 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre\r\n


Event: Asian-Oceanian Qualification Tournament
Place: Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
Weapon: Foil, Epee, Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 27-28 April 2024
Info: W Individual Foil, M Individual Foil, W Individual Epee, M Individual Epee, W Individual Sabre, M Individual Sabre\r\n



Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women
Date: 19-21 April 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Women’s Team Foil\r\n

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1363,"title":"Three World Cups – Budapest, Nanjing and Tbilisi","date":"2024-03-26 03:32:09","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167866-EVA_0874.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167865-EVA_0874.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Lausanne, Switz., March 22-24, 2024 – Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Budapest, Nanjing and Tbilisi, as athletes continue preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Budapest, Hungary, Men’s Sabre World Cup – March 22-24

Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari won the individual gold at the Budapest “Gerevich-Kovács-Kárpáti” Men’s Sabre World Cup and USA won the gold at the “Zarándi Csaba” Men’s Team World Cup. The event took place at the BOK Hall (former SYMA Hall), with 266 individual fencers and 26 teams participating in the competition.

Szatmari faced Italy’s Luca Curatoli in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Curatoli won against Iran’s Ali Pakdaman, 15-5, while Szatmari defeated Türkiye’s Enver Yildirim, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals Pakdaman beat Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh, 15-13. In the round of 32, Italy’s Giovanni Repetti won against Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-13, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Yildirim, 15-14.

USA faced Korea in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-30 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Germany, 45-39, while USA defeated Hungary, 45-36. The bronze medal went to Germany over Hungary, 45-43.

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Andras Szatmari (HUN, gold), Luca Curatoli (ITA, silver), Ali Pakdaman (IRI, bronze), Enver Yildirim (TÜR, bronze), Sanguk Oh (KOR), Matyas Szabo (GER), Luigi Samele (ITA) and Sebastien Patrice (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included USA (gold), Korea (silver), Germany (bronze), Hungary, France, Iran, Romania and Italy.

Nanjing, China, Women’s Epee World Cup – March 22-24

Italy’s Giulia Rizzi won the individual gold at the Nanjing Women’s Epee World Cup and Italy won the team gold. The event took place at the Yangzi River International Conference Center, with 189 individual fencers and 18 teams participating in the competition.

Rizzi faced Korea’s world champion Sera Song in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Song won against Italy’s Alberta Santuccio, 11-10, while Rizzi defeated Poland’s Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk, 15-10. Of note, in the quarterfinals Swatowska-Wenglarczyk beat Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-11. In the round of 16, China’s Junyao Tang won against teammate and Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 15-12, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Rizzi, 15-14; in the same round, France’s Laurence Epee defeated teammate and world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-7, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Santuccio, 15-5. In the round of 32, Kenya’s Alexandra Ndolo won against Estonia’s world champion Julia Beljajeva, 15-11, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Poland’s Alicja Klasik, 15-9.

Italy faced China in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 43-34 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Ukraine, 45-33, while Italy defeated Hungary, 45-39. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Ukraine, 45-38.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Giulia Rizzi (ITA, gold), Sera Song (KOR, silver), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, bronze), Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk (POL, bronze), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA), Laurence Epee (FRA), Junyao Tang (CHN) and Alicja Klasik (POL).

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Italy (gold), China (silver), Hungary (bronze), Ukraine, Korea, USA, France and Poland.

Tbilisi, Georgia, Men’s Epee World Cup – March 22-24

France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone won the individual gold medal at the Tbilisi Men’s Epee World Cup, and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Tbilisi Sports Palace, with 282 individual fencers and 29 teams participating in the competition.

Cannone faced Belgium’s Neisser Loyola in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Loyola won against France’s Alexandre Bardenet, 15-9, while Cannone defeated Hungary’s David Nagy, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Nagy beat France’s world champion Yannick Borel, 15-12. In the table of 16, Bardenet won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo Gascon, 13-6, and in the table of 32, Estonia’s Sten Priinits beat Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 15-9, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Borel, 15-14.

France faced Czech Republic in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, Czech Republic won against Kazakhstan, 45-36, while France defeated Italy, 45-43. The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan over Italy, 45-35.

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Romain Cannone (FRA, gold), Neisser Loyola (BEL, silver), Alexandre Bardenet (FRA, bronze), David Nagy (HUN, bronze), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ), Yannick Borel (FRA), Minghao Lan (CHN) and Martin Rubes (CZE).

Final rankings in men’s team epee included France (gold), Czech Republic (silver), Kazakhstan (bronze), Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Hungary and Spain.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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WASHINGTON, D.C., USA, March 15-17, 2024 – USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer and Nick Itkin won gold medals at the 2024 Washington D.C. Women’s and Men’s Absolute Fencing Grand Prix. The event took place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center with 170 women and 231 men participating in the competition.

Kiefer faced Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Errigo won against USA’s Lauren Scruggs, 15-5, while Kiefer defeated Germany’s Anne Sauer, 15-6.

Itkin faced France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Lefort won against Japan’s Kyosuke Matsuyama, 15-8, while Itkin defeated Italy’s Filippo Macchi, 15-6. Of note, in the round of 16 Itkin beat Italy’s Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo, 15-9, and in the round of 32 Italy’s Guillaume Bianchi defeated Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Macchi, 15-11.

Final ranking in women’s individual foil included Lee Kiefer (USA, gold), Arianna Errigo (ITA, silver), Lauren Scruggs (USA, bronze), Anne Sauer (GER, bronze), Martina Favaretto (ITA), Martina Batini (ITA), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL) and Eva Lacheray (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Nick Itkin (USA, gold), Enzo Lefort (FRA, silver), Filippo Macchi (ITA, bronze), Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN, bronze), Guillaume Bianchi (ITA), Stef De Greef (BEL), Kazuki Iimura (JPN) and Andew Chen (USA).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1362,"title":"Obituary: Mourad Klioua","date":"2024-03-22 17:25:20","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167718-Obituary%20-%20Mourad%20Klioua%20March%202024.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167717-Obituary%20-%20Mourad%20Klioua%20March%202024.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 22, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Mourad Klioua (ALG) on March 1, 2024. A Category B FIE referee in three weapons, he officiated at numerous international competitions.

Klioua was a former member of the Executive Board of the Algerian Fencing Federation and for several years served as Chairman of the Algerian Federation Referees’ Commission. Over the decades, he trained numerous referees to officiate nationally and internationally.

He was born in 1944 and was known affectionately to his friends and family as “Uncle Mourad”. An excellent fencer as well as coach and trainer, he began his fencing career with the Gendarmerie Nationale in 1967. He was Algerian fencing champion several times, and also was the Arab sabre champion and fenced on the Algerian national team. He later went on to coach sabre for his club and then for the Algerian national team.

An announcement from the Algerian Fencing Federation stated “Mr. Mourad Klioua will leave a great void in the Algerian fencing family”.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Mourad Klioua’s family and friends, the Algerian Fencing Federation and the African Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1359,"title":"France’s Balzer, Team France Win Sint-Niklaas Women’s Sabre “SGK Ladies World Cup”","date":"2024-03-18 23:10:44","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167473-EVA_6214.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167472-EVA_6214.jpg","category":null,"content":"

SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, March 15-17, 2024 – France’s Sara Balzer won the individual gold medal at the Sint-Niklaas Women’s Sabre “SGK Ladies World Cup” and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Sports Centre De Witte Molen with 183 women and 20 teams participating in the competition.

Balzer faced Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Emura won against Greece’s Theodora Gkountoura, 15-9, while Balzer defeated Italy’s Martina Criscio, 15-12. Of note, in the round of 64 Bulgaria’s Olga A. Hramova beat Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, 15-14.

France faced Hungary in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-32 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Korea, 45-42, while France defeated Ukraine, 45-39. The bronze medal went to Ukraine over Korea, 45-38.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Sara Balzer (FRA, gold), Misaki Emura (JPN, silver), Martina Criscio (ITA, bronze), Theodora Gkountoura (GRE, bronze), Yaqi Shao (CHN), Yoana Ilieva (BUL), Hayoung Jeon (KOR) and Shihomi Fukushima (JPN).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included France (gold), Hungary (silver), Ukraine (bronze), Korea, Japan, USA Spain and Italy.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1361,"title":"Ten Countries Apply for 2024 Donate Your Fencing Gear! Programme","date":"2024-03-01 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167589-FIE_EDU_DONATE_WHITE_BG23.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167588-FIE_EDU_DONATE_WHITE_BG23.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Feb. 29, 2024 – Ten countries have applied to be 2024 recipients of the FIE’s Donate Your Fencing Gear! (DYFG) programme. DYFG takes good-quality equipment donations from world athletes, coaches and manufacturers and distributes them to disadvantaged and underprivileged athletes throughout the world. Each year, countries send proposals describing why they should be deemed beneficiaries of the programme.\r\n

DYFG gives a fair and equal opportunity for all FIE member federations to seek donations. Donated equipment is scrutinized by members of the FIE SEMI Commission to ensure everything is safe and in proper working condition.\r\n

The countries who applied this year include Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Pakistan and Togo.\r\n

Beneficiary countries will be announced later this year.\r\n

To review the proposals by the individual countries in detail, click here.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1358,"title":"ITA and FIE Present Clean Sport Education Webinar ","date":"2024-03-11 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167280-FIE_EDU_CLEAN_SPORT_WHITE_BG_page-0001.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167279-FIE_EDU_CLEAN_SPORT_WHITE_BG_page-0001.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 11, 2024 – The International Testing Agency (ITA), on behalf of the FIE, will host a Clean Sport Education Webinar on March 19, 2024 at 1400 Central European Time (CET).

Open to members of the FIE world fencing community, this important programme is designed to empower participants to fulfill their roles and responsibilities in keeping sport clean. This is especially significant leading into the 2024 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships taking place in April in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

ITA staff will lead the discussion, addressing topics including practical information on the Prohibited List, how to check medications, how to apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), useful tips and details about supplement risks and support available for you to make informed decisions.

Dr. Jeremy Summers, FIE Medical Commission President, and Dr. Sabrina Halaimia, member of the FIE Medical Commission will participate in the last segment of the Webinar to answer questions.

The Webinar will be presented in English with simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and French. All attendees will receive a PDF of the entire presentation as well as links to the various resources covered in the programme.

To register for the Clean Sport Education Webinar, click here.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1357,"title":"Hungary’s Kun, France’s Borel Win Budapest “Westend” Women’s and Men’s Epee Grand Prix","date":"2024-03-11 14:16:57","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167054-EVA_0564.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/167053-EVA_0564.jpg","category":null,"content":"

BUDAPEST, Hungary, March 8-10, 2024 – Hungary’s Anna Kun and France’s world champion Yannick Borel won gold medals at the 2024 Budapest “Westend” Epee Grand Prix. The event took place at the BOK Hall (former SYMA Hall) with 322 women and 393 men participating in the competition. The Grand Prix was dedicated to the memories of József Sákovics for the women’s and Győző Kulcsár for the men’s events.

Kun faced teammate Eszter Muhari in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Muhari won against Brazil’s world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, 15-12, while Kun defeated France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-11. Of note, in the quarterfinals Candassamy beat China’s Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 15-7; in the round of 16, Kun won against Italy’s two-time world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-8; and in the table of 32, China’s Junyao Tang defeated Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-13, before being eliminated by Muhari in the round of 16, 15-9.

Borel faced Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Siklosi won against teammate and world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-7, while Borel defeated Korea’s Youngjun Kweon, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 32, Egypt’s Mohamed Yasseen beat France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-14, before being eliminated by Siklosi in the round of 16, 15-12.

Overall rankings in women’s individual epee included Anna Kun (HUN, gold), Eszter Muhari (HUN, silver), Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA, bronze), Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA, bronze), Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG), Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA), Yiwen Sun (CHN) and Erika Kirpu (EST).

Overall rankings in men’s individual epee included Yannick Borel (FRA, gold), Gergely Siklosi (HUN, silver), Mate Tamas Koch (HUN, bronze), Youngjun Kweon (KOR, bronze), Koki Kano (JPN), Samuel Unterhauser (GER), Andrea Santarelli (ITA) and Miguel Frazao (POR).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1355,"title":"Two FIE World Cups: Athens and Padua","date":"2024-03-04 10:08:30","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/166748-AUG_0372.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/166747-AUG_0372.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., March 1-3, 2024 – Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Athens and Padua, as fencers continue to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Current provisional qualification information for Paris 2024 is available here: https://paris.fie.org/.

Athens, Greece, “Coupe Acropolis” Women’s Sabre World Cup – March 1-3

France’s Sara Balzer won the individual gold medal at the Athens “Coupe Acropolis” Women’s Sabre World Cup, and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Athens Olympic Complex (O.A.K.A.) with 197 individual fencers and 22 teams participating in the competition.

Balzer faced Spain’s Lucia Martin-Portugues in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Martin-Portugues won against Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, 15-14, while Balzer defeated teammate Manon Apithy-Brunet, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals Kharlan beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-8.

In the women’s team sabre event, France faced Ukraine in the final match, winning with a 45-30 score. In the semifinal round, Ukraine won against Bulgaria, 45-34, while France defeated Italy, 45-40. The bronze medal went to Bulgaria over Italy, 45-43.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Sara Balzer (FRA, gold), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP, silver), Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA, bronze), Olga Kharlan (UKR, bronze), Misaki Emura (JPN), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), Sarah Noutcha (FRA) and Michela Battiston (ITA).

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included France (gold), Ukraine (silver), Bulgaria (bronze), Italy, Korea, Spain, Hungary and USA.

Padua, Italy “Trophée Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup – March 1-3

USA’s Colin Heathcock won the individual men’s sabre gold medal at the Padua “Trophee Luxardo” Men’s Sabre World Cup, and Korea won the team gold. The event took place at the Kioene Arena with 235 individual fencers and 24 teams participating in the competition.

Heathcock faced Italy’s Luigi Samele in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Samele won against Spain’s Santiago Madrigal, 15-13, while Heathcock defeated Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy, 15-7. Of note, in the quarterfinals Elsissy beat USA’s world champion Eli Dershwitz, 15-10, following a win in the table of 16 against Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari, 15-12.

In the men’s team sabre event, Korea faced USA in the final match, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, USA won against Hungary, 45-42, while Korea defeated France, 45-42. The bronze medal went to France over Hungary, 45-28.

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Colin Heathcock (USA, gold), Luigi Samele (ITA, silver), Ziad Elsissy (EGY, bronze), Santiago Madrigal (ESP, bronze), Eli Dershwitz (USA), Bolade Apithy (FRA), Fares Ferjani (TUN) and Kento Yoshida (JPN).

Final rankings in men’s team sabre included Korea (gold), USA (silver), France (bronze), Hungary, Italy, Germany, Romania and Iran.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., March 6, 2024 – The FIE is very saddened to learn of the passing on March 2 of Arthur Bar-Joseph (ISR), an FIE Member of Honour and of the Hall of Fame, FIE Olympic and world championships referee and Refereeing Commission member.

Born on June 15, 1936 in Romania, he emigrated to Israel in the 1960s, where he became involved with fencing at the Maccabi Ramat-Gan Fencing Club.

He went on to work in international fencing, and as an FIE referee from 1972 with an A rating in foil and epee and a B in sabre. He was appointed, as a referee or a refereeing delegate, to five consecutive Olympic Games: Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000. He was the organiser of multiple international competitions and worked as an observer in numerous FIE Fencing World Championships.

Bar-Joseph was a member of the FIE Refereeing Commission from 1986 until 2004.

He was appointed Member of Honour at the 2013 Congress in Paris for spending his life promoting fencing and refereeing in Israel.

Bar-Joseph was the President of Honour of the Israeli Fencing Association, and also served as chairperson of the Referee Committee and promoted Fair Play.

Considered by many to be the founding father of epee in Israel, Bar-Joseph established the first epee club in the country, in the town of Ashkelon, where it grew to be the largest in the country. He was a fencing coach and one of the first Israeli epee coaches. In addition, he was renowned for promoting refereeing and initiating refereeing examinations for coaches and athletes in the country.

Bar-Joseph’s two sons, Haim and Shay, who are former fencers and the latter an FIE referee with an A in epee and B in foil since 1993, said they “were and forever [will be] proud of him, his achievements, and his commitment to the sport he loved so much. Fencing was his whole life.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Arthur Bar-Joseph’s family and friends, the Israel Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1354,"title":"Event Info – March 2024","date":"2024-02-27 15:10:03","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/166468-DSC_5545.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/33/166467-DSC_5545.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 08-10 March 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Epee, Men’s Individual Epee


Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Washington DC, USA
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 15-17 March 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Men’s Individual Foil


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Padua, Italy
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 01-03 March 2024
Info: Men’s Individual Sabre, Men’s Team Sabre


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Athens, Greece
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 01-03 March 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Sabre, Women’s Team Sabre


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 15-17 March 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Sabre, Women’s Team Sabre


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Nanjing, China
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 22-24 March 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Epee, Women’s Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 22-24 March 2024
Info: Men’s Individual Epee, Men’s Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 22-24 March 2024
Info: Men’s Individual Sabre, Men’s Team Sabre

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Feb. 22-25, 2024 – Two International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Heidenheim and Cairo, as fencers continue to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Current provisional qualification information for Paris 2024 is available here: https://paris.fie.org/.

Heidenheim, Germany, “70 Heidenheimer Pokal” Men’s Epee World Cup – Feb. 22-24

Japan’s Masaru Yamada won the individual gold medal at the Heidenheim “70 Heidenheimer Pokal” Men’s Epee World Cup, and Hungary won the team gold. The event took place at the Karl-Rau-Halle with 349 individual fencers and 33 teams participating in the competition.

Yamada faced Italy’s Enrico Piatti in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Piatti won against teammate Federico Vismara, 15-11, while Yamada defeated France’s Paul Allegre, 15-9. Of note, in the quarterfinals Piatti beat France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-14, and Vismara won against Venezuela’s Olympic champion Ruben Limardo-Gascon, 15-14.

In the men’s team epee event, Hungary faced Japan in the final match, winning with a 37-30 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Switzerland, 32-31, while Hungary defeated France, 37-36. The bronze medal went to France over Switzerland, 37-34.

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Masaru Yamada (JPN, gold), Enrico Piatti (ITA, silver), Federico Vismara (ITA, bronze), Paul Allegre (FRA, bronze), Romain Cannone (FRA), Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN), Ruben Limardo Gascon (VEN) and Luidgi Midelton (FRA).

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Hungary (gold), Japan (silver), France (bronze), Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Austria and Czech Republic.

Cairo, Egypt, National Bank of Egypt Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup – Feb. 22-25

Italy’s Martina Favaretto and world champion Tommaso Marini won the women’s and men’s individual gold medals at the Cairo National Bank of Egypt Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup, with USA and Italy winning the women’s and men’s team competitions. The event took place at the Indoor Halls Complex of Cairo Stadium in Nasr City, with 172 women and 225 men as well as 17 women’s and 21 men’s teams participating.

In the final bout of women’s individual foil, Favaretto faced USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Kiefer won against teammate Jacqueline Dubrovich, 15-13, while Favaretto defeated teammate Martina Sinigalia, 15-5. Of note, in the quarterfinals Sinigalia beat teammate and two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-14, and Kiefer won against Italy’s two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-12.

In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Marini faced teammate Edoardo Luperi, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Luperi won against China’s Ziwei Mo, 15-11, while Marini defeated Hungary’s Daniel Dosa, 15-5. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Dosa beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-14, and in the round of 16, Mo defeated Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13. In the round of 32, Cheung beat Italy’s world champion Daniele Garozzo, 15-10, and Kirill Borodachev (AIN) won against France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-11, before being defeated by Marini in the quarterfinals, 15-8.

In the women’s team foil event, USA faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-33 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Japan, 45-36, while USA defeated France, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Japan over France, 30-27.

In the men’s team foil event, Italy faced Japan in the final match, winning with a 45-30 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against Hong Kong, China, 45-42, while Italy defeated USA, 45-31. The bronze medal went to USA over Hong Kong, China, 45-34.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Martina Favaretto (ITA, gold), Lee Kiefer (USA, silver), Jacqueline Dubrovich (USA, bronze), Martina Sinigalia (ITA, bronze), Alice Volpi (ITA), Martina Batini (ITA), Qingyuan Chen (CHN) and Arianna Errigo (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Tommaso Marini (ITA, gold), Edoardo Luperi (ITA, silver), Ziwei Mo (CHN, bronze), Daniel Dosa (HUN, bronze), Alessio Foconi (ITA), Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE) and Kirill Borodachev (AIN).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included USA (gold), Italy (silver), Japan (bronze), France, Canada, Ukraine, Poland and Korea.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Italy (gold), Japan (silver), USA (bronze), Hong Kong-China, China, Hungary, Egypt and Poland.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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Turin, Italy, Feb. 9-11, 2024 – USA’s and Hong Kong, China’s Olympic Champions Lee Kiefer and Ka Long Cheung won gold medals at the Turin Women’s and Men’s Foil Grand Prix. The event took place at the Pala Alpitour, with 190 women and 245 men participating in the competition. During this season leading to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, provisional qualification information is available here: https://paris.fie.org/

In the final bout of women’s individual foil, Kiefer faced Italy’s Martina Favaretto, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Favaretto won against teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo, 15-14, while Kiefer defeated Germany’s Anne Sauer, 15-10. Of note, in the table of 16 Errigo beat teammate and two-time world champion Alice Volpi, 15-12.

In the final bout of men’s individual foil, Cheung faced Czech Republic’s Alexander Choupenitch, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Choupenitch won against France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-8, while Cheung defeated USA’s Nick Itkin, 15-14. Of note, in the round of 16, Choupenitch beat Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini, 15-13, and Cheung won against Italy’s Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo, 15-9. In the round of 32, Japan’s Seishiro Funamoto beat Italy’s world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-12, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by Lefort, 15-13. Also, in the round of 32, Japan’s Kenta Suzumura defeated USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-5, before being eliminated by Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza in the round of 16, 15-6.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Lee Kiefer (USA, gold), Martina Favaretto (ITA, silver), Arianna Errigo (ITA, bronze), Anne Sauer (GER, bronze), Martina Batini (ITA), Sera Azuma (JPN), Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN) and Qingyuan Chen (CHN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil include Ka Long Cheung (HKG, gold), Alexander Choupenitch (CZE, silver), Nick Itkin (USA, bronze), Enzo Lefort (FRA, bronze), Mohamed Hamza (EGY), Carlos Llavador (ESP), Taegyu Ha (KOR) and Kazuki Iimura (JPN).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Feb. 19, 2024 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of fencing master Henri Sassine (CAN) on Feb. 11, 2024, in Laval, Quebec. A Canadian national team coach, his work included coaching at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Rio 2016. Remarkably, he trained Olympians in all three weapons.

Born on Oct. 8, 1940, in Egypt, Sassine emigrated to Canada in 1966, settling in Chibougamau, Northern Quebec, where he coached many fencers. From 1984, nine of his fencers became Olympians, including his daughter, Sandra, who competed in Beijing and London. He also trained Olympians Claude Marcil, Jacynthe Poirier, Daniel Perreault, Jean-Marie Banos, Jean-Paul Banos, Tony Plourde, Evens Gravel and Maximilien Van Haaster. The Banos brothers were renowned for being four-time Olympians.

The Canadian Fencing Federation stated, “Master Sassine was not only a Canadian fencing legend, but also a great friend of the Pan-American family, as evidenced by his many collaborations with the Cuban Fencing Federation, among others.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Henri Sassine’s family and friends, the Canadian Fencing Federation and the Pan American Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

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Lausanne, Switz., Feb. 9-11, 2024 – Three International Fencing Federation World Cups took place in Barcelona, Lima and Tbilisi, as athletes prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Current provisional qualification information for Paris 2024 is available here: https://paris.fie.org/

Barcelona, Spain, Women’s Epee World Cup – Feb. 9-11

Hong Kong, China’s Man Wai Vivian Kong won the individual gold medal at the Barcelona Women’s Epee World Cup, and Italy won the team gold. The event took place at the Institut Nacional d’Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), one of the venues used in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic and Paralympic Games, with 307 individual fencers and 26 teams participating in the competition.

Kong faced Korea’s world champion Sera Song in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 12-11 score. In the semifinal round, Song won against Hungary’s Eszter Muhari, 15-7, while Kong defeated Poland’s Renata Knapik-Miazga, 15-11. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Kong beat Brazil’s world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, 11-10, and Knapik-Miazga won against China’s Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 11-10. In the round of 16, Ukraine’s Olena Kryvytska defeated Italy’s world champion Mara Navarria, 15-13, before being eliminated in the quarterfinals by Muhari, 15-6. In the round of 32, Muhari also defeated France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 15-12, and Ukraine’s Vlada Kharkova beat Italy’s world champion Rossella Fiamingo, 15-7.

In the women’s team epee event, Italy faced Korea in the final match, winning with a 29-28 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against USA, 43-31, while Italy defeated China, 22-21. The bronze medal went to China over USA, 41-34.

Lima, Peru, Women’s Sabre World Cup – Feb. 9-11

Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan won the individual gold medal at the Lima Women’s Sabre World Cup, and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Villa Deportiva Nacional, with 148 individual fencers and 20 teams participating in the competition.

Kharlan faced Hungary’s Sugar Katinka Battai in the final bout of women’s individual sabre at the Lima Women’s Sabre World Cup, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Battai won against Uzbekistan’s Zaynab Dayibekova, 15-12, while Kharlan defeated USA’s Elizabeth Tartakovsky, 15-12. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Dayibekova beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura, 15-12.

In the women’s team sabre event, France faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-26 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Bulgaria, 45-42, while France defeated Hungary, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Bulgaria, 45-42.

Tbilisi, Georgia, Men’s Sabre World Cup – Feb. 9-11

Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi won the individual gold medal at the Tbilisi Men’s Sabre World Cup, and Korea won the team gold. The event took place at the Tbilisi Sports Palace, with 197 individual fencers and 22 teams participating in the competition.

Szilagyi faced Iran’s Ali Pakdaman in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Pakdaman won against Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze, 15-13, while Szilagyi defeated Italy’s Luigi Samele, 15-6. Of note, in the round of 32, Bazadze beat Korea’s world champion Junghwan Kim, 15-6.

In the men’s team sabre event, Korea faced Hungary in the final match, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against USA, 45-31, while Korea defeated Romania, 45-33. The bronze medal went to USA over Romania, 45-32.

Complete and official results for these events may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Turin, Italy
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 09-11 February 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Men’s Individual Foil


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men
Date: 09-11 February 2024
Info: Men’s Individual Sabre, Men’s Team Sabre


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Barcelona, Spain
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 09-11 February 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Epee, Women’s Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Lima, Peru
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Women
Date: 09-11 February 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Sabre, Women’s Team Sabre


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Heidenheim, Germany
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 22-24 February 2024
Info: Men’s Individual Epee, Men’s Team Epee


Event: FIE Senior World Cup
Place: Cairo, Egypt
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 22-25 February 202
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Men’s Individual Foil, Women’s Team Foil, Men’s Team Foi

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DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 29-31, 2024 – Hong Kong, China’s Man Wai Vivian Kong and Israel’s Yuval Shalom Freilich won gold medals at the Qatar Women’s and Men’s Epee Grand Prix. The event took place at the Lusail Sport Arena, including 210 women and 275 men participating in the competition.

In the final bout of women’s individual epee, Kong faced Italy’s Giulia Rizzi, winning with a 14-13 score. In the semifinal round, Rizzi won against Ukraine’s Darja Varfolomyeyeva, 15-12, while Kong defeated USA’s Hadley Husisian, 15-14. Of note, in the quarterfinals Varfolomyeyeva beat France’s world champion Marie-Florence Candassamy, 11-10, and in the round of 16 Husisian beat Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-12.

In the final bout of men’s individual epee, Freilich faced Italy’s Federico Vismara, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Vismara won against USA’s Samuel Imrek, 15-12, while Freilich defeated USA’s Yeisser Ramirez, 14-13. Of note, in the quarterfinals, Freilich beat France’s world champion Yannick Borel, 15-9, Ramirez won against Hungary’s world champion Gergely Siklosi, 15-11, and Vismara defeated Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-14. In the round of 16, Freilich won against France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-10.

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG, gold), Giulia Rizzi (ITA, silver), Hadley Husisian (USA, bronze), Darja Varfolomyeyeva (UKR, bronze), Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA), Federica Isola (ITA), Katrina Lehis (EST) and Hyein Lee (KOR).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Yuval Shalom Freilich (ISR, gold), Federico Vismara (ITA, silver), Samuel Imrek (USA, bronze), Yeisser Ramirez (USA, bronze), Mate Tamas Koch (HUN), Gergely Siklosi (HUN), Alexandre Bardenet (FRA) and Yannick Borel (FRA).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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TUNIS, Tunisia, Jan. 12-14, 2024 – Spain’s Lucia Martin-Portugues and USA’s Colin Heathcock won gold medals at the Tunis Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. The event took place at the Palais des Sports – Cité Olympique Rades, including 149 women and 176 men participating in the competition.

In the final bout of women’s sabre, Martin-Portugues faced Türkiye’s Nisanur Erbil, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Erbil won against Korea’s Sebin Choi, 15-14, while Martin-Portugues defeated Italy’s Chiara Mormile, 15-6. Of note, Erbil beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura in the quarterfinals, 15-14.

In the final bout of men’s sabre, Heathcock faced Tunisia’s Fares Ferjani, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Ferjani won against Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze, 15-14, while Heathcock defeated Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-13. Of note, Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh won against Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari in the round of 16, 15-14, and was then eliminated by Ferjani in the quarterfinals, 15-7.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP, gold), Nisanur Erbil (TÜR, silver), Sebin Choi (KOR, bronze), Chiara Mormile (ITA, bronze), Misaki Emura (JPN), Despina Georgiadou (GRE), Cecilia Berder (FRA) and Eunhye Jeon (KOR).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Colin Heathcock (USA, gold), Fares Ferjani (TUN, silver), Sandro Bazadze (GEO, bronze), Aron Szilagyi, (HUN, bronze), Matyas Szabo (GER), Sanguk Oh (KOR), Michele Gallo (ITA) and Bolade Apithy (FRA).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Jan. 22, 2024 – The deadline for federations that would like to apply for support from the FIE Donate Your Fencing Gear! programme is quickly approaching on January 31, 2024.

Each year, national federations submit bids to be considered to receive good-quality, safe fencing gear donated to the FIE. The equipment has been donated at FIE World Championships by athletes, coaches and manufacturers, and is intended to help fencers in disadvantaged realities and/or challenging environments.

The equipment is rigorously tested and approved by the FIE SEMI Commission and distributed annually to selected recipients.

The application process asks interested federations to present how the equipment would be used to benefit fencers and/or projects where access to fencing equipment is limited due to cost or other factors. Later in the year, they report on how the equipment was used with short case studies.

If your federation would like to apply to the Donate Your Fencing Gear! programme to be a 2024 recipient of equipment, please click the link below to apply. The link also provides background information on the programme for you to review:

Click here to download the 2024 Donate Your Fencing Gear! Application

For any questions, please contact Elena Murdaca (Elena.Murdaca@fie.ch) in the FIE office.

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PARIS, France, Jan. 11-14, 2024 – China’s Qingyuan Chen and Italy’s World Champion Tommaso Marini won the women’s and men’s individual gold medals at the Mazars Challenge International de Paris Women’s and Men’s Foil World Cup, with Italy and USA winning the women’s and men’s team events. The event took place at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin, with 229 women and 290 men as well as 25 women’s and 28 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Chen faced Italy’s Elena Tangherlini in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Tangherlini won against teammate Martina Favaretto, 15-14, while Chen defeated Canada’s Jessica Zi Jia Guo, 15-13. Of note, Tangherlini won against USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer in the quarterfinals, 15-13, while Chen beat Italian two-time world champion Alice Volpi in the round of 16, 15-7, and Italy’s Francesca Palumbo defeated France’s world champion Ysaora Thibus in the same round, 11-10.

Marini faced teammate and world champion Alessio Foconi in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Foconi won against teammate Guillaume Bianchi, 15-6, while Marini defeated teammate Filippo Macchi, 15-9. Of note, USA’s Alexander Massialas beat teammate and world champion Miles Chamley-Watson in the round of 16, 15-12, Bianchi won against Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-13, and France’s Maxime Pauty defeated teammate and two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-14.

In the women’s team foil event, Italy faced France in the final match, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Poland, 45-38, while Italy defeated Japan, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Poland over Japan, 44-41.

In the men’s team foil event, USA faced Japan in the final match, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, Japan won against France, 45-43, while USA defeated Italy, 45-44. The bronze medal went to France over Italy, 45-32.

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Qingyuan Chen (CHN, gold), Elena Tangherlini (ITA, silver), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Jessica Zi Jia Guo (CAN, bronze), Lee Kiefer (USA), Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL), Francesca Palumbo (ITA) and Erica Cipressa (ITA).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Tommaso Marini (ITA, gold), Alessio Foconi (ITA, silver), Guillaume Bianchi (ITA, bronze), Filippo Macchi (ITA, bronze), Alexander Massialas (USA), Gerek Meinhardt (USA), Maxime Pauty (FRA) and David Sosnov (GBR).

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), France (silver), Poland (bronze), Japan, USA, Hungary, Canada and China.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included USA (gold), Japan (silver), France (bronze), Italy, China, Germany, Poland and Egypt.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Tunis, Tunisia
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 12-14 January 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Sabre, Men’s Individual Sabre


Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Doha, Qatar
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 29-31 January 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Epee, Men’s Individual Epee


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Paris, France
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 11-14 January 2024
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Men’s Individual Foil, Women’s Team Foil, Men’s Team Foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1342,"title":"Happy New Year","date":"2024-01-01 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163714-FIE_new_year_YT_Cover_2048x1152.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163713-FIE_new_year_YT_Cover_2048x1152.jpg","category":null,"content":"

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 6-10 – The International Fencing Federation continued its 2023-2024 senior competition World Cup season with three events in Vancouver, Novi Sad and Tokoname. Athletes and teams are preparing for next summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and current provisional qualification information for Paris 2024 is available here: https://paris.fie.org/

Here are the results from the three World Cups:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup – Dec. 6-10

France’s Coraline Vitalis and Luidgi Midelton won the women’s and men’s individual gold medals at the Vancouver Women’s and Men’s Epee World Cup, with Estonia and Japan winning the women’s and men’s team events. The event took place at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with 205 women and 245 men as well as 21 women’s and 31 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Vitalis faced Argentina’s Isabel Di Tella in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 13-12 score. In the semifinal round, Di Tella won against Canada’s Ruien Xiao, 15-11, while Vitalis defeated teammate Camille Nabeth, 15-6.

Midelton faced China’s Zijie Wang in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Wang won against Japan’s Koki Kano, 15-13, while Midelton defeated Italy’s Giulio Gaetani, 15-9. Of note, Wang beat France’s world champion Yannick Borel in the quarterfinals, 15-13.

In the women’s team epee event, Estonia faced USA in the final match, winning with a 36-32 score. In the semifinal round, USA defeated Ukraine, 45-43, while Estonia defeated Korea, 43-42. The bronze medal went to Ukraine over Korea, 37-36.

In the men’s team epee event, Japan faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 32-27 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Venezuela, 44-36, while Japan defeated Switzerland, 45-30. The bronze medal went to Venezuela over Switzerland, 27-26.

Novi Sad, Serbia Women’s Foil World Cup – Dec. 8-10

Italy’s two-time world champion Alice Volpi won the individual gold medal at the Novi Sad Women’s Foil World Cup, and USA won the team gold. The event took place at the SPC Vojvodina “Spens”, with 215 individual fencers and 22 teams participating in the competition.

Volpi faced USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Kiefer won against Germany’s Leonie Ebert, 15-9, while Volpi defeated Canada’s Jessica Zi Jia Guo, 15-6.

In the women’s team foil event, USA faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-37 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Japan, 45-31, while USA beat Canada, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Japan over Canada, 44-31.

Tokoname, Japan Prince Takamado Trophy 2023 Men’s Foil World Cup – Dec. 8-10

USA’s Alexander Massialas won the individual gold medal at the Tokoname Prince Takamado Trophy 2023 World Cup, and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Aichi Sky Expo, with 219 individual fencers and 23 teams participating in the competition.

Massialas faced Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Hamza won against Italy’s Edoardo Luperi, 15-13, while Massialas defeated Hong Kong, China’s Chun Yin Ryan Choi, 15-8. Of note, Choi beat Italy’s world champion Tommaso Marini in the quarterfinals, 15-13, and Hamza won against Hong Kong China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-8. In the table of 16, Cheung beat USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-11.

In the men’s team foil event, France faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-35 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Hong Kong, China, 45-40, while France beat Japan, 45-42. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Japan, 45-35.

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1340,"title":"FIE Pan American Course for Epee Coaches. Lima, Peru, from December 4th till December 15, 2023.","date":"2023-12-23 18:00:48","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163536-Screenshot%202023-12-23%20212929.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163535-Screenshot%202023-12-23%20212929.jpg","category":null,"content":"

“The international continental courses for coaches, which are held thanks to the development and support program of the International Fencing Federation, have become a tradition for the training of coaches in our continent. Year after year, we see the growth in the technical part of all the federations that rely on these activities and that are shared in turn, to the athletes and future coaches in their respective countries. We hope to continue developing these international courses to help in the growth of Pan American fencing.”
Vitaly Logvin
President CPE
A total of 35 coaches from 28 national federations participated in this new international course for epee coaches, which was given by Master Gennady Tyshler, a renowned master of weapons, with a great international trajectory in the training of coaches and with a great deal of teaching experience. The participants expressed their satisfaction for the knowledge acquired, which will be very useful to continue with the development programs in their respective countries.

The course was also complemented with a refereeing seminar by Mr. Amgad Badawi, member of the FIE refereeing commission. The knowledge about technical rules and refereeing will help coaches to perform their work in a complete way in several areas.

Finally, we would like to thank the Peruvian Fencing Federation, Peruvian Olympic Committee and Peruvian Institute of Sport for all their support in the development of this international course for coaches.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1341,"title":"FIE Coaching Academy in Johannesburg Announces 2023 Graduates","date":"2023-12-23 22:48:18","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163557-Screenshot%202023-12-23%20224311.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163556-Screenshot%202023-12-23%20224311.jpg","category":null,"content":"

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Dec. 11, 2023 – The FIE Coaching Academy in Johannesburg has completed its 2023 class, with six graduates finishing the year-long course with examinations taking place on Nov. 10 and 17. A graduation ceremony was held on Nov. 18, awarding FIE Academy SA diplomas and presenting FIE Coaching Masters Certificates. Students also receive ETA college diplomas.

The Academy originally had 13 student candidates from seven countries, ultimately hosting (after some withdrawals) the six who took the entire course and all of whom graduated. They included the following students, two women and four men:

Since the Academy started in 2018, 46 have participated in the programme. Only 2 (two) students did not graduate in the 2020 class, as they left South Africa when the COVID-19 lockdown was introduced.

The Academy includes two integrated courses of study, organised in English (lecturing and literature):

The college programme included multiple subjects with relevant modules throughout the course, including the following:

Based on these two integrated programmes, students who successfully graduate receive two diplomas:

The Fencing Academy is organized at the Tyshler Fencing School (TFS), a permanent fencing venue at the Randburg Sport Complex, next to the ETA College. Teachers and presenters for the Academy included Dr. Gennady Tyshler, a lecturer for all three weapons (Ph.D. in pedagogy and sport science); Dr. Mikhail Galukhin, visiting lecturer (Ph.D. in sport science); and Dr. Alek Movshovitch, external consultant (Professor of Physical Education).

The Fencing Academy programme was prepared by Dr. Tyshler and Dr. Movshovitch in 2017. It is based on a total of 460 hours, including 38 hours of theoretical lessons, 364 hours of practical lessons, 58 hours of individual coaching work and two hours of examinations.

As part of the programme, a one-week armourer course was also held in September, led by presenter and trainer Mr. Gilles Martinage, armourer for the French Fencing Federation.

Each Academy student is fully sponsored by the FIE, including the following benefits:

The full curriculum of the 2023 FIE Coaching Programme in Johannesburg may be found here.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1339,"title":"Obituary: Samuel D. Cheris","date":"2023-12-15 20:05:49","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163166-Sam%20Cheris%20%28USA%29%20-%203013%20small.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/163165-Sam%20Cheris%20%28USA%29%20-%203013%20small.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 15, 2023 – The FIE is deeply saddened to learn of the passing in Denver, Colorado, USA on December 13 of Samuel D. Cheris (USA), FIE Member of Honour and Hall of Fame member. He was born on November 14, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Cheris was a member of the FIE Executive Committee from 1996 to 2004, and has been a continuous member of the Legal (formerly Statutes) Commission since 1992 and served as its President from 1996 to 2008, and from 2012 until now. Prior to that, he was a member of the FIE PCM Commission (formerly the Propaganda Commission) from 1989 to 1992.

As a young student, he fenced foil at Brooklyn (New York) Technical High School and then for three years at Brooklyn College.

As an assistant fencing coach at Stanford University, Cheris elevated the women’s fencing program from a physical education course to eventual NCAA varsity status — a position it still holds today.

He expanded referee gender and nationality representation at World Cups, World Championships and the Olympic Games.

Cheris received his MBA and Juris Doctor degrees at Stanford University, graduating in 1971. He was admitted to practice law in California (1972) and Colorado (1973).

He practiced law at the U.S. Court of Appeals – Federal Circuit in 1971 and 1972, and then worked as an attorney. He was named a “Super Lawyer”, specializing in the fields of mergers and acquisitions and closely held businesses.

Cheris co-drafted the revised FIE statutes in 1999, which were approved by the FIE Congress the same year, the FIE Disciplinary code and revised FIE Administrative Rules. In 2018, he submitted to the Congress the FIE Safeguarding Policy, which was approved by the Congress the same year.

In 1994, he supported a proposal from several federations to add English and Spanish as FIE working languages. The proposal was adopted by the Congress the same year.

He organised the 1989 Senior World Championships and 1993 Junior & Cadet World Championships, both of which took place in Denver, his home city.

Sam Cheris was an international referee at foil (B-category) and epee (A-category). He refereed in numerous World Cups and World Championships from 1982 to 1996.

He was President of the Directoire Technique in sabre World Cups and Foil Grand Prix events held in the USA from 2012 to 2020, and a member of the Directoire Technique in numerous Junior and Cadet and Senior World Championships and at the Olympic Games in Atlanta.

He was Chief of Protocol and Junior and Cadet and Senior World Championships and Olympic Games from 1998 to 2004.

Cheris officiated as FIE Safeguarding Officer in Junior and Cadet World Championships and in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, as well as Safeguarding mediator.

Cheris represented the United States at more than 25 FIE Congresses. As part of USA Fencing, he played multiple important roles, among other positions, as President, Vice-President, Treasurer and President of the Refereeing Commission (FOC), where he has been the Chair since 2008. He was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame in July, 2023, where he made a personal acceptance speech.

His contributions and accomplishments in the FIE and world fencing were numerous, significant and outstanding. A press release from USA Fencing stated that Cheris had “the courage to point out what didn’t seem right and the drive and ingenuity to present real solutions.”

The FIE extends its sincere condolences for their loss to Sam Cheris’ family and friends, USA Fencing and the Pan American Fencing Confederation, and expresses its deepest sympathy during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1337,"title":"France’s Apithy-Brunet, Germany’s Szabo Win Orleans Sabre Grand Prix","date":"2023-12-11 09:32:15","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162885-DSC_4960.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162884-DSC_4960.jpg","category":null,"content":"

ORLEANS, France, Dec. 7-9, 2023 – France’s Manon Apithy-Brunet and Germany’s Matyas Szabo won gold medals at the Orleans “Trophée Nuoma” Women’s and Men’s Sabre Grand Prix. The event took place at the Palais des Sports, with semifinals and finals held at the Zénith d'Orléans, including 183 women and 211 men participating in the competition.

In the final bout of women’s individual sabre, Apithy-Brunet faced Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan, winning with a 15-12 score. Kharlan won against France’s Cecilia Berder in the semifinal round, 15-11, while Apithy-Brunet defeated teammate Sara Balzer, 15-8. Of note, Korea’s Hayoung Jeon beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura in the table of 32, 15-14, going on to the quarterfinals where she lost to Kharlan, 15-13.

In the final bout of men’s individual sabre, Szabo faced France’s Maxime Pianfetti, winning with a 15-10 score. Pianfetti won against teammate Sebastien Patrice in the semifinal round, 15-11, while Szabo defeated Italy’s Pietro Torre, 15-10. Of note, Pianfetti beat Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh in the quarterfinals, 15-12, and Hungary’s world champion and triple Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi in the table of 16, 15-12. Italy’s Luigi Samele beat Korea’s world champion Junghwan Kim in the table of 32, 15-10, before going to lose in the quarterfinals to teammate Torre, 15-8.

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA, gold), Olga Kharlan (UKR, silver), Sara Balzer (FRA, bronze), Cecilia Berder (FRA, bronze), Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP), Yaqi Shao (CHN), Hayoung Jeon (KOR) and Renata Katona (HUN).

Final rankings in men’s individual sabre included Matyas Szabo (GER, gold), Maxime Pianfetti (FRA, silver), Sebastien Patrice (FRA, bronze), Pietro Torre (ITA, bronze), Luigi Samele (ITA), Sanguk Oh (KOR), Ali Pakdaman (IRI) and Adham Moataz (EGY).

Complete and official results for this event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1336,"title":"Aron Szilagyi (HUN) Approved as Election Candidate to IOC Athletes’ Commission","date":"2023-12-05 16:25:06","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162530-Aron%20Szilagyi.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162529-Aron%20Szilagyi.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 5, 2023 – Aron Szilagyi, Hungary’s world champion and triple Olympic gold medallist in men’s sabre, has been approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board to take part in next year’s Paris 2024 election to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission.

Szilagyi earned gold medals in individual men’s sabre at the London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and won the gold at the 2022 Cairo Fencing World Championships. He served on the FIE Athletes’ Commission from 2013 to 2022 and has been on the Hungarian NOC Athletes’ Commission since 2020.

The IOC Athletes’ Commission comprises up to 23 members, with 12 elected by athlete peers and a maximum of 12 being appointed by the IOC. The approved list of candidates for Paris 2024 includes 32 athletes (18 male and 14 female), from which four new positions will be elected to the Commission.

The candidates are nominated by their respective National Olympic Committees, coming from 15 sports and 32 NOCs. The vote is supervised and certified by an Election Committee, appointed by IOC President Thomas Bach.

The elected term is eight years, with the outgoing members having been elected and appointed at the Rio 2016 Games.

For more information about the IOC Athletes’ Commission, click here.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1346,"title":"Obituary: Adel Zetuni","date":"2023-12-04 23:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/164442-Adel.Z.jpeg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/164441-Adel.Z.jpeg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 4, 2023 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Adel Zetuni (LBA) at the age of 56 (b. Sept. 11, 1967) on November 27, 2023. He was the former president of the Libyan Fencing Federation, from 2009 to 2016.

Zetuni served as LFF President from 2009 to 2016 and is one of the founders of fencing in Libya. He also served as a member of the Libyan Olympic Committee Council from 2010 to 2014.

He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Fencing Federation as well as a former member of the African Fencing Confederation.

As a member of the Faculty of Physical Education, he taught at the University of Tripoli, and he was President of the Ghotalshall Club from 2006 to 2009.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Adel Zetuni’s family and friends, the Libyan Fencing Federation and the African Fencing Confederation. We express our deepest sympathy to them during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1335,"title":"Event Info - December 2023","date":"2023-12-04 20:58:06","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162496-LPA01841.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162495-LPA01841.jpg","category":null,"content":"

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Event: FIE Grand Prix
Place: Orléans, France
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 07-09 December 2023
Info: Women’s Individual Sabre, Men’s Individual Sabre

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Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Vancouver, Canada
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 07-10 December 2023
Info: Women’s Individual Epee, Men’s Individual Epee, Women’s Team Epee, Men’s Team Epee

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Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Novi Sad, Serbia
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Women
Date: 08-10 December 2023
Info: Women’s Individual Foil, Women’s Team Foil

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Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Tokoname, Japan
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men
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Date: 08-10 December 2023
Info: Men’s Individual Foil, Men’s Team Foil
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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1333,"title":"2023 FIE Congress Meets in Egypt","date":"2023-11-26 21:51:12","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162212-group%20pic%20small.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162211-group%20pic%20small.jpg","category":null,"content":"

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov. 25, 2023 — The International Fencing Federation (FIE) 2023 Congress has met in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with 107 of its 136 national federations present and 29 represented.

Several decisions, proposals and announcements were made at the event, including the following:

Candidate World Championships Cities. For the 2024-2025 competition season, based on a vote at this year’s Congress, the fencing federations that were awarded World Championships included the following cities:

There was a call for the organisation of the 2027 Junior and Cadet and Senior Fencing World Championships and the 2025, 2026 and 2027 Veteran Fencing World Championships.

FIE Awards. Several awards were given at the FIE Congress, including the following:

New Member Federations. Montenegro received approval as a member of the FIE, bringing the total number of member federations to 156.

Fencing and the Environment. A substantial report was provided to the Congress on the results of the FIE Fencing and the Environment Working Group, led by FIE Vice President Ana Irene Delgado Guerra (PAN). The report included comprehensive and detailed statistics of sustainability programmes undertaken throughout the FIE world fencing community, as well as reports of various initiatives to educate and encourage federations and fencers worldwide to engage in sustainability projects and working standards.

Proposals. Several proposals were presented at the Congress, including the following:

A proposal to increase the number of members voted into the Ethics Commission from 5 to 10 members was approved.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1334,"title":"Embracing a Future of Growth and Collaboration in the Heart of the Olympic Capital. ISF and FIE Together on Development of Fencing Activity and Events From a School Age.","date":"2023-12-02 00:58:40","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162419-WRR64376.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/162418-WRR64376.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., November 14, 2023 -- In a landmark decision heralding a new chapter for school sports, the International School Sport Federation (ISF) is delighted to announce the relocation of its global headquarters to Lausanne, Switzerland, the Olympic capital. This pivotal move, slated for January 2024, signifies a strategic leap into a future where innovation, collaboration and youth empowerment take center stage.

Strategic Move for Global Impact. After a storied 50-year history in Brussels, the ISF is poised to embark on a transformative journey from its new base at the Sport International House in Lausanne. This strategic relocation is the result of a forward-thinking decision by the ISF's Management and Executive Committees and underscores the organisation's commitment to harnessing the potential of international sports federations for the betterment of school sports worldwide.

FENCING FROM SCHOOL LEVEL TO PROFESSIONAL GLOBAL STAGES: FIE and ISF sign MoU enhancing fencing participation from an early age

Ahead of the relocation, the ISF has been actively forging partnerships, as evidenced by the recent Sport Accord International Federations Forum in Lausanne. There, the ISF penned new Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with prominent federations, such as the FIE reinforcing its commitment to elevating the operational standards of international school sports events.

This partnership is a significant milestone for both organisations, as the FIE has a clear mission toward fencing development, while ISF is eager to enhance fencing activity and accessibility to fencing events from a young age and school level.

Based on that commitment, ISF has set the ISF Gymnasiade 2024 event from 23rd to 31st of October in Manama, Bahrain, featuring Fencing as one of 25 sports.

Believing that everything begins at a young age and in school, ISF is welcoming youth to register for the coming event: ISF GYMNASIADE 2024 BULLETIN

A Message from the ISF President

Laurent Petrynka, ISF President, underscores the significance of this move:

\"Elevating the values of equality, respect, and fair play through school sports is more than a mission — it's a passion that drives us. Lausanne represents a beacon of these ideals within the international sports community. This relocation and cooperation with other international sports federations is a declaration of our dedication to enriching the lives of young athletes across the globe.”

About the International School Sport Federation

Since its inception in 1972, the ISF has been at the forefront of promoting school sports, touching the lives of students in over 200,000 schools across 134 member countries. Recognized by the International Olympic Committee since 1995, the ISF is dedicated to fostering a spirit of camaraderie and competition through its premier events, including the esteemed ISF Gymnasiade. Its mission extends beyond the playing field, striving to instill a culture of health, learning, and inclusivity among the youth of the world. For further information and updates, please visit ISF Sports.

About the FIE

The International Fencing Federation (FIE - Fédération Internationale d'Escrime) is the world governing body for the sport of fencing, part of the Olympic Games since 1896. The FIE currently has 156 affiliated member federations representing the sport on all five continents. The headquarters of the FIE are in Lausanne, Switzerland. The mission of the FIE is to actively promote the development of fencing throughout the world, and to educate people from all walks of life about the values intrinsic to fencing: Clean Sport, Fair Play, gender equality, hard work, and excellence.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1331,"title":"FIE Opens 2023-2024 Senior Competition Season with Four World Cups","date":"2023-11-13 17:24:21","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161474-EVA_2896.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161473-EVA_2896.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 13, 2023 – The International Fencing Federation (FIE) opened its 2023-2024 senior competition season with four World Cups in Algiers, Bern, Istanbul and Legnano. The busy schedule of World Cups and Grand Prix events is especially significant as athletes and teams prepare for next summer’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Current provisional qualification information for Paris 2024 is available here: https://paris.fie.org/

Here are the results from the four World Cups:

Algiers, Algeria Men’s and Women’s Sabre World Cup – Nov. 9-12

France’s Sara Balzer and Bolade Apithy won the individual gold medals at the Algiers, Algeria Women’s and Men’s Sabre World Cup, with Korea and USA winning the women’s and men’s team events. The event took place at the Salle Omnisports La Couple, with 152 women and 181 men as well as 20 women’s and 22 men’s teams participating in the competition.

Balzer faced Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan in the final bout of the women’s individual sabre event, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Kharlan won against Greece’s Despina Georgiadou, 15-12, while Balzer defeated Greece’s Theodora Gkountoura, 15-10. Of note, USA’s Tatiana Nazlymov beat Japan’s two-time world champion Misaki Emura in the round of 16, 15-13, before being defeated in the quarterfinals by Kharlan, 15-9.

Apithy faced Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh in the final bout of the men’s individual sabre event, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Oh won against Italy’s Pietro Torre, 15-8, while Apithy defeated Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-14. Of note, Oh beat USA’s world champion Eli Dershwitz in the table of 16, 15-9.

In the women’s team sabre event, Korea won against France in the final match, 45-43. France defeated Ukraine in the semifinals, 45-34, while Korea beat Hungary, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Ukraine, 45-39.

In the men’s team sabre event, USA won against Korea in the final match, 45-32. Korea defeated Italy in the semifinals, 45-37, while USA beat Hungary, 45-29. The bronze medal went to Italy over Hungary, 45-33.

Bern, Switzerland Men’s Epee World Cup – Nov. 10-12

Switzerland’s Lucas Malcotti won the individual gold medal at the Bern Men’s Epee World Cup, and France won the team gold. The event took place at the Mobiliar Arena, with 328 individual fencers and 33 teams participating in the competition.

Malcotti faced teammate Alexis Bayard in the final bout of the men’s individual epee event, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Bayard won against Japan’s Masaru Yamada, 11-10, while Malcotti defeated Hungary’s world champion Mate Tamas Koch, 15-11. Of note, Bayard beat France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone in the quarterfinals, 13-12.

In the men’s team epee event, France won against Italy in the final match, 41-37. Italy defeated Hungary in the semifinals, 45-37, while France beat Korea, 42-33. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Korea, 45-32.

Istanbul, Türkiye Men’s Foil World Cup – Nov. 10-12

USA’s Alexander Massialas won the individual gold medal at the Istanbul Men’s Foil World Cup, and Italy won the team gold. The event took place at the Başakşehir Gençlik ve Spor İlçe Müdürlüğü Tesisleri, with 242 individual fencers and 24 teams participating in the competition.

Massialas faced Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung in the final bout of the men’s individual foil event, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Cheung won against Italy’s Giulio Lombardi, 15-8, while Massialas defeated Italy’s Giorgio Avola, 15-8. Of note, Japan’s Shunsuke Baba beat France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort in the round of 16, 15-13, before being defeated by Avola, 15-7 in the quarterfinals. Also, in the round of 16, Lombardi won against teammate and world champion Alessio Foconi, 15-8.

In the men’s team foil event, Italy won against Japan in the final match, 45-41. Japan beat China in the semifinals, 45-38, while Italy defeated USA, 45-39. The bronze medal went to USA over China, 45-42.

Legnano, Italy Women’s Epee World Cup – Nov. 10-12

USA’s Margherita Guzzi Vincenti won the individual gold medal at the Legnano Women’s Epee World Cup, and Ukraine won the team gold. The event took place at the Palazzetto dello Sport di Castellanza, with 286 individual fencers and 26 teams participating in the competition.

Guzzi Vincenti faced Switzerland’s Pauline Brunner in the final bout of the women’s individual epee event, winning with a 15-8 score. In the semifinal round, Brunner won against Poland’s Aleksandra Jarecka, 15-11, while Guzzi Vincenti defeated Estonia’s Katrina Lehis, 8-7. Of note, Guzzi Vincenti beat Italy’s world champion Mara Navarria in the quarterfinals, 10-9, and Jarecka won against China’s Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 15-14. In the round of 16, Brunner beat Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 15-6.

In the women’s team epee event, Ukraine won against Korea in the final match, 41-40. Korea defeated Poland in the semifinals, 39-35, while Ukraine beat Hong Kong, China, 45-40. The bronze medal went to Poland over Hong Kong, China, 45-34.

Complete and official results for these event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1332,"title":"Obituary: Bruno Gaby","date":"2023-11-17 15:40:50","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161708-Bruno%20Gaby.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161707-Bruno%20Gaby.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 17, 2023 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Bruno Gaby (FRA), at the age of 66 (b. Dec. 19, 1956) in Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 13. He served for many years as an FIE referee, including officiating at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as well as numerous World Championships, Grand Prix events and World Cups. He was skilled and rated in refereeing in all three weapons.

Gaby was elected to the European Fencing Confederation Refereeing Commission in 2009, following having served as a member of the French National Refereeing Commission since 1992. He was responsible for training many French and French-speaking referees and was also a member of the French National Men’s and then Women’s Sabre Commissions.

The French Fencing Federation stated that “Bruno Gaby passed-on the values of our sport. He was a passionate man, appreciated by his peers, at the service of international fencing and French fencing, in particular”.

Gaby began fencing in Pau, France where he received his fencing master’s diploma in 1979. An avid traveller, he taught in Roubaix, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Ozoir la Ferrière, Levallois, Villemomble, Le Puy en Velay, Roanne and Billom, as well as abroad in Portugal as national sabre coach (from 1989 to 1992). In this capacity, he took part in the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992.

Finally, in 2014, he worked as a coach in Asia in Malaysia, Cambodia and other neighbouring countries. Most recently, Gaby worked for the Fencing Federation of Cambodia, which appointed him under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. There he led the Cambodian team to win a gold, a silver and two bronze medals at the 2022 ASEAN University Games in Thailand as well as other regional medals. He completed his appointment after the 2023 SEA Games, following Cambodia winning two bronze medals.

In addition to coaching, from 1981 he worked as a local authority official for a number of municipalities in Roubaix, Villeneuve St Georges, Kremlin-Bicêtre and Thiers, as sports director.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Bruno Gaby’s family and friends, the French Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation. We express our deepest sympathy to them during this difficult time.

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LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 03, 2023—The FIE joined forces with the International Testing Agency (ITA) when the management of FIE’s anti-doping program was delegated to the ITA. As part of this delegation, the ITA supports the international FIE community with clean sport education programs – for this reason, you are receiving this message and we kindly ask you to read the entire e-mail as it contains important information.\r\n

We are offering FIE communities access to a five-part webinar course on clean sport and kindly request attendance. The sessions will be held on the following dates, always at 14:00 pm CET:\r\n

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Webinar Theme : Introduction to anti-doping - Overview of the system, rights and responsibilities, ADRVs
Date and Time : 14:00-15:00 CET, 7 November
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Date and Time : 14:00-15:00 CET, 14 November
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Webinar Theme : Medications, Supplements, Prohibited List and TUEs - Includes the Principle of Strict Liability
Date and Time : 14:00-15:00 CET, 21 November
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Webinar Theme : Principles and Values of Clean Sport - Includes sanctions, consequences and speaking up
Date and Time : 14:00-15:00 CET, 28 November
Registration Link Here\r\n

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Webinar Theme : Out-of-Competition Testing - Includes requirements of RTP/TP, whereabouts, use of ADAMS
Date and Time : 14:00-15:00 CET, 5 December
Registration Link Here\r\n

You will find more information on each session by clicking the corresponding link. Registration and attendance will be monitored, and you will receive a certificate of course completion.\r\n

Each session will be delivered in English with simultaneous translation to five additional languages – Arabic (العربية), Chinese (普通话), Spanish (español), French (français), and Russian (русский).\r\n

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1330,"title":"Obituary: Ioannis Gousopoulos","date":"2023-11-10 03:03:02","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161351-IOANNIS_GOUSOPOULOS%28GRE%29_photo4.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161350-IOANNIS_GOUSOPOULOS%28GRE%29_photo4.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Nov. 8, 2023 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Ioannis Gousopoulos (GRE), on July 8, 2023.

Gousopoulos, who was born on Jan. 12, 1949, served as vice-president of the Hellenic Fencing Federation for many years and was an established coach and founder of the first fencing club in the city of Florina. He was Greek champion in both foil and sabre, a medallist of the Balkan Athletics Championships and competed in the World Fencing Championships.

“He was a bright person, deeply respected and loved by the fencing family of Greece”, said Ioannis Lignos, Hellenic Fencing Federation President. “He contributed to the development of our sport with consistency, devotion and integrity.”

Gousopoulos was also a senior officer in the Greek Army, retiring with the rank of major general.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Ioannis Gousopoulos’ family and friends, the Hellenic Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation. We express our deepest sympathy to them during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1327,"title":"Event Info - November 2023","date":"2023-11-02 20:23:47","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161079-LPA09399%20copia.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/161078-LPA09399%20copia.jpg","category":null,"content":"


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Algiers, Algeria
Weapon: Sabre
Gender: Men & Women
Date: 09-12 November 2023

Info: Women's Individual Sabre, Men's Individual Sabre, Women's Team Sabre, Men's Team Sabre


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Legnano, Italy
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Women
Date: 10-12 November 2023

Info: Women's Individual Epee, Women's Team Epee


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Bern, Switzerland
Weapon: Epee
Gender: Men
Date: 10-12 November 2023

Info: Men's Individual Epee, Men's Team Epee


Event: FIE World Cup
Place: Istanbul, Türkiye
Weapon: Foil
Gender: Men
Date: 10-12 November 2023

Info: Men's Individual Foil, Men's Team Foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1326,"title":"2023 Veteran Fencing World Championships Finish in Daytona Beach","date":"2023-10-17 23:00:31","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/160575-WF%20Team%20Prelims%20-%20Daytona%20Vet%20Worlds%202023-Timacheff-2142.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/160574-WF%20Team%20Prelims%20-%20Daytona%20Vet%20Worlds%202023-Timacheff-2142.jpg","category":null,"content":"

DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, USA, October 17, 2023 – The Veteran Fencing World Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA have completed six days of individual and team competition with 547 fencers in their 50s, 60s and 70s-plus from 42 countries. In all, events included 646 fencers participating, some in multiple weapons.

The six-day event took place at Daytona Beach’s Ocean Center from October 11– 16, and included 24 events in foil, epee and sabre. The USA led the medal count with a total of 24 (13 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze), followed by France with 16 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, 10 bronze) and Italy with 11 (3 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze). Overall, 13 countries from four continents earned at least one medal.

In the closing ceremony, FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis said to the veteran fencers, officials, coaches, staff and volunteers, “You are each to be congratulated for your amazing accomplishments in our sport, and you are an inspiration to everyone.”

The Championships were livestreamed on the FIE YouTube Channel with live commentary, with frequent coverage on all the FIE social media channels.

For a table of the individual and team medallists, as well as the overall medal table, click here. Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1324,"title":"“Fencing is for Everyone”: World Fencing Day 2023","date":"2023-09-02 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158809-FIE_Fencing_Day_2023_cover_yt.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158808-FIE_Fencing_Day_2023_cover_yt.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Sept. 1, 2023 – “Fencing is for Everyone” is the 2023 theme for World Fencing Day, taking place on Saturday, September 9, providing a message of inclusiveness and diversity to the global fencing family and its numerous communities.

Fencing has been a continuous and vibrant sport from the beginning of the modern-day Olympic movement in 1896, making strides to include people of all ages, ethnicity, heritage, culture, religion and skill levels.

The International Fencing Federation (FIE) endeavors to embrace all people, inviting them to experience its diversity and enduring qualities, whether as an athlete, coach, official or supporter. “Fencing is for Everyone” expresses the essence of our sport in a simple but powerful statement designed to encourage all people to be involved.

The full 2023-2024 calendar of fencing events worldwide include competitions at regional, national and international levels for youth, senior and veteran fencers, giving its 155-member organisation unlimited opportunities to reach existing participants and those new to the sport a chance to be part of our world community. Our competitions include 12 events in each age category in men’s and women’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre.


We encourage all our members to make World Fencing Day a key date for communicating fencing to the world and celebrating its continued success as an Olympic sport.

How will you join in the “Fencing is for Everyone” festivities, as it applies to your life? Please participate in World Fencing Day this year and send your videos, stories and photos to be posted on FIE social media! Be creative along with your fellow fencers, coaches and others and share fencing with your family, friends and others in your community!

Here are FIE World Fencing Day 2022 banners for you to use, click here to download them.

#fencingisforeveryone #worldfencingday2023

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1325,"title":"Weapons Repair Course Held at FIE Coaching Academy in Johannesburg","date":"2023-10-04 18:51:11","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/160054-1.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/32/160053-1.jpg","category":null,"content":"

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 4, 2023—A fencing weapons repair course took place at the FIE Coaching Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa, from September 18 to 22, 2023. Six attendees from three Africa nations participated (South Africa, Kenya and Uganda). Mr. Gilles Martinage (FRA) presented and led the event.

Topics for the course included the following areas of concentration:

The topics covered included theoretical and practical elements and included recalls in connection with FIE rules.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1320,"title":"“Spectacular” Finish for 2023 Fencing World Championships in Milan","date":"2023-08-01 23:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158250-2.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158249-2.jpg","category":null,"content":"

MILAN, Italy, August 1, 2023 – The 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships officially closed after successfully completing three days of preliminary and six days of finals competition in 12 women’s and men’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. This was the first time Milan has hosted the Senior Fencing World Championships, which took place from July 22 – 30. The Championships were held in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

Overall, 115 nations participated with 1054 athletes competing (453 women, 601 men). In the team events, a total of 205 teams competed (92 women, 113 men).

On the final day, FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis declared the event officially closed, stating “Milan has graciously hosted a spectacular World Championships, and has done an outstanding job to make them a grand success”. Speeches were also given by Italian Fencing Federation President Paolo Azzi and Milan Fencing World Championships President Marco Fichera. The FIE flag was officially passed from Italian Fencing Federation President Paolo Azzi to French Fencing Federation President Bruno Gares for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic, attended the opening ceremony and officially opened the Championships on July 25, the first day of finals competition.

Numerous dignitaries attended throughout the nine-day event, including Andrea Abodi, Italian Minister for Sport and Youth; Giovanni Malagò, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee; Luca Pancalli, President of the Italian Paralympic Committee; Claudia Giordani, Italian Olympic Committee Vice President; Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region; Lara Magoni, Undersecretary for Sport and Youth in Lombardia; Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan; Martina Riva, Deputy Mayor for Sport, Tourism and Youth Policies in Milan.

Of the 12 total events, Italy won the medal count with 10 overall. The top-10 countries winning medals included Italy (4 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze), Hungary (3 gold, 1 bronze), Japan (2 gold, 2 bronze), France (1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), USA (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), Poland (1 gold), Korea (1 silver, 2 bronze), Greece (1 silver, 1 bronze), China (1 silver, 1 bronze) and Georgia (1 silver).

Listed below are all the medallists from each event:

July 25

Women’s Individual Epee

Men’s Individual Sabre

July 26

Women’s Individual Foil

Men’s Individual Epee

July 27

Women’s Individual Sabre

Men’s Individual Foil

July 28

Women’s Team Epee

Men’s Team Sabre

July 29

Women’s Team Foil

Men’s Team Epee

July 30

Women’s Team Sabre

Men’s Team Foil

Complete and official results for all the events at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

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\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1322,"title":"Obituary: Julio Cesar Gonzalez Tirador","date":"2023-08-17 23:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158472-thumbnail_image0011.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158471-thumbnail_image0011.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., Aug. 17, 2023 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Julio Cesar Gonzalez Tirador (CUB), who was an FIE international referee and a member of the FIE Scales of Votes (1993 – 1996) and Rules (2000 – 2008) commissions. He was born on June 20, 1942.

Gonzalez Tirador served as an FIE Category “B” referee in three weapons for 31 years. He also worked on technical directories (DTs) for numerous world cups, Senior and Junior and Cadet World Championships and the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. As part of his work, he completed several FIE technical courses in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

At a continental level, he served as the Vice President of the Pan American Fencing Confederation and was the Secretary-General and Technical Director for the Ibero-American Fencing Confederation. Gonzalez Tirador also served on the DT for eight Pan American Games as well as other regional competitions in Cuba and Latin America.

He was a fencer who was in the Cuban “National Epee Selection”, and an advanced coach in three weapons. Gonzalez Tirador also was a “methodologist” of the Cuban Fencing Federation.

His education included earning a doctorate in pedagogical sciences and a degree in physical culture with a specialization in fencing, and he later worked as an assistant professor at the “Manuel Fajardo” Higher Institute of Physical Culture.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Julio Cesar Gonzalez Tirador’s family and friends, the Cuban Fencing Federation and the Pan-American Fencing Confederation. We express our deepest sympathy to them during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1321,"title":"Obituary: Nikolay Marincheshki","date":"2023-08-17 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158439-nikolay%20marincheshki-BUL%20landscape.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158438-nikolay%20marincheshki-BUL%20landscape.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., August 17, 2023 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Nikolay Marincheshki (BUL), an FIE Olympic and World Championships referee and World Championships medallist.

Marincheshki was born on Sept. 18, 1957. He won a bronze medal with the Bulgarian men’s sabre team at the 1986 Sofia World Championships, and competed in the Moscow 1980 (individual) and Seoul 1988 Olympic Games (individual and team) men’s sabre events. He also earned a silver medal at the 1985 Kobe, Japan World University Games in men’s team sabre.

As an FIE Category “A” sabre referee, he served at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics as well as at numerous FIE world competitions and World Championships. He held an FIE Category “B” rating in foil and epee.

Marincheshki was a fencing coach, as well, working in Kuwait, Turkey and Austria, where he passed away on August 9, 2023.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Nikolay Marincheshki’s family and friends, the Bulgarian Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation. We express our deepest sympathy to them during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1319,"title":"Hungary and Japan Win Women’s Team Sabre, Men’s Team Foil on Closing Day of 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships","date":"2023-07-30 23:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158172-AND05527.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158171-AND05527.jpg","category":null,"content":"

MILAN, Italy, July 30, 2023 – Hungary won the gold medal in women’s team sabre at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships and Japan won the gold in men’s team foil. It was the final of six days including 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. In all, 29 women’s and 32 men’s teams competed in today’s sabre and foil events. The Championships are taking place in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

In the closing ceremony for the Fencing World Championships, FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis received the FIE flag from Italian Fencing Federation President Paolo Azzi, passing it to French Fencing Federation President Bruno Gares for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Closing speeches were given by Interim President Katsiadakis, President Azzi and Milan Fencing World Championships President Marco Fichera. Also present at the closing were Martina Riva, Deputy Mayor for Sport, Tourism and Youth Policies in Milan; Lara Magoni, Undersecretary for Sport and Youth in Lombardia; and Claudia Giordani, Italian Olympic Committee Vice President.

Hungary faced France in the final match of women’s team sabre, winning with a 45-38 score and retaining its title from 2022. In the semifinal round, France won against Ukraine, 45-32, while Hungary defeated Korea, 45-39. The bronze medal went to Korea over Ukraine, 45-32.

“I am very happy to win this gold medal. I am very proud that we made it and won again”, said Hungary’s Liza Pusztai. “We all dreamed of remaining at the top of the world. During the match against France, when we were behind, my teammate did a great job. For us, it wasn't only the final, but during the day, we had some tough matches against Greece and Korea.”

Japan faced China in the final match of men’s team foil, winning with a 45-35 score and its first world title in this event. In the semifinal round, China won against USA, 45-35, while Japan defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over USA, 45-31. This was the first-ever Senior World Championships medal in team foil for China.

“Today we had a very hard competition against the Chinese team. At the beginning, I wasn't feeling very confident, but my teammates encouraged me that I can stand on the piste and face these talented Chinese fencers”, said Japan’s Kazuki Iimura. “China was not the only difficult team we fenced against today, the bout against Korea was also very tough. In the finals, our coach told us that if we fence as usual and don't feel stressed, then for sure, we will be the next champions, and that's what happened.”

Final rankings in women’s team sabre included Hungary (gold), France (silver), Korea (bronze), Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Japan, USA and Greece.

Final rankings in men’s team foil included Japan (gold), China (silver), Hong Kong-China (bronze), USA, Italy, France, Korea and Poland.

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

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MILAN, Italy, July 29, 2023 – Italy won the gold medal in women’s team foil and men’s team epee at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships. It was the fifth of six days including 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. In all, 27 women’s and 46 men’s teams competed in today’s foil and epee events. The Championships are taking place in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

Italy faced France in the final match of women’s team foil, winning with a 45-39 score. Having won this title more than any other country, Italy is also the reigning 2022 world champion. In the semifinal round, France won against the USA, 45-42, while Italy defeated Japan, 43-30. The bronze medal went to Japan over USA, 45-34.

“We are very excited for this medal. We are once again the world champions!”, said Italy’s Francesca Palumbo. ‘It was a very emotional moment for all of us because we earned this medal at home, in front of our compatriots. Despite it being a close battle with two teams going point to point, I think this was the greatest way to win the championship. In general, in fencing, we don't have so many spectators, but today was magical.”

Italy faced France in the final match of men’s team epee, winning with a 45-32 score and the first time Italy has won this event in 30 years. In the semifinal round, France won against Korea, 45-28, while Italy defeated Venezuela, 35-23. The bronze medal went to Venezuela over Korea, 45-41.

“It was amazing to win this World Championship here in Milan, in our country in front of our fans”, said Italy’s Andrea Santarelli. “We are not used to having this crowd cheering for us, it was a unique experience that we will remember for many years. Trust me, the win against France was not easy. Maybe the score looks like it was an easy one, but definitely it wasn't. Every touch was very important and very difficult to take.”

Final rankings in women’s team foil included Italy (gold), France (silver), Japan (bronze), USA, Germany, China, Poland and Canada.

Final rankings in men’s team epee included Italy (gold), France (silver), Venezuela (bronze), Korea, Hungary, Germany, Kazakhstan and Czech Republic.

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

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MILAN, Italy, July 28, 2023 – Poland won the gold medal in women’s team epee at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships and Hungary won the gold in men’s team sabre. It was the fourth of six days including 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. In all, 36 women’s and 34 men’s teams competed in today’s epee and sabre events. The Championships are taking place in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

Poland faced Italy in the final match of women’s team epee, winning with a 32-28 score. This was the first time Poland has taken the world title in this event. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Switzerland, 40-36, while Poland defeated Korea, 33-32. The bronze medal went to Korea over Switzerland, 45-32.

“It's hard to describe my feelings because I still cannot believe it. We feel amazing and very happy with how we fenced today and yesterday”, said Poland’s Ewa Trzebinska. “All our hard work paid off. We left our hearts and souls on the strip today, and we cannot describe this feeling. Qualifications for Paris are still on until the end of April, but we know that we just took a big step.”

Hungary faced Korea in the final match of men’s team sabre, winning with a 45-42 score; Hungary has won this title more times than any other nation. In the semifinal round, Korea won against USA, 45-27, while Hungary defeated France, 45-36. The bronze medal went to USA over France, 45-44, the first time ever for the USA to win a medal in this event.

“We are very happy. We have been waiting for this moment for 16 years, and it is absolutely amazing”, said Aron Szilagyi. “It's not a great moment only for us, but for the whole of Hungary. Against Korea, we have missed many world championship finals, and we really wanted to put an end to that and beat them. We are very proud that we made it happen.”

Final rankings in women’s team epee included Poland (gold), Italy (silver), Korea (bronze), Switzerland, France, Ukraine, Israel and Hong Kong-China.


Final rankings in men’s team sabre included Hungary (gold), Korea (silver), USA (bronze), France, Germany, Italy, Japan and China.

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1316,"title":"FIE Suspends Penalty for Women’s Sabre Fencer from Ukraine","date":"2023-07-28 20:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158106-DSC_9577s.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158105-DSC_9577s.jpg","category":null,"content":"

MILAN, Italy, July 28, 2023 – The Bureau of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) has decided to permit Ukrainian sabre fencer Olga Kharlan to participate in the forthcoming women’s sabre team competition at the 2023 Fencing World Championships currently underway in Milan.

This extraordinary decision came following an incident involving Kharlan, who conceded the penalty against her was correct after refusing to shake hands with an AIN* opponent. The event occurred at the conclusion of her elimination bout in women’s individual sabre on July 27.

The FIE stands fully behind the penalty, which, after a thorough review, is in complete accordance and compliance with its official rules and associated penalties.

“We have discussed this issue and decision thoroughly, and we have met with Ms. Kharlan”, said FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis “Furthermore, and after consultation with the International Olympic Committee, we believe this decision is made in keeping with the Olympic Spirit. It also sends a message of sensitivity and understanding to our members and all sports federations, as the world faces tremendous challenges.”

“I am thankful for this decision of the FIE Bureau”, said Kharlan. “The most important thing for an athlete is to be able to compete, for my family, my team, my country and all the people who support me. During these difficult few days, I appreciate all the support I’ve had from around the world.”

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Milan, Italy, July 27, 2023 – Japan’s reigning world champion Misaki Emura won the gold medal in women’s individual sabre at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships and Italy’s Tommaso Marini won the gold medal in men’s individual foil. It was the third of six days including 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. In all, 128 women and 177 men competed in today’s sabre and foil events. The Championships are taking place in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

Emura faced Greece’s Despina Georgiadou in the final bout of women’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-11 score. Emura remains the only woman to have won a world title for Japan in fencing, and this was the first silver medal at the Senior World Championships for Greece. In the semifinal round, Georgiadou won against Bulgaria’s Yoana Ilieva, 15-8, while Emura defeated Greece’s Theodora Gkountoura, 15-14.

\"I can't believe it! For a long time, my fencing was not that good, but in the final, everything changed, and I just decided to believe in myself”, said Emura. “Believing in myself is very difficult in general, but during the final, I made it. Japan has a long history, and today I am proud because I added something more to my country's history. Now, my next goal is a gold medal in Paris.\"

Marini faced USA’s Nick Itkin in the final bout of men’s individual foil, winning with a 15-13 score. Italy has now won a record 14 world titles in this event, followed by France with 12. In the semifinal round, Itkin won against Japan’s Kyosuke Matsuyama, 15-10, while Marini defeated France’s two-time world champion Enzo Lefort, 15-13. Of note, in the quarterfinals Matsuyama beat Hong Kong, China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung, 15-14, and in the round of 16, Lefort defeated USA’s world champion Miles Chamley-Watson, 15-5.

\"I feel shocked. I've faced many problems with my body and my mentality. I don't have enough words to say”, said Marini. “It's like a dream. For me, this medal was totally unexpected. I want to enjoy this moment as much as I can. I would like to give a big thank you to my coach, my family, the fencing club, my fans, and, of course, to myself.”

Final rankings in women’s individual sabre included Misaki Emura (JPN, gold), Despina Georgiadou (GRE, silver), Theodora Gkountoura (GRE, bronze), Yoana Ilieva (BUL, bronze), Sara Balzer (FRA), Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA), Martina Criscio (ITA) and Hengyu Yang (CHN).

Final rankings in men’s individual foil included Tommaso Marini (ITA, gold), Nick Itkin (USA, silver), Enzo Lefort (FRA, bronze), Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN, bronze), Ka Long Cheung (HKG), Mohamed Hamza (EGY), Rafael Savin (FRA) and Carlos Llavador (ESP).

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1314,"title":"Italy’s Volpi, Hungary’s Koch Win Women’s Foil, Men’s Epee at the 2023 Fencing World Championships","date":"2023-07-26 23:59:59","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158034-EVA_62481.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158033-EVA_62481.jpg","category":null,"content":"

MILAN, Italy, July 26, 2023 – Italy’s world champion Alice Volpi won her second World Championship gold medal in women’s individual foil at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships and Hungary’s Mate Tamas Koch won the gold medal in men’s individual epee. It was the second of six days including 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. In all, 129 women and 243 men competed in today’s foil and epee events. The Championships are taking place in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

Volpi faced teammate and two-time world champion Arianna Errigo in the final bout of women’s individual foil, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Errigo won against teammate Martina Favaretto, 15-10, while Volpi defeated USA’s Olympic champion Lee Kiefer, 15-13. Of note, Errigo beat France’s world champion Ysaora Thibus in the round of 16, 15-10.

“It’s fantastic, the World Championships in Italy”, said Volpi. “I have the support of the public, my family, it is a dream. This day was very difficult, I’m tired, I want to sleep, but I never died today, I won!”

Koch faced Italy’s Davide Di Veroli in the final bout of men’s individual epee, winning with a 14-10 score. In the semifinal round, Di Veroli won against France’s world and Olympic champion Romain Cannone, 15-5, while Koch defeated Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Kurbanov, 15-11; this was the first time Kazakhstan has won a medal in the Senior World Championships. Of note, Koch beat teammate and world champion Gergely Siklosi in the quarterfinals, 15-12, and Kurbanov defeated France’s world champion Yannick Borel in the table of 16, 15-14.

“I enjoyed it so much, the crowd is very good”, said Koch. “It was very hard work, and now I am world champion. Now in two days we fence the team event, and we have to fence in our best form, so go team!”

Final rankings in women’s individual foil included Alice Volpi (ITA, gold), Arianna Errigo (ITA, silver), Martina Favaretto (ITA, bronze), Lee Kiefer (USA, bronze), Sera Azuma (JPN), Martina Batini (ITA), Anne Sauer (GER) and Malina Calugareanu (ROU).

Final rankings in men’s individual epee included Mate Tamas Koch (HUN, gold), Davide Di Veroli (ITA, silver), Romain Cannone (FRA, bronze), Ruslan Kurbanov (KAZ, bronze), Gergely Siklosi (HUN), Valerio Cuomo (ITA), Niko Vuorinen (FIN) and Francisco Limardo (VEN).

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1313,"title":"France’s Candassamy, USA’s Dershwitz Win Women’s Epee, Men’s Sabre on Opening Night of 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships","date":"2023-07-25 23:59:59","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158007-EVA_1112.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/158006-EVA_1112.jpg","category":null,"content":"

MILAN, Italy, July 25, 2023 – France’s Marie-Florence Candassamy won the gold medal in women’s individual epee at the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships and USA’s Eli Dershwitz won the gold medal in individual men’s sabre. It was the first of six days including 12 gold-medal events in women’s and men’s individual and team competition in epee, foil and sabre. In all, 184 women and 170 men competed in today’s epee and sabre events. The Championships are taking place in Milan’s Allianz MiCo, the largest convention centre in Europe.

The opening ceremony took place this evening, with FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis welcoming His Excellency Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic, who officially declared the World Championships open. Speeches were also given by Giovanni Malagò, President of the Italian National Olympic Committee and Marco Fichera, President of the Milan 2023 Fencing World Championships. Guest dignitaries included Andrea Abodi, Italian Minister for Sport and Youth; Luca Pancalli, President of the Italian Paralympic Committee; Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region; Giuseppe Sala, Mayor of Milan; Giorgio Scarso, President of the European Fencing Confederation; and Paolo Azzi, President of the Italian Fencing Federation.

Candassamy faced Italy’s Alberta Santuccio in the final bout of women’s individual epee, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Santuccio won against teammate and world champion Mara Navarria, 15-14, while Candassamy defeated China’s Olympic champion Yiwen Sun, 14-10. Of note, in the table of 16, Santuccio beat Brazil’s world champion Nathalie Moellhausen, 10-9, and Sun won against Korea’s world champion Sera Song, 12-9.

“I’m very, very happy, and it was a big surprise—wow, just wow”, said Candassamy. “My biggest challenge today was to just stay focused.”

Dershwitz faced Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze in the final bout of men’s individual sabre, winning with a 15-6 score, the first time in history for the USA to win this title. In the semifinal round, Bazadze won against Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy, 15-14, while Dershwitz defeated Hungary’s world and three-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-13.

It still doesn’t feel real, I’m so grateful that I have so many friends, coaches, and my family”, said Dershwitz. “Today started off slow, but as the day went on, I got faster. My last bouts with Szilagyi and Bazadze were definitely two of the hardest matches in my life—I want to go back and watch it on YouTube to see how I did it!”

Final rankings in women’s individual epee included Marie-Florence Candassamy (FRA, gold), Alberta Santuccio (ITA, silver), Mara Navarria (ITA, bronze), Yiwen Sun (CHN, bronze), Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG), Anna Kun (HUN), Rossella Fiamingo (ITA) and Alexandra Louis Marie (FRA).

Final Rankings in men’s individual sabre included Eli Dershwitz (USA, gold), Sandro Bazadze (GEO, silver), Ziad Elsissy (EGY, bronze), Aron Szilagyi (HUN, bronze), Michele Gallo (ITA), Kento Yoshida (JPN), Szymon Hryciuk (POL) and Hansol Ha (KOR).

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

Official website of the 2023 Milan Fencing World Championships: https://milano2023.com/

#fencing #fencingworldchampionships #milan2023 #epee #sabre #foil

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1312,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Men's Team Foil","date":"2023-07-20 20:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157924-fm%20%282%29.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157923-fm%20%282%29.jpg","category":null,"content":"

United States (current world No.1) has reached the final of the men's team foil event at each of the last four world championships. USA won the title in 2019 (against France in the final) and took silver in 2017, 2018 and 2022 (each time against Italy in the final). USA claimed a world championships medal in this event five times in total.

Italy (current world No.2) has won the men's team foil event at four of the last five world championships. Italy claimed a medal in this event at each of the past seven world championships. The last time the Italians failed to take a medal was in 2011, when was the year Italy last hosted the world championships. The Italians defeated France in the gold medal match at the European Games in Kraków on 29 June 2023.

France (current world No.4) won the men's team foil at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The French claimed the world title in the men's team foil event as the reigning Olympic champions four times (in 1951, 1953, 1971 and 2001).France has won 13 world titles in the men's team foil, but only once in the past 11 world championships.

Japan (current world No.3) hopes to win its second medal in the men's team foil at the world championships, after a third place in 2010. It won the title of this event at Asian Championships last month.

Egypt (current world No.5) claimed three medals in this event at world championships, all bronze medals in 1949, 1950 and 1951.

Republic of Korea (current world No.6) won its two world championships medals this event in 1998 (bronze) and 2007 (bronze). Korea is the runner-up in this event at 2023 Asian Championships.

The finals of Men's Team Foil will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Sunday 30 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1311,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Women's Team Sabre","date":"2023-07-21 12:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157914-sw.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157913-sw.jpg","category":null,"content":"

France (current world No.1) has won the second-most medals (12 I total, 3 gold 5 silver 4 bronze) in this event at the world championships, including three golds. It has won a medal in this event at four consecutive world championships. France claimed the European title in the women's team sabre in Kraków on 30 June.

Hungary (current world No.3) won its first world title in a women's sabre event when it won the team sabre competition in 2022. Hungary's Sugar Katinka Battai was part of the 2022 world championship winning team. In 2023, she already won the women's team sabre event at the European junior and world junior championships in February and April respectively.

Italy (current world No.4) used to win three titles in this event at the world championships.

The women's team sabre was the event in which United States (current world No.5) won its most world championships medals (9, 3 gold 2 silver 4 bronze). USA's last medal in the women's team sabre event was a bronze in 2015.

Prior to the world championships in Milan, the sabre was the only weapon in women's events (individual and team) in which Republic of Korea (current world No.2) had not won a world title. In contrast, Korea had won each of the four world titles in the men's team sabre event from 2017 to 2022.

Misaki Emura of Japan (current world No.8) won the world title in the women's individual sabre in 2022 and helped Japan to a bronze medal in the women's team sabre event.

The finals of Women's Team Sabre will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Sunday 30 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1310,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Men's Team Epee","date":"2023-07-20 15:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157851-em1.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157850-em1.jpg","category":null,"content":"

France (current world No.1) has won 21 world titles in the men's team epee, including winning this event at the last two world championships (2019 and 2022). This is already a record number of gold medals for a country in a specific fencing event at the world championships. The French won it a record six times in a row from 2005 to 2011 and it won this event at each of the last three world championships that were held in Italy (1982, 2006, 2011). But France (fourth place) failed to make it to the podium in the men's team epee event at the European Games in Kraków on 30 June 2023.

Italy (current world No.2) has won 11 world titles in the men's team epee, second most behind France (21), but its last gold dates back to 1993. Italy became the silver medalist in 2022. Italy claimed the world title in the men's team epee event once in front of a home crowd, in Rome in 1955.

Hungary (current world No.3) has won 24 medals in the men's team epee at the world championships (7 gold 6 silver 11 bronze), second only behind France's 40. Hungary's most recent medal in this event was a gold in 2013, it took bronze in this event at Cairo2022. Last month, Hungary claimed its first European title in this event since 2010.

Japan (current world No.4) won Olympic gold in the men's team epee at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. At the start of the Milan 2023 Fencing World Championships it had won four medals in team events, all bronze medals, including in the men's team epee in 2022. But it has never won a world title in a team event (men or women).

Republic of Korea (current world No.5) is the country to have claimed the most medals in the men's team epee event at the world championships without ever taking the world title: 3 silver 2 bronze.

Until Milan 2023, Switzerland (current world No.7) had won 12 of its total 24 world championships medals in the men's team epee event. It won the world title in this event in 2018.

Ukraine (current world No.12) has claimed five medals in the men's team epee at the world championships (1 gold 2 silver 2 bronze), including gold in 2015.

The finals of Men's Team Epee will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Saturday 29 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1309,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Women's Team Foil","date":"2023-07-20 12:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157837-fw.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157836-fw.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Italy (current world No.1) won the world title in the women's team foil event a record 17 times. As the defending world champion, it either claimed gold (7) or took silver (4) in this event at each of the past 11 world championships (2009-2022). Italy claimed the European title in the women's team foil event in Krakow on 29 June 2023.

United States (current world No.2) finished on the podium in this event at each of the last four world championships, including gold in 2018. USA's gold medal in Wuxi marks its only world title in this event. Last month in Lima, USA won the silver in this event at Pan-American Championships.

France (current world No.3) claimed a medal in the women's team foil in six of the last eight world championships (1 silver 5 bronze). France is currently waiting 72 years on another world title in this event, after it claimed gold in 1950 and 1951.

Japan (current world No.4) won the women's team foil event at Asian championships last June. The last Asian country to make it to a world championships podium in this event was Republic of Korea (current world No.11) in 2011 (bronze). Korea is also the only Asian country to have won the world title in this event, in 2005.


Canada (current world No.5) just won the gold of women's team foil at Pan-American championships last month, by beating the USA in the final. Coming into Milan 2023, Canada had never claimed a medal in a team event at the world championships.

The finals of Women's Team Foil will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Saturday 29 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1307,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Men's Team Sabre","date":"2023-07-19 18:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157776-EVA_4658.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157775-EVA_4658.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Republic of Korea (current world No.1) has won the last four world titles in the men's team sabre event (2017-2022). From 2017 onwards, Korea has won the men's team sabre event at 10 of the 11 major tournaments it competed in: world championships (4), Olympic Games (1), Asian Games (1) and Asian championships (4). Bon-Gil Gu, Junho Kim and Sanguk Oh were part of all four teams that won the world title for Korea in the men's team sabre event. Aside from the four golds, the Koreans took silver in 2014 and bronze in 2013.

Hungary (current world No.2) holds the record for most total medals (42) and most gold medals (16) in the men's team sabre event at the world championships. The Hungarians are currently on their longest (16 years) run without a world title in this event, their most recent gold medal in the men's team sabre competition in this event dates back to 2007. Hungary (4 silver 1 bronze) was the only country to take a medal in the men's team sabre event at each of the last five world championships.

Italy (current world No.3) is ranked second in the list of countries on the most medals (29) in the men's team sabre at the world championships, behind only Hungary (42). Team Italy finished on the podium in this event at each of the last four world championships (bronze-silver-bronz-bronze), Italy won its most recent world title in this event in 2015.

France (current world No.6) claimed the European title in the men's team sabre event in Kraków on 28 June 2023. It has not won a medal in this event at the world championships since taking silver in 2007. The best result by the French since was a fourth place in 2015.

Germany (current world No.5) aims for its second world title in the men's team sabre event at the world championships, after 2014. United States (current world No.4) will fight for its first medal in this event at the world championships.

The finals of Men's Team Sabre will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Friday 28 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1304,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Women's Team Epee","date":"2023-07-19 12:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157761-ew.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157760-ew.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Republic of Korea (current world No.1) is the defending world champion in the women's team epee event. Korea finished on the podium in this event at three of the last four world championships and Olympic Games combined: second at the Wuxi2018 World Championships and the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games, and first at the Cairo2022 world championships. Song Sera (KOR) won the world title in the women's individual and team epee events in 2022 to become the first woman to claim multiple gold medals for her country at world championships.

France (current world No.2) won the European title in the women's team epee event at four of the last five continental championships, including gold at the European Championships on 29 June in Krakow. France's last podium finish in the women's team epee at the world championships was in 2008 when it won its fourth gold.

Italy (current world No.3) took medals in the women's team epee event at the last two world championships: bronze in 2019 and silver in 2022.

Since China (current world No.7) won its first medal in the women's team epee in 1999 no country has claimed as many world championships medals in this event as China (10 in total, 3 gold 5 silver 2 bronze).

Poland (current world No.4) won the European junior and world junior titles in the women's team epee event this year, but it has yet to win this event at senior level at the world championships (best result: silver in 2009). Poland took bronze at the world championships in 2022.

Other contenders include Hungary (current world No.9) who claimed a record 13 medals in this event at the world championships but not since 2005 (silver), and the reigning Olympic champion Estonia (current world No.11).

The finals of Women's Team Epee will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Friday 28 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1308,"title":"Obituary: Jacques A. Hochstaetter (MH, HOF)","date":"2023-07-19 00:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157823-Jacques-Hochstaetter-1.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157822-Jacques-Hochstaetter-1.jpg","category":null,"content":"

LAUSANNE, Switz., July 17, 2023 – The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Jacques A. Hochstaetter (SUI, MH, HOF), born in 1928 in Geneva, Switzerland. An FIE Member of Honour and member of the FIE Hall of Fame, he was a member of the FIE Executive Committee from 1977 to 1996, including serving as Vice President from 1989 to 1996.

Mr. Hochstaetter was a member of the FIE Statutes Committee from 1977 to 1996, over which he presided from 1993 to 1996. He drafted numerous texts and rules, most notably the first rule on publicity, enabling brands to be added on athletes’ equipment and to use fencers’ images in advertisements, which facilitated the process of finding sponsors.

In 1987, he proposed to the FIE Congress to vote on several modifications of the rules, introducing their separation between fencers and the public with a barrier. While a controversial move at the time, the change proved his position was correct and since that time has contributed greatly to increased order being maintained on and around competition pistes.

“We are greatly saddened by the passing of Jacques Hochstaetter, an esteemed member of our federation and also of the FIE”, said Lars Frauchiger, President of the Swiss Fencing Federation. “His lifelong commitment and especially his foresight had an outstanding effect on the sport of fencing that we know and love today. We recognise and are grateful for his dedication and we offer his family our heartfelt condolences.”

Mr. Hochstaetter also served several times on the Directoire Technique at World Championships and was the technical delegate to the Mediterranean Games in Athens and Nimes.

In 2002, he was awarded the gold medal for Sporting Merit by the French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Within the Swiss Fencing Federation, he was part of the council from 1967 to 1987 and presided over the Technical Commission. Several times he served as the Chief of the Swiss Delegation to the World Championships and Olympic Games.

From 1960 to 1982, Mr. Hochstaetter was President of the Geneva Fencing Society, of which he is an Honorary President, and he was the promoter and organiser of the “Gascogne Cadets” section of young fencers.

Mr. Hochstaetter took part in numerous sports, fencing in particular, in which he was a fencing master and practiced for more than 50 years. He always strived to promote both national and international fencing.

In his education and career, he studied law at the University of Geneva, being admitted to the bar in 1952. Following that, he opened his own legal office, which he ran until 1973, followed by joining a colleague to establish a legal office that is still in operation today. There he handled national and international cases dealing with property, tourism, finance and corporate administration.

Mr. Hochstaetter also was a professor of law at the École supérieure de Commerce (Higher School of Business) from 1952 to 1972, a Deputy Judge at the Court of First Instance from 1971 to 1991 and a member of the Commission for Final Internship Exams from 1978 to 1993.

Internationally, he was the World President of the International Association of Young Lawyers from 1972 to 1973, a member of the International Union of Lawyers and the European Association of Lawyers, and he sat on the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) for the International Olympic Committee from 1985 to 1995.

The FIE extends its sincere condolences to Jacques Hochstaetter’s family and friends, the Swiss Fencing Federation and the European Fencing Confederation. We express our deepest sympathy to them during this difficult time.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1301,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Men's Individual Foil","date":"2023-07-18 18:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157686-333215856_1184203099153014_8780507913040604169_n.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157685-333215856_1184203099153014_8780507913040604169_n.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Three fencers from United States feature in the top 10 of the men's foil world ranking, they are Alexander Massialas (USA, 1st), Gerek Meinhardt (USA, 3rd) and Nick Itkin (USA, 8th). They swept the podium of men’s individual foil at the Pan-American Championships last month. The only world title for USA in any individual men's event was won by Miles Chamley-Watson (current world No.16) in the men's foil event in 2013.

Alexander Massialas concluded 22/23 season by winning two World Cup golds (Paris, Cairo) and one Grand Prix gold (Shanghai), he also claimed bronze at the Pan-American Championships in June, 2023.

Gerek Meinhardt won the title of Pan-American Championships in Lima last month. Over the past season, he got two Grand Prix medals (1 gold 1 bronze) and one World Cup bronze.

Nick Itkin was the silver winner of Pan-American Championships.

Enzo Lefort (FRA), two-time defending world champion (2019, 2022), current world No.2. He won two World Cup bronzes (Bonn, Cairo) over the past season and claimed silver at the European Championships.

Italian fencers have won a record 13 world titles in the men's individual foil. Alessio Foconi (ITA), current world No.4, won the world title in this event in 2018. Over the 22/23 season, he got one Grand Prix gold in Busan and one World Cup silver in Bonn.Tommaso Marini (ITA), current world No.6. He was runner-up in this event last year in Cairo. Over the past season, he got three World Cup medals (1 gold 1 silver 1 bronze).

Ka Long Cheung (HKG) current world No.5, won a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. He became the first man to win a world championships medal for Hong Kong, China by claiming bronze in 2022. Over the past season, he won a Grand Prix silver in Busan and two World Cup medals (1 silver 1 bronze).

The finals of Men's Individual Foil will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Thursday 27 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

\n","tags":["featured"]},{"id":1300,"title":"Milan2023 Ones To Watch: Women's Individual Sabre","date":"2023-07-18 16:00:00","previewImage":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157678-343933994_1045542313087822_4956528684950316550_n.jpg","image":"https://static.fie.org/uploads/31/157677-343933994_1045542313087822_4956528684950316550_n.jpg","category":null,"content":"

Misaki Emura (JPN) is the defending world champion in the women's individual sabre and she is leading the world rankings in this event. In 2023, Emura claimed one Grand Prix bronze (Seoul) and one World Cup bronze (Tashkent).

Sara Balzer (FRA) is the current world No.2, she just claimed silver in European Championships. In 2023, she also got 3 World Cup medals (2 gold and 1 bronze) and 1 Grand Prix silver.

Theodora Gkountoura (GRE, bronze in 2019) and Despina Georgiadou (GRE, bronze in 2022) have both won bronze medals for Greece before. In 2023, the current world No.3 Gkountoura got one Grand Prix gold (Seoul) and four World Cup medals (1 silver and 3 bronze), plus with two bronzes in European Championships and in European Games.In 2023, Georgiadou (world No.4) claimed one Grand Prix title (Tunis) and one World Cup title (Tashkent).

The current world No.5 Lucia Martin-Portugues (ESP) won the World Cup title in Alger in the past season. Her teammate Araceli Navarro (ESP) took bronze in the women's individual sabre at the world championships in 2022.

Manon Apithy-Brunet (FRA) is the reigning European champion. The current world No.6 also took a Grand Prix silver in Orléans in the 22/23 season.

The finals of Women's Individual Sabre will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Thursday 27 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

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Koki Kano (JPN) is leading the world rankings in the men's individual epee. Kano won the Asian championships titles in 2022 and 2023. He claimed two World Cup medals (1 gold 1 bronze) in22/23 season.

Davide Di Veroli (ITA), current world No.2, won the title in the men's individual epee at the European championships last month. He also won one Grand Prix silver in Cali and one World Cup bronze in Istanbul in 22/23 season.

Gergely Siklosi (HUN), current world No.3, won the world title in 2019 and Olympic silver in Tokyo. Over the past season, he took one Grand Prix gold in Doha and one World Cup gold in Vancouver.

Romain Cannone (FRA), current world No.4. He won the world title last year in Cairo. Cannone won gold in the men's individual epee at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after defeating Gergely Siklosi in the final. In 22/23 season, he got a World Cup bronze in Argentina.

Alexandre Bardenet (FRA), current world No.5. He claimed three World Cup medals over the past season, including 2 golds (Buenos Aires, Istanbul) and 1 bronze (Vancouver).

Neisser Loyola (BEL), current world No.6, won Belgium's first world championships medal since 1951 when he took bronze in the men's individual epee in 2022. He won the silver of Doha Grand Prix in 2023.

Venezuela's Ruben Limardo (VEN), current world No.10, he first competed at the world championships in 2003. He has since won the individual epee at the Olympic Games (2012), Pan American Games and Pan American championships (including 2023), but he has yet to win a world title in this event (silver in 2013 and 2018).

The finals of Men's Individual Epee will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Wednesday 26 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

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Lee Kiefer (USA) The defending Olympic champion and she is leading the world rankings in this event. She used to take two bronzes at the world championships in 2011 and 2022. Over the 22/23 season, Kiefer got two Grand Prix medals (1 gold 1 bronze) and four World Cup medals (1 gold 1 silver 2 bronze). She also claimed the title of the Pan-American Championships last month.

Ysaora Thibus (FRA) In 2022 Thibus became France's second world champion in the women's individual foil event, 51 years since Marie-Chantal Depetris-Demaille’s title in 1971. She also have one silver and one bronze in her collection of world championships medals. Over the past season, she got two Grand Prix medals (1 gold 1 bronze) and three World Cup medals (1 silver 2 bronze).

Italy has won a medal in the women's individual foil at each of the past 14 world championships this event has been held (2003-2022). It claimed 50% of all awarded medals in these 14 events: 28 of 56 medals.

Alice Volpi (ITA), current world No.4, won the world champion in 2018. Last month, she took the bronze of European Championships in Plovdiv. At the beginning of the past season, she got back-to-back World Cup titles in Belgrade and Paris. She have also won a Grand Prix bronze in Busan this year.Martina Batini (ITA), current world No.5, won the European championship title in the women's foil in June this year, when all four semi-finalists represented Italy. In 2023, she got one Grand Prix silver in Shanghai and one World Cup silver in Cairo.Martina Favaretto (ITA), current world No.6, became the runner-up at the European Championships last month in Plovdiv. She won two World Cup golds this year in Cairo and Tbilisi.

Sera Azuma (JPN),

curent world No.3, just claimed silver at the Asian Championships in June. She also won a Grand Prix silver in Busan this year.

The finals of Women's Individual Foil will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Wednesday 26 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

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Sandro Bazadze (GEO) is leading the world rankings in the men's individual sabre. He won this event at the European championships (17 June) and at the European Games (25 June). In the 22/23 season, he made the podium in all the FIE events he has participated in, claiming three Grand Prix medals (1 gold, 2 silver) and 5 World Cup medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

Aron Szilagyi (HUN) The current world No.2 won his first world title in the men's individual sabre in 2022. He had already won this event at each of the last three Olympic Games (2012, 2016, 2020) prior to his first world title. Over the past season, he got one Grand Prix title (Orléans) and 1 World Cup title (Budapest).

Maxime Pianfetti (FRA), current world No.4, took silver in the men's individual sabre at the world championships in 2022. In the past season, he took two World Cup bronzes in Budapest and Madrid.

The men's individual sabre is the event South Korea has won the most medals in at the world championships (9 - 3 gold 2 silver 4 bronze). Sanguk Oh (KOR), current world No.9 is Korea's most successful fencer on five world championships golds (individual and team), including gold in the men's individual sabre in 2019. He is also the winner of 2023 Seoul Grand Prix. Junho Kim (KOR), current world No.10, just won the silver of Asian Championships.

Ali Pakdaman (IRI), current world No.7, won this event at the Asian championships in June this year.

The finals of Men's Individual Sabre will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Tuesday 25 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

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Vivian Man Wai Kong (HKG) The\r\ncurrent world No.1 is the only fencer from Hong Kong, China to have\r\nwon multiple medals at the world championships, claiming bronze in the women's\r\nindividual epee in 2019 and in 2022. On\r\n17 June, Kong beat reigning world champion Sera Song 15-4 in the\r\nwomen's individual epee final at the Asian championships in Wuxi. It was her\r\nthird title at the last four Asian championships. In 22/23 season, Kong took\r\ntwo Grand Prix medals in Shanghai (gold) and Doha (bronze), and two World\r\nCup silvers.

Sera Song (KOR) The\r\ncurrent world No.2 is the defending world champion in the\r\nwomen's individual epee. In Cairo2022, Song won the titles\r\nof both women's individual epee and the women's team epee events. In 22/23\r\nseason, Song got two World Cup medals in Fujairah (gold) and Tallin (bronze), with\r\na silver at Asian Championships.

Nathalie Moellhausen (BRA) The\r\ncurrent world No.4 won Brazil's only fencing world championships\r\nmedal when she got the world title in the women's individual epee in\r\n2019. In 22/23 season, she got one Grand Prix gold in Doha and one World Cup\r\ngold in Barcelona. Last month, she won bronze at Pan-American World\r\nChampionships.·

Anna Kun (HUN) Hungary is the\r\ncountry to have won the most medals (13) in the women's individual epee at\r\nthe world championships. Anna Kun, current world No. 5, got 3 World Cup medals\r\n(1 gold in Nanjing, 2 bronzes in Vancouver and Fujairah) and a Grand Prix\r\nsilver in Budapest over the past season.

Alexandra Ndolo (KEN) The\r\nworld No. 6 used to represent Germany when she took silver in the women's\r\nindividual epee event at the world championships in 2022. This year she\r\nwill represent Kenya, she just won the title of African Championships last\r\nmonth.

Italy has won the women's individual epee a record four times at\r\nthe world championships, Rossella Fiamingo (ITA, 2014 and\r\n2015) and Mara Navarria (ITA, 2018) won three of the last\r\nsix world titles in this event. Over the 22/23\r\nseason, Fiamingo (current world No.8) won bronze at Cali Grand Prix\r\nwhile Navarria won the silver of European Championships in Plovdiv.

France is the country to have won the second most\r\nmedals (12) in the women's individual epee at the world championships. Marie-Florence\r\nCandassamy (FRA), current world ranking No.3, took 3 Grand Prix\r\nmedals over the past season, including two silvers (Doha, Cali) and one bronze\r\n(Budapest), plus with a World Cup silver in Tallin. Alexandra\r\nLouis Marie (FRA) won the women's individual epee at the European\r\nchampionships on 17 June. She also won a World Cup silver in Nanjing in\r\nMarch.

The finals of Women's Individual Epee will be staged at the Milan Convention Center (MiCo) on Tuesday 25 July, 2023. Please visit the official website for the Championships, where full information is available regarding the event.

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KRAKOW, Poland, June 25 – 30, 2023 – The Senior European Team Championships and individual fencing events at the European Games have finished, including 12 team and individual fencing events in epee, foil and sabre. The competition was held as part of the Third European Games and took place at the Tauron Arena Krakow. France won the medal count, including 5 overall (3 gold, 2 silver), followed by Italy with 7 (2 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) and Poland with 4 (2 gold, 2 silver). Ranking points from the team events count towards the FIE official senior rankings for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualification.

Day 1. In men’s individual sabre, Georgia’s Sandro Bazadze faced Poland’s Krzysztof Kaczkowski in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Kaczkowski won against Great Britain’s William Deary, 15-14, while Bazadze defeated Hungary’s world champion and four-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi, 15-13. Of note, Bazadze beat Hungary’s world champion Andras Szatmari in the round of 16, 15-9.

In women’s individual foil, Poland’s Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk faced Hungary’s Flora Pasztor in the final bout, winning with a 15-11 score. In the semifinal round, Pasztor won against Israel’s Gili Kuritzky, 15-7, while Walczyk-Klimaszyk defeated Romania’s Malina Calugareanu, 14-13.

Men’s Individual Sabre (59 fencers)

1. Sandro Bazdze (GEO, gold)
2. Krzysztof Kaczkowski (POL, silver)
3. Aron Szilagyi (HUN, bronze)
3. William Deary (GBR, bronze)
5. Luigi Samele (ITA)
6. Lorenz Kempf (GER)
7. Razvan Ursachi (ROU)
8. Andriy Yagodka (UKR)

Women’s Individual Foil (49 fencers)

1. Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk (POL, gold)
2. Flora Pasztor (HUN, silver)
3. Malina Calugareanu (ROU, bronze)
3. Gili Kuritzky (ISR, bronze)
5. Olga Sopit (UKR)
6. Lior Druck (ISR)
7. Hanna Lyczbinska (POL)
8. Kristina Petrova (UKR)

Day 2. In men’s individual foil, Poland’s Michal Siess faced Denmark’s Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen in the final bout, winning with a 15-13 score. In the semifinal round, Winterberg-Poulsen won against Germany’s Laurenz Rieger, 15-11, while Siess defeated Belgium’s Stef Van Campenhout, 15-7.

In women’s individual epee, Ukraine’s Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura faced Poland’s Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Swatowska-Wenglarczyk won against Hungary’s Anna Kun, 15-10, while Bezhura defeated Germany’s Alexandra Ehler, 15-12.

Men’s Individual Foil (76 fencers)

1. Michal Siess (POL, gold)
2. Jonas Winterberg-Poulsen (DEN, silver)
3. Stef Van Campenhout (BEL, bronze)
3. Laurenz Rieger (GER, bronze),
5. Stef De Greef (BEL)
6. Andrii Pogrebniak (UKR)
7. Alexander Choupenitch (CZE)
8. Klod Yunes (UKR)

Women’s Individual Epee (75 fencers)

1. Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura (UKR, gold)
2. Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk (POL, silver)
3. Alexandra Ehler (GER, bronze)
3. Anna Kun (HUN, bronze)
5. Renata Knapik-Miazga (POL)
6. Emma Fransson (SWE)
7. Angeline Favre (SUI)
8. Eszter Muhari (HUN)

Day 3. In men’s individual epee, the Netherlands’ Tristan Tulen faced Portugal’s Miguel Frazao in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Frazao won against Ukraine’s Volodymyr Stankevych, 15-14, while Tulen defeated Spain’s Manuel Bargues, 15-12.

In women’s individual sabre, Ukraine’s four-time world champion Olga Kharlan faced Romania’s Ilinca Pantis in the final bout, winning with a 15-3 score. In the semifinal round, Pantis won against Greece’s Theodora Gkountoura, 15-14, while Kharlan defeated Italy’s Eloisa Passaro, 15-12.

Men’s Individual Epee (96 fencers)

1. Tristan Tulen (NED, gold)
2. Miguel Frazao (POR, silver)
3. Volodymyr Stankevych (UKR, bronze)
3. Manuel Bargues (ESP, bronze)
5. Alexis Bayard (SUI)
6. Filipe Frazao (POR)
7. Alvaro Ibanez (ESP)
8. Max Rod (POR)

Women’s Individual Sabre (53 fencers)

1. Olga Kharlan (UKR, gold)
2. Ilinca Pantis (ROU, silver)
3. Eloisa Passaro (ITA, bronze)
3. Theodora Gkountoura (GRE, bronze)
5. Araceli Navarro (ESP)
6. Angelika Wator (POL)
7. Renata Katona (HUN)
8. Rossella Gregorio (ITA)

Day 4. In men’s team sabre, France faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-42 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Germany, 45-34, while France defeated Hungary, 45-42. The bronze medal went to Germany over Hungary, 45-28.

In women’s team foil, Italy faced France in the final match, winning with a 45-40 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Germany, 45-31, while Italy defeated Hungary, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Germany over Hungary, 45-38.

Men’s Team Sabre (16 countries)

1. France (gold)
2. Italy (silver)
3. Germany (bronze)
4. Hungary
5. Spain
6. Ukraine
7. Romania
8. Georgia

Women’s Team Foil (13 countries)

1. Italy (gold)
2. France (silver)
3. Germany (bronze)
4. Hungary
5. Poland
6. Ukraine
7. Spain
8. Austria

Day 5. In men’s team foil, Italy faced France in the final match, winning with a 45-39 score. In the semifinal round, France won against Germany, 45-43, while Italy defeated Great Britain, 45-29. The bronze medal went to Germany over Great Britain, 45-43.

In women’s team epee, France faced Hungary in the final match, winning with a 34-33 score. In the semifinal round, Hungary won against Italy, 38-31, while France defeated Switzerland, 45-32. The bronze medal went to Italy over Switzerland, 37-33.

Men’s Team Foil (19 countries)

1. Italy (gold)
2. France (silver)
3. Germany (bronze)
4. Great Britain
5. Poland
6. Hungary
7. Belgium
8. Ukraine

Women’s Team Epee (19 countries)

1. France (gold)
2. Hungary (silver)
3. Italy (bronze)
4. Switzerland
5. Ukraine
6. Estonia
7. Poland
8. Israel

Day 6. In men’s team epee, Hungary faced Switzerland in the final match, winning with a 28-26 score. In the semifinal round, Switzerland won against France, 45-43, while Hungary defeated Italy, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Italy over France, 39-37.

In women’s team sabre, France faced Italy in the final match, winning with a 45-38 score. In the semifinal round, Italy won against Hungary, 45-40, while France defeated Bulgaria, 45-35. The bronze medal went to Hungary over Bulgaria, 45-40.

Men’s Team Epee (24 countries)

1. Hungary (gold)
2. Switzerland (silver)
3. Italy (bronze)
4. France
5. Ukraine
6. Czech Republic
7. Spain
8. Poland

Women’s Team Sabre (12 countries)

1. France (gold)
2. Italy (silver)
3. Hungary (bronze)
4. Bulgaria
5. Spain
6. Azerbaijan
7. Greece
8. Germany

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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CAIRO, Egypt, June 19 – 23, 2023 – The 2023 African Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 men’s and women’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Hassan Mostafa Arena, with 97 total fencers participating from 17 countries. Egypt won the medal count, including 21 overall (10 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze), followed by Algeria with 9 (1 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze) and Kenya with 1 (gold).

Day 1. In men’s individual epee, Egypt’s Mohamed Yasseen faced teammate Mohamed Elsayed in the final match, winning with a 14-10 score. In the semifinal round, Elsayed won against Morocco’s Abdelkarim El Haouari, 15-7, while Yasseen defeated teammate Ahmed Elsayed, 15-9.

In women’s individual foil, Egypt’s Yara Elsharkawy faced teammate Nora Mohamed in the final match, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Mohamed won against Côte d’Ivoire’s Maxine Isabel Esteban, 15-14, while Elsharkawy defeated Algeria’s Meriem Mebarki, 15-10.

Men’s Individual Epee (30 fencers)

1. Mohamed Yasseen (EGY, gold)

2. Mohamed Elsayed (EGY, silver)

3. Abdelkarim El Haouari (MAR, bronze)

3. Ahmed Elsayed (EGY, bronze)

5. Houssam Elkord (MAR)

6. Bedi Paul Alex Beugre (CIV)

7. Sergey Losevskiy (RSA)

8. Keletigui Julien Diabate (MLI)

Women’s Individual Foil (20 fencers)

1. Yara Elsharkawy (EGY, gold)

2. Nora Mohamed (EGY, silver)

3. Maxine Isabel Esteban (CIV, bronze)

3. Meriem Mebarki (ALG, bronze)

5. Youssra Zakarani (MAR)

6. Yasmine Ayari (TUN)

7. Sonia Zeboudj (ALG)

8. Noha Hany (EGY)

Day 2. In men’s individual sabre, Egypt’s Ziad Elsissy faced teammate Adham Moataz in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Moataz won against Nigeria’s Evann Jean Abba Girault, 15-8, while Elsissy defeated teammate Mohamed Amer, 15-14.

In women’s individual epee, Kenya’s Alexandra Ndolo faced Algeria’s Ines El Batoul Taleb in the final bout, winning with a 15-5 score. In the semifinal round, Taleb won against Morocco’s Chloe Bousfiha, 15-14, while Ndolo defeated Egypt’s Aya Hussein, 15-7.

Men’s Individual Sabre (23 fencers)

1. Ziad Elsissy (EGY, gold)

2. Adham Moataz (EGY, silver)

3. Mohamed Amer (EGY, bronze)

3. Evann Jean Abba Girault (NIG, bronze)

5. Medhat Moataz (EGY)

6. Fares Ferjani (TUN)

7. Ahmed Ferjani (TUN)

8. Lucas Maurice Andre Messica (TUN)

Women’s Individual Epee (24 fencers)

1. Alexandra Ndolo (KEN, gold)

2. Ines El Batoul Taleb (ALG, silver)

3. Chloe Bousfiha (MAR, bronze)

3. Aya Hussein (EGY, bronze)

5. Nardin Ehab (EGY)

6. Shirwit Gaber (EGY)

7. Charline Boukhelifa (ALG)

8. Sarah Florence Ngo Ntat Sarah (CMR)

Day 3. In individual men’s foil, Egypt’s Mohamed Hamza faced teammate Alaaeldin Abouelkassem in the final bout, winning with a 15-6 score. In the semifinal round, Abouelkassem won against teammate Abdelrahman Tolba, 15-13, while Hamza defeated teammate Mohamed Hassan, 15-4.

In women’s individual sabre, Algeria’s Saoussen Boudiaf faced Egypt’s Nada Havez in the final bout, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Hafez won against Algeria’s Zohra Nora Kehli, 15-14, while Boudiaf defeated Egypt’s Mariam Deghiedy, 15-3.

Individual Men’s Foil (15 fencers)

1. Mohamed Hamza (EGY, gold)

2. Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY, silver)

3. Mohamed Hassan (EGY, bronze)

3. Abdelrahman Tolba (EGY, bronze)

5. Amir El Rhazzouly (MAR)

6. Salim Heroui (ALG)

7. Thibaud Bekkat (ALG)

8. Noe Robin (SEN)

Individual Women’s Sabre (16 fencers)

1. Saoussen Boudiaf (ALG, gold)

2. Nada Hafez (EGY, silver)

3. Mariam Deghiedy (EGY, bronze)

3. Zohra Nora Kehli (ALG, bronze)

5. Jana Sherif Elbakry (EGY)

6. Kaouther Mohamed Belkebir (ALG)

7. Abik Boungab (ALG)

8. Jana Medhat Elbakry (EGY)

Day 4. In men’s team sabre, Egypt faced Tunisia in the final match, winning with a 45-41 score. In the semifinal round, Tunisia won against Algeria, 45-35, while Egypt defeated Senegal, 45-25. The bronze medal went to Algeria over Senegal, 45-39.

In women’s team foil, Egypt faced Algeria in the final match, winning with a 45-14 score. In the semifinal round, Algeria won against Tunisia, 45-34, while Egypt defeated Côte d’Ivoire, 45-11. The bronze medal went to Tunisia over Côte d’Ivoire, 45-40.

In men’s team epee, Egypt faced Morocco in the final match, winning with a 45-23 score. In the semifinal round, Morocco won against South Africa, 45-35, while Egypt defeated Senegal, 45-14. The bronze medal went to South Africa over Senegal, 45-38.

Men’s Team Sabre (5 countries)

1. Egypt (gold)

2. Tunisia (silver)

3. Algeria (bronze)

4. Senegal

5. Morocco

Women’s Team Foil (6 countries)

1. Egypt (gold)

2. Algeria (silver)

3. Tunisia (bronze)

4. Côte d’Ivoire

5. Morocco

6. South Africa

Men’s Team Epee (7 countries)

1. Egypt (gold)

2. Morocco (silver)

3. South Africa (bronze)

4. Senegal

5. Côte d’Ivoire

6. Algeria

7. Libya

Day 5. In women’s team sabre, Egypt faced Algeria in the final match, winning with a 45-44 score. In the semifinal round, Algeria won against Senegal, 45-16, while Egypt defeated Tunisia, 45-38. The bronze medal went to Tunisia over Senegal by default, after a medical withdrawal.

In men’s team foil, Egypt faced Algeria in the final match, winning with a 45-34 score. In the semifinal round, Algeria won against Côte d’Ivoire, 45-14, while Egypt defeated Senegal, 45-8. The bronze medal went to Senegal over Côte d’Ivoire, 45-26.

In women’s team epee, Egypt faced Morocco in the final match, winning with a 45-31 score. In the semifinal round, Morocco won against Algeria, 45-43, while Egypt defeated Senegal, 45-31. The bronze medal went to Algeria over Senegal, 45-35.

Women’s Team Sabre (4 countries)

1. Egypt (gold)

2. Algeria (silver)

3. Tunisia (bronze)

4. Senegal

Men’s Team Foil (4 countries)

1. Egypt (gold)

2. Algeria (silver)

3. Senegal (bronze)

4. Côte d’Ivoire

Women’s Team Epee (5 countries)

1. Egypt (gold)

2. Morocco (silver)

3. Algeria (bronze)

4. Senegal

5. South Africa

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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WUXI, China, June 17 – 22, 2023 – The 2023 Asian Senior Fencing Championships have finished, including 12 men’s and women’s individual and team events in epee, foil and sabre. The event took place at the Wuxi Taihu International Expo (Center B Hall), with 391 total fencers participating from 28 countries. Japan won the medal count, including seven overall (4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), followed by Korea with 12 (3 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) and China with 11 (2 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze).

These zonal championships included fencers from both the Asian Fencing and Oceania Fencing Confederations.

Day 1. In individual men’s sabre, Iran’s Ali Pakdaman faced Korea’s Junho Kim in the final bout, winning with a 15-14 score. In the semifinal round, Kim won against Iran’s Mohammad Rahbari, 15-12, while Pakdaman defeated Hong Kong, China’s Ho Tin Low, 15-10. Of note, Low beat Korea’s world champion Sanguk Oh in the quarterfinals, 15-11.

In individual women’s epee, Hong Kong, China’s Man Wai Vivian Kong faced Korea’s world champion Sera Song in the final bout, winning with a 15-4 score. In the semifinal round, Song won against China’s Sheng Lin, 14-13, while Kong defeated Korea’s Injeong Choi, 15-11. Of note, Lin beat teammate and Olympic champion Yiwen Sun in the quarterfinals, 8-7.


Individual Men’s Sabre (79 fencers)

1. Ali Pakdaman (IRI, gold)

2. Junho Kim (KOR, silver)

3. Mohammad Rahbari (IRI, bronze)

3. Ho Tin Low (HKG, bronze)

5. Sanguk Oh (KOR)

6. Yousef Alshamlan (KUW)

7. Kento Yoshida (JPN)

8. Musa Aymuratov (UZB)

Individual Women’s Epee (58 fencers)

1. Man Wai Vivian Kong (HKG, gold)

2. Sera Song (KOR, silver)

3. Sheng Lin (CHN, bronze)

3. Injeong Choi (KOR, bronze)

5. Mingye Zhu (CHN)

6. Yiwen Sun (CHN)

7. Young Mi Kang (KOR)

8. Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (HKG)

Day 2. In individual men’s epee, Japan’s Koki Kano faced China’s Lefan Yu in the final bout, winning with a 15-10 score. In the semifinal round, Yu won against Japan’s Akira Komata, 12-11, while Kano defeated Korea’s Jaewon Kim, 15-7.

In individual women’s foil, China’s Qingyuan Chen faced Japan’s Sera Azuma in the final bout, winning with a 15-12 score. In the semifinal round, Azuma won against China’s Yue Shi, 15-9, while Chen defeated Singapore’s Amita Berthier, 15-8.

Individual Men’s Epee (89 fencers)

1. Koki Kano (JPN, gold)

2. Lefan Yu (CHN, silver)

3. Akira Komata (JPN, bronze)

3. Jaewon Kim (KOR, bronze)

5. Minghao Lan (CHN)

6. Kazuyasu Minobe (JPN)

7. Fayzulla Alimov (UZB)

8. Elmir Alimzhanov (KAZ)

Individual Women’s Foil (51 fencers)

1. Qingyuan Chen (CHN, gold)

2. Sera Azuma (JPN, silver)

3. Amita Berthier (SGP, bronze)

3. Yue Shi (CHN, bronze)

5. Karin Miyawaki (JPN)

6. Hyo Jin Hong (KOR)

7. Yiting Fu (CHN)

8. Seo In Hong (KOR)

Day 3. In individual men’s foil, China’s Ziwei Mo faced Korea’s Taegyu Ha in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Ha won against teammate Jun Heo, 15-6, while Mo defeated Hong Kong, China’s Chi Ka Yeung, 15-8. Of note, Japan’s Kazuki IImura beat Hong Kong China’s Olympic champion Ka Long Cheung in the round of 16, 15-9, before being eliminated by Ha in the quarterfinals, 15-9.

In individual women’s sabre, Uzbekistan’s Zaynab Dayibekova faced Korea’s Jisu Yoon in the final bout, winning with a 15-9 score. In the semifinal round, Yoon won against China’s Hengyu Yang, 15-8, while Dayibekova defeated India’s Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman, 15-14. Of note, Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman beat Japan’s world champion Misaki Emura in the quarterfinals, 15-10.

Individual Men’s Foil (65 fencers)

1. Ziwei Mo (CHN, gold)

2. Taegyu Ha (KOR, silver)

3. Chi Ka Yeung (HKG, bronze)

3. Jun Heo (KOR, bronze)

5. Haiwei Chen (CHN)

6. Kwanghyun Lee (KOR)

7. Kyosuke Matsuyama (JPN)

8. Kazuki IImura (JPN)

Individual Women’s Sabre (49 fencers)

1. Zaynab Dayibekova (UZB, gold)

2. Jisu Yoon (KOR, silver)

3. Bhavani Devi Chadalavada Anandha Sundhararaman (IND, bronze)

3. Hengyu Yang (CHN, bronze)

5. Misaki Emura (JPN)

6. Sebin Choi (KOR)

7. Risa Takashima (JPN)

8. Veronika Vasileva (AUS)

Day 4. In men’s team sabre, Korea faced Iran in the final match, winning with a 45-28 score. In the semifinal round, Iran won against Japan, 45-39, while Korea defeated China, 45-28. The bronze medal went to China over Japan, 45-39.

In women’s team epee, Korea faced Hong Kong, China in the final match, winning with a 39-31 score. In the semifinal round, Hong Kong, China won against China, 34-29, while Korea defeated Japan, 45-36. The bronze medal went to China over Japan, 45-36.

Men’s Team Sabre (21 countries)

1. Korea (gold)

2. Iran (silver)

3. China (bronze)

4. Japan

5. Kazakhstan

6. Hong Kong, China

7. Saudi Arabia

8. Kuwait

Women’s Team Epee (13 countries)

1. Korea (gold)

2. Hong Kong, China (silver)

3. China (bronze)

4. Japan

5. India

6. Singapore

7. Thailand

8. Chinese Taipei

Day 5. In men’s team epee, Japan faced Kazakhstan in the final match, winning with a 45-25 score. In the semifinal round, Kazakhstan won against Korea, 42-36, while Japan defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-26. The bronze medal went to Korea over Hong Kong, China, 45-25.

In women’s team foil, Japan faced China in the final match, winning with a 45-27 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Hong Kong, China, 41-32, while Japan defeated Singapore, 45-27. The bronze medal went to Hong Kong, China over Singapore, 45-33.

Men’s Team Epee (21 countries)

1. Japan (gold)

2. Kazakhstan (silver)

3. Korea (bronze)

4. Hong Kong, China

5. China

6. Uzbekistan

7. Singapore

8. Kyrgyzstan

Women’s Team Foil (11 countries)

1. Japan (gold)

2. China (silver)

3. Hong Kong, China (bronze)

4. Singapore

5. Korea

6. Australia

7. Macau, China

8. Philippines

Day 6. In men’s team foil, Japan faced Korea in the final match, winning with a 45-38 score. In the semifinal round, Korea won against Hong Kong, China, 45-35, while Japan defeated China, 45-41. The bronze medal went to China over Hong Kong, China, 45-41.

In women’s team sabre, Korea faced China in the final match, winning with a 45-40 score. In the semifinal round, China won against Japan, 45-41, while Korea defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-34. The bronze medal went to Japan over Hong Kong, China, 45-43.

Men’s Team Foil (15 countries)

1. Japan (gold)

2. Korea (silver)

3. China (bronze)

4. Hong Kong, China

5. Chinese Taipei

6. Singapore

7. India

8. Kuwait

Women’s Team Sabre (11 countries)

1. Korea (gold)

2. China (silver)

3. Japan (bronze)

4. Hong Kong, China

5. Uzbekistan

6. Kazakhstan

7. Iran

8. Singapore

Complete and official results for the event may be found here on the FIE web site. For more exciting world fencing news and features, check out the YouTube FIE Fencing Channel. Find official photos from this and other events on the FIE Facebook page.

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