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.
Original and festive submissions and posts came from all over the world.
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.
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.
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.
Listed below are links to several notable examples of creative contributions:
Video from Hungarian Fencing:
Video from Swiss Fencing:
Creative work from Tsomulai:
A post of activity from Rwanda:
Photo shared by Liliana Tejeda:
Illustration from the Chinese fencing community:
Fencing drawing created by an artist: