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.
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