2017 World Fencing Championships

2017 World Fencing Championships
Dates19–26 July
Host cityLeipzig, Germany
VenueArena Leipzig
Events12

The 2017 World Fencing Championships was held at the Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 19 to 26 July 2017.[1]

During the championships there was a demonstration of wheelchair fencing. Russian Ksenia Ovsyannikova was Head of the Promotion Commission of IWAS and Pal Szekeres IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Chairman and Udo Ziegler IWAS Secretary General was also present at the Arena Leipzig Stadium.[2]

Schedule

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Opening Ceremony  Q Qualifying Finals Closing Ceremony
July 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Total
Ceremonies
Foil Individual Women Men Women Men 2
Épée Individual Men Women Men Women 2
Epee Individual Men Women Men Women 2
fencing Team Men Women 2
Florete Team Women Women 2
Sabre Team Men Women 2
Total Gold Medals 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 12

Medal summary

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Medal table

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     Host nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy (ITA)4149
2 Russia (RUS)3036
3 South Korea (KOR)1203
4 Estonia (EST)1113
 Hungary (HUN)1113
6 France (FRA)1056
7 Ukraine (UKR)1012
8 United States (USA)0202
9 Japan (JPN)0112
 Poland (POL)0112
11 China (CHN)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
 Tunisia (TUN)0101
14 Germany (GER)*0011
Totals (14 entries)12121842

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
details
Paolo Pizzo
 Italy
Nikolai Novosjolov
 Estonia
Richard Schmidt
 Germany
András Rédli
 Hungary
Team épée
details
 France
Yannick Borel
Ronan Gustin
Daniel Jérent
Jean-Michel Lucenay
 Switzerland
Max Heinzer
Georg Kuhn
Michele Niggeler
Benjamin Steffen
 Russia
Nikita Glazkov
Anton Glebko
Sergey Khodos
Pavel Sukhov
Individual foil
details
Dmitry Zherebchenko
 Russia
Toshiya Saito
 Japan
Daniele Garozzo
 Italy
Takahiro Shikine
 Japan
Team foil
details
 Italy
Giorgio Avola
Andrea Cassarà
Alessio Foconi
Daniele Garozzo
 United States
Miles Chamley-Watson
Race Imboden
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
 France
Jérémy Cadot
Enzo Lefort
Erwann Le Péchoux
Julien Mertine
Individual sabre
details
András Szatmári
 Hungary
Gu Bon-gil
 South Korea
Kamil Ibragimov
 Russia
Vincent Anstett
 France
Team sabre
details
 South Korea
Gu Bon-gil
Kim Jun-ho
Kim Jung-hwan
Oh Sang-uk
 Hungary
Tamás Decsi
Csanád Gémesi
András Szatmári
Áron Szilágyi
 Italy
Enrico Berrè
Dario Cavaliere
Luca Curatoli
Luigi Samele

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
details
Tatyana Gudkova
 Russia
Ewa Nelip
 Poland
Olena Kryvytska
 Ukraine
Julia Beljajeva
 Estonia
Team épée
details
 Estonia
Julia Beljajeva
Irina Embrich
Erika Kirpu
Kristina Kuusk
 China
Sun Yiwen
Sun Yujie
Xu Chengzi
Zhu Mingye
 Poland
Renata Knapik-Miazga
Ewa Nelip
Magdalena Piekarska
Barbara Rutz
Individual foil
details
Inna Deriglazova
 Russia
Alice Volpi
 Italy
Arianna Errigo
 Italy
Ysaora Thibus
 France
Team foil
details
 Italy
Martina Batini
Arianna Errigo
Camilla Mancini
Alice Volpi
 United States
Lee Kiefer
Margaret Lu
Nzingha Prescod
Nicole Ross
 Russia
Inna Deriglazova
Anastasia Ivanova
Svetlana Tripapina
Adelina Zagidullina
Individual sabre
details
Olha Kharlan
 Ukraine
Azza Besbes
 Tunisia
Irene Vecchi
 Italy
Cécilia Berder
 France
Team sabre
details
 Italy
Martina Criscio
Rossella Gregorio
Loreta Gulotta
Irene Vecchi
 South Korea
Hwang Seon-a
Kim Ji-yeon
Seo Ji-yeon
Yoon Ji-su
 France
Cécilia Berder
Manon Brunet
Charlotte Lembach
Caroline Queroli

References

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  1. ^ "www.fechten2017.de :: Die FechtWM 2017 in Leipzig: Schedule". fechten2017.de. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  2. ^ "Wheelchair Fencing Presented at FIE World Championships in Leipzig, Germany". Int'l Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. 2017-07-26. Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
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