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2014 World Fencing Championships
The 2014 World Fencing Championships were held in Kazan, Russia, from 15–23 July. Schedule The schedule of the competition. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table References External links Official website {{World Fencing Championships 2014 World Fencing Championships World Fencing Championships The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE; ''International Fencing Federation'' in English). Contestants may participate in foil, épée, and sabre events. Hi ... 2014 World Fencing Championships 2014 World Fencing Championships International fencing competitions hosted by Russia July 2014 sports events in Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.6 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Kazan is the fifth-largest city in Russia, and the most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Kazan became the capital of the Khanate of Kazan and was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, becoming a part of Russia. The city was seized and largely destroyed during Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1775, but was later rebuilt during the reign of Catherine the Great. In the following centuries, Kazan grew to become a major industrial, cultural and religious centre of Russia. In 1920, after the Russian SFSR became a part of the Soviet Union, Kazan became the capital of the Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Steffen
Benjamin Steffen (born 8 March 1982) is a Swiss left-handed épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contain ... fencer, three-time team European champion, 2018 team world champion, and 2016 Olympian. Between 2006 and 2016, Steffen won two silver medals and two bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée Grands Prix. Between 2007 and 2009, Steffen won one silver medal and two bronze medals at FIE Men's Épée World Cups. Steffen began fencing at the age of 7 on his brother Andreas' suggestion. His sister Tabea is also an épée fencer. Medal Record World Championship European Championship Grand Prix World Cup References External links * *Profileat Fechtgesellschaft Basel Swiss male fencers Swiss épée fencers 1982 births Sportspeople from Basel-Stadt L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Baldini (born 19 December 1985) is an Italian Foil (fencing), foil fencing, fencer, several time European and World champion and team Olympic champion in 2012. He is the only foil fencer in history to have obtained four golds (European and World - individual and team event) and the final victory in the World Cup in the same season. Biography 2003-07; # 1 world ranking He made his debut in the Senior World Cup in the 2003/2004 season and obtained an extraordinary second place in Vienna at the age of 18. In the following season, he won his first senior World Cup in Espinho, Portugal. In 2005 he got gold (individual) and a bronze (team) at the 2005 Summer Universiade, Universiade held in Izmir, Turkey followed by a bronze (individual) and gold (team) at the Europeans in Zalaegerszeg. These results, at just 19 years old, cast him definitively into the quartet of the titular national team. Confirmation of that comes at his first Senior World Championship in Leipzig: sixth in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Avola
Giorgio Avola (born 8 May 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer. Avola is a three-time team European champion, 2011 individual European champion, and four-time team world champion. A three-time Olympian, Avola is a 2012 team Olympic champion. Avola competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ..., the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Medal record Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Grand Prix World Cup References External links * * Italian male fencers Italian foil fencers 1989 births Living people Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerio Aspromonte
Valerio Aspromonte (born 16 March 1987) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer, three-time team European champion, 2013 team world champion, and 2012 team Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... champion. Medal Record Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Grand Prix World Cup References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aspromonte, Valerio Fencers from Rome Italian male foil fencers Italian male fencers 1987 births Living people Olympic fencers of Italy Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Competitors at the 2013 Mediter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shi Jialuo
Shi Jialuo (în , born 25 January 1993) is a Chinese foil fencer. Career At the age of 16 Shi reached the quarter-finals at the 2009 World Championships in Antalya after defeating Olympic champions Brice Guyart and Benjamin Kleibrink Benjamin Philip Kleibrink (born 30 July 1985, in Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-W ..., but lost to Russia's Artem Sedov. In 2011 he made the quarter-finals in the Shanghai Grand Prix, which pushed him to the 36th place in world rankings, a career best as of 2015. He won a bronze medal in the 2012 World Military Fencing Championships in Rio de Janeiro. Shi was part of the China team that win a bronze medal at the 2013 Asian Championships. With Chen Haiwei, Lei Sheng and Ma Jianfei he reached the final in the team event of the 2014 World Championships, but they were overcome 25–4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lei Sheng
Lei Sheng (; born 7 March 1984) is a Chinese left-handed foil fencer, six-time team Asian champion, 2012 individual Asian champion, two-time team world champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion. Career Lei took up fencing because he liked Zorro. His results as a junior were unremarkable. The 2005–06 season saw his breakthrough: he climbed his first World Cup podium with a silver medal at La Coruña, followed by a victory at Espinho and a bronze medal at the Torino World Championships. He finished the season 5th in world rankings. In the following season he won the Bonn World Cup, the St Petersburg Grand Prix and the Montreal World Cup, along with a bronze medal in Venice. He placed third again in the World Championships after losing in the semifinals to Italy's Andrea Baldini. He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was defeated in the quarter-finals by eventual gold medallist Benjamin Kleibrink. At the 2012 London Olympics, he won the gold m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Haiwei
Chen Haiwei (; born 30 December 1994) is a Chinese competitive foil fencer. He has won three medals (one gold, one silver, one bronze) at the Asian Fencing Championships, two medals (one silver, one bronze) at the Asian Games, and two medals (one silver, one bronze) at the World Fencing Championships. Career A restless child, Chen enjoyed many different sports. He took up fencing at age 13 after his parents had him try different options for the summer holidays. He created a surprise in the 2014 Junior World Championships at Plovdiv by defeating in the semi-final Alexander Massialas of the United States, then Alexander Choupenitch of the Czech Republic. The same year Chen won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Fencing Championships in Suwon. In the World Championships at Kazan he was defeated in the second round by Aleksey Cheremisinov Aleksey Borisovich Cheremisinov (russian: Алексей Борисович Черемисинов; born 9 July 1985) is a Russian right-hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Simon (fencer)
Vincent Simon (born 9 April 1990) is a French foil fencer, team European and team World champion in 2014. Career Simon took up fencing at the age of seven and trained at UJB Escrime in Saint-Dizier under Jérôme Roussat, Charles Roselet and Sylvain Privé. He joined in 2007 the centre for promising young fencers in Châtenay-Malabry and won a team bronze medal at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Acireale. He took part in the 2013 Summer Universiade, reaching the quarter-finals in the individual event and taking a bronze medal with the team. He made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season, reaching the quarter-finals at the La Coruña Grand Prix, the Havana Grand Prix and the Tokyo World Cup. He was selected into the national for the European Championships in Strasbourg, but he lost in the first round to teammate Julien Mertine in the individual event. In the team event France defeated the Czech Republic and Russia before prevailing over Italy, allowing Simon to win his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Mertine
Julien Mertine (born 26 June 1988) is a French right-handed foil fencer, four-time team European champion, 2014 team world champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Career Mertine took up fencing at the age of five with his father, a fencing master who trained amongst others World champion Victor Sintès. When he was eighteen he joined the centre for promising young fencers at Châtenay-Malabry. He earned a team bronze medal at the 2007 Junior European Championships in Prag and at the 2008 Junior World Championships in Acireale. In 2009 he was admitted into INSEP, a state-sponsored institution for high-performance athletes. Mertine climbed in 2010 his first World Cup podium with a bronze medal in Copenhague, and was selected into the France national team as a reserve. His first competition with the team was the 2011 Challenge International in Paris, in which France finished 5th. 117th in world rankings, Mertine won the Havana World Cup that same season after defeating Italy's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erwann Le Péchoux
Erwann Le Péchoux (born 13 January 1982) is a French left-handed foil fencer. Le Péchoux is a four-time team European champion and four-time team world champion. A five-time Olympian, Le Péchoux is a 2016 team Olympic silver medalist and 2021 team Olympic champion. Le Péchoux competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Le Péchoux is married to Tunisian foil fencer Inès Boubakri. Since Muslim women were forbidden to marry non-Muslim men in Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ... until September 2017, he converted to Islam to marry her. Medal record Olympic Games World Championship European Championship Grand Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timur Safin
Timur Marselevich Safin ( rus, Тимур Марселевич Сафин, , tʲɪˈmur ˈsafʲɪn; born 4 August 1992) is a Russian right-handed foil fencer. He is a two-time team European champion and 2016 individual European champion. A two-time Olympian, Safin is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist, 2016 team Olympic champion, and 2016 individual Olympic bronze medalist. Career Safin, who is of Tatar descent, took up fencing when he was nine years old after a coach came to make a presentation at his school. He specialized in foil, joining the junior Russian team in 2009. He earned an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal in the 2011 U23 European Championships in Kazan. He won a team silver medal in the 2012 Junior European Championships and was crowned Junior World champion the same year in Moscow. In the senior category, he made his breakthrough in the 2013–14 season. He won the Challenge Revenu after defeating in the final team Olympic champion Andrea Bal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
