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Iuliana Măceșeanu
Iuliana Măceșeanu (born 7 July 1981) is a Romanian épée fencer, bronze medallist at the 2005 European Championships and three-time team European champion (2006, 2008, and 2009). Career Măceșeanu took up fencing at CSM Craiova when she was twelve years old. She was accompanying her younger brother to his gymnastics class and wanted to try the sport too, but the coach thought her frame was too big and directed her to the fencing hall which stood across the park. Măceșeanu joined the junior national team in 1999 and transferred to CSA Steaua in Bucarest under the coaching of Cornel Milan. With Loredana Iordăchioiu and Ana Maria Brânză she won a team silver medal in the 2001 Junior World Championships in Gdańsk. In the senior category, she climbed her first World Cup podium with a silver medal in the 2003 Budapest Grand Prix, followed by a quarter-final place in the Prague World Cup. At the 2005 European Championships in Zalaegerszeg, Măceșeanu reached the semi-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irina Embrich
Irina Embrich, née Zamkovaja (born 12 July 1980) is an Estonian left-handed épée fencer. Embrich is a two-time team European champion and 2017 team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Embrich is a 2021 team Olympic champion. Embrich competed in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Biography Embrich's first sport was gymnastics, but she resented the hard discipline of the Soviet era. She later took to rhythmic gymnastics and then fencing under coach Samuil Kaminski. She ranked 20th then 12th at the cadet World championships in 1996 and 1998, but snatched the bronze medal at the junior event in 1999. After high school, Embrich studied chemistry at the Tallinn University of Technology. In 2004 her coach left Estonia for Norway. Épée champion Nikolai Novosjolov, who is the same age as her, accepted to train her under an equal footing more than a student-master relationship. The same year she married a fellow student and gave birth in 2005 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1981 Births
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2010 World Fencing Championships
The 2010 World Fencing Championships were held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France 4–13 November. Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations A record of 110 nations competed, with many making their debuts including Curaçao and Sri Lanka among others. * (1) * (13) * (3) * (1) * (17) * (10) * (2) * (1) * (11) * (5) * (1) * (22) * (1) * (6) * (1) * (2) * (23) * (8) * (31) * (10) * (2) * (4) * (5) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (14) * (2) * (1) * (9) * (1) * (3) * (8) * (8) * (8) * (39) * (1) * (25) * (17) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (23) * (34) * (3) * (9) * (1) * (8) * (13) * (2) * (18) * (32) * (25) * (1) * (31) * (5) * (7) * (6) * (1) * (6) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (4) * (7) * (3) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (9) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (7) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (42) * (8) * (7) * (22) * (41) * (5) * (6) * (7) * (7) * (2) * (2) * (14) * (25) * (16) * (1) * (6) * (8) * (5) * (1) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 European Fencing Championships
The 2010 European Fencing Championships was the 23rd edition and was held in Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ..., Germany. The event took place from July 17–22, 2010. Schedule Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results overview Men Foil individual Foil team Epée individual Epée team Sabre individual Sabre team Women Sabre individual Sabre team Foil individual Foil team Epée individual Épée team References External linksOfficial site {{European Fencing Championships European Fencing Championships W Fencing Championships Sports competitions in Leipzig International fencing competitions hosted by Germany 2010s in Saxony July 2010 sports events in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009–10 Fencing World Cup
The 39th FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2009 and concluded in November 2010 at the 2010 World Fencing Championships The 2010 World Fencing Championships were held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France 4–13 November. Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations A record of 110 nations competed, with many making their debuts including ... held in Paris. Individual Épée Individual Foil Individual Sabre Team Épée Team Foil Team Sabre References FIE rankings {{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Fencing World Cup Fencing World Cup 2009 in fencing 2010 in fencing International fencing competitions hosted by France 2010 in French sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anfisa Pochkalova
Anfisa Serhiyivna Pochkalova ( uk, Анфіса Сергіївна Почкалова; born 1 March 1990) is a Ukrainian épée fencer. She is the 2009 world individual bronze medalist. Personal life Pochkalova was born 1 March 1990 in Lviv. She is a student at the Lviv State University of Physical Culture. Career Pochkalova learnt fencing in Lviv under Zoriana Savruk, then Andriy Orlykovskyi, who also trained Olympic champion Yana Shemyakina. She won in 2007 a bronze medal at the Cadet European Championships in Novi Sad and a silver medal at the Junior European Championship in Prague. She joined in 2008 the national senior team and took part in her first World championships in Beijing, where Ukraine finished 13th. In 2009, she earned a bronze medal at the Junior World Championships in Belfast. She was part of the Ukrainian team that won the gold medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade. She reached the semi-final in the senior World Fencing Championships after defeatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 World Fencing Championships
2009 World Fencing Championships was held at the Antalya Expo Center in Antalya, Turkey. The event took place from September 30 to October 8, 2009. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Results overview Men Foil individual 3 October - Final Épée individual 4 October - Final Sabre individual 5 October - Final Foil team 6 October - Final Epée team 7 October - Final Sabre team 8 October - Final Women Sabre individual 3 October - Final Foil individual 4 October - Final Epée individual 5 October - Final Sabre team 6 October - Final Foil team 7 October - Final Épée team 8 October - Final See also *Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics External links Official Website {{World Fencing Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Gherman
Simona Gherman (née Alexandru; born 12 April 1985) is a retired Romanian épée fencer, European champion in 2012 and 2016. She was twice team World Champion in 2010 and 2011 and five-time team European Champion in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2015. Career Gherman was born in Bucharest in 1985. Her first significant result was a team bronze medal with Loredana Iordăchioiu and Ana Maria Brânză at the 2004 Junior World Championships in Plovdiv. The same year, she won a Junior World Cup tournament in Palermo. Gherman then joined the senior national team captained by Brânză. Along with Iordăchioiu and Anca Măroiu, they won the European Championships in 2008 and 2009. In the 2010 World Fencing Championships, the “ girls”—a nickname the Romanian team had given themselves after the ''Powerpuff Girls'' anime— took the first Romanian team gold in épée after defeating Germany at the Grand Palais in Paris. In 2011, Gherman won a team gold at the European Fencing Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 World Fencing Championships
The 2008 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Green Convention Center in Beijing, China. The event took place from April 18 to April 20, 2008. It had men's team foil and women's team épée, both of which were not held at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Medal summary Medal table See also * Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Center. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Events 10 sets of medals were awarded in the foll ... World Fencing Championships W Fencing Championships Fencing Championships Sports competitions in Beijing 2000s in Beijing April 2008 sports events in Asia {{Fencing-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events, one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This was the first time China had hosted the Olympic Games, and the third time the Summer Olympic Games had been held in East Asia, following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. These were also the second Summer Olympic Games to be held in a communist state, the first being the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union (with venues in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia). Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001, having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after two rounds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
