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Zahra Gamir
Zahra Gamir (born 18 April 1966) is an Algerian fencing, fencer. She competed in the women's individual épée events at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1966 births Living people Algerian female épée fencers Olympic fencers for Algeria Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Algeria Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Algerian women 21st-century Algerian people 20th-century Algerian people {{Algeria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only. Competitive fencing is one of the five activitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
