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Fencing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Foil
The men's Foil (fencing), foil competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 7 August at the Carioca Arena 3. The medals were presented by Paul Tergat, International Olympic Committee, IOC List of members of the International Olympic Committee, member, Kenya and Donald Anthony Jr., Executive Board Member of Fédération Internationale d'Escrime, FIE. There were 35 competitors from 19 nations. The event was won by Daniele Garozzo of Italy, the nation's ninth victory in the men's foil (matching France for most all-time) and first since 1996. The silver medalist was American Alexander Massialas, earning the United States' first medal in the event since 1960. Timur Safin of Russia took bronze. Background This was the 27th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Five of the eight quarterfinalists from 2012 ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carioca Arena 3
Carioca Arena 3 (Portuguese: ''Arena Carioca 3''), now named the Isabel Salgado Olympic Educational Gymnasium, is a sports training school and indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, taekwondo and fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics, fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, judo and Wheelchair fencing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, wheelchair fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Carioca Arena 3 was planned to be transformed into a sports high school after the Games. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the structure of Carioca Arena 3 was used as a base for the health workers on vaccination programme. As of February 2022, the Arena is open for children engaged in sports activities promoted by the prefecture of Rio de Janeiro. In December, the plans for a sports training school were finally put into place, with the fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Cassarà
Andrea Cassarà (born 3 January 1984) is an Italian left-handed foil fencer, two-time individual European champion, 2011 individual world champion, and three-time Olympics medalist. In February 2025, he was convicted of intended illicit interference in public life, and sentenced to one year and four months in prison. Fencing career Cassarà won a bronze medal in the individual men's foil event and a gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, and a gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2012 London Olympic Games. He competed in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (as a replacement for suspended world #1 foil fencer Andrea Baldini), the 2012 London Olympic Games, and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Cassarà's medal record at world fencing championships include: * Bronze medal in the individual men's foil event and gold medal in the team men's foil event at the 2003 World Fencing Championships in Hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Davis (fencer)
James-Andrew Davis (born 3 July 1991) is a British fencer, European champion in 2014. He competed in men's foil at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Career Davis was born and brought up in Barnet, North London. He became interested in fencing at the age of four, while waiting for his mother to pick up his brother for his own sport at a Saturday club and fenced at clubs including RLS Fencing and Finchley Foils. In 2008 he became the first Briton to climb a podium at European Cadet Championships with a bronze medal in Rovigo. He claimed another bronze medal, this time with the team, at the 2010 Junior European Championships in Lobnya. Beginning preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics on home ground, in London, Davis was ordered by his coach to lose weight or be dropped from Team GB. Davis shed more than in 18 months and his fencing improved accordingly: he climbed from No.346 at the end of the 2009–10 season to No.29 on the eve of the Olympics and was allocated one of Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Choupenitch
Alexander Choupenitch (; born 2 May 1994) is a Czech right-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympian, and 2021 individual Olympic bronze medalist. Early life Choupenitch is the son of Belarusian-born opera singers who both worked at National Theatre Brno. The unusual form of his name – Choupenitch instead of Šupenič – is due to the fact that papers issued to his parents for travelling through Europe used a French spelling. His first sport, basketball, left him frustrated as he seldom got to touch the ball, so his mother took him to the fencing section of Sokol Brno when he was eight. He later learnt that his step-grandmother, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, was a three-time Olympic foil champion for the USSR. Foil was the only option offered at the club, but he later explained that foil is indeed his favourite weapon, being the more realistic and striking the best balance between sabre's speed and épée's tactics. His first coach was Dmitri Romankov, who also trained Belarusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarek Ayad
Tarek Ayad (; born 29 May 1984) is an Egyptian foil fencer, African champion in 2010. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the individual event, but was defeated in the table of 32 by Russia's Aleksey Cheremisinov. He originally took up fencing in 1993, after being encouraged by his brother's friend. He competed at the 2016 Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ..., losing to eventual champion Daniele Garozzo in the last 32. He has also won silver and bronze medals at World Cup events. References Egyptian male foil fencers Living people Olympic fencers for Egypt Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Alexandria Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian people 21st-century Egyptian sportsmen 1984 births {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heo Jun (fencer)
Heo Jun (; or ; born 31 May 1988) is a South Korean foil fencer. He is the four-time Asian champion (individual and team). He won a bronze medal at the 2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no), also known as the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=, s=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no) and Shenzhen 2011, was hosted in Shenzhen, Gua ... in Shenzhen. Heo is a graduate of Daegu University. ReferencesProfile on fencingworldwide.com External links * * * * Living people 1988 births Fencers from Seoul South Korean male foil fencers Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for South Korea Fencers at the 2010 Asian Games Fencers at the 2014 Asian Games Fencers at the 2018 Asian Games Fencers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheung Ka Long
Edgar Cheung Ka Long (; born 10 June 1997) is a Hong Kong left-handed foil fencer, two-time Olympic champion and two-time individual Asian champion, having won the gold medal at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Cheung is the first athlete representing Hong Kong in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals and the second to become an Olympic champion, after windsurfer Lee Lai Shan. He is also the fourth non-European and third Asian to do so, after Ramón Fonst, Kim Young-ho, and Lei Sheng. Career Cheung Ka-long was born to parents who both played national league basketball in Hong Kong. He took up fencing in the fourth grade. In 2013, he was named Hong Kong's Most Promising Young Athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards. In 2014, he was named an Outstanding Junior Athlete by the Hong Kong Sports Institute; he won a bronze in team foil at the Asian Fencing Championships and at the Asian Games that same year. In 2015, he earned two bronzes, one in individu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Pranz
René Pranz (born 4 August 1985) is an Austrian fencer, specialising in the foil, who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Personal life Pranz was born on 4 August 1985 in Vienna, Austria. He studied for a degree in economics and law at the University of Salzburg. Fencing At the 2006 European Fencing Championships in İzmir, Turkey, Pranz was part of an Austrian squad that finished eighth in the team foil event. At the 2006 World Fencing Championships he placed 48th in the individual foil; in 2007 he was 64th, in 2009 he was 26th and in 2010 he finished 51st. At the 2011 European Fencing Championships in Sheffield, United Kingdom, he placed seventh in the individual foil. The same year he finished 44th in the individual event at the World Championships. At the 2013 World Championships he finished 39th. He competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade games held in Kazan, Russia. In the individual foil he defeated Noriyuki Nagashima of Japan 15– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilherme Toldo
Guilherme Toldo (born 1 September 1992) is a Brazilian fencer. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, being defeated in the quarter-finals, obtaining the best male result in Brazil in fencing of all time. Career At the age of 19, Toldo participated in the 2011 Pan American Games, where he won a bronze medal in the individual foil, as well as another bronze in teams. Toldo debuted at the Olympic Games at the age of 19. At the 2012 Olympic Games, he won his first match against Moroccan Lahoussine Ali 15-6. But in the second fight, facing the American Race Imboden, 5th best in the world, he was eliminated by 15-5. At the 2014 Pan American Fencing Championships, Toldo won a bronze medal in individual foil and another bronze in the team. At the 2015 Pan American Games, Toldo won a silver medal in Men's team foil. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Toldo had a historic campaign, winning three fights and reaching the quarterfinals, obtaining the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In Brazil
Time in Brazil is calculated using standard time, and the country (including its offshore islands) is divided into four standard time zones: Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00), Brasília time (UTC−03:00), Amazon time (UTC−04:00), and Acre time (UTC−05:00). About 93% of the Brazilian population live in Brasília time (UTC−03:00). Time zones Fernando de Noronha time (UTC−02:00) This is the standard time zone only on a few small offshore Atlantic islands. The only such island with a permanent population is Fernando de Noronha, with 3,167 inhabitants (2022 census), 0.0016% of Brazil's population. The other islands ( Trindade and Martim Vaz, Rocas Atoll and Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago) either are totally uninhabited or have small seasonally rotating Brazilian Navy garrisons or teams of scientists. Brasília time (UTC−03:00) The main time zone of Brazil comprises the states in the South, Southeast and Northeast regions (except the small islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foil (fencing)
A foil is one of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. It is a flexible sword of total length or under, rectangular in cross section, weighing under , with a blunt tip. As with the épée, points are only scored by making contact with the tip. The foil is the most commonly used weapon in fencing. Non-electric and electric foils Background There are two types of foil used in modern fencing. Both types are made with the same basic parts: the pommel, grip, guard, and blade. The difference between them is one is electric, and the other is known as "steam" or "dry". The blades of both varieties are capped with a plastic or rubber piece, with a button at the tip in electric blades, that provides information when the blade tip touches the opponent. (There are also a range of plastic swords made by varying manufacturers for use by juniors.) Lacking the button and associated electrical mechanism, a judge is required to determine the scoring and the victor in a tournament wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Chamley-Watson
Miles Chamley-Watson (born December 3, 1989) is a British-American right-handed foil fencer. He is a 13-time team Pan American Games, Pan American champion, 2019 team world champion, 2013 individual world champion, three-time Olympic Games, Olympian, and 2016 team Olympic bronze medalist. Childhood Chamley-Watson was born in London. He is of Jamaican, Irish, British, and Malawian descent. He spent the first eight years of his life as a resident of the United Kingdom until he and his family moved to New York City. He began fencing at the Knox School in St. James, New York, Saint James, New York. After spending four years in New York, Chamley-Watson and his family settled in Philadelphia. College career Chamley-Watson earned a degree in Sport management, sports management from Pennsylvania State University in 2012. Freshman year (2008–2009) Chamley-Watson maintained a 19–4 record during his first year as an NCAA fencer. He was defeated in the semifinals 15–14 by Nicholas C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
