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Fencing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification
This article details the qualifying phase for fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 212 fencers (an equal distribution between men and women; of .... Qualification was primarily based on the FIE Official Ranking as of April 4, 2016, with further individual places available at 4 zonal qualifying tournaments. For the team events, 8 teams qualified in each event. Each team must be composed of 3 fencers. The top 4 ranked teams qualified. The next best ranked team from each zone (Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Oceania) qualified as long as it was ranked in the top 16. If a zone had no teams ranked between 5th and 16th, the best placed nation not already qualified would be selected regardless of zone. For individual events with corresponding team events, the 3 fencers from the team event qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 2016 Summer Olympics
The fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3 inside the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca. Around 212 fencers (an equal distribution between men and women; of which, eight fencers came from the host nation Brazil) competed in 10 events -- six individual and four team. Similar to 2008 and 2012, the International Fencing Federation maintained the format of ten events with a rotation system for team events. As a result, the men's team sabre and the women's team foil were dropped from the program only at these Games. Qualification Qualification was primarily based on the FIE official rankings as of 4 April 2016, with further individual places available at four zonal qualifying tournaments. Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men's Women's See also * Wheelchair fencing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Steffen
Benjamin Steffen (born 8 March 1982) is a Swiss left-handed épée The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 contains a ... 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 Fencers from Basel-Stadt Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuyasu Minobe
is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, Minobe was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team men's épée event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It was Japan's first Olympic gold medal in fencing. Career Minobe's first sport was volleyball. He took up fencing in high school, on his father's advice. He made his international debut in 2008 and joined the Japanese national team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou and a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ... in Incheon. Medal record Olympic Games World Championship Asian Championship Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Sukhov
Pavel Vladislavovich Sukhov ( rus, Павел Владиславович Сухов, , ˈpavʲɪl ˈsuxəf; born 7 May 1988) is a Russian right-handed épée fencer. Sukhov is a two-time team European champion and 2012 individual European champion. A three-time Olympian, he is a 2021 team Olympic silver medalist. Sukhov competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Career Sukhov began fencing at the age of 9. He originally played tennis but switched to fencing when his coach moved abroad. He made his international debut for Russia at the 2008 Doha World Cup, and is a Russian Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to as the Russian Armed Forces, are the military of Russia. They are organized into three service branches—the Russian Ground Forces, Ground Forces, Russian Navy, Navy, and Russi ... Athlete. His clubs are the Russian Central Sports Army Club, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Avdeev
Anton Alekseyevich Avdeyev (also spelled Avdeev, ; born 8 September 1986) is a Russian left-handed former épée The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 contains a ... fencer and 2009 individual world champion. Medal Record World Championship European Championship Grand Prix World Cup References External links * archive * archive * * * 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Voskresensk Russian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Russia Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Anokhin
Vadim Vladimirovich Anokhin (, born 2 January 1992) is a Russian male épée fencer. He took up fencing in 2001 with coach Olga Abrosikova and joined in 2008 the junior Russian national team, with whom he became junior world champion in 2012 and U23 European champion in 2014. In the senior category, he won the 2015 Doha Grand Prix. He was named into the Russian team qualified to the 2016 Summer 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 ... as the top épée fencer in national rankings. References External links * * archive * * * 1992 births Living people Russian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Russia Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kaluga 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubén Limardo
Rubén Dario Limardo Gascón (born 3 August 1985) is a Venezuelan left-handed épée fencer, five-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic champion. Limardo competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. His younger brothers, Francisco and Jesus, also compete in fencing on the international level. In 2015 he was elected to the National Assembly for the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. Olympics Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Limardo competed for his native country in the 2008 Olympics épée competition, placing 23rd. Limardo competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London winning a gold medal in the individual épée event at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre on 1 August, two days before his 27th birthday. He won the gold when he defeated Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15–10 in the men's épée fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Limardo
Francisco Alberto Limardo Gascón (born 27 March 1987) is a Venezuelan épée fencer. He is the brother of Rubén Limardo, who won Venezuela's first gold medal from a forty-four year drought at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Limardo competed as a member of the national fencing team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ..., along with his brother Ruben, and compatriots Wolfgang Mejías and Silvio Fernández. Limardo and his team, however, lost the fifth place match of men's team épée to the Hungarian team (led by Géza Imre), with a total score of 20 touches. References External links * Venezuelan male épée fencers Living people Olympic fencers for Venezuela Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Fernández (fencer Born 1979)
Silvio Fernández Briceño (born January 9, 1979) is a Venezuelan épée fencer. He has competed in four Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016) and four FIE world championships (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007). Fernández has been ranked as high as third in the world on the FIE points list. He finished 2nd at the 2008 Challenge Bernadotte in Stockholm. In June 2013, he earned the gold medal in the Pan American Fencing Championships in Cartagena after defeating his fellow countryman Rubén Limardo. References 1979 births Living people Venezuelan male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Venezuela Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2007 Pan American Games Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fencers from Caracas Pan American Games silver medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games bronze medalists for Venezuela Pan American Games silver medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Jin-sun
Jung Jin-Sun (; or ; born 24 January 1984) is a South Korean right-handed épée fencer, four-time team Asian champion, four-time individual Asian champion, three-time Olympian, and 2012 individual Olympic bronze medalist. Career Jung took up fencing in middle school after being noticed by Olympian Yang Dal-sik. He made his international debut in the 2004–05 season and won a bronze medal in the Stockholm Grand Prix. A year later, he won gold in team épée at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. He then went through a dry spell until he reached the final in the 2008 at the Koweit City World Cup. He climbed on the podium in Montréal and Cali and won the Puerto Rico Grand Prix. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was one of the top seeds for the individual épée competition, but lost 15–11 in the quarter-finals to eventual silver medalist Fabrice Jeannet of France. These results allowed him to finish the season at the second place in world rankings. In 2011 Jung won the gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Sang-young
Park Sang-young ( or ; born 16 October 1995) is a South Korean right-handed épée fencer, three-time team Asian champion, 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2016 individual Olympic champion. Early life Park was introduced to fencing in middle school. He nearly had to give up the sport as his family could not afford the expensive equipment but financial aid from a non-profit charity and his admission into , a public school, allowed him to continue to fencing. During his first year in high school, he won first place in the individual épée category at the national high school championships. Career Park was junior world champion in Moscow in 2012, becoming the first South Korean male junior fencer to win a medal in the épée event. He qualified for the senior national team in 2013 by winning the national championship, a rarity for a high school student as fencers generally competed at collegiate level before making the step up. Dubbed a "monster rookie", he made headli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Kyoung-doo
Park Kyoung-doo ( or ; born 3 August 1984) is a South Korean right-handed épée The (, ; ), also rendered as 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 contains a ... fencer, four-time team Asian champion, 2016 individual Asian champion, and two-time Olympian. Park competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Medal record World championship Asian Championship Grand Prix World Cup References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people People from Haenam County Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province South Korean male épée fencers South Korean épée fencers Korea National Sport University alumni Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for South Korea Fencers at the 2010 Asian Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |