European Fencing Championships 2001

The European Championships in fencing in 2001 took place from the 3rd to the 8th of July in Koblenz , and thus for the first time in Germany instead. A total of twelve competitions were held, namely individual and team competitions for women and men in epee, foil and saber. Since third place was not fought in the individual competitions and instead both semi-finalists shared third place, there were a total of twelve gold and silver medals and 18 bronze medals to be won. Italy led the medal table with 7 medals, including three gold medals, and Hungary won the most medals with 9 medals.

organization

Koblenz wanted to apply for the European Championships as early as 1997, but was not supported by the German Fencing Association . In 1999, in addition to Koblenz, Berlin also applied for the organization, the German Fencing Association decided on Koblenz, which was then also accepted by the European Fencing Confederation . The patron was the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder .

Men's

Epee single

80 fencers from 27 nations took part in the men's individual epee competition.

space	athlete	country
1	Vitaly Sakharov	Belarus BLR
2	Paolo Milanoli	Italy ITA
3	Pavel Kolobkov	Russia RUS
3	Kaido Kaaberma	Estonia EST

Epee team

20 teams took part in the men's epee team competition. Ukraine won it with a 45:40 win over Germany. France came in third.

space	country	athlete
1	Ukraine Ukraine
2	Germany Germany	Daniel Strigel Jörg Fiedler Michael Flegler Fabian Schmidt
3	France France

Foil single

67 fencers from 22 nations took part in the men's individual foil competition.

space	athlete	country
1	Simone Vanni	Italy ITA
2	Adam Krzesiński	Poland POLE
3	Ralf Bißdorf	Germany GER
3	Attila Juhász	Hungary HUN

Foil team

15 teams took part in the men's floret team competition. It won Germany, which prevailed 45 to 31 against Belgium in the final. Poland finished third after beating Russia.

space	country	athlete
1	Germany Germany	Ralf Bißdorf Lars Schache Christian Schlechtweg Dominik Behr
2	Belgium Belgium
3	Poland Poland

Saber single

49 fencers from 16 nations took part in the men's individual saber competition.

space	athlete	country
1	Stanislav Posdnyakov	Russia RUS
2	Julien Pillet	France FRA
3	Mihai Covaliu	Romania ROME
3	Zsolt Nemcsik	Hungary HUN

Saber crew

11 teams took part in the men's saber team competition.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia Russia
2	France France
3	Hungary Hungary

Ladies

Epee single

86 female fencers from 28 nations took part in the women's individual epee competition.

space	athlete	country
1	Ildikó Mincza-Nébald	Hungary HUN
2	Marina Fakhroutinova	Russia RUS
3	Hajnalka Király	Hungary HUN
3	Heidi Rohi	Estonia EST

Epee team

20 teams took part in the women's epee team competition.

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary Hungary
2	Russia Russia
3	Ukraine Ukraine

Foil single

49 female fencers from 16 nations took part in the women's individual foil competition.

space	athlete	country
1	Valentina Vezzali	Italy ITA
2	Giovanna Trillini	Italy ITA
3	Edina Knapek	Hungary HUN
3	Sabine Bau	Germany GER

Foil team

The number of participants in the women's floret team competition is not known.

space	country	athlete
1	Italy Italy
2	Hungary Hungary
3	Romania Romania

Saber single

39 female fencers from 11 nations took part in the women's individual saber competition.

space	athlete	country
1	Elena Nechayeva	Russia RUS
2	Sandra Benad	Germany GER
3	Orsolya Nagy	Hungary HUN
3	Ilaria Bianco	Italy ITA

Saber crew

10 teams took part in the women's saber team competition. In the final, Germany won against Italy with 45 to 41. The Poles were third.

space	country	athlete
1	Germany Germany	Sandra Benad Susanne König Stefanie Kubissa Sabine Thieltges
2	Italy Italy
3	Poland Poland

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Italy Italy	3	3	1	7th
2	Russia Russia	3	2	1	6th
3	Germany Germany	2	2	2	6th
4th	Hungary Hungary	2	1	6th	9
5	Ukraine Ukraine	1	0	1	2
6th	Belarus 1995 Belarus	1	0	0	1
7th	France France	0	2	1	3
8th	Poland Poland	0	1	2	3
9	Belgium Belgium	0	1	0	1
10	Romania Romania	0	0	2	2
11	Estonia Estonia	0	0	2	2
total		12	12	18th	42

Web links

Results on the website of the European Fencing Confederation ( Memento from May 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Results on the EFC website. (No longer available online.) EFC, archived from the original on August 28, 2016 ; accessed on August 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Andreas Schirmer: Departure into the 21st Century, in: Deutscher Fechter-Bund (Ed.), Andreas Schirmer (Red.): En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. pp. 150–175, here p. 164.
↑ ^a ^b Fencing: Degen team wins silver. n-tv, July 5, 2001, accessed August 28, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Fencing: EM gold for the foil team. n-tv, July 8, 2001, accessed August 28, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Benad and Co. get the first title. Rhein Zeitung online, July 7, 2001, accessed on August 28, 2016 .

[EFC-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Results on the EFC website. (No longer available online.) EFC, archived from the original on August 28, 2016 ; accessed on August 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Andreas Schirmer: Departure into the 21st Century, in: Deutscher Fechter-Bund (Ed.), Andreas Schirmer (Red.): En Garde! Allez! Touchez! 100 Years of Fencing in Germany - A Success Story, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2012. pp. 150–175, here p. 164.

[ntv1-3] Fencing: Degen team wins silver. n-tv, July 5, 2001, accessed August 28, 2016 .

[ntv2-4] Fencing: EM gold for the foil team. n-tv, July 8, 2001, accessed August 28, 2016 .

[rz-5] Benad and Co. get the first title. Rhein Zeitung online, July 7, 2001, accessed on August 28, 2016 .