European Fencing Championships 2009

The 22nd European Fencing Championships took place from July 13th to 19th, 2009 in Plovdiv , Bulgaria . The event was organized by the Bulgarian Fencing Federation under the auspices of the European Fencing Confederation . The competitions were held on the premises of the Plovdiv International Fair .

Competitions and schedule

The program included competitions in the swords, foils and sabers, divided into individual and teams as well as women and men. Therefore 12 gold and 12 silver medals were awarded. Since the third place in the individual is not fought, in the team competitions it is, there are divided places and thus 18 bronze medals.

Legend:	●	Opening ceremony	●	final	●	Graduation ceremony

July	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th	19th	total
Competitions	●						●
Epee single			Ladies	Men's				2
Epee team						Ladies	Men's	2
Foil single		Ladies	Men's					2
Foil team					Ladies	Men's		2
Saber single		Men's		Ladies				2
Saber crew					Men's		Ladies	2
Number of gold medals		2	2	2	2	2	2	12

Results gentlemen

Epee single

space	athlete	country
1	Sven Schmid	GER
2	Ulrich Robeiri	FRA
3	Gábor Boczkó	HUN
	Gauthier Grumier	FRA

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Jörg Fiedler

9

Ulrich Robeiri

15th

Ulrich Robeiri

15th

Gábor Boczkó

12

José Luis Abajo

10

Gábor Boczkó

15th

Ulrich Robeiri

7th

Sven Schmid

15th

Bohdan Nikischyn

7th

Sven Schmid

8th

Sven Schmid

15th

Gauthier Grumier

14th

Gauthier Grumier

15th

Jérôme Jeannet

7th

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli Péter Somfai
2	SUI	Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Michael Kauter Benjamin Steffen
3	ITA	Diego Confalonieri Francesco Martinelli Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

France

32

Switzerland

45

Switzerland

42

Poland

36

Norway

36

Poland

43

Switzerland

32

Hungary

45

Hungary

45

Ukraine

35

Hungary

30th

Battle for bronze

Italy

29

Russia

20th

Poland

39

Italy

21st

Italy

45

Foil single

space	athlete	country
1	Andrea Baldini	ITA
2	Richard Kruse	GBR
3	Laurence Halsted	GBR
	André Weßels	GER

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Richard Kruse

15th

Radoslaw Glonek

14th

Richard Kruse

15th

Laurence Halsted

12

Alexei Khowansky

12

Laurence Halsted

13

Richard Kruse

7th

Andrea Baldini

15th

Stefano Barrera

12

André Weßels

15th

André Weßels

7th

Andrea Baldini

15th

Peter Joppich

14th

Andrea Baldini

15th

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Andrea Baldini Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà Simone Vanni
2	RUS	Renal Ganeev Alexei Khovansky Artyom Sedov Alexander Stukalin
3	GER	Sebastian Bachmann Dominik Behr Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Italy	45
		Austria	42
							Italy	45
							Germany	44
		Germany	45
		France	40
												Italy	44
												Russia	43
		Poland	42
		United Kingdom	45
							United Kingdom	37
											Battle for bronze
							Russia	45
		Spain	27									Germany	45
		Russia	40									United Kingdom	31

Saber single

space	athlete	country
1	Weniamin Reshetnikov	RUS
2	Julien Pillet	FRA
3	Giampiero Pastore	ITA
	Bjorn Huebner	GER

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Weniamin Reshetnikov

15th

Dzmitryi Lapkes

10

Weniamin Reshetnikov

15th

Giampiero Pastore

6th

Giampiero Pastore

15th

Nicolas Limbach

14th

Weniamin Reshetnikov

15th

Julien Pillet

14th

Bjorn Huebner

15th

Jorge Pina

10

Bjorn Huebner

13

Julien Pillet

15th

Julien Pillet

15th

Nikolai Kovalyov

6th

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino
2	ROU	Rareș Dumitrescu Cosmin Hănceanu Alexandru Sirițeanu Florin Zalomir
3	FRA	Vincent Anstett Boladé Apithy Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		France	45
		Germany	37
							France	25th
							Romania	45
		Romania	45
		Belarus	40
												Romania	39
												Italy	45
		Hungary	45
		Russia	40
							Hungary	31
											Battle for bronze
							Italy	45
		Spain	32									France	45
		Italy	45									Hungary	40

Results women

Epee single

space	athlete	country
1	Britta Heidemann	GER
2	Anna Sivkova	RUS
3	Jana Shemjakina	UKR
	Laura Flessel-Colovic	FRA

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Jana Shemjakina

15th

Noam Mills

13

Jana Shemjakina

14th

Britta Heidemann

15th

Britta Heidemann

14th

Irina Embrich

13

Britta Heidemann

15th

Anna Sivkova

8th

Emese Szász

8th

Anna Sivkova

9

Anna Sivkova

9

Laura Flessel-Colovic

7th

Tatiana Logunova

8th

Laura Flessel-Colovic

9

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	ROU	Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Iuliana Măceșeanu Anca Măroiu
2	POLE	Małgorzata Bereza Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Magdalena Piekarska Małgorzata Stroka
3	SUI	Eleonore Evequoz Tiffany Géroudet Sophie Lamon Simone Näf

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		France	42
		Switzerland	43
							Switzerland	38
							Poland	45
		Italy	31
		Poland	40
												Poland	34
												Romania	36
		Romania	45
		Russia	31
							Romania	43
											Battle for bronze
							Germany	38
		Hungary	23									Switzerland	43
		Germany	24									Germany	41

Foil single

space	athlete	country
1	Valentina Vezzali	ITA
2	Katja Wächter	GER
3	Gabriella Varga	HUN
	Arianna Errigo	ITA

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Valentina Vezzali

15th

Cristina steel

7th

Valentina Vezzali

15th

Gabriella Varga

13

Gabriella Varga

15th

Corinne Maîtrejean

9

Valentina Vezzali

15th

Katja Wächter

8th

Aida Shanaeva

9

Katja Wächter

10

Katja Wächter

15th

Arianna Errigo

13

Carolin Golubytskyi

9

Arianna Errigo

15th

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali
2	RUS	Julija Birjukowa Aida Schanajewa Kamilla Gafursjanowa Olga Lobynzewa
3	FRA	Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Mélanie Moumas Virginie Ujlaki

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Russia

40

Ukraine

25th

Russia

45

Poland

41

Hungary

33

Poland

45

Russia

36

Italy

45

Germany

25th

France

33

France

30th

Battle for bronze

Italy

45

Romania

31

Poland

25th

Italy

40

France

45

Saber single

space	athlete	country
1	Olha Charlan	UKR
2	Ekaterina Dyachenko	RUS
3	Solenne Mary	FRA
	Halyna Pundyk	UKR

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Irena Więckowska

12

Solenne Mary

15th

Solenne Mary

11

Ekaterina Dyachenko

15th

Vassiliki Vougiouka

3

Ekaterina Dyachenko

15th

Ekaterina Dyachenko

10

Olha Charlan

15th

Olha Charlan

15th

Katarzyna Kedziora

9

Olha Charlan

15th

Halyna Pundyk

7th

Halyna Pundyk

15th

Andreea Pelei

11

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	UKR	Olha Charlan Olena Chomrowa Halyna Pundyk Olha Shownir
2	RUS	Ekaterina Dyachenko Yulia Gavrilova Svetlana Kormilitsyna Sofja Velikaya
3	ITA	Ilaria Bianco Gioia Marzocca Livia Stagni Irene Vecchi

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Ukraine	45
		Romania	22nd
							Ukraine	45
							Hungary	36
		Hungary	45
		France	43
												Ukraine	45
												Russia	31
		Poland	38
		Italy	45
							Italy	29
											Battle for bronze
							Russia	45
		Germany	36									Hungary	40
		Russia	45									Italy	45

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Italy	5	0	4th	9
2	Germany	2	1	3	6th
3	Ukraine	2	0	2	4th
4th	Russia	1	5	0	6th
5	Romania	1	1	0	2
6th	Hungary	1	0	2	3
7th	France	0	2	5	7th
8th	United Kingdom	0	1	1	2
9	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
10	Poland	0	1	0	1
total		12	12	18th	42

Individual evidence

1. ^ European Fencing Championships 2009 Men's Epee. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ^ European Fencing Championships 2009 Men's Epee Team. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ European Fencing Championships 2009 Men's Foil. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ European Fencing Championships 2009 Men's Foil Team. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
5. ↑ European Fencing Championships 2009 Men's Saber. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ European Fencing Championships 2009 Men's Saber Team. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ^ European Fencing Championships 2009 Women's Epee. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ^ European Fencing Championships 2009 Women's Epee Team. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
9. ↑ European Fencing Championships 2009 Women's Foil. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
10. ^ European Fencing Championships 2009 Women's Foil Team. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
11. ^ European Fencing Championships 2009 Women's Saber. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
12. ↑ European Fencing Championships 2009 Women's Saber Team. (No longer available online.) Fencingworldwide.com, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 11, 2014 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

Web links

• Official Website (Bulgarian)