European Fencing Championships 2016

The 29 European Fencing Championships were held from 20th bis 25. June 2016 in Toruń , Poland instead. The competitions were held in the Toruń Arena .

Competitions and schedule

The program comprised competitions in the disciplines épée, foil and saber, divided into individual and team as well as women and men. Therefore 12 gold and 12 silver medals were awarded. Since the third place was not fought in the individual, but in the team competitions, there are divided places and thus 18 bronze medals.

June	20th	21st	22nd	23.	24.	25th	total
Epee single		Men's	Ladies				2
Foil single	Men's	Ladies					2
Saber single	Ladies		Men's				2
Foil team				Men's	Ladies		2
Saber crew				Ladies		Men's	2
Epee team					Men's	Ladies	2
Number of gold medals	2	2	2	2	2	2	12

Men's

Epee single

93 fencers from 31 nations took part in the epee singles. The winner was the Frenchman Yannick Borel in front of Max Heinzer (Switzerland) and the third-placed Jean-Michel Lucenay (France) and Bohdan Nikischyn (Ukraine). The competition took place on June 21st.

space	athlete	country
1	Yannick Borel	FRA
2	Max Heinzer	SUI
3	Jean-Michel Lucenay	FRA
	Bohdan Nikischyn	UKR
5	Frederik from the East	THE
6th	Géza Imre	HUN
7th	Constantin Boehm	GER
8th	Vadim Anokhin	RUS

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Yannick Borel

15th

Frederik from the East

10

Yannick Borel

15th

Bohdan Nikischyn

8th

Géza Imre

11

Bohdan Nikischyn

15th

Yannick Borel

15th

Max Heinzer

12

Vadim Anokhin

10

Jean-Michel Lucenay

15th

Jean-Michel Lucenay

12

Max Heinzer

15th

Max Heinzer

15th

Constantin Boehm

12

Epee team

A total of 19 teams took part in the men's epee team competition. France won ahead of Italy and Ukraine. The competition took place on June 24th.

space	country	athlete
1	France	Yannick Borel Gauthier Grumier Daniel Jérent Jean-Michel Lucenay
2	Italy	Lorenzo Buzzi Enrico Garozzo Paolo Pizzo Andrea Santarelli
3	Ukraine	Anatolij Herej Dmytro Karjuchenko Maksym Chworost Bohdan Nikischyn
4th	Switzerland	Benjamin Steffen Max Heinzer Fabian Kauter Peer Borsky
5	Russia	Vadim Anochin Anton Avdejew Sergei Khodos Pavel Sukhov
6th	Denmark	Patrick Jorgensen Christian Schack Linnemann Troels Christian Robl Frederik Von Der Osten
7th	Germany	Constantin Boehm Fabian Herzberg Niklas Multerer Stephan Rein
8th	Estonia	Marno Allika Nikolai Novosjolov Sten Priinits Jüri Salm

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

France

45

Estonia

38

France

45

Switzerland

32

Switzerland

44

Denmark

43

France

45

Italy

40

Italy

27

Russia

21st

Italy

29

Battle for bronze

Ukraine

28

Germany

30th

Switzerland

31

Ukraine

45

Ukraine

45

Foil single

In the men's foil singles, 66 participants from 24 nations took part. The Russian Timur Safin won ahead of Erwann Le Péchoux (France) and the two third-placed Giorgio Avola (Italy) and Andre Sanita (Germany). The competition took place on June 20th.

space	athlete	country
1	Timur Safin	RUS
2	Erwann Le Péchoux	FRA
3	Giorgio Avola	ITA
	André Sanita	GER
5	Andrea Cassara	ITA
6th	Enzo Lefort	FRA
7th	Laurence Halsted	GBR
8th	Klod Yunes	UKR

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Andrea Cassara

8th

Erwann Le Péchoux

15th

Erwann Le Péchoux

15th

Giorgio Avola

12

Laurence Halsted

8th

Giorgio Avola

15th

Erwann Le Péchoux

9

Timur Safin

15th

Klod Yunes

14th

André Sanita

15th

André Sanita

12

Timur Safin

15th

Enzo Lefort

14th

Timur Safin

15th

Foil team

13 teams took part in the men's floret team competition. Russia won ahead of Italy and Great Britain. The competition took place on June 23rd.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Artur Achmatchusin Alexei Cheremissinov Dmitri Rigin Timur Safin
2	Italy	Giorgio Avola Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassara Daniele Garozzo
3	United Kingdom	James-Andrew Davis Laurence Halsted Richard Kruse Marcus Mepstead
4th	France
5	Germany
6th	Poland
7th	Ukraine
8th	Hungary

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Italy	45
		Hungary	30th
							Italy	44
							Great Britain	28
		Germany	34
		Great Britain	45
												Italy	42
												Russia	45
		Russia	45
		Ukraine	29
							Russia	45
											Battle for bronze
							France	34
		Poland	38									Great Britain	45
		France	45									France	28

Saber single

69 fencers from 22 nations took part in the individual saber competition. The German Benedikt Wagner won ahead of Vincent Anstett (France) and the two thirds Alexei Andrejewitsch Jakimenko and Kamil Ibragimow (both Russia). The competition took place on June 22nd.

space	athlete	country
1	Benedikt Wagner	GER
2	Vincent Anstett	FRA
3	Alexei Jakimenko	RUS
	Kamil Ibragimov	RUS
5	Sandro Basadze	GEO
6th	Áron Szilágyi	HUN
7th	Alyaksandr Bujkewitsch	BLR
8th	Nicolas Rousset	FRA

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Benedikt Wagner

15th

Alyaksandr Bujkewitsch

13

Benedikt Wagner

15th

Kamil Ibragimov

14th

Kamil Ibragimov

15th

Áron Szilágyi

11

Benedikt Wagner

15th

Vincent Anstett

13

Vincent Anstett

15th

Nicolas Rousset

14th

Vincent Anstett

15th

Alexei Jakimenko

13

Alexei Jakimenko

15th

Sandro Basadze

14th

Saber crew

14 teams took part in the men's saber team competition. Russia won over Italy and Romania. The competition took place on June 25th.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Dmitri Danilenko Kamil Ibragimow Nikolai Kovalev Alexei Jakimenko
2	Italy	Enrico Berrè Luca Curatoli Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Samele
3	Romania	Alin Badea Tiberiu Dolniceanu Ciprian Gălățanu Iulian Teodosiu
4th	Hungary
5	Belgium
6th	France
7th	Germany
8th	United Kingdom

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Russia	45
		Great Britain	26th
							Russia	45
							Romania	32
		France	42
		Romania	45
												Russia	45
												Italy	42
		Germany	39
		Italy	45
							Italy	45
											Battle for bronze
							Hungary	43
		Belarus	39									Romania	45
		Hungary	45									Hungary	32

Ladies

Epee single

In the women's epee individual competition, a total of 78 participants from 26 nations started. The Romanian Simona Gherman won ahead of Ana Maria Popescu (also Romania) and Renata Knapik-Miazga (Poland). The competition took place on June 22nd.

space	athlete	country
1	Simona Gherman	ROME
2	Ana Maria Popescu	ROME
3	Emese Szász	HUN
	Renata Knapik-Miazga	POLE
5	Monika Sozanska	GER
6th	Olena Krywyzka	UKR
7th	Simona Pop	ROME
8th	Tatiana Logunova	RUS

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Monika Sozanska

10

Simona Gherman

13

Simona Gherman

15th

Renata Knapik-Miazga

12

Renata Knapik-Miazga

14th

Olena Krywyzka

13

Simona Gherman

9

Ana Maria Popescu

5

Ana Maria Popescu

15th

Simona Pop

9

Ana Maria Popescu

13

Emese Szász

12

Tatiana Logunova

12

Emese Szász

15th

Epee team

15 teams started in the women's epee team competition. Estonia won ahead of France and Romania. The competition took place on June 25th.

space	country	athlete
1	Estonia	Julia Beljajeva Irina Embrich Erika Kirpu Kristina Kuusk
2	France	Marie-Florence Candassamy Joséphin Coquin Ariane Mallo Lauren Rembi
3	Romania	Loredana Dinu Simona Gherman Simona Pop Ana Maria Popescu
4th	Hungary	Dorina Budai Anna Kun Julianna Revesz Emese Szasz
5	Russia	Violetta Kolobowa Olga Kochneva Tatiana Logunova Lyubow Schutowa
6th	Poland
7th	Italy
8th	Ukraine

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Romania

45

Poland

26th

Romania

36

France

41

France

45

Poland

30th

France

28

Estonia

33

Estonia

45

Italy

30th

Estonia

39

Battle for bronze

Hungary

30th

Hungary

27

Romania

27

Russia

26th

Hungary

19th

Foil single

43 participants from 18 nations competed in the women's individual foil competition. It was won by Arianna Errigo from Italy, ahead of Aida Wladimirowna Schanajewa (Russia) and the two third-placed Carolin Golubytskyi (Germany) and Larissa Wiktorowna Korobeinikowa (Russia). The competition took place on June 21st.

space	athlete	country
1	Arianna Errigo	ITA
2	Aida Shanaeva	RUS
3	Carolin Golubytskyi	GER
	Larissa Korobeinikova	RUS
5	Elisa Di Francisca	ITA
6th	Ysaora Thibus	FRA
7th	Adelina Zagidullina	RUS
8th	Aida Mohamed	HUN

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Elisa Di Francisca

13

Aida Shanaeva

15th

Aida Shanaeva

15th

Carolin Golubytskyi

7th

Carolin Golubytskyi

15th

Aida Mohamed

8th

Aida Shanaeva

14th

Arianna Errigo

15th

Ysaora Thibus

11

Arianna Errigo

15th

Arianna Errigo

15th

Larissa Korobeinikova

10

Adelina Zagidullina

10

Larissa Korobeinikova

15th

Foil team

8 nations took part in the women's floret team competition. Russia won ahead of Italy and France. The competition took place on June 24th.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Inna Deriglasowa Larissa Korobeinikowa Aida Schanajewa Adelina Zagidullina
2	Italy	Martina Batini Arianna Errigo Elisa Di Francisca Valentina Vezzali
3	France	Astrid Guyart Jeromine Mpah-Njanga Pauline Ranvier Ysaora Thibus
4th	Hungary
5	Poland
6th	Germany
7th	Ukraine
8th	Sweden

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Italy

44

Sweden

25th

Italy

45

Hungary

29

Hungary

43

Germany

32

Italy

38

Russia

45

France

45

Poland

37

France

30th

Battle for bronze

Russia

45

Ukraine

16

Hungary

30th

Russia

45

France

45

Saber single

47 participants from 15 nations took part in the women's saber singles competition. It won Sofiya Velikaya (Russia) before Anna Marton (Hungary) and the two third-placed Olha Charlan (Ukraine) and Charlotte Lembach (France). The competition took place on June 20th.

space	athlete	country
1	Sofja Velikaya	RUS
2	Anna Marton	HUN
3	Olha Charlan	UKR
	Charlotte Lembach	FRA
5	Jana Yegorjan	RUS
6th	Aleksandra Socha	POLE
7th	Bianca Pascu	ROME
8th	Nora Garam	HUN

Tournament schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Olha Charlan

15th

Aleksandra Socha

14th

Olha Charlan

13

Sofja Velikaya

15th

Nora Garam

13

Sofja Velikaya

15th

Sofja Velikaya

15th

Anna Marton

10

Anna Marton

15th

Jana Yegorjan

9

Anna Marton

15th

Charlotte Lembach

7th

Charlotte Lembach

15th

Bianca Pascu

9

Saber crew

10 teams took part in the women's saber team competition. Russia won over France and Ukraine. The competition took place on June 23rd.

space	country	athlete
1	Russia	Yekaterina Dyachenko Jana Yegorjan Julija Gavrilowa Sofja Velikaya
2	France	Cécilia Berder Saoussen Boudiaf Marion Brunet Charlotte Lembach
3	Ukraine	Olha Charlan Alina Komashchuk Olena Krawazka Olena Voronina
4th	Poland
5	Italy
6th	Hungary
7th	Spain
8th	Azerbaijan

Tournament schedule

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Russia	45
		Spain	35
							Russia	45
							Poland	35
		Hungary	39
		Poland	45
												Russia	45
												France	39
		France	45
		Italy	33
							France	45
											Battle for bronze
							Ukraine	40
		Azerbaijan	23									Poland	42
		Ukraine	45									Ukraine	45

Medal table

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

Web links

• Results on the website of the European Fencing Confederation
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information Letter no. 34-2014. (PDF; 139 kB) (No longer available online.) European Fencing Confederation, June 13, 2014, archived from the original on March 16, 2016 ; accessed on June 1, 2015 . 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.  
2. ↑ Results of a men's epee individual according to EFC. (PDF; 665 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 21, 2016, archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
3. ↑ Results men's epee team according to EFC. (PDF; 640 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 21, 2016, archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
4. ↑ Results of a men's floret individual according to EFC. (PDF; 473 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 20, 2016, archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
5. ↑ Results men's floret team according to EFC. (PDF; 473 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 23, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
6. ↑ Results of the individual saber according to EFC. (PDF; 473 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 23, 2016, archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
7. ↑ Results of the men's saber team according to EFC. (PDF; 473 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 23, 2016, archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
8. ↑ Results women's epee individual according to EFC. (PDF; 573 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 23, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
9. ↑ Results ladies' epee team according to EFC. (PDF; 552 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 23, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 9, 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.  
10. ↑ Results of the women's floret individual according to EFC. (PDF; 377 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 21, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 10, 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.  
11. ↑ Results of the women's floret team according to EFC. (PDF; 348 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 24, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 10, 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.  
12. ↑ Results of the saber singles according to EFC. (PDF; 442 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 20, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 10, 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.  
13. ↑ Results of the ladies saber team according to EFC. (PDF; 396 kB) (No longer available online.) EFC, June 23, 2016, archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; accessed on July 10, 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.