Federação Portuguesa de Esgrima
| Federação Portuguesa de Esgrima | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1922 |
| Place of foundation | Lisbon |
| president | Frederico Valarinho |
| Homepage | www.fpe.pt |
The Federação Portuguesa de Esgrima ( FPE ) is the umbrella organization for fencing in Portugal . It is based in the Lisbon municipality of Nossa Senhora de Fátima , at number 31 Avenida de Berna .
The FPE belongs u. a. the world association Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE), the European continental association Confédération Européenne d'Escrime (CEE), the umbrella organization Confederação do Desporto de Portugal , and the Comité Olímpico de Portugal , the National Olympic Committee of Portugal.
A large number of international competitions were held in Portugal, including the World Fencing Championships in 1947 and 2002 , and the European Fencing Championships in 1983 , 1992 and 2000 .
The FPE looks after the Portuguese national teams and organizes a number of championships and cup competitions domestically for women, men and the various youths. It maintains its center of excellence ( Centro de Alto Rendimento , CAR) in the Velódromo Nacional in Anadia.
history
prehistory
The origins of fencing in Portugal go back to the advent of firearms at the end of the 14th century. From then on, fencing was only practiced for self-defense, for performance purposes or for leisure purposes, and the heavy armor previously worn lost its meaning and largely disappeared.
At the end of the 16th century, Portugal came under Spanish rule for the first time through succession. In Spain, fencing with new, lightweight equipment had just developed into an agile and complex sport. In the course of the Restoration War (1640–1668) Portugal regained its independence, but the legacy of Spanish fencing had now also established itself in Portugal. The tips of the swords were now protected, and fencing masks prevailed. Fencing was already a widespread sport in Portugal in the 19th century and found its way into important schools such as the Colégio dos Nobres , the Colégio Militar or the Colégio Académico . The sport was also practiced in a number of important associations, including the Grémio Literário , the Turf Clube , the Real Ginásio Clube Português or the Ateneu Comercial .
At the end of the 19th century, the weapons master António Martins founded the national fencing center Centro Nacional de Esgrima (CNE), which was subordinate to the Ministry of War and the Navy. The first recorded official fencing competitions took place in Lisbon in 1899 and 1900, in the presence of the king, who also presented the trophies.
In 1908 a team from the CNE traveled to Madrid , where the first official international competition of Portuguese fencers took place in Retiro Park . The Portuguese team lost to the Spanish team, while the Portuguese lawyer Dr. António Horta Osório completed the tournament as the most successful individual fencer. In the same year, the first Portuguese national championship took place in Campo Grande in Lisbon. 25 fencers from all over the country took part in this Campeonato Nacional de Espada . The winner was Frederico Paredes , then a 19-year-old junior fencer of the Real Ginásio Clube Português .
In the first official Portuguese Olympic team in Stockholm in 1912 there was also a fencer, Fernando Correia , who previously a. a. Co-founder of the Portuguese Olympic Committee. The First World War then prevented the 1916 Olympics , so that Portugal was not able to make significant international comparisons again until 1919, at the games of the 18 victorious World War allies in Paris. The Portuguese fencers won three medals there. At the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920, the Portuguese fencers finished fourth.
Since the foundation
In 1922, what is now Portugal's National Fencing Association, FPE, was founded in Lisbon. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , the bronze medal was her first Olympic medal win. The Portuguese fencers (with Frederico Paredes and Jorge de Paiva ) were finally among the best in the world.
After the Second World War (1939–1945), however, the Portuguese art of fencing deteriorated. The third World Fencing Championships, the 1947 World Fencing Championships held in the Palácio das Exposições (since 1984 Pavilhão Carlos Lopes ) in Lisbon, hardly aroused any public interest, and at the 1948 Olympics in London, the Portuguese fencers were eliminated in the first round. Fencing was then only a matter of a few committed amateur fencers in Portugal, who lacked the necessary organizational and material possibilities for the further development of the sport. The association developed hardly any activity at that time and was largely idle.
Fencing in Portugal only experienced a new upswing after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, when the new democratic government provided the sports associations with systematic support in material and organizational terms. First of all, the female fencers attracted attention, and the state support then ensured continued development, with which Portuguese fencing sought to catch up with the world's best.
The first medals at European and World Championships followed, until the Portuguese men's selection finally became European champions in foil at the European Fencing Championships in Funchal in 2000 , which the association regards as its greatest recent success.
organization
structure
President is Frederico José Colaço Valarinho (as of September 2015) . In addition to the association management ( Direcção ) with president, vice-presidents and assessors, the association has a general assembly with a three-person board ( Mesa da Assembleia Geral ) and four other organs:
- Conselho de Arbitragem (German: Arbitration Council)
- Conselho Fiscal (German: Supervisory Board or Control Council)
- Conselho de Jurisdicional (German: legal advice)
- Conselho Disciplinar (German: Disciplinary Council)
Regional associations are also subordinate to the FPE. The regional association of the Autonomous Island Region of Madeira ( Associação de Esgrima da Região Autónoma da Madeira , AERAM), founded in 2010, is particularly active .
Finances
FPE closed the 2014 financial year with a positive balance of € 845.10, after € 86,859.38 in the previous year. The income totaling € 482,946.05 was offset by expenses totaling € 482,100.95. Only a small part of the income came from association activities, the majority (€ 402,915, after € 442,012.50 in the previous year) were public grants.
The situation of the FPE thus corresponds to the generally difficult situation of most Portuguese sports federations, which are striving for increasing income and increased cost control with falling public subsidies, in an economic environment that continues to be difficult. The reason is the government's rigid austerity policy and the tense overall economic situation in Portugal as a result of the euro crisis .
Web links
- Official website of the FPE (port.)
Individual evidence
- ^ History page of the Portuguese Fencing Association , accessed on September 7, 2015
- ↑ Annual report 2014 of the FPE , p. 77 (pdf access), accessed on September 25, 2015
Coordinates: 38 ° 44 '22.3 " N , 9 ° 9' 6.8" W.