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Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. There are three forms of Olympic fencing: Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed.
Richard Cohen, 5x British sabre champion, author of By the Sword, on the history of fencing; Mary Glen Haig, 4x Olympian; IOC member; Bill Hoskyns, 1958 World Épée Champion, 1960 Olympic Team silver medalist and 1964 Individual silver medalist. Fenced in the Olympics a record six times (1956–1976), twice at all three weapons.
not included in the Olympic program: 1912 Stockholm details: Nedo Nadi Italy: Pietro Speciale Italy: Richard Verderber Austria: 1920 Antwerp details: Nedo Nadi Italy: Philippe Cattiau France: Roger Ducret France: 1924 Paris details: Roger Ducret France: Philippe Cattiau France: Maurice Van Damme Belgium: 1928 Amsterdam details: Lucien Gaudin ...
The 1904 Olympics Games featured a fourth discipline of fencing known as singlestick, but it was dropped after that year and is not a part of modern fencing. Competitive fencing was one of the first sports to be featured in the Olympics and, along with athletics , cycling , swimming , and gymnastics , has been featured in every modern Olympics.
Lee Kiefer—now the first American fencer in history to own three Olympic gold medals and the first American woman to win two fencing golds at a single Games—cried on the top of the podium ...
0–9. Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics; Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics; Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics; Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Team USA fencer Lauren Scruggs won silver in women's foil. Below, she tells 'WH' about becoming the first Black fencing medalist and her post-Olympic plans.
Fencing has a long history with universities and schools for at least 500 years. At least one style of fencing, Mensur in Germany, is practiced only within academic fraternities. Mensur is unique in its focus on ritualized dueling, where participants engage in controlled bouts designed to test their courage, endurance, and skill without the ...