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Robert Bruniges, World Junior Foil Champion 1976, 3x Olympian; 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 ...
1900 Paris details: Émile Coste France: Henri Masson France: Marcel Boulenger France: 1904 St. Louis details: Ramón Fonst Cuba: Albertson Van Zo Post United States: Charles Tatham United States: 1908 London: not included in the Olympic program: 1912 Stockholm details: Nedo Nadi Italy: Pietro Speciale Italy: Richard Verderber Austria: 1920 ...
Herman's Full Olympians: "Fencing 1900". Accessed 21 January 2006. Available electronically at Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0
Neapolitan fencing is a style of fencing that originated in the city of Naples at the beginning of the 15th century. Neapolitan Fencing School is considered to be one of the most powerful fencing schools in Italy. This school produced many renowned fencing masters and contributed significantly to the evolution of fencing techniques and pedagogy.
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.
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1900 W. D. Lyon Fitzhugh Townsend John Erving 1899 Manuel De Diaz Georges Kavanagh Georges Kavanagh 1898 No National Championship held due to the Spanish-American War: 1897 Charles George Bothner Charles George Bothner Charles Bothner 1896 Albertson Van Zo Post Georges Kavahagh Charles Bothner 1895 Charles George Bothner Albertson Van Zo Post
It was during this time that many officially recognised fencing associations began to appear in different parts of the world, such as the Amateur Fencers League of America was founded in 1891, the Amateur Fencing Association of Great Britain in 1902, and the Fédération Nationale des Sociétés d’Escrime et Salles d’Armes de France in 1906.