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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.
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 men's team foil returned in 1920 and has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1920 except 2008 (during the time when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). The reigning Olympic champion is Russia (Aleksey Cheremisinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin, and Timur Safin).
In contemporary sport fencing defense by footwork usually takes the shape of moving either directly away from your opponent or directly towards them. The most common way of delivering an attack in fencing is the lunge, where the fencer reaches out with their front foot and straightens their back leg. This maneuver has the advantage of allowing ...
The competitions on the calendar are divided into five categories. All earn points counting for the world cup according to a pre-established coefficient: coefficient 1 for the world cup events and zone championships, coefficient 1.5 for the grand prix, coefficient 2.5 for the world championships and coefficient 3 for the Olympic Games.
Allegory of fencing by Václav Česák, presented to the Olympic Museum by the International Fencing Federation in celebration of its centenary. The International Fencing Federation (Fédération Internationale d'Escrime) is the heir of the Société d'encouragement de l'escrime founded in France in 1882, which took part in the global movement of structuring sport. [4]
The 2022 World Fencing Championships were held from 15 to 23 July 2022 in Cairo, Egypt. [1] Schedule. Twelve events were held. [2] All times are local . Date Time ...
1 Schedule. 2 Medalists. Toggle Medalists subsection. 2.1 Men. 2.2 Women. ... Fencing at the 2022 Asian Games; Venue: Hangzhou Dianzi University Gymnasium: Dates: 24 ...