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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.
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).
Maia Mei Weintraub (born October 24, 2002) is an American Olympic foil fencer.She won the 2019 and 2023 USA Fencing Women's Foil National Championships, was ranked second in the world in 2021 in women's foil in the juniors, and won the 2022 NCAA national women's foil championship.
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 ...
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. [1] The three disciplines of modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also saber); each discipline uses a different kind of blade, which shares the same name, and employs its own rules.
Each match features the three fencers on each team competing in a round-robin, with 9 three-minute bouts to 5 points; the winning team is the one that reaches 45 total points first or is leading after the end of the nine bouts. Standard épée rules regarding target area, striking, and priority are used. Schedule
It was omitted in 2004 (to make room for women's individual sabre). It returned in 2008 and 2012 but was omitted again in 2016 (2008 through 2016 were rotational years 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). Women's team foil returns again in 2020.
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 ...