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  2. Fencing at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Fencing at the Summer Youth Olympics - Wikipedia

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    English. Read; Edit; View history ... Fencing at the Summer Youth Olympics; Governing body: FIE: ... 2010; 2014; 2018; Fencing was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games ...

  4. Category:Fencing at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Black fencing pioneer and 6-time Olympian Peter Westbrook ...

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    Peter Westbrook, a groundbreaking fencer who became the first African-American and Asian-American to win a medal in fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics, died on Friday, November 29 in New York ...

  6. Boris Onishchenko - Wikipedia

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    In 1976, the 38-year old Onishchenko entered the Olympics as a three-time world champion but never having won the gold as an individual. Onishchenko was a top fencer and had won gold in the 1974 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Moscow. Although he was rated fourth, which would relegate him to being a reserve, Onishchenko won a ...

  7. Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Ten gold medals were awarded in individual and team events, further divided into three styles of fencing: épée, foil and sabre. [ 1 ] Fencing is one of the few sports that have been featured in every modern Olympic Games , and for the first time female competitors competed individually using the sabre.

  8. Olympics-Fencing-Young Queens fencer shows New York grit on ...

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    Growing up in cutthroat New York gave Lauren Scruggs the competitive mindset needed to claim an unexpected fencing silver medal on her Olympic debut in Paris. The 21-year-old Queens native shared ...

  9. Cheung Ka Long - Wikipedia

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    Cheung Ka-long was born to parents who both played national league basketball in Hong Kong. He took up fencing in the fourth grade. In 2013, he was named Hong Kong's Most Promising Young Athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards.