European Fencing Championships
| European Fencing Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Frequency | annual |
| Inaugurated | 1981 |
Most recent | 2026 |
| Organised by | European Fencing Confederation |
| Website | eurofencing.info |
The European Fencing Championships is an annual top-level European fencing competition organized by the European Fencing Confederation.
History
[edit]The first competition bearing the name of "European Fencing Championships" was held in Paris in 1921. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) comprised only European federations at the time, with the exception of the United States. In 1936, on the 25th anniversary of the FIE and at the request of the Italian federation, the FIE congress decided to open the European Championships to all countries and granted retroactive recognition of the European Championships as World Championships.[1]
After 1937 the FIE focused on the organisation of the World Fencing Championships. Demand for European Championships appeared at the 1979 congress, but it was rejected on the ground that they would either belittle the World Championships or offer a poor fencing level. The question was put forth again the following year by the Yugoslav federation, with the support of the Italian federation, which offered to organize the first competition. The congress agreed to authorize such championships, on the condition that they would be held only when the World Championships were organized in a non-European country. The first edition took place in Foggia, Italy on 11 and 12 November 1981. They proved to cause no interference with the 1981 World Championships and the restriction was lifted.[2]
Formula
[edit]Contrary to the World Championships and the World Cup, no exemption is granted to Top 16 fencers: all fence a round of pools, which eliminates 20% to 30% of participants. The remaining fencers compete in a direct elimination table.
Editions
[edit]Editions of European Fencing Championships
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1 2020 and 2021 European Fencing Championships were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Medal table
[edit]Last updated after the 2026 European Fencing Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 89 | 66 | 103 | 258 |
| 2 |  Russia | 76 | 67 | 66 | 209 |
| 3 |  France | 55 | 56 | 75 | 186 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 37 | 42 | 58 | 137 |
| 5 |  Germany | 33 | 30 | 63 | 126 |
| 6 |  Poland | 17 | 26 | 49 | 92 |
| 7 |  Ukraine | 17 | 20 | 36 | 73 |
| 8 |  Romania | 16 | 18 | 27 | 61 |
| 9 |  Switzerland | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 |  Estonia | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 |
| 11 |  Spain | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
| 12 |  Austria | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 |
| 13 |  Georgia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 |  Belarus | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 15 | West Germany | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| – |  Individual Neutral Athletes[a] | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 |  Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 |  Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 18 |  Israel | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |  Portugal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 |  Greece | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 |  Netherlands | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 |  Belgium | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 24 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 27 |  Turkey | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 28 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (28 entries) | 373 | 373 | 569 | 1,315 | |
Multiple gold medalists
[edit]Boldface denotes active fencers and highest medal count among all fencers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Men
[edit]All events
[edit]| Rank | Fencer | Country | Weapon | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia | Sabre | 2003 | 2017 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 23 |
| 2 | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Russia | Sabre | 1994 | 2008 | 13 | – | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Andrea Cassarà | Italy | Foil | 2002 | 2019 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 4 | Andrea Baldini | Italy | Foil | 2004 | 2016 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Gábor Boczkó | Hungary | Épée | 1997 | 2015 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Áron Szilágyi | Hungary | Sabre | 2011 | 2026 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Géza Imre | Hungary | Épée | 1998 | 2013 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Aleksey Frosin | Russia | Sabre | 1997 | 2008 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Yannick Borel | France | Épée | 2011 | 2022 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Aldo Montano | Italy | Sabre | 2002 | 2019 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
Individual events
[edit]| Rank | Fencer | Country | Weapon | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia | Sabre | 2003 | 2016 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Russia | Sabre | 1994 | 2007 | 5 | – | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Andrea Cassarà | Italy | Foil | 2002 | 2015 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| 4 | Yannick Borel | France | Épée | 2016 | 2022 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| 5 | Gábor Boczkó | Hungary | Épée | 1997 | 2015 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Andrea Baldini | Italy | Foil | 2005 | 2013 | 3 | – | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Pavel Kolobkov | Russia | Épée | 1996 | 2006 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Daniele Garozzo | Italy | Foil | 2015 | 2022 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 |
| 9 | Aleksey Cheremisinov | Russia | Foil | 2011 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Max Hartung | Germany | Sabre | 2011 | 2019 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Women
[edit]All events
[edit]| Rank | Fencer | Country | Weapon | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arianna Errigo | Italy | Foil | 2009 | 2026 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Sofya Velikaya | Russia | Sabre | 2003 | 2019 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | Valentina Vezzali | Italy | Foil | 1993 | 2015 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Elisa Di Francisca | Italy | Foil | 2004 | 2019 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Olha Kharlan | Ukraine | Sabre | 2005 | 2024 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 22 |
| 6 | Ana Maria Popescu (Brânză) | Romania | Épée | 2006 | 2016 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Martina Batini | Italy | Foil | 2014 | 2026 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Yana Egorian | Russia Individual Neutral Athletes | Sabre | 2013 | 2026 | 7 | 2 | – | 9 |
| 9 | Simona Gherman (Alexandru) | Romania | Épée | 2008 | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Yekaterina Dyachenko | Russia | Sabre | 2006 | 2016 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
Individual events
[edit]| Rank | Fencer | Country | Weapon | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olha Kharlan | Ukraine | Sabre | 2006 | 2019 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Valentina Vezzali | Italy | Foil | 1993 | 2014 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Sofya Velikaya | Russia | Sabre | 2005 | 2019 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Elisa Di Francisca | Italy | Foil | 2006 | 2019 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Arianna Errigo | Italy | Foil | 2009 | 2024 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Laura Badea-Cârlescu | Romania | Foil | 1993 | 2004 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Sylwia Gruchała | Poland | Foil | 2000 | 2005 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| 8 | Inna Deriglazova | Russia | Foil | 2010 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Sabine Bau | Germany | Foil | 1992 | 2001 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Yekaterina Fedorkina | Russia | Sabre | 2004 | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ At the 2023, 2025 and 2026 European Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, fencers from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.
References
[edit]- ↑ Ottogalli, Six & Terret 2013, p. 91
- ↑ Ottogalli, Six & Terret 2013, p. 133
- Ottogalli, Cécile; Six, Gérard; Terret, Thierry (2013). L'Histoire de l'escrime. 1913–2013, un siècle de Fédération internationale d'escrime. Biarritz: Atlantica. ISBN 978-2-7588-0485-7.
External links
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- European Fencing Confederation (EFC), official site