The United States Fencing Association (USFA) has selected the athletes who will represent the United States at the 2005 Senior World Championships in Leipzig, Germany, October 8-15, 2005.

The Championships are held every year by the Federation Internationale d’Escrime (FIE), the international governing body of the sport of fencing. More than 100 countries are members of the FIE, including the U.S. The USFA is the national governing body for the sport in the United States.

Four athletes have been selected by the USFA in each weapon (men’s epee, foil, and saber; women’s epee, foil and saber). The Championships includes individual and team competitions in each weapon.  The US team is composed of four fencers that will compete in the individual event and the teams are composed of three fencers plus one alternate.

At the 2004 Olympics, the US teams placed just out of medal reach in the Men’s Foil and Men’s Sabre events – losing close matches for the bronze medal.  The US Women’s sabre fencers took second at the 2004 world championships and posted two medal wins at the Olympic’s individual events when Mariel Zagunis and Sada Jacobson made history for the United States by winning the gold and bronze medals in the women’s saber event.


US ROSTER:

Men’s Foil
Dan Kellner    (29 – Warren, NJ)
Jon Tiomkin    (26 – Hewlett, NY)
Jed Dupree    (25 – Bethlehem, PA / New York, NY)
Andras Horanyi (18 – Boulder, CO)

Women’s Foil
Hanna Thompson (21 – Rochester, NY)
Emily Cross (18 – New York, NY)
Samantha Nemecek (17 – Alto, MI)
Doris Willette (17 – Lafayette, CA)

Women’s Epee
Kelley Hurley (16 – San Antonio, TX)
Maya Lawrence (25 – Teaneck, NJ)
Lindsay Campbell (24 – New York, NY)
Kerry Walton (23 – Londonderry, NH)

Men’s Epee
Seth Kelsey    (23 – Brush Prairie, WA)
Soren Thompson    (24 – San Diego, CA)
Cody Mattern    (24 – Tigard, OR)
Benjamin Solomon (21 – Chagrin Falls, OH)

Men’s Saber
Ivan Lee    (24 – Brooklyn, NY)
Jason Rogers    (22 – Los Angeles, CA)
Tim Morehouse (26 – Bronx, NY)
Adam Crompton (20 – Newark, NJ)

Women’s Saber
Mariel Zagunis (20 – Beaverton, OR)
Sada Jacobson (19 – Dunwoody, GA)
Rebecca Ward (15 – Portland, OR)
Caitlin Thompson (18 – Portland, OR)


Schedule of Events:

Saturday  October 8, 2005:
 Womens Foil: Individuals – Elimination 
 Mens Epée: Individuals – Elimination 
     
Sunday October 9, 2005
 Mens Sabre:Individuals – Elimination 
 Womens Epée: Individuals – Elimination 
 Womens Foil: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL 
 Mens Epée: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL 

Monday October 10, 2005
 Womens Sabre: Individuals – Elimination 
 Mens Foil: Individuals – Elimination 
 Mens Sabre: Individuals – Elimination – 64/FINAL 
 Womens Epée: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL 

Tuesday October 11, 2005
 Womens Sabre: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL 
 Mens Foil: Individuals – Elimination – 64/FINAL 

Wednesday October 12, 2005
 Mens Epée: Teams – Elimination 32/FINAL 

Thursday October 13, 2005
 Mens Epée: Teams 
 Womens Foil: Teams

Friday October 14, 2005
 Womens Epée:Teams 
 Mens Sabre: Team 

Saturday October 15, 2005
 Mens Foil: Teams 
 Womens Sabre: Teams 

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