Here is the US Fencing Press Release:
Aug. 22, 2002
Below follow results from all individual competition at the 2002 World
Fencing Championships in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 17-23.
Keeth Smart (24, Brooklyn, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation) has had his best World
Championships ever, finishing tenth in the men's sabre competition. He
defeated Michel Boulos of Canada and Balazs Lengyel of Hungary before being
defeated by Hungary's Zsolt Nemcsik 15-13, who is currently ranked 6th in
the world. Smart now moves to eleventh in World Cup standings.
Sada Jacobson (19, Dunwoody, Ga./Nellya Fencers/Yale '04) finished in 5th
place in the women's sabre competition. She reached the quarterfinals by
defeating Tsz-Kim Chow of Hong Kong 15-13, and was defeated in her attempt
to reach the medal round by Russia's Elena Netchaeva, 15-9. Teammate and
sister Emily Jacobson (16, Dunwoody, Ga./Nellya Fencers) was defeated in her
attempt to reach the round of 16 by Great Britain's Louise Bond-Williams in
a heartbreaking 15-14 bout. This is also her highest individual World
Championships finish.
Team results will follow tomorrow.
Women's Epee, 132 competitors
1. HYUN Hee KOR
2. DUPLITZER Imke GER
3. HEIDEMANN Britta GER
3. BRANZA Ana ROM
5. FLESSEL-COLOVIC Laura FRA
6. KAZIMIRTHOUK Nadina UKR
7. ERMAKOVA Oksanna RUS
8. ALEKSEJEVA Olga EST
40. JAMES Kamara (17, Jamaica, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
59. FOELLMER-SUCHORSKI Kristin (27, Alexandria, Va./D.C. Fencers Club)
76. FLORES Daisy (31, Globe, Az./Global Fencing Center)
82. LESZKO Julia (32, Portland, Ore./NorthWest Fencing Center)
Men's Sabre, 101 competitors
1. POZDNIAKOV Stanislaw RUS
2. PILLET Julien FRA
3. TARANTINO Luigi ITA
3. COVALIU Mihai ROM
5. BAUER Dennis GER
6. NEMCSIK Zsolt HUN
7. FROSSINE Alexei RUS
8. GUIDI Giacomo ITA
10 SMART Keeth (24, Brooklyn, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
40 LEE Ivan (21, Brooklyn, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
54 RAYNAUD Herb (31, New York, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
59 SPENCER-EL Akhnaten (23, New York, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
Women's Sabre, 74 competitors
1. TAN Xue CHN
2. JEMAEVA Elena AZE
3. ARGIOLAS Cecile FRA
3. NETCHAEVA Elena RUS
5. JACOBSON Sada (19, Dunwoody, Ga./Nellya Fencers/Yale '04)
6. VIGNAUX Pascale FRA
7. JOUKOVA Margarita RUS
8. BOND-WILLIAMS Louise GBR (19, Great Britain/Ohio State Univ. '04)
17. JACOBSON Emily (16, Dunwoody, Ga./Nellya Fencers)
19. BECKER Christine (38, Portland, Ore./Oregon Fencing Alliance)
35 ZAGUNIS Mariele (17, Beaverton, Ore./Oregon Fencing Alliance)
Men's Foil, 120 competitors
1. VANNI Simone ITA
2. WEßELS Andre GER
3. WU Hanxiong CHN
3. KIELPIKOWSKI Piotr POL
5. BISSDORF Ralf GER
6. FERRARI Jean-Noel FRA
7. GOHY Cedric BEL
8. GREGORY Elvis CUB
27. DUPREE Jedediah (22, New York, N.Y./NYAC)
45 KELLNER Daniel (26, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
72. TIOMKIN Jonathan (23, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club/St. John's '02)
102. WOOD Alex (24, Mountain View, Calif./Stanford Fencing Club)
Women's Foil
82 competitors
1. BOJKO Svetlana RUS
2. YOUCHEVA Ekaterina RUS
3. KNAPEK Edina HUN
3. MOHAMED Aida HUN
5. VEZZALI Valentina ITA
6. TRILLINI Giovanna ITA
7. GRUCHALA Sylwia POL
8. SEO Mi-Jung KOR
21. ZIMMERMANN Iris (21, Rush, N.Y./Rochester Fencing Center/Stanford '04)
41. SMART Erinn (22, New York, N.Y./Westbrook Foundation)
51. CROSS Emily (15, New York, N.Y./Fencers Club)
55. THOMPSON Hannah (18, Rochester, N.Y./Rochester Fencing Center/Ohio State
Univ. '05)
Men's Epee
169 competitors
1. KOLOBKOV Pavel RUS
2. JEANNET Fabrice FRA
3. ZAKHAROV Vitaly BLR
3. KU Kyo-Dong KOR
5. MILANOLI Paolo ITA
6. KIM Jung-Kwan KOR
7. LOIT Meelis EST
8. IMRE Geza HUN
45. KELSEY Weston Seth (20, Brush Prairie, Wash./U.S.A.F. Academy)
80. HANSEN Eric (27, San Bruno, Calif./Golden Gate Fenc. Ctr.)
99. TAUSIG Justin (32, resides Paris, France/Racing Club de France)
142. SNIDER Jeffrey (30, Falls Church, Va./D.C. Fencers Club)
For More Information Please Contact:
Cindy Bent
US Fencing Media Relations
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