Mens Foil World champions

[drippingwet]

Does anyone know the MF World Champions for the last 20 years? The only ones I know are Omnes in 92, Golubitsky from 97-99 and Kim in 2000. Olympics do count as World Champs don't they?

P.S. Is it true that Romankov was 10 times World Champion? Would be interested to find out the years of those aswell.

Thanks.

[LUDICROUS]

the GFC website says Golubitsky is 19 world cup winner. Are they different?

[drippingwet]

They are different. I don't know the actual definitition of each.

[rory]

A World Cup event is an A-Grade/Grand Prix.
The World Cup winner over the season is the fencer with the most points on the FIE list.
The World Champion is the winner of the World Championships, a yearly single event.
Same as most sports, eg athletics.

Clear?

[Grasshopper]

Does anyone know the MF World Champions for the last 20 years? The only ones I know are Omnes in 92, Golubitsky from 97-99 and Kim in 2000. Olympics do count as World Champs don't they?

P.S. Is it true that Romankov was 10 times World Champion? Would be interested to find out the years of those aswell.

Thanks.

World Championships = yearly event with best fencers in the world. Golobitski won it 3 times. Romankov 5.

Olympics = takes the place of World Championships every 4 years. Neither G or R has won it.

World Cups = big fencing competitions authorized by the FIE (about 12 for each weapon are held each year around the world. G and R have won many of these.

[LUDICROUS]

aaaah, thank you Rory and Grasshopper!

Its all clear now. Wow, the top international circuit would be pretty hectic with all those events...And expensive.

[JackSparrow]

I know you said last 20 years but I wanted to get a British win in there.
Fencing
World Championships

Men: Foil

Year Location

2003 La Habana (cub) Peter Joppich (ger)
2002 Lisboa (por) Simone Vanni (ita)
2001 Nîmes (fra) Salvatore Sanzo (ita)
1999 Seoul (sko) Sergey Golubitskiy (ukr)
1998 Chaux-de-Fonds (swi) Sergey Golubitskiy (ukr)
1997 Cape Town (saf) Sergey Golubitskiy (ukr)
1995 Den Haag (net) Dmitriy Chevchenko (rus)
1994 Athínai (gre) Rolando Tucker (cub)
1993 Essen (ger) Alexander Koch (ger)
1991 Budapest (hun) Ingo Weissenborn (ger)
1990 Lyon (fra) Philippe Omnès (fra)
1989 Denver (usa) Alexander Koch (wge)
1987 Lausanne (swi) Mathias Gey (wge)
1986 Sofia (bul) Andrea Borella (ita)
1985 Barcelona (spa) Mauro Numa (ita)
1983 Wien (aut) Aleksandr Romankov (sov)
1982 Roma (ita) Aleksandr Romankov (sov)
1981 Clermont-Ferrand (fra) Vladimir Smirnov (sov)
1979 Melbourne (aus) Aleksandr Romankov (sov)
1978 Hamburg (wge) Didier Flament (fra)
1977 Buenos Aires (arg) Aleksandr Romankov (sov)
1975 Budapest (hun) Christian Noël (fra)
1974 Grenoble (fra) Aleksandr Romankov (sov)
1973 Göteborg (swe) Christian Noël (fra)
1971 Wien (aut) Vassiliy Stankovich (sov)
1970 Ankara (tur) Friedrich Wessel (wge)
1969 La Habana (cub) Friedrich Wessel (wge)
1967 Montréal (can) Viktor Putyatin (sov)
1966 Moskva (sov) German Svechnikov (sov)
1965 Paris (fra) Jean-Claude Magnan (fra)
1963 Gdansk (pol) Jean-Claude Magnan (fra)
1962 Buenos Aires (arg) German Svechnikov (sov)
1961 Torino (ita) Ryszard Parulski (pol)
1959 Budapest (hun) Allan Jay (gbr)
1958 Philadelphia (usa) Giancarlo Bergamini (ita)
1957 Paris (fra) Mihaly Fülöp (hun)
1955 Roma (ita) József Gyuricza (hun)
1954 Luxembourg (lux) Christian d'Oriola (fra)
1953 Bruxelles (bel) Christian d'Oriola (fra)
1951 Stockholm (swe) Manlio di Rosa (ita)
1950 Monaco (mon) Renzo Nostini (ita)
1949 Cairo (egy) Christian d'Oriola (fra)
1947 Lisboa (por) Christian d'Oriola (fra)
1938 Piestany (czs) Gioacchino Guaragna (ita)
1937 Paris (fra) Gustavo Marzi (ita)
1935 Lausanne (swi) Edward Garderé (fra)
1934 Warszawa (pol) Giulio Gaudini (ita)
1933 København (den) Gioacchino Guaragna (ita)
1931 Wien (aut) René Lemoine (fra)
1930 Liège (bel) Giulio Gaudini (ita)
1929 Napoli (ita) Oreste Puliti (ita)
1927 Vichy (fra) Oreste Puliti (ita)
1926 Budapest (hun) Giorgio Chiavacci (ita)
1906 Athínai (gre) Georges Dillon-Cavanagh (fra)

1959 was a particularly great year + your gonna see the name Kruse added to the list before too long.

[JackSparrow]

aaaah, thank you Rory and Grasshopper!

Its all clear now. Wow, the top international circuit would be pretty hectic with all those events...And expensive.

You're right. In 1995 Chevchenko was way down the world rankings because he simply couldn't afford to travel around the world to compete.

[Epeecurean]

Thanks JackSparrow!

Do you have a link for this -- these used to be on the FIE site but I can't seem to find them anymore.

Cheers,
Epeecurean

[JackSparrow]

Thanks JackSparrow!

Do you have a link for this -- these used to be on the FIE site but I can't seem to find them anymore.

Cheers,
Epeecurean

The FIE site has only got the last three of four years at the moment. Try here:
http://sports123.com/fen/index.html

[Epeecurean]

Thanks much, Epeecurean

[Grasshopper]

You're right. In 1995 Chevchenko was way down the world rankings because he simply couldn't afford to travel around the world to compete.

Chevchenko should have joined the NBA instead of the FIE. He would have made way more green.

[drippingwet]

What part do national federations play in the financial requirements of fencers? And out of interest, is there actually any financial reward at all for winning a world cup/world championship?

[rory]

Some of the bigger comps, Grand Prix World Cups usually, offer prize money. It's usually something like £500.

The level of support from the British federation is almost nil: occasional funding for the very top guys. Read fencingforum.com for more info.