Havana WC - Men's Sabre results

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25 June 2003: Bronze for Men's Sabrist in Cuba

In a performance mirroring his finish in New York, US Sabrist Keeth Smart took the bronze at the World Cup Men's Sabre event in Cuba. Smart lost to Gold medal winner Aldo Montano of Italy 15-13 in the final four. Montano once again beat fellow Italian Luigi Tarantino in the gold medal bout.

The event was a strong one for the US Men's Sabre team as earlier in the day the tournament's top seed Michael Covaliu was eliminated by Ivan Lee, who made the 17th seed into the direct elimination table by winning the preliminary round. Lee lost to the other bronze medalist Dennis Bauer of Germany in the round of 8.

Also making the round of 8 was US fencer Adam Crompton.

Smart, Lee, and Crompton will be competing at the US National Championships in Austin, TX over the July 4th weekend.

Final Results - Havana World Cup, Men's Sabre

1 MONTANO, ALDO ITA
2 TARANTINO, LUIGI ITA
3 BAUER, DENNIS GER
SMART, KEETH T USA
5 CASARES, IGNACIO ESP
6 KRAUS, CHRISTIAN GER
7 LEE, IVAN J. USA
8 CROMPTON, ADAM USA
9 COVALIU, MIHAI ROM
10 PINA, JORGE ESP
11 GUIDI, GIACOMO ITA
12 WILLIAMS, JAMES GBR
13 SZNAJDER, RAPHAL POL
14 RINCONES, ELIECER VEN
15 EFSTATHIOU, EVANGELOS USA
16 HAGAMEN, TIMOTHY H USA
17 MEDINA, FERNANDO ESP
18 PASTORE, GIAMPIERO ITA
19 STEHR, HARALD GER
20 CAVALIERE, ALESSANDRO ITA
21 MOCZAR, BENJAMIN HUN
22 ROGERS, JASON N USA
23 HASBANI, MARC CAN
24 BOULOS, MICHEL CAN
25 DIAZ, DAYLON CUB
26 SILVA, LUIS VEN
27 LARDUET, ISMEL CUB
28 DOUVILLE, DAVID USA
29 KIM, DOO-HONG KOR
30 CLEMENT, LUTHER C USA
31 PARKER, G COLIN USA
32 CABALLERO, ABEL CUB
33 NORBERT, JASKOT POL
34 MARTI, JAIME ESP
35 WEBER, ALEXANDER GER
36 SILVA, JUAN VEN
37 KIM, SUN HO KOR
38 LEE, SEONG-WON KOR
39 SON, SEOK HWAN KOR
40 DRAJER, DIEGO ARG
41 NARANJO, YUNIOR CUB
42 MOREHOUSE, TIMOTHY F. USA
43 WHITMER, DARRIN USA
44 HERM, MICHAEL GER
45 OH, EUN SEOK KOR
46 GOUIN, PIERRE-PHILLIPE CAN
47 MAYA CAMEJO, CANDIDO A. CUB
48 BELLO, JULIO CUB
49 PEREZ, GYORGY CUB
50 VILLASENOR, ROSENDO MEX
51 LAPOINTE, FREDERICK CAN
52 SEO, SUNG-JUN KOR
53 MORENO, EDDIE PUR
54 KRUL, ALEXANDER USA
55 PEREZ, ALBERTO GHERSI ARG
56 GRAVEL, EVENS CAN
57 BRAVO, CARLOS VEN
58 BOUDREAULT, DAVID CAN
59 SALMERON, RODRIGO ESA
60 MARROQUIN, LEONIDAS ESA
61 ANDRADE, LIDIER CUB
62 ZAGUNIS, MARTEN R. USA
63 KIM, JUNG HWAN KOR
64 SAUCEDO, LUKAS G. ARG
65 GUARDADO, RODRIGO MEX
66 SANCHEZ, MANUEL MEX
67 CAMPOS, RANDOLFO ESA
68 BERNAOUI, RAOUF SALIM ALG
69 MORAN, MARCOS G. ESA
70 VALENCIA, CARLOS COL
71 RAMIREZ, SALVADOR MEX
72 LEIRO GARCIA, FERNANDO CUB
73 GARCIA, JOSE CUB
74 PEROS, MARC CAN
75 MARIN, FRANCISCO VEN
76 MARCEL, JONATHAN USA
77 OSORIO, LUIS F. COL
78 VAZQUEZ, FRANKLIN CUB
79 ARIAS, MOISES DOM
80 RIOS, AQUILES MEX
81 TAVERAS, EDISON DOM