2008 Paris – Ota vs. Glonek
This is the final bout of the 2008 Men’s Team Foil competition in Paris. Japan’s Yuki Ota matches up with Glonek from Poland in an exciting bout featuring a great comeback in the last few seconds of the match. BTW – Look for the kid in the stands swinging a foam sword.
Youth Olympic Games – Day 3
Photos: Alexander Massialas took silver and Katharine Holmes 4th place for the United States at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. All photos in this featured gallery from Serge Timacheff – FencingPhotos.com
Video Highlights of the 2010 European Championships
The 2010 European Fencing Championships drew to a close today with the final team events. Italy was the big winner with gold medals in Men’s Team Foil, Men’s Foil, Women’s Foil, Women’s Team Foil, and Men’s Team Sabre. Individual event winners included: Andrea Baldini, Valentina Vezzali, Alexey Yakimenko, Imke Duplitzer, Svetlana Kormilitsyna, and Jean-Michel Lucenay. [...]
2010 New York Men’s Sabre World Cup: Table of 64
Day one featured the preliminary pools and elimination rounds to make up the table of 64. Action starts at 1pm when Nicolas Limbach (GER) looks to defend his #1 ranking and Tim Morehouse (USA) faces off against Marcin Koniusz (POL).
US Women’s Sabre strong in Cuba
US women took 4 of the 5 top spots at the Havana women’s sabre world cup as Emily Jacobson came in second to Aleksandra Socha (POL).
Vezzali wins Cuba Women’s Foil
Valentina Vezzali (ITA) defeated Errigo (ITA) in the finals to win the women’s foil world cup in Havana, Cuba.
Sylwia Gruchala: Behind the Mask
With her sights set on an Olympic medal in the women’s foil competition at the 2012 London Olympics, Poland’s Sylwia Gruchala recounts her entry into the sport of fencing and talks about her life in, and outside of, fencing.
Mariel Zagunis wins in Tianjin
Mariel Zagunis (left) in action at the 2009 World Championship. Photo S.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com Mariel Zagunis (USA, left) won another round in her rivalry with Ukrainian sabre sensation Olga Kharlan by taking the win against Kharlan 15-13 in the gold medal bout of the Tianjin Women’s Sabre Grand Prix event in Tianjin, China. Zagunis remains firmly entrenched [...]
Sylwia Gruchala
Sylwia Gruchala – Poland Women’s Foil Facts and Figures: Birthdate: 06 November 1981 Height: 172 cm Results: Olympic Games: Athens 2004: Bronze medal, women’s foil individual Sydney 2000: Silver medal, women’s team foil Official Web Site: http://www.sylwiagruchala.pl/
Interview: Sylwia Gruchala
Sylwia Gruchala is on the top ranked Polish Women’s Foil team and is ranked 2nd in the world among individual women’s foilists. She was 2nd place at the 2003 World Championships and a member of the 2003 World Champion Women’s Foil team. She took some time recently to answer some questions from Fencing.Net
