2023 European Fencing Championships

2023 European Fencing Championships

Host city	Plovdiv
Dates	16–18 June 2023
Main venue	Kolodruma
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The 2023 European Fencing Championships was a fencing competition that took place from 16 to 18 June 2023 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. ^[1] This edition of the championships only featured individual events, as the team events took place at the 2023 European Games. The points awarded in this championship were valid for Olympic qualification. ^[2]

Schedule

●	Opening Ceremony	●	Finals	●	Closing Ceremony

June [3]		16	17	18	Total
Ceremonies		●		●
Foil Individual		Women		Men	2
Épée Individual		Men	Women		2
Sabre Individual			Men	Women	2
Total Gold Medals		2	2	2	6

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Filippo Macchi   Italy	Enzo Lefort   France	Guillaume Bianchi   Italy
			Rafael Savin   France
Épée	Davide Di Veroli   Italy	Federico Vismara   Italy	Mateusz Antkiewicz   Poland
			Marco Brinkmann   Germany
Sabre	Sandro Bazadze   Georgia	András Szatmári   Hungary	Enver Yıldırım   Turkey
			Sébastien Patrice   France

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Martina Batini   Italy	Martina Favaretto   Italy	Alice Volpi   Italy
			Francesca Palumbo   Italy
Épée	Alexandra Louis-Marie   France	Mara Navarria   Italy	Nelli Differt   Estonia
			Auriane Mallo-Breton   France
Sabre	Manon Brunet   France	Sara Balzer   France	Theodora Gkountoura   Greece
			Martina Criscio   Italy

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	3	3	4	10
2	France	2	2	3	7
3	Georgia	1	0	0	1
4	Hungary	0	1	0	1
5	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		6	6	12	24

Results

Men

Foil individual

Position [4]	Name	Country
	Filippo Macchi	Italy
	Enzo Lefort	France
	Guillaume Bianchi	Italy
	Rafael Savin	France
5.	Daniele Garozzo	Italy
6.	Alexander Kahl	Germany
7.	Alessio Foconi	Italy
8.	James Davis	United Kingdom

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1	Enzo Lefort	15
	49	Klod Yunes	5
						1	Enzo Lefort	15
						24	James Davis	9
	24	James Davis	15
	25	Alex Tofalides	6
											1	Enzo Lefort	15
											12	Rafael Savin	10
	5	Leszek Rajski	8
	12	Rafael Savin	15
						12	Rafael Savin	15
						4	Daniele Garozzo	9
	13	Dániel Dósa	11
	4	Daniele Garozzo	15
																1	Enzo Lefort	14
																10	Filippo Macchi	15
	3	Guillaume Bianchi	15
	19	Andrzej Rządkowski	8
						3	Guillaume Bianchi	15
						11	Alexander Kahl	8
	11	Alexander Kahl	15
	6	Stef Van Campenhout	13
											3	Guillaume Bianchi	13
											10	Filippo Macchi	15
	7	Marcus Mepstead	8
	10	Filippo Macchi	15
						10	Filippo Macchi	15
						18	Alessio Foconi	9
	18	Alessio Foconi	15
	2	Michał Siess	8

Épée individual

Position [5]	Name	Country
	Davide Di Veroli	Italy
	Federico Vismara	Italy
	Mateusz Antkiewicz	Poland
	Marco Brinkmann	Germany
5.	Tibor Andrásfi	Hungary
6.	Jonathan Svensson	Sweden
7.	Yordan Galabov	Bulgaria
8.	David Van Nunen	Netherlands

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	64	Hadrien Favre	11
	16	Tibor Andrásfi	15
						16	Tibor Andrásfi	14
						9	Marco Brinkmann	15
	9	Marco Brinkmann	15
	25	Max Heinzer	14
											9	Marco Brinkmann	12
											21	Davide Di Veroli	15
	5	Fabian Herzberg	9
	21	Davide Di Veroli	15
						21	Davide Di Veroli	15
						20	Jonathan Svensson	8
	20	Jonathan Svensson	15
	29	Yuval Freilich	13
																21	Davide Di Veroli	15
																30	Federico Vismara	14
	30	Federico Vismara	15
	14	Maciej Bielec	12
						30	Federico Vismara	14
						43	David Van Nunen	9
	43	David Van Nunen	15
	38	Patrick Jørgensen	10
											30	Federico Vismara	15
											23	Mateusz Antkiewicz	7
	7	Alexander Biro	11
	23	Mateusz Antkiewicz	15
						23	Mateusz Antkiewicz	15
						31	Yordan Galabov	8
	15	Dávid Nagy	12
	31	Yordan Galabov	15

Sabre individual

Position [6]	Name	Country
	Sandro Bazadze	Georgia
	András Szatmári	Hungary
	Enver Yıldırım	Turkey
	Sébastien Patrice	France
5.	Matyas Szabo	Germany
6.	Krzysztof Kaczkowski	Poland
7.	Boladé Apithy	France
8.	Maxime Pianfetti	France

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1	Sandro Bazadze	15
	16	Razvan Ursachi	10
						1	Sandro Bazadze	15
						9	Boladé Apithy	7
	9	Boladé Apithy	15
	8	Beka Bazadze	6
											1	Sandro Bazadze	15
											4	Enver Yıldırım	7
	28	Maxime Pianfetti	15
	12	George Dragomir	14
						28	Maxime Pianfetti	12
						4	Enver Yıldırım	15
	20	Michele Gallo	8
	4	Enver Yıldırım	15
																1	Sandro Bazadze	15
																2	András Szatmári	11
	3	Matyas Szabo	15
	14	Santiago Madrigal	12
						3	Matyas Szabo	13
						6	Sébastien Patrice	15
	22	Matteo Neri	9
	6	Sébastien Patrice	15
											6	Sébastien Patrice	14
											2	András Szatmári	15
	7	Krzysztof Kaczkowski	15
	10	Luca Curatoli	13
						7	Krzysztof Kaczkowski	9
						2	András Szatmári	15
	15	Luigi Samele	10
	2	András Szatmári	15

Women

Foil individual

Position [7]	Name	Country
	Martina Batini	Italy
	Martina Favaretto	Italy
	Alice Volpi	Italy
	Francesca Palumbo	Italy
5.	Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk	Poland
6.	Morgane Patru	France
7.	Ariadna Castro	Spain
8.	Hanna Łyczbińska	Poland

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1	Martina Batini	15
	17	Maria Mariño	7
						1	Martina Batini	15
						25	Ariadna Castro	4
	9	Pauline Ranvier	13
	25	Ariadna Castro	15
											1	Martina Batini	15
											4	Francesca Palumbo	12
	37	Hanna Łyczbińska	15
	21	Alina Poloziuk	12
						37	Hanna Łyczbińska	8
						4	Francesca Palumbo	15
	20	Lior Druck	5
	4	Francesca Palumbo	15
																1	Martina Batini	WO
																6	Martina Favaretto
	3	Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk	15
	14	Leonie Ebert	14
						3	Julia Walczyk-Klimaszyk	8
						6	Martina Favaretto	15
	11	Ysaora Thibus	11
	6	Martina Favaretto	15
											6	Martina Favaretto	15
											2	Alice Volpi	9
	7	Anita Blaze	14
	10	Morgane Patru	15
						10	Morgane Patru	7
						2	Alice Volpi	15
	15	Carolina Stutchbury	14
	2	Alice Volpi	15

Épée individual

Position [8]	Name	Country
	Alexandra Louis-Marie	France
	Mara Navarria	Italy
	Nelli Differt	Estonia
	Auriane Mallo-Breton	France
5.	Anna Kun	Hungary
6.	Marie-Florence Candassamy	France
7.	Kristina Kuusk	Estonia
8.	Angela Krieger	Switzerland

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	32	Nelli Differt	14
	49	Aube Vandingenen	12
						32	Nelli Differt	15
						9	Marie-Florence Candassamy	8
	9	Marie-Florence Candassamy	15
	25	Federica Isola	10
											32	Nelli Differt	10
											5	Mara Navarria	15
	5	Mara Navarria	14
	21	Kamila Pytka	8
						5	Mara Navarria	15
						36	Angela Krieger	13
	45	Jazmin Toth	9
	36	Angela Krieger	10
																5	Mara Navarria	8
																15	Alexandra Louis-Marie	15
	3	Anna Kun	15
	46	Coraline Vitalis	14
						3	Anna Kun	12
						6	Auriane Mallo-Breton	13
	43	Alexandra Ehler	6
	6	Auriane Mallo-Breton	15
											6	Auriane Mallo-Breton	13
											15	Alexandra Louis-Marie	15
	7	Rossella Fiamingo	10
	23	Kristina Kuusk	11
						23	Kristina Kuusk	5
						15	Alexandra Louis-Marie	15
	15	Alexandra Louis-Marie	14
	2	Renata Knapik-Miazga	13

Sabre individual

Position [9]	Name	Country
	Manon Brunet	France
	Sara Balzer	France
	Theodora Gkountoura	Greece
	Martina Criscio	Italy
5.	Sabina Karimova	Azerbaijan
6.	Yoana Ilieva	Bulgaria
7.	Caitlin Maxwell	United Kingdom
8.	Julika Funke	Germany

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	1	Manon Brunet	15
	17	Liza Pusztai	10
						1	Manon Brunet	15
						24	Julika Funke	7
	24	Julika Funke	15
	25	Palina Kaspiarovich	13
											1	Manon Brunet	15
											5	Theodora Gkountoura	14
	5	Theodora Gkountoura	15
	12	Małgorzata Kozaczuk	14
						5	Theodora Gkountoura	15
						4	Yoana Ilieva	13
	13	Michela Battiston	8
	4	Yoana Ilieva	15
																1	Manon Brunet	15
																7	Sara Balzer	10
	3	Sabina Karimova	15
	14	Cécilia Berder	10
						3	Sabina Karimova	11
						11	Martina Criscio	15
	11	Martina Criscio	15
	27	Sylwia Matuszak	9
											11	Martina Criscio	10
											7	Sara Balzer	15
	7	Sara Balzer	15
	23	Lika Jijieishvili	13
						7	Sara Balzer	15
						18	Caitlin Maxwell	10
	18	Caitlin Maxwell	15
	34	Angelika Wator	11

References

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