Bangladesh Fencing Association

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Bangladesh Fencing Association
AbbreviationBFA
Formation2007
Headquarters Dhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Website https://fencingbangladesh.org/

Bangladesh Fencing Association is the national governing body of Fencing in Bangladesh. [1] It is affiliated with the Bangladesh Olympic Association and the International Fencing Federation. [2] [3]

History

Bangladesh Fencing Association was established in 2007. [4] The president was Lieutenant General ATM Zahirul Alam and the general secretary was Major Qamrul Islam. [5] The first participants were from Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party Club. [5] [6]

President of the association, A.T.M. Zahirul Alam led the 23 member delegation of Bangladesh to the Rio Olympics in 2016. [7]

In September 2017, Shoeb Chowdhury was appointed President of Bangladesh Fencing Association; he was serving as the vice-president of the association. [8] Sheob is the chairman of Daily Asian Age and a director of Special Olympics Bangladesh. [9]

National Sports Council made an ad-hoc committee for the Bangladesh Fencing Association with 27 members on 12 August 2021. [4] Shoeb Chowdhury was the president and Selim Omrao Khan was the general secretary of the association. [10] They met the State Minister for Youth and Sports, Zahid Ahsan Russell, to inform him about the activities of the Bangladesh Fencing Association. [11]

In March 2022, the Bangladesh Fencing Association held the 4th Bangabandhu Independence Cup Fencing Competition at Shaheed Sohrawardi Indoor Stadium which was won by a team from Bangladesh Navy. [12] It held the Bangabandhu 7th President Cup Fencing Championship in November. [13]

In March 2023, the Bangladesh Fencing Association held the 5th Sheikh Kamal National Fencing Competition at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium at Mirpur. [14] [15]

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