Fencing at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing
at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Fencing; at the I Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates	15 – 18 August 2010
No. of events	7 (3 boys, 3 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	78 from 36 nations
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Last updated September 16, 2024

Fencing competitions at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore consisted of three Cadet Male individual events, three Cadet Female individual events and one team event including both genders and all 3 weapons: épée, foil and saber. 78 fencers from 36 nations were competing. The venue was located at the International Convention Centre (ICC).^[1]

Fencing was one of the five sports that was continually featured at the Olympics since Athens in 1896; the others being athletics, swimming, cycling and gymnastics.

Schedule

Event Date	Event Day	Approx. Duration	Starting Time	Event Details
15 August	Sunday	11:00 hrs	9:30 am	Men's Sabre
15 August	Sunday	11:00 hrs	12:00 pm	Women's Foil
16 August	Monday	11:00 hrs	12:00 pm	Men's Épée
16 August	Monday	11:00 hrs	9:30 am	Women's Sabre
17 August	Tuesday	13:15 hrs	9:00 am	Men's Foil
17 August	Tuesday	13:15 hrs	1:00 pm	Women's Épée
18 August	Wednesday	6:45 hrs	9:00 am	Mixed Team Fencing

Qualifications

FIE Qualifications After 2010 Baku Cadet World Championships

Initially FIE qualified 54 fencers based on the results of 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku with 1 more entry in each weapon reserved for a host country^[2]

A table below illustrates these selections, where number in brackets near fencers' names shows their placement ^[3] in 2010 Cadet World Championships:

Women's épée	NOC	Men's épée	NOC	Women's foil	NOC	Men's foil	NOC	Women's sabre	NOC	Men's sabre	NOC
Alberta Santuccio (1)	Italy	Nikolaus Bodoczi (1)	Germany	Camilla Mancini (2)	Italy	Alexander Massialas (1)	United States	Alina Komashchuk (1)	Ukraine	Richard Hübers (1)	Germany
Lee Hye-won (2)	South Korea	Roman Svichkar (3)	Ukraine	Dora Lupkovics (3)	Hungary	Edoardo Luperi (2)	Italy	Seo Ji-yeon (3)	South Korea	Leonardo Affede (3)	Italy
Amalia Tătăran (3)	Romania	Tomasz Kruk (5)	Poland	Wang Lianlian (3)	China	Kirill Lichagin (3)	Russia	Yana Egorian (5)	Russia	Artur Okunev (3)	Russia
Lin Sheng (3)	China	Lucian Ciovică (6)	Romania	Victoria Alexeeva (5)	Russia	Alexander Choupenitch (5)	Czech Republic	Angelika Wątor (6)	Poland	Mikhail Akula (5)	Belarus
Katharine Holmes (5)	United States	Kirill Zhakupov (14)	Kazakhstan	Mona Shaito (7)	United States	Alexander Tsoronis (7)	Denmark	Anja Musch (7)	Germany	Will Spear (9)	United States
Yulia Bakhareva (6)	Russia	Na Byeong-hun (15)	South Korea	Michala Cellerová (9)	Slovakia	Lee Kwang Hyun (9)	South Korea	Wan Yini (17)	China	Jackson Wang (11)	Hong Kong
Amy Radford (8)	Great Britain	Alexandre Lyssov (16)	Canada	Choi Duk-ha (17)	South Korea	Nicholas Edward Choi (10)	Hong Kong	Celina Merza (18)	United States	Song Jong-hun (23)	South Korea
Isabel Di Tella (37)	Argentina	Guilherme Melaragno (36)	Brazil	Alanna Goldie (18)	Canada	Mostafa Mahmoud (27)	Egypt	Mennatalla Ahmed (23)	Egypt	Miguel Breault-Mallette (35)	Canada
Wanda Matshaya (60)	South Africa	Saleh Saleh (63)	Egypt	Menattalla Daw (38)	Egypt	Redys Hanngrs Prades Rosabal (33)	Cuba	María Carreño (32)	Venezuela	Ziad Elsissy (67)	Egypt
	Singapore		Singapore		Singapore		Singapore		Singapore		Singapore

Final selections

Finalized selection table^[4] included 20 additional fencers added by FIE and IOC based on the final revision of "Criteria for qualification to the 2010 YOG" published here.^[5] The following table illustrates final selections where numbers in brackets near fencers' names indicates their placement in 2010 Cadet WC (zero indicates that fencer did not participate).

Women's épée	NOC	Men's épée	NOC	Women's foil	NOC	Men's foil	NOC	Women's sabre	NOC	Men's sabre	NOC
Alberta Santuccio (1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Italy	Nikolaus Bodoczi (1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Germany	Camilla Mancini(2 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Italy	Alexander Massialas(1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	United States	Alina Komashchuk(1 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Ukraine	Richard Hübers(1)	Germany
Lee Hye-won (2)	South Korea	Roman Svichkar(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Ukraine	Dora Lupkovics (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Hungary	Edoardo Luperi(2 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Italy	Seo Ji-yeon(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	South Korea	Leonardo Affede(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Italy
Amalia Tătăran (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Romania	Tomasz Kruk (5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Poland	Wang Lianlian (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	China	Kirill Lichagin (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Russia	Yana Egorian (5 Archived 14 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine )	Russia	Artur Okunev(3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Russia
Lin Sheng (3 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	China	Lucian Ciovică(6 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Romania	Victoria Alexeeva(5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Russia	Alexander Choupenitch(5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Czech Republic	Angelika Wątor(6 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Poland	Mikhail Akula(5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Belarus
Katharine Holmes (5 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	United States	Kirill Zhakupov (14 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Kazakhstan	Mona Shaito(7 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	United States	Alexander Tsoronis(7 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Denmark	Anja Musch(7 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Germany	Will Spear(9 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	United States
Yulia Bakhareva (6 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Russia	Na Byeong-hun (15 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	South Korea	Michala Cellerová (9 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Slovakia	Lee Kwang-hyun(9 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	South Korea	Wan Yini (17 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	China	Jackson Wang (11 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Hong Kong
Amy Radford (8 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Great Britain	Alexandre Lyssov (16 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Canada	Choi Duk-ha(17 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	South Korea	Nicholas Edward Choi(10 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	Hong Kong	Celina Merza(18 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	United States	Song Jong-hun (23 Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine )	South Korea
Isabel Di Tella (37 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Argentina	Guilherme Melaragno(36 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Brazil	Alanna Goldie(18 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Canada	Mostafa Mahmoud(27 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Egypt	Mennatalla Ahmed(23 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Egypt	Miguel Breault-Mallette (35 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Canada
Matshaya Wanda (60)	South Africa	Saleh Saleh(63 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Egypt	Menattalla Daw(38 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Egypt	Redys Hanngrs Prades Rosabal (33 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Cuba	María Carreño(32 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Venezuela	Ziad Elsissy(67 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Egypt
Martyna Swatowska (9 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Poland	Ondřej Novotný (8 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Czech Republic	Ivania Carballo(58 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	El Salvador	Antal Györgyi (8)	Hungary	Nyabileke Gracia Makwanya (0)	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Dragoș Sîrbu (6 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Romania
Pauline Brunner (12 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Switzerland	Julian Godoy (88 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Costa Rica	Rita Abou Jaoudé (0)	Lebanon	Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu (11 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Turkey	Ema Hilwiyah (0)	Iraq	András Szatmári (7 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Hungary
Damyan Jaqman (0)	Palestine	Marco Fichera (9 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Italy	Mame Awa Ndao (70 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Senegal	Alex Tofalides (13 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Great Britain	Vittoria Ciardullo (13)	Italy	Djibrilla Issaka Kondo (0)	Niger
Rania Herlina Rahardja (62 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Singapore	Lim Wei Hao (0)	Singapore	Liane Wong Ye Ying (48)	Singapore	Justin Xian Shi Ong (49 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	Singapore	Kenza Boudad (11 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	France	Arthur Zatko(10 Archived 25 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine )	France

Mixed teams composition

In total there will be 9 continental teams formed. The composition of the teams will be determined by the results achieved during the individual events. The best fencers ranked in each weapon will form the top team of each continent as follows: Europe 1, Europe 2, Europe 3, Europe 4, Asia 1, Asia 2, Americas 1, Americas 2, Africa.^[6]

Medal summary

Medal table

This table presents only individual results. Mixed team medals are not included.

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cadet Male Épée details	Marco Fichera Italy	Nikolaus Bodoczi Germany	Alexandre Lyssov Canada
Cadet Male Foil details	Edoardo Luperi Italy	Alexander Massialas United States	Lee Kwang-hyun South Korea
Cadet Male Sabre details	Song Jong-hun South Korea	Leonardo Affede Italy	Richard Hübers Germany
Cadet Female Épée details	Lin Sheng China	Alberta Santuccio Italy	Martyna Swatowska Poland
Cadet Female Foil details	Camilla Mancini Italy	Victoria Alexeeva Russia	Dóra Lupkovics Hungary
Cadet Female Sabre details	Yana Egorian Russia	Celina Merza United States	Anja Musch Germany
Mixed Team Event details	Europe 1 (MIX) Yana Egorian (RUS) Marco Fichera (ITA) Camilla Mancini (ITA) Leonardo Affede (ITA) Alberta Santuccio (ITA) Edoardo Luperi (ITA)	Europe 2 (MIX) Anja Musch (GER) Nikolaus Bodoczi (GER) Victoria Alexeeva (RUS) Richard Hübers (GER) Martyna Swatowska (POL) Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu (TUR)	Americas 1 (MIX) Celina Merza (USA) Alexandre Lyssov (CAN) Alanna Goldie (CAN) Will Spear (USA) Katharine Holmes (USA) Alexander Massialas (USA)

Participating nations

Fencer's distribution by continent

	Women's épée	Men's épée	Women's foil	Men's foil	Women's saber	Men's Saber	Totals	Maximum # of teams	# of fencers qualified for a team	# of fencers not qualified for a team
Europe	6	6	4	6	6	8	36	4	24	12
Americas	2	3	3	2	2	2	14	2	12	2
Asia	4	3	4	4	3	2	20	2	12	8
Africa	1	1	2	1	2	1	8	1	6	2
Totals	13	13	13	13	13	13	78	9	54	24

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[1] Fencing Competition Format Archived 10 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[2] FIE Qualifications After 2010 Baku Cadet World Championships

[3] 2010 Junior and Cadet World Championships results

[4] Final selections

[5] Criteria for qualification to the 2010 YOG

[6] FIE Press Release no 6

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