Fencing in India

Fencing in India
Country	India
Governing body	Fencing Association of India
National team(s)	See below
International competitions
Olympic Games x0 x0 x0 Paralympic Games x0 x0 x0 World Championship x0 x0 x0 World Cup x0 x0 x0 Commonwealth Games x0 x0 x0 Commonwealth Championship x4 x0 x2 Asian Games x0 x0 x0 Asian Championship x0 x0 x1 South Asian Games x11 x5 x1

Fencing in India started with the foundation of the Fencing Association of India in 1974. It was recognized by the Indian Government in 1997. ^[1] It is affiliated with the Indian Olympic Association, Fencing Confederation of Asia, Commonwealth Fencing Federation and the International Fencing Federation. ^[2] India has produced some international level fencers who have performed well over the years. ^[3]

Background

The association has been holding national competitions in Sub-Junior (1999), Cadet (2004), Junior (1992) and Senior (1986) categories. ^[4]

In 2016, at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in Damam, Saudi Arabia, the Indian contingent won two silver and three bronze medals. ^[5] In the individual events, 17-year-old Karan Singh clinched bronze in the Junior Boys Sabre event while SN Siva Magesh, 14, won silver in the Cadet Boys Épée event. This was the first time that India won a medal in the Junior category. ^[6]

In May 2017, India's C. A. Bhavani Devi won the gold medal in the sabre event of the Turnoi Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavík in Iceland and became the first Indian to win a gold medal in an international fencing event. Shilpa Garg had previously won a silver medal in a satellite event. ^[7]

Medal table

Tournament				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
Paralympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0
World Cup	0	0	0	0
Commonwealth Games	0	0	0	0
Commonwealth Championships	4	0	2	6
Asian Games	0	0	0	0
Asian Championships	0	0	1	1
South Asian Games	11	5	1	17
Total	15	5	4	24

Senior record

Commonwealth Championships

Year	Fencer	Type	Category	Medal
2018	C. A. Bhavani Devi	Sabre	Women's individual
	Karan Singh Gurjar Vishal Thapar Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma Sagar Shahi Manpreet Singh	Sabre	Men's team
	Karan Singh Gurjar	Sabre	Men's individual
2022	C. A. Bhavani Devi	Sabre	Women's individual
	Udaivir Singh Sunil Kumar S. N. Siva Magesh Chingakham Jetlee Singh	Épée	Men's team
	Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma	Sabre	Men's individual

Asian Championships

Year	Fencer	Type	Medal
2023	C. A. Bhavani Devi	Sabre

South Asian Games

Main article: Fencing at the South Asian Games

Year	Fencer	Type	Category	Medal
2019	Thoudam Kabita Devi	Épée	Women's individual
	Sunil Kumar		Men's individual
	Arrora Dahiwal Sheetal Dalal Thoudam Kabita Devi		Women's team
	Guruprakash Coppara Jetlee Singh Chingakham Sunil Kumar		Men's team
	Thoibi Devi Wangelbam	Foil	Women's individual
	Vinoth Kumar Velautham		Men's individual
	Radhika Prakash Awati Rani Devi Thoibi Devi Wangelbam		Women's team
	Bicky Thokchom Rajeshor Singh Thounaojam Vinoth Kumar Velautham		Men's team
	Karan Singh Gurjar	Sabre	Men's individual
	Josna Jose Jagmeet Kaur Komalpreet Shukla Diana Devi Thingujam		Women's team
	Gisho Kumaresan Shahi Singh Karan Singh Gurjar		Men's team
	Sheetal Dalal	Épée	Women's individual
	Guruprakash Coppara		Men's individual
	Radhika Prakash Awati	Foil	Women's individual
	Rajeshor Singh		Men's individual
	Gisho Kumaresan	Sabre	Men's individual
	Diana Devi Thingujam		Women's individual

Junior record

Commonwealth Championships

Year	Fencer	Type	Category	Medal
2015	Karan Singh Gurjar	Sabre	Men's individual
	Karan Singh Gurjar	Sabre	Men's individual
2018	Rajendran Sherjin	Épée	Men's individual
	Rajendran Sherjin	Épée	Men's team
		Foil	Men's team
	Karan Singh Gurjar Manpreet Singh	Sabre	Men's team
	Karan Singh Gurjar	Sabre	Men's individual
	Abhay Shinde	Sabre	Men's individual
		Épée	Women's team
	Shreya Gupta Alka Sunny	Sabre	Women's team
2022	Taniksha Khatri	Épée	Women's individual
	Abi Devi Laishram	Sabre	Women's individual
	Oinam Singh	Sabre	Men's individual
	Taniksha Khatri Kashvi Garg Dnyaneshwari Shinde Pragya Singh	Épée	Women's team
	Oinam Singh Prince Sharma Rishikesh Jaiswal Dhruv Walia	Sabre	Men's team
	Shaik Naziya	Épée	Women's individual
	Prince Sharma	Sabre	Men's individual
	Kashvi Garg Prachi Lohan Sejal Gulia Shaik Naziya	Épée	Women's team
	Kritarthi Kotwal Shreya Gupta Abi Devi Laishram Babyreddy Murikinati	Sabre	Women's team
	Kashish Bharad J.R. Jefarlin Abi Devi Laishram Gauri Solanke	Sabre	Women's team

Asian Championships

Year	Fencer	Type	Category	Medal
2016	Karan Singh Gurjar	Sabre	Men's individual
2022	Taniksha Khatri Tannu Gulia Pragya Singh Aditri Patil	Épée	Women's team
	Prachi Lohan Govindnoor Kaur Nelcyrose Saikhom Devi Shaik Naziya	Épée	Women's team
	Prachi Lohan	Épée	Women's individual
	Kanupriya, Khusboorani Laishram, Naorem Mina Devi, Kusum	Foil	Women's team
	Ningthouba Sukham Dev Denny Singh Konsam Sathvik Shoba Manjunatha	Foil	Men's team
	Shreya Gupta Abi Devi Laishram Himanshi Negi Shiksha Ballouria	Sabre	Women's team
	Abi Devi Laishram	Sabre	Women's team
	Kangabam Kane Singh Aryan Sen Agamvir Singh Lokesh Vemani	Épée	Men's team
	Charvi Kanupriya Vaidehi Lohiya Sonia Devi Waikhom	Foil	Women's team

Current rankings

Women's sabre

#	Fencer	World Rank	Points
1	C. A. Bhavani Devi	43	38.000
2	Sowmiya Sundara	161	6.000

Women's epee

#	Fencer	World Rank	Points
1	Taniksha Khatri	140	7.500
2	Prachi Lohan	155	6.250
3	Sheetal Dalal	234	3.000
4	Ena Arora	375	0.500

Men's sabre

#	Fencer	World Rank	Points
1	Karan Singh Gurjar	83	15.500

Men's epee

#	Fencer	World Rank	Points
1	Jetlee Singh Chingakham	114	12.000
2	Udaivir Singh	337	1.375

National award recipients

Year	Recipient	Award	Gender
2021	C. A. Bhavani Devi	Arjuna Award	Female

References

1. "FAI history". fencingassociationofindia.com.
2. "Achievers". Fencing Association of India. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
3. "India profile | FIE". International Fencing Federation. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
4. "TOPS development fencer Taniksha Khatri aims to adopt lessons from ex-world champion Nathalie Moellhausen". ANI News. Retrieved 25 September 2024.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Taniksha Khatri, Jubraj Singh win silver in Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships". The Bridge. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
6. "Successful Indian boys return from Asian fencing - Times of India".
7. "India's CA Shilpa Garg wins Silver in Iceland's Turnoi Satellite Fencing Championship". 29 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.