Fencing in India

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Fencing in India
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
Governing body Fencing Association of India
National team(s) See below
International competitions

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]

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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

TournamentGold medal world centered-2.svgSilver medal world centered-2.svgBronze medal world centered-2.svgTotal
Olympic Games 0000
Paralympic Games 0000
World Championships 0000
World Cup 0000
Commonwealth Games 0000
Commonwealth Championships 4026
Asian Games 0000
Asian Championships 0011
South Asian Games 115117
Total155424

Senior record

Commonwealth Championships

YearFencerTypeCategoryMedal
2018 C. A. Bhavani Devi Sabre Women's individualGold medal world centered-2.svg
Karan Singh Gurjar
Vishal Thapar
Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma
Sagar Shahi
Manpreet Singh
Sabre Men's teamGold medal world centered-2.svg
Karan Singh Gurjar Sabre Men's individualBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2022 C. A. Bhavani Devi Sabre Women's individualGold medal world centered-2.svg
Udaivir Singh
Sunil Kumar
S. N. Siva Magesh
Chingakham Jetlee Singh
Épée Men's teamGold medal world centered-2.svg
Gisho Nidhi Kumaresan Padma Sabre Men's individualBronze medal world centered-2.svg

Asian Championships

YearFencerTypeMedal
2023 C. A. Bhavani Devi Sabre Bronze medal asia.svg

South Asian Games

YearFencerTypeCategoryMedal
2019 Thoudam Kabita Devi Épée Women's individualGold medal asia.svg
Sunil KumarMen's individualGold medal asia.svg
Arrora Dahiwal
Sheetal Dalal
Thoudam Kabita Devi
Women's teamGold medal asia.svg
Guruprakash Coppara
Jetlee Singh Chingakham
Sunil Kumar
Men's teamGold medal asia.svg
Thoibi Devi Wangelbam Foil Women's individualGold medal asia.svg
Vinoth Kumar VelauthamMen's individualGold medal asia.svg
Radhika Prakash Awati
Rani Devi
Thoibi Devi Wangelbam
Women's teamGold medal asia.svg
Bicky Thokchom
Rajeshor Singh Thounaojam
Vinoth Kumar Velautham
Men's teamGold medal asia.svg
Karan Singh Gurjar Sabre Men's individualGold medal asia.svg
Josna Jose
Jagmeet Kaur
Komalpreet Shukla
Diana Devi Thingujam
Women's teamGold medal asia.svg
Gisho Kumaresan
Shahi Singh
Karan Singh Gurjar
Men's teamGold medal asia.svg
Sheetal Dalal Épée Women's individualSilver medal asia.svg
Guruprakash CopparaMen's individualSilver medal asia.svg
Radhika Prakash Awati Foil Women's individualSilver medal asia.svg
Rajeshor SinghMen's individualSilver medal asia.svg
Gisho Kumaresan Sabre Men's individualSilver medal asia.svg
Diana Devi ThingujamWomen's individualBronze medal asia.svg

Junior record

Commonwealth Championships

YearFencerTypeCategoryMedal
2015 Karan Singh Gurjar Sabre Men's individualGold medal world centered-2.svg
Karan Singh Gurjar Sabre Men's individualSilver medal world centered-2.svg
2018Rajendran Sherjin Épée Men's individualGold medal world centered-2.svg
Rajendran Sherjin Épée Men's teamGold medal world centered-2.svg
Foil Men's teamSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Karan Singh Gurjar
Manpreet Singh
Sabre Men's teamSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Karan Singh Gurjar Sabre Men's individualBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Abhay Shinde Sabre Men's individualBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Épée Women's teamBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Shreya Gupta
Alka Sunny
Sabre Women's teamBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2022 Taniksha Khatri Épée Women's individualSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Abi Devi Laishram Sabre Women's individualSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Oinam Singh Sabre Men's individualSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Taniksha Khatri
Kashvi Garg
Dnyaneshwari Shinde
Pragya Singh
Épée Women's teamSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Oinam Singh
Prince Sharma
Rishikesh Jaiswal
Dhruv Walia
Sabre Men's teamSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Shaik Naziya Épée Women's individualBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Prince Sharma Sabre Men's individualBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Kashvi Garg
Prachi Lohan
Sejal Gulia
Shaik Naziya
Épée Women's teamBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Kritarthi Kotwal
Shreya Gupta
Abi Devi Laishram
Babyreddy Murikinati
Sabre Women's teamBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Kashish Bharad
J.R. Jefarlin
Abi Devi Laishram
Gauri Solanke
Sabre Women's teamBronze medal world centered-2.svg

Asian Championships

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

Current rankings

Women's sabre

#FencerWorld RankPoints
1 C. A. Bhavani Devi 4438.000
2Sowmiya Sundara1616.000

Women's epee

#FencerWorld RankPoints
1 Taniksha Khatri 1407.500
2 Prachi Lohan 1556.250
3 Sheetal Dalal 2343.000
4 Ena Arora 3750.500

Men's sabre

#FencerWorld RankPoints
1 Karan Singh Gurjar 8315.500

Men's epee

#FencerWorld RankPoints
1Jetlee Singh Chingakham12312.000
2Udaivir Singh3371.375

National award recipients

YearRecipientAwardGender
2021 C. A. Bhavani Devi Arjuna AwardFemale

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