| Wheelchair fencing at the II Paralympic Games | |
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Wheelchair fencing at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events.
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| Paralympic Wheelchair fencing | |
Wheelchair fencing at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's épée individual | Serge Bec  France | Roberto Marson  Italy | Germano Pecchenino Italy |
| Men's épée team |  Italy (ITA)Roberto Marson Renzo Rogo Franco Rossi |  France (FRA)Serge Bec Michel Foucre Aimé Planchon |  Great Britain (GBR)Brian Dickenson James Shipman Cyril Thomas |
| Men's foil novice individual | Cyril Thomas  Great Britain | Frank Ponta  Australia | Carfagna Italy |
| Men's sabre individual | Serge Bec France | Roberto Marson Italy | Aimé Planchon France |
| Men's sabre team | France (FRA) Serge Bec Foucre Aimé Planchon |  Japan (JPN)Shigeo Aono Shigeo Harasawa Teiichi Saito | Italy (ITA) Roberto Marson Renzo Rogo Franco Rossi |
| Women's foil individual | Anna Maria Toso Italy | Judith Waterman  United States | Daphne Ceeney Australia |
| Women's foil team | Italy (ITA) Elena Monaco Irene Monaco Anna Maria Toso | Great Britain (GBR) Valerie Forder Shelagh Jones Diana Thompson [1] |  United States (USA)Ella Cox Carol Giesse Judith Waterman |
The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
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Wheelchair Fencing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was competed in Category A and B. Category A contestants were those with good sitting balance and normal fencing arm, while Category B contestants were somewhat impaired in either of these areas. The events were held at the Helliniko Fencing Hall.
Wheelchair fencing is a version of fencing for athletes with a disability. Wheelchair fencing is governed by the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation that is a federation of the International Paralympic Committee, and is one of the sports in the Summer Paralympic Games. The Paralympic games take place every 4 years in different countries.
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Alison Yu Chui Yee is a wheelchair fencer from Hong Kong. When she was 11 years old, she had bone cancer, leading to the amputation of her left leg. She began as a swimmer but switched to fencing at the age of 17. At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals in both the individual and team events of épée and foil. She was the first athlete to win four gold medals in fencing in category A in 2004. At the 2008 Summer Paralympics, she represented Hong Kong again, but since the team matches were canceled, she only won one gold and one silver medal in the individual events.
Japan was the host country of the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, which also marked its first participation in the Paralympic Games. It was the only Asian country to take part in the Games.
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Great Britain sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Its athletes finished second in the gold and overall medal count.
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Caz Walton OBE is a British retired wheelchair athlete and former Great Britain Paralympic team manager. She was a multi-disciplinary gold medallist who competed in numerous Paralympic Games. Between 1964 and 1976 she won medals in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and fencing. She took a break from the Paralympics, entering the basketball and fencing competitions in 1988. In total Walton won ten gold medals during her Paralympic career, making her one of the most successful British athletes of all time. Walton should also have been awarded gold in the 1968 Tel Aviv Women's Pentathlon incomplete but, due to a miscalculation of her total score which went unnoticed at the time, she was given third place and a bronze medal.
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