2009 European Fencing Championships
The 2009 European Fencing Championships was held at the International Fair Plovdiv in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event took place from July 14 to July 19, 2009.
Schedule
| ● | Opening Ceremony | ● | Finals | ● | Closing Ceremony |
| July | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | |||||||
| Épée Individual | Women | Men | 2 | ||||||
| Épée team | Women | Men | 2 | ||||||
| Foil Individual | Women | Men | 2 | ||||||
| Foil Team | Women | Men | 2 | ||||||
| Sabre Individual | Men | Women | 2 | ||||||
| Sabre Team | Men | Women | 2 | ||||||
| Total Gold Medals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée |  Sven Schmid (GER)
|
 Ulrich Robeiri (FRA)
|
 Gábor Boczkó (HUN) Gauthier Grumier (FRA)
|
| Foil |  Andrea Baldini (ITA)
|
 Richard Kruse (GBR)
|
Andre Wessels (GER) Laurence Halsted (GBR)
|
| Sabre |  Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS)
|
Julien Pillet (FRA)
|
Giampiero Pastore (ITA) Björn Hübner (GER)
|
| Team Épée | Hungary
|
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Italy
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| Team Foil | Italy
|
Russia
|
Germany
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| Team Sabre | Italy
|
 Romania
|
France
|
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée | Britta Heidemann (GER)
|
Anna Sivkova (RUS)
|
Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) Yana Shemyakina (UKR)
|
| Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA)
|
Katja Wächter (GER)
|
Gabriella Varga (HUN) Arianna Errigo (ITA)
|
| Sabre | Olha Kharlan (UKR)
|
Yekaterina Dyachenko (RUS)
|
Solenne Mary (FRA) Halyna Pundyk (UKR)
|
| Team Épée | Romania
|
 Poland
|
Switzerland
|
| Team Foil | Italy
|
Russia
|
France
|
| Team Sabre | Ukraine
|
Russia
|
Italy
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 | |
Results overview
Men
Foil individual
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
 |
Andrea Baldini | Italy
|
 |
Richard Kruse | United Kingdom
|
 |
Andre Wessels | Germany
|
|
Laurence Halsted | United Kingdom
|
| 5. | Stefano Barrera | Italy
|
| 6. | Radosław Glonek | Poland
|
| 7. | Peter Joppich | Germany
|
| 8. | Aleksey Khovanskiy | Russia
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Richard Kruse | 15 | |||||||||
| Radosław Glonek | 14 | |||||||||
| Richard Kruse | 15 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted | 12 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Khovanskiy | 12 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted | 13 | |||||||||
| Richard Kruse | 7 | |||||||||
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | |||||||||
| Stefano Barrera | 12 | |||||||||
| Andre Wessels | 15 | |||||||||
| Andre Wessels | 7 | |||||||||
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | |||||||||
| Peter Joppich | 14 | |||||||||
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | |||||||||
Foil team
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà Simone Vanni Andrea Baldini |
Italy
|
|
Renal Ganeyev Artem Sedov Aleksey Khovanskiy Aleksandr Stukalin |
Russia
|
|
Dominik Behr Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Sebastian Bachmann |
Germany
|
| 4 | James Kenber Laurence Halsted Richard Kruse Edward Jefferies |
United Kingdom
|
| 5. | Gregory Koenig Erwann Le Péchoux Brice Guyart Térence Joubert |
France
|
| 6. | Sławomir Mocek Radosław Glonek Marcin Zawada Pawel Osmanski |
Poland
|
| 7. | Moritz Hinterseer Renee Pranz Roland Schlosser Tobias Hinterseer |
 Austria
|
| 8. | Gabriel Menendez Javier Menendez Luis Caplliure Ignacio Rodriguez |
 Spain
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Austria | 42 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Germany | 44 | |||||||||
| Germany | 45 | |||||||||
| France | 40 | |||||||||
| Italy | 44 | |||||||||
| Russia | 43 | |||||||||
| Poland | 42 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 45 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 37 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 27 | |||||||||
| Russia | 40 | |||||||||
| Germany | 45 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 31 | |||||||||
Epée individual
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Sven Schmid | Germany
|
|
Ulrich Robeiri | France
|
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Gábor Boczkó | Hungary
|
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Gauthier Grumier | France
|
| 5. | Jörg Fiedler | Germany
|
| 6. | Bohdan Nikishyn | Ukraine
|
| 7. | Jérôme Jeannet | France
|
| 8. | José Luis Abajo | Spain
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Jörg Fiedler | 9 | |||||||||
| Ulrich Robeiri | 15 | |||||||||
| Ulrich Robeiri | 15 | |||||||||
| Gábor Boczkó | 12 | |||||||||
| José Luis Abajo | 10 | |||||||||
| Gábor Boczkó | 15 | |||||||||
| Ulrich Robeiri | 7 | |||||||||
| Sven Schmid | 15 | |||||||||
| Bohdan Nikishyn | 7 | |||||||||
| Sven Schmid | 8 | |||||||||
| Sven Schmid | 15 | |||||||||
| Gauthier Grumier | 14 | |||||||||
| Gauthier Grumier | 15 | |||||||||
| Jérôme Jeannet | 7 | |||||||||
Epée team
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli |
Hungary
|
|
Fabian Kauter Max Heinzer Benjamin Steffen |
Switzerland
|
|
Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol Diego Confalonieri Francesco Martinelli |
Italy
|
| 4. | Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak Krzysztof Mikołajczak |
Poland
|
| 5. | Gauthier Grumier Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri |
France
|
| 6. | Maksym Khvorost Bohdan Nikishyn Igor Reyzlin Vitaly Medvedev |
Ukraine
|
| 7. | Aleksey Tikhomirov Igor Turchin Anton Avdeev Alexander Berezkin |
Russia
|
| 8. | Fredrik Backer Alexandr Tarkovskij Hemmi Sturla Torkildsen Bartosz Piasecki |
 Norway
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France | 32 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 45 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 42 | |||||||||
| Poland | 36 | |||||||||
| Norway | 36 | |||||||||
| Poland | 43 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 32 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 35 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 30 | |||||||||
| Italy | 29 | Third place | ||||||||
| Russia | 20 | |||||||||
| Italy | 21 | |||||||||
| Poland | 39 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
Sabre individual
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Veniamin Reshetnikov | Russia
|
|
Julien Pillet | France
|
|
Giampiero Pastore | Italy
|
|
Björn Hübner | Germany
|
| 5. | Nicolas Limbach | Germany
|
| 6. | Jorge Pina | Spain
|
| 7. | Dmitri Lapkes |  Belarus
|
| 8. | Nikolay Kovalev | Russia
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 | |||||||||
| Dmitri Lapkes | 10 | |||||||||
| Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 | |||||||||
| Giampiero Pastore | 6 | |||||||||
| Giampiero Pastore | 15 | |||||||||
| Nicolas Limbach | 14 | |||||||||
| Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 | |||||||||
| Julien Pillet | 14 | |||||||||
| Björn Hübner | 15 | |||||||||
| Jorge Pina | 10 | |||||||||
| Björn Hübner | 13 | |||||||||
| Julien Pillet | 15 | |||||||||
| Julien Pillet | 15 | |||||||||
| Nikolay Kovalev | 6 | |||||||||
Sabre team
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Giampiero Pastore Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Diego Occhiuzzi |
Italy
|
|
Florin Zalomir Cosmin Hănceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Alexandru Sirițeanu |
Romania
|
|
Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boladé Apithy Vincent Anstett |
France
|
| 4. | Áron Szilágyi Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Nikolász Iliász |
Hungary
|
| 5. | Aliaksandr Buikevich Valery Pryiemka Dmitri Lapkes |
Belarus
|
| 6. | Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Ilia Mokretsov Nikita Proskura |
Russia
|
| 7. | Nicolas Limbach Björn Hübner Johannes Klebes Benedikt Beisheim |
Germany
|
| 8. | Jorge Pina Jaime Martí Fernando Casares Pablo Moreno |
Spain
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Germany | 37 | |||||||||
| France | 25 | |||||||||
| Romania | 45 | |||||||||
| Romania | 45 | |||||||||
| Belarus | 40 | |||||||||
| Romania | 39 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| Russia | 40 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 31 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 32 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 40 | |||||||||
Women
Sabre individual
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Olha Kharlan | Ukraine
|
|
Yekaterina Dyachenko | Russia
|
|
Solenne Mary | France
|
|
Halyna Pundyk | Ukraine
|
| 5. | Vasiliki Vougiouka |  Greece
|
| 6. | Irena Więckowska | Poland
|
| 7. | Andreea Pelei | Romania
|
| 8. | Katarzyna Kedziora | Poland
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Irena Więckowska | 12 | |||||||||
| Solenne Mary | 15 | |||||||||
| Solenne Mary | 11 | |||||||||
| Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 | |||||||||
| Vasiliki Vougiouka | 3 | |||||||||
| Ekaterina Diatchenko | 15 | |||||||||
| Yekaterina Dyachenko | 10 | |||||||||
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||
| Katarzyna Kedziora | 9 | |||||||||
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | |||||||||
| Halyna Pundyk | 7 | |||||||||
| Halyna Pundyk | 15 | |||||||||
| Andreea Pelei | 11 | |||||||||
Sabre team
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Halyna Pundyk Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova |
Ukraine
|
|
Yekaterina Dyachenko Yuliya Gavrilova Sofiya Velikaya |
Russia
|
|
Irene Vecchi Gioia Marzocca Ilaria Bianco |
Italy
|
| 4. | Orsolya Nagy Réka Benkó Réka Pető Anna Várhelyi |
Hungary
|
| 5. | Carole Vergne Léonore Perrus Solenne Mary Cécilia Berder |
France
|
| 6. | Aleksandra Socha Matylda Ostojska Irena Więckowska Katarzyna Kedziora |
Poland
|
| 7. | Sibylle Klemm Stefanie Kubissa Anna Limbach Margarita Tschomakov |
Germany
|
| 8. | Mihaela Bulică Andreea Pelei Elena Munteanu Bianca Pascu |
Romania
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Ukraine | 45 | |||||||||
| Romania | 22 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 36 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| France | 43 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 45 | |||||||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||||||
| Poland | 38 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 29 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Germany | 36 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 40 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
Foil individual
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Valentina Vezzali | Italy
|
|
Katja Wächter | Germany
|
|
Gabriella Varga | Hungary
|
|
Arianna Errigo | Italy
|
| 5. | Aida Shanayeva | Russia
|
| 6. | Corinne Maîtrejean | France
|
| 7. | Carolin Golubytskyi | Germany
|
| 8. | Cristina Stahl | Romania
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Valentina Vezzali | 15 | |||||||||
| Cristina Stahl | 7 | |||||||||
| Valentina Vezzali | 15 | |||||||||
| Gabriella Varga | 13 | |||||||||
| Gabriella Varga | 15 | |||||||||
| Corinne Maîtrejean | 9 | |||||||||
| Valentina Vezzali | 15 | |||||||||
| Katja Wächter | 8 | |||||||||
| Aida Shanayeva | 9 | |||||||||
| Katja Wächter | 10 | |||||||||
| Katja Wächter | 15 | |||||||||
| Arianna Errigo | 13 | |||||||||
| Carolin Golubytskyi | 9 | |||||||||
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | |||||||||
Foil team
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali |
Italy
|
|
Aida Shanayeva Yuliya Biryukova Olga Lobyntseva Kamilla Gafurzianova |
Russia
|
|
Virginie Ujlaky Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Mélanie Moumas |
France
|
| 4. | Sylwia Gruchała Anna Rybicka Malgorzata Wojtkowiak Martyna Synoradzka |
Poland
|
| 5. | Carolin Golubytsky Katja Wächter Anja Schache Maria Bartkowski |
Germany
|
| 6. | Olena Khismatulina Olga Leleyko Kateryna Chentsova Anastasiya Moskovska |
Ukraine
|
| 7. | Cristina Stahl Cristina Ghiță Maria Udrea Corina Indrei |
Romania
|
| 8. | Gabriella Varga Fanny Kreiss Katalin Varga Adrienn Berta |
Hungary
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Russia | 40 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 25 | |||||||||
| Russia | 45 | |||||||||
| Poland | 41 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 33 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | |||||||||
| Russia | 36 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||||||
| Germany | 25 | |||||||||
| France | 33 | |||||||||
| France | 30 | |||||||||
| Italy | 45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Romania | 31 | |||||||||
| Italy | 40 | |||||||||
| Poland | 25 | |||||||||
| France | 45 | |||||||||
Epée individual
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Britta Heidemann | Germany
|
|
Anna Sivkova | Russia
|
|
Laura Flessel-Colovic | France
|
|
Yana Shemyakina | Ukraine
|
| 5. | Emese Szász | Hungary
|
| 6. | Tatiana Logounova | Russia
|
| 7. | Noam Mills |  Israel
|
| 8. | Irina Embrich |  Estonia
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Yana Shemyakina | 15 | |||||||||
| Noam Mills | 13 | |||||||||
| Yana Shemyakina | 14 | |||||||||
| Britta Heidemann | 15 | |||||||||
| Britta Heidemann | 14 | |||||||||
| Irina Embrich | 13 | |||||||||
| Britta Heidemann | 15 | |||||||||
| Anna Sivkova | 8 | |||||||||
| Emese Szász | 8 | |||||||||
| Anna Sivkova | 9 | |||||||||
| Anna Sivkova | 9 | |||||||||
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 7 | |||||||||
| Tatiana Logounova | 8 | |||||||||
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 9 | |||||||||
Épée team
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
|
Ana Maria Brânză Anca Măroiu Iuliana Măceșeanu Simona Alexandru |
Romania
|
|
Małgorzata Bereza Magdalena Piekarska Danuta Dmowska |
Poland
|
|
Sophie Lamon Simone Naef Tiffany Géroudet |
Switzerland
|
| 4. | Monika Sozanska Britta Heidemann Marijana Marković Imke Duplitzer |
Germany
|
| 5. | Emese Szász Emese Takács Katalin Izsó |
Hungary
|
| 6. | Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Laura Flessel-Colovic Jeanne Colignon Vanessa Galantine |
France
|
| 7. | Bianca Del Carretto Nathalie Moellhausen Cristiana Cascioli Francesca Quondamcarlo |
Italy
|
| 8. | Tatiana Logunova Anna Sivkova Lyubov Shutova Yekaterina Tikhonenkova |
Russia
|
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France | 42 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 43 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 38 | |||||||||
| Poland | 45 | |||||||||
| Italy | 31 | |||||||||
| Poland | 40 | |||||||||
| Poland | 34 | |||||||||
| Romania | 36 | |||||||||
| Romania | 45 | |||||||||
| Russia | 31 | |||||||||
| Romania | 43 | |||||||||
| Germany | 38 | Third place | ||||||||
| Hungary | 23 | |||||||||
| Germany | 24 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 43 | |||||||||
| Germany | 41 | |||||||||