FENCING
Fencing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.
There are three forms of Olympic fencing:
Foil — a light thrusting weapon; the valid target is restricted to the torso; double touches are not allowed. Women’s foil made its Olympic debut in Paris, during the 1924 Olympic Games.
Épée— a heavy thrusting weapon; the valid target area covers the entire body; double touches are allowed.
Sabre — a light cutting and thrusting weapon; the valid target area includes almost everything above the waist (excluding the back of the head and the hands); double touches are not allowed
The current President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach is a Fencing Gold medallist from the Montreal Olympic Games.
Siobhan Byrne was the most recent fencer to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games, competing in Beijing in the Sabre event.
National Federation: Fencing Ireland
International Federation: Fédération Internationale d'Escrime
FENCING NEWS
Team Ireland Fencers Named for Krakow 2023
Four Team Ireland Fencers set for European Games Debut Fencing Ireland represented in Sabre and Epee events at Krakow 2023 Four Team Ireland fencers have been named by the Olympic Federation of Ireland to compete at the European Games in Krakow. This is a European Games debut for Irish fencers, in the sport […]
Tokyo 1964 Revisited – Irish Times
Lifelong Tales of Olympic Experience by Ian O’Riordan (Irish Times Sport) Sayonara – only instead of the farewell blessing to what should have been the end of 2020 Tokyo Olympics this weekend, it is the wishful thinking that hope and reason can rhyme by this time next year. What lifelong tales of experience may yet […]
European Games 2023 – List of Sports Agreed
EOC, Krakow-Małopolska agree on preliminary list of sports for European Games The European Olympic Committees (EOC) this weekend welcomed a delegation from Poland to the CONI headquarters in Rome for discussions on the 3rd edition of the European Games (EG), which are scheduled to take place in Krakow-Małopolska in summer 2023. The meeting was led […]
Irish Open Fencing Championships
Irish Open Fencing Championships, Saturday, 28 November, 2015 Location: DLR Leisure Loughlinstown This weekend the Irish Fencing Federation hosted some of the world’s top fencers as they competed for vital points towards qualification for the Olympic games in Rio. For the 9th year the Irish Open Fencing Championships was a Men’s Epee World Cup event. Fencers from […]