The European Fencing Championships is an annual top-level European fencing competition organized by the European Fencing Confederation.

History The first competition bearing the name of "European Fencing Championships" was held in Paris in 1921. The International Fencing Federation (FIE) comprised only European federations at the time, with the exception of the United States. In 1936, on the 25th anniversary of the FIE and at the request of the Italian federation, the FIE congress decided to open the European Championships to all countries and granted retroactive recognition of the European Championships as World Championships.

After 1937 the FIE focused on the organisation of the World Fencing Championships. Demand for European Championships appeared at the 1979 congress, but it was rejected on the ground that they would either belittle the World Championships or offer a poor fencing level. The question was put forth again the following year by the Yugoslav federation, with the support of the Italian federation, which offered to organize the first competition. The congress agreed to authorize such championships, on the condition that they would be held only when the World Championships were organized in a non-European country. The first edition took place in Foggia, Italy on 11 and 12 November 1981. They proved to cause no interference with the 1981 World Championships and the restriction was lifted.

Formula Contrary to the World Championships and the World Cup, no exemption is granted to Top 16 fencers: all fence a round of pools, which eliminates 20% to 30% of participants. The remaining fencers compete in a direct elimination table.

Editions

Editions of European Fencing Championships

Number Edition City Country Events1 1981 Foggia 42 1982 Mödling 43 1983 Lisbon 44 1991 Vienna 105 1992 Lisbon 56 1993 Linz 57 1994 Kraków 58 1995 Keszthely 5 9 1996 Limoges 510 1997 Gdańsk 511 1998 Plovdiv 1012 1999 Bolzano 1113 2000 Funchal 1214 2001 Koblenz 1215 2002 Moscow 1216 2003 Bourges 1217 2004 Copenhagen 1218 2005 Zalaegerszeg 1219 2006 İzmir 1220 2007 Ghent 12

Number Edition City Country Events21 2008 Kyiv 1222 2009 Plovdiv 1223 2010 Leipzig 1224 2011 Sheffield 1225 2012 Legnano 1226 2013 Zagreb 1227 2014 Strasbourg 1228 2015 Montreux 1229 2016 Toruń 1230 2017 Tbilisi 1231 2018 Novi Sad 1232 2019 Düsseldorf 1233 2022 Antalya 1234 2023 Plovdiv 2023 Kraków 35 2024 Basel 1236 2025 Genoa 1237 2026 Antony 12

1 2020 and 2021 European Fencing Championships were cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal table Last updated after the 2026 European Fencing Championships.

Multiple gold medalists Boldface denotes active fencers and highest medal count among all fencers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Men

All events

Rank Fencer Country Weapon From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Aleksey Yakimenko Sabre 2003 2017 13 5 5 23 2 Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sabre 1994 2008 13 – 4 17 3 Andrea Cassarà Foil 2002 2019 10 4 1 15 4 Andrea Baldini Foil 2004 2016 8 2 5 15 5 Gábor Boczkó Épée 1997 2015 7 5 3 15 6 Áron Szilágyi Sabre 2011 2026 6 4 3 13 7 Géza Imre Épée 1998 2013 6 4 2 12 8 Aleksey Frosin Sabre 1997 2008 6 1 2 9 9 Yannick Borel Épée 2011 2022 6 1 1 8 10 Aldo Montano Sabre 2002 2019 5 5 1 11

Individual events

Rank Fencer Country Weapon From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Aleksey Yakimenko Sabre 2003 2016 5 4 3 12 2 Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sabre 1994 2007 5 – 2 7 3 Andrea Cassarà Foil 2002 2015 4 1 – 5 4 Yannick Borel Épée 2016 2022 4 – – 4 5 Gábor Boczkó Épée 1997 2015 3 1 2 6 6 Andrea Baldini Foil 2005 2013 3 – 3 6 7 Pavel Kolobkov Épée 1996 2006 2 3 4 9 8 Daniele Garozzo Foil 2015 2022 2 3 – 5 9 Aleksey Cheremisinov Foil 2011 2019 2 2 2 6 10 Max Hartung Sabre 2011 2019 2 1 2 5

Women

All events

Rank Fencer Country Weapon From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Arianna Errigo Foil 2009 2026 16 4 4 24 2 Sofya Velikaya Sabre 2003 2019 14 6 3 23 3 Valentina Vezzali Foil 1993 2015 13 4 4 21 4 Elisa Di Francisca Foil 2004 2019 13 2 3 18 5 Olha Kharlan Sabre 2005 2024 8 8 6 22 6 Ana Maria Popescu (Brânză) Épée 2006 2016 7 4 2 13 7 Martina Batini Foil 2014 2026 7 2 1 10 8 Yana Egorian Individual Neutral Athletes Sabre 2013 2026 7 2 – 9 9 Simona Gherman (Alexandru) Épée 2008 2016 7 1 2 10 10 Yekaterina Dyachenko Sabre 2006 2016 6 4 1 11

Individual events

Rank Fencer Country Weapon From To Gold Silver BronzeTotal 1 Olha Kharlan Sabre 2006 2019 6 1 1 8 2 Valentina Vezzali Foil 1993 2014 5 3 2 10 3 Sofya Velikaya Sabre 2005 2019 5 3 1 9 4 Elisa Di Francisca Foil 2006 2019 5 1 1 7 5 Arianna Errigo Foil 2009 2024 3 2 3 8 6 Laura Badea-Cârlescu Foil 1993 2004 3 2 2 7 7 Sylwia Gruchała Foil 2000 2005 3 – – 3 8 Inna Deriglazova Foil 2010 2019 2 2 1 5 9 Sabine Bau Foil 1992 2001 2 1 1 4 Yekaterina Fedorkina Sabre 2004 2008 2 1 1 4

See also Fencing at the Summer Olympics World Fencing Championships other zone championships: African Fencing Championships, Asian Fencing Championships, Pan American Fencing Championships

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References

External links

European Fencing Confederation (EFC), official site