The Austrian Fencing Federation (, ÖFV) is the national organisation for fencing in Austria and as such is a member of the international governing body for amateur fencing, the International Fencing Federation. It is based in Graz.
The Austrian Fencing Federation was founded in 1929,"Die Geschichte des ÖFV" , Österreichischer Fechtverband with Richard Brunner as its first president, although there had been earlier Austrian fencing bodies, beginning in 1887 with a German-Austrian Fencing Federation founded in Mannheim. It was dissolved in 1938 as a result of the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, and refounded on 26 April 1946.Zentrales Vereinsregister (Central Register of Organisations), Federal Ministry of the Interior: ZVRZahl (no.) 507226010 , it had 52 constituent organisations with a total of 1,430 members. There are also two general secretaries.
Since 2008, the president of the federation has been Markus Mareich.
Presidents 1945–1946: Friedrich Golling 1947–1949: Franz Chrudimak 1949–1952: Karl Hanisch 1952–1971: Hermann Resch 1971–1987: Peter Ulrich-Pur 1987–1989: Peter Berger 1989–1994: Rainer Mauritz 1994–2000: Klaus Vorreither 2000–2002: Roland Kayser 2002–2008: Josef Poscharnig 2008–2015: Markus Mareich since 2016: Ritwik Rastogi
Notable Austrian fencers
Albert Bogen (Albert Bógathy), saber, Olympic silver Siegfried Flesch (1872–1939), saber, Olympic bronze Dr. Otto Herschmann, saber, Olympic silver Heinz Lechner (born 1928) Ellen Preis (1912–2007), foil, Olympic champion, 3x world champion, 17x Austrian champion
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