The 2025 European Fencing Cadet and Junior Championships were held from 23 February to 3 March 2025 in Antalya, Türkiye. The event was organized by the European Fencing Confederation (EFC) in partnership with the Turkish Fencing Federation and took place at the Antalya Spor Salonu.
Participation A total of 776 athletes and 119 teams from across Europe competed in individual and team events across all three weapons: foil, épée, and sabre.
Schedule The competition was divided into cadet and junior events:
Cadet events: 23–26 February 2025 Junior events: 27 February – 3 March 2025
Highlights
Cadet events Italy led the cadet medal table with 12 medals, including team golds in Men's Épée, Women's Foil, and Women's Sabre. Türkiye won gold in Men's Sabre (Candeniz Berrak), Women's Foil (Alara Atmaca), and the Men's Sabre Team event., Hungary secured individual titles in Men's Épée (Donát Kiss) and Men's Foil (Hunor Kosztolányi)..Ukraine claimed gold in Women's Épée through Alina Dmytruk.
Junior events Italy again topped the junior medal standings, with Matilde Molinari winning Women's Foil and strong team performances. Great Britain made history by winning its first-ever Junior European Team titles in Men's Épée and Men's Foil. Ukraine won Women's Épée through Anna Maksymenko. Athletes competing under the AIN designation (neutral flag) earned medals in Men's Sabre (Pavel Graudyn) and Men's Foil (Aleksandr Kerik).
Medal summary Medal table
Cadet championships
Cadet championships are for fencers under the age of 17.
Men Epée Team epéeDavide del Prete Francesco DelfinoRiccardo MagniNicolo SonnessaDonat Kiss Lenard KochBenjamin MakaiAron PetrovszkiAlexander De Winter Achille GrandjeanMatthys HercotWout Van Laecke Foil Team foilNicolo' Collini Mattia GianeseEmanuele IaquintaMarco PanazzoloLeo Blanchard Mahel BoumazaEvan DarmaniLucas RobinetAron Bodor Roland GroszHunor KosztolanyiCsanad Rozsa Sabre Team sabreYigit Ayaz Candeniz BerrakPoyraz KumukArda TakkaChristian Avaltroni Leonardo RealeAndrea TribunoDavide VivaldiMaxence Bloin Baptiste HospitalUlysse le Gac BriandLino VaccaWomen Epée Team epéeMarharyta Anharska Valeriia Bilous-GridzhakAlina DmytrukPolina SpyrydonovaLotti Horvath Izabella RonaszekiAnna SzilardHanna TerhesAdela Bartoskova Natalie CoufalovaHana JurkovaEliska Kahabkova Foil Team foil Maria Fattori Sofia ManciniGiorgia RutaAlessandra Tavola Michalina Bartol Karolina MakowskaZofia MikulickaDanuta Tym Szilvia Mahovszkij Boglarka MarkusBorbala SimonXinyao Zhou Sabre Team sabre Vittoria Fusetti Francesca LentiniVittoria MocciAnna Torre Szonja Felfoldi Boglarka KomjathyAdel KovacsBrigitta Racz Irem Guner Duru Ayse OzgonulEce Ozturkirmak Senoglu
Junior championships
Junior championships are for fenders under the age of 20.
Women Epée Team epéeValeriia Bilous-Gridzhak Emily ConradAlina DmytrukAnna MaksymenkoGreta Gachalyi Lotti HorvathBlanka Virag NagyDorina WimmerAllegra Cristofoletto Eleonora OrsoGiulia PaulisElisa Treglia Foil Team foilGreta Collini Ludovica FranzoniLetizia GabolaMatilde MolinariAlicia Audibert Keren AyeGarance MartinGarance RogerMegan Elliott Isabella JohnsonAmelie TsangZoe Wagstaff Sabre Team sabreRosemarie Benciu Amalia CovaliuCatinca DumitruAnastasia FuseaRoxane Chabrol Elea FaurAlejandra MangaRita RobineauxSofia Holovkina Viktoriia KorotchenkoValeriia Morenets-KubanskaMaiia VelychkoMen Epée Team epée Cador Beautyman Alec BrookeTristan LumineauSameer Sunder-Rajan Odinn Bindas Noam DucheneEtienne ImbertAina Rahamefy Jaime de la Cal Guijarro Jose Miguel Martin GamazoRayan Rami RozpideRicardo Sanchez Almoguera Foil Team foilJaimie Cook David KellyCallum PenmanDavid SosnovNuma Crist Adrien Helmy-CocoynacqLouis PradelAntoine SpichigerHenrik Barby Niklas DiestelkampRuben LindnerLinus Schulz Sabre Team sabreCosimo Bertini Edoardo RealeLeonardo RealeValerio RealeBaptiste Baylac Tom CoudercRoman FrabouletLucas GuilleyTolga Aslan Enes Talha KalenderAdem Doruk KupeliFurkan Yaman
References
External links European Fencing Confederation Official event site British Fencing