2006 European Fencing Championships

European Seniors Fencing 2006 Izmir logo

The 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship was held in İzmir, Turkey, between 4 July and 9 July 2006. The event, sanctioned by the European Fencing Confederation (EFC), was organized by the Turkish Fencing Federation (TEF). 382 senior fencers from 37 European countries competed in the championship's foil, épée, and sabre events. Russia was the most successful nation, followed by Hungary and Romania. This was the first time that the championship was hosted by Turkey.

Venue[edit]

İzmir is the third largest city of Turkey. The competitions took place in İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall, a multi-purpose hall with a capacity of around 9,000 persons, completed in 2005.

Medal summary[edit]

Men's events[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Ralf Bißdorf (GER)	Richard Kruse (GBR)	Brice Guyart (FRA) Benjamin Kleibrink (GER)
Épée	Iván Kovács (HUN)	Bastien Sicot (FRA)	Alfredo Rota (ITA) Pavel Kolobkov (RUS)
Sabre	Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS)	Volodymyr Lukashenko (UKR)	Julien Pillet (FRA) Florin Zalomir (ROU)
Team foil	France Sébastien Coutant Brice Guyart Grégory Koenig Térence Joubert	Poland Wojciech Szuchnicki Radosław Glonek Sławomir Mocek Michał Majewski	Russia Andrey Deyev Youri Moltchan Sergey Tikhonov Dmitriy Petrov
Team épée	Hungary Gábor Boczkó Iván Kovács Géza Imre Attila Fekete	Poland Robert Andrzejuk Krzysztof Mikołajczak Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch	Italy Stefano Carozzo Alfredo Rota Paolo Milanoli Diego Confalonieri
Team sabre	Romania Mihai Covaliu Rareș Dumitrescu Constantin Sandu Florin Zalomir	Hungary Zsolt Nemcsik Tamás Decsi Balázs Lengyel Balázs Lontay	Russia Aleksey Yakimenko Aleksey Frosin Stanislav Pozdnyakov Nikolay Kovalev

Women's events[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Ianna Rouzavina (RUS)	Elisa Di Francisca (ITA)	Claudia Pigliapoco (ITA) Anna Rybicka (POL)
Épée	Claudia Bokel (GER)	Tatiana Logunova (RUS)	Nadiya Kazimirchuk (UKR) Anca Măroiu (ROU)
Sabre	Sofiya Velikaya (RUS)	Olha Kharlan (UKR)	Ilaria Bianco (ITA) Bogna Jóźwiak (POL)
Team foil	Russia Svetlana Boyko Julia Khakimova Ianna Rouzavina Aida Shanayeva	Romania Roxana Scarlat Cristina Ghiță Cristina Stahl	Poland Karolina Chlewińska Sylwia Gruchała Magdalena Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka
Team épée	Romania Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Iordăchioiu Iuliana Măceșeanu Anca Măroiu	Hungary Adrienn Hormay Tímea Nagy Emese Szász Hajnalka Toth	Germany Claudia Bokel Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Marijana Markovic
Team sabre	Russia Sofiya Velikaya Yekaterina Fedorkina Yekaterina Dyachenko Yelena Nechayeva	Poland Bogna Jóźwiak Aleksandra Socha Irena Więckowska Lidia Sołtys	France Anne-Lise Touya Solenne Mary Léonore Perrus Cécile Argiolas

Medal table[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	5	1	3	9
2	Hungary	2	2	0	4
3	Romania	2	1	2	5
4	Germany	2	0	2	4
5	France	1	1	3	5
6	Poland	0	3	3	6
7	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
8	Italy	0	1	4	5
9	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		12	12	18	42

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Individual foil[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Richard Kruse	15

Brice Guyart	11
		Ralf Bißdorf	15

		Richard Kruse	7
Ralf Bißdorf	15

Benjamin Kleibrink	13

Individual épée[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Bastien Sicot	15

Pavel Kolobkov	5
		Bastien Sicot	8

		Iván Kovács	15
Iván Kovács	15

Alfredo Rota	9

Individual sabre[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Volodymyr Lukashenko	15

Julien Pillet	11
		Volodymyr Lukashenko	11

		Aleksey Yakimenko	15
Aleksey Yakimenko	15

Florin Zalomir	14

Women[edit]

Individual foil[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Ianna Rouzavina	14

Anna Rybicka	8
		Ianna Rouzavina	15

		Elisa Di Francisca	10
Elisa Di Francisca	10

Claudia Pigliapoco	9

Individual épée[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Claudia Bokel	15

Anca Măroiu	8
		Claudia Bokel	11

		Tatiana Logunova	10
Nadiya Kazimirchuk	13

Tatiana Logunova	14

Individual sabre[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Sofiya Velikaya	15

Ilaria Bianco	4
		Sofiya Velikaya	15

		Olha Kharlan	14
Olha Kharlan	15

Bogna Jóźwiak	14

References[edit]

Results at the European Fencing Confederation

External links[edit]