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Find sources: "2017 World Fencing Championships" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 2017 World Fencing Championships Dates 19–26 July Host city Leipzig, Germany Venue Arena Leipzig Events 12 ← 2016 Rio 2018 Wuxi → 2017 World Fencing Championships Épée men women Team épée men women Foil men women Team foil men women Sabre men women Team sabre men women v t e The **2017 [World Fencing Championships](/source/World_Fencing_Championships)** was held at the [Arena Leipzig](/source/Arena_Leipzig) in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), [Germany](/source/Germany) from 19 to 26 July 2017.[1] During the championships there was a demonstration of [wheelchair fencing](/source/Wheelchair_fencing). Russian [Ksenia Ovsyannikova](/source/Ksenia_Ovsyannikova) was Head of the Promotion Commission of IWAS and [Pal Szekeres](/source/Pal_Szekeres) IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Chairman and [Udo Ziegler](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Udo_Ziegler&action=edit&redlink=1) IWAS Secretary General was also present at the Arena Leipzig Stadium.[2] ## Schedule ● Opening Ceremony Q Qualifying ● Finals ● Closing Ceremony July 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Total Ceremonies ● ● Foil Individual Women Men Women Men 2 Épée Individual Men Women Men Women 2 Epee Individual Men Women Men Women 2 fencing Team Men Women 2 Florete Team Women Women 2 Sabre Team Men Women 2 Total Gold Medals 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 ## Medal summary ### Medal table Host nation Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Italy (ITA) 4 1 4 9 2 Russia (RUS) 3 0 3 6 3 South Korea (KOR) 1 2 0 3 4 Estonia (EST) 1 1 1 3 Hungary (HUN) 1 1 1 3 6 France (FRA) 1 0 5 6 7 Ukraine (UKR) 1 0 1 2 8 United States (USA) 0 2 0 2 9 Japan (JPN) 0 1 1 2 Poland (POL) 0 1 1 2 11 China (CHN) 0 1 0 1 Switzerland (SUI) 0 1 0 1 Tunisia (TUN) 0 1 0 1 14 Germany (GER)* 0 0 1 1 Totals (14 entries) 12 12 18 42 ### Men's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Individual épée details Paolo Pizzo Italy Nikolai Novosjolov Estonia Richard Schmidt Germany András Rédli Hungary Team épée details France Yannick Borel Ronan Gustin Daniel Jérent Jean-Michel Lucenay Switzerland Max Heinzer Georg Kuhn Michele Niggeler Benjamin Steffen Russia Nikita Glazkov Anton Glebko Sergey Khodos Pavel Sukhov Individual foil details Dmitry Zherebchenko Russia Toshiya Saito Japan Daniele Garozzo Italy Takahiro Shikine Japan Team foil details Italy Giorgio Avola Andrea Cassarà Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo United States Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt France Jérémy Cadot Enzo Lefort Erwann Le Péchoux Julien Mertine Individual sabre details András Szatmári Hungary Gu Bon-gil South Korea Kamil Ibragimov Russia Vincent Anstett France Team sabre details South Korea Gu Bon-gil Kim Jun-ho Kim Jung-hwan Oh Sang-uk Hungary Tamás Decsi Csanád Gémesi András Szatmári Áron Szilágyi Italy Enrico Berrè Dario Cavaliere Luca Curatoli Luigi Samele ### Women's events Event Gold Silver Bronze Individual épée details Tatyana Gudkova Russia Ewa Nelip Poland Olena Kryvytska Ukraine Julia Beljajeva Estonia Team épée details Estonia Julia Beljajeva Irina Embrich Erika Kirpu Kristina Kuusk China Sun Yiwen Sun Yujie Xu Chengzi Zhu Mingye Poland Renata Knapik-Miazga Ewa Nelip Magdalena Piekarska Barbara Rutz Individual foil details Inna Deriglazova Russia Alice Volpi Italy Arianna Errigo Italy Ysaora Thibus France Team foil details Italy Martina Batini Arianna Errigo Camilla Mancini Alice Volpi United States Lee Kiefer Margaret Lu Nzingha Prescod Nicole Ross Russia Inna Deriglazova Anastasia Ivanova Svetlana Tripapina Adelina Zagidullina Individual sabre details Olha Kharlan Ukraine Azza Besbes Tunisia Irene Vecchi Italy Cécilia Berder France Team sabre details Italy Martina Criscio Rossella Gregorio Loreta Gulotta Irene Vecchi South Korea Hwang Seon-a Kim Ji-yeon Seo Ji-yeon Yoon Ji-su France Cécilia Berder Manon Brunet Charlotte Lembach Caroline Queroli ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-fechten2017_1-0)** ["www.fechten2017.de :: Die FechtWM 2017 in Leipzig: Schedule"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170729140739/http://www.fechten2017.de/sport/schedule.html?L=1). fechten2017.de. Archived from [the original](http://www.fechten2017.de/sport/schedule.html?L=1) on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-04-14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Wheelchair Fencing Presented at FIE World Championships in Leipzig, Germany"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210629165739/https://iwasf.com/news/wheelchair-fencing-presented-at-fie-world-championships-in-leipzig-germany/). *Int'l Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation*. 2017-07-26. Archived from [the original](https://iwasf.com/news/wheelchair-fencing-presented-at-fie-world-championships-in-leipzig-germany/) on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29. ## External links - [Official website](http://www.fechten2017.de/sport.html?L=1) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170801071202/http://www.fechten2017.de/sport.html?L=1) 2017-08-01 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e World Fencing Championships Unofficial 1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Official 1937 1938 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1963 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022 2023 2025 2026 v t e World championships in 2017 Summer sports & indoor sports American football (women) Archery Aquatics diving high diving open water swimming swimming synchronized swimming water polo Athletics cross country Badminton Baseball (men) Basketball (3x3) Beach soccer Beach volleyball Bowling (9-pin) Bowls Boxing (men) Canoeing slalom sprint marathon Cricket (women) Cycling road track mountain bike cyclo-cross BMX Urban Fencing Floorball (women) Futsal (AMF women) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Inline hockey Judo open Minifootball Modern pentathlon Orienteering trail Rowing Rugby league men women Rugby union (women) Shotgun shooting Softball (men) Squash men women Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Windsurfing Vovinam Wrestling Wushu Winter sports Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh / skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles Figure skating Freestyle skiing / snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distances short track Cue & mind sports Chess women rapid blitz Darts BDO PDC Draughts men women Russian version Pool Nine-ball Snooker six-red Motor sports Air race Endurance racing F1 Powerboat Formula One Motocross men women team MotoGP Moto2 Moto3 Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Rally Rallycross Speedway individual team Sidecarcross Superbike Supersport Touring car --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2017 World Fencing Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Fencing_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Fencing_Championships?action=history)). 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