2006 World Fencing Championships
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The 2006 World Fencing Championships
FIE World Championships in Fencing
The World Championships in Fencing is an annual competition organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime or FIE, . The world championships are, after the Olympic Games, the most prominent international competition in the sport of fencing...

were held at the Oval Lingotto
Oval Lingotto
Torino Oval Lingotto is an indoor arena in Turin, Italy. It was built for use at the 2006 Winter Olympics, during which it hosted speed skating events...

 in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. The event took place from September 29 to October 7, 2006.

Medal table

1 4 1 1 6
2 2 0 3 5
3 2 0 1 3
4 1 3 3 7
5 1 2 1 4
6 1 1 2 4
7 1 1 1 3
8 0 1 1 2
0 1 1 2
10 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
12 0 0 3 3
13 0 0 1 1

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Épée  People's Republic of China Wang Lei
Wang Lei (fencing)
Wang Lei is a Chinese épée fencer.Wang won the gold medal at the épée 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Joaquim Videira 6-5 in the final. He also won the silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 Portugal Joaquim Videira
Joaquim Videira
Joaquim Filipe Ferreira dos Santos Videira is a Portuguese fencer. He was the épée world vice champion in 2006.-Biography:Joaquim Videira started fencing under the direction of his coach, the Hélder Alves....

 Canada Igor Tikhomirov
Igor Tikhomirov
Igor Tikhomirov is a Canadian épée fencer.He competed for the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the épée team competition...

 
 Estonia Sven Jarve
Sven Järve
Sven Järve is an Estonian épée fencer.Jarve won the bronze medal at the épée 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost 15-12 to Joaquim Videira in the semi final.-Record Against Selected Opponents:...

Foil  Germany Peter Joppich
Peter Joppich
Peter Joppich is a German foil fencer.Joppich won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Andrea Baldini 15-14 in the final. He beat Baldini again in the 2007 final, 15-9. He was also the 2003 World Champion.-References:* Markus Wessel / WDR.de...

 Italy Andrea Baldini
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Baldini is an Italian foil fencer.Baldini won the silver medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost the final 15-14 versus Peter Joppich....

 Italy Stefano Barrera
Stefano Barrera
Stefano Barrera is an Italian foil fencer.Barrera won the bronze medal for the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost 15-13 to Andrea Baldini in the semi final. Two years later, in the 2008 World Fencing Championships he won the team competition.He belongs to Centro Sportivo...

 
 People's Republic of China Lei Sheng
Lei Sheng
Lei Sheng is a Chinese foil fencer.Lei won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost 15-10 to Peter Joppich in the semi final. He also competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics-References:...

Sabre  Russia Stanislav Pozdniakov
Stanislav Pozdniakov
Stanislav Alexeyevich Pozdniakov is a Russian fencer, who has won five Olympic medals in the sabre competitions. He also won the gold medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships and the 2007 World Fencing Championships in the individual sabre as well as a bronze medal in the team sabre in...

 Hungary Zsolt Nemcsik
Zsolt Nemcsik
Zsolt Nemcsik is a Hungarian sabre fencer.Nemcsik won the individual silver sabre medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost the final 15-11 versus Stanislav Pozdniakov....

 Russia Alexei Frossine
Alexei Frossine
Alexei Frossine is a Russian fencer who won a gold medal in the team sabre competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov, and Sergey Sharikov...

 
 South Korea Won Woo-Young
Won Woo-Young
Won Woo-Young is a South Korean sabre fencer.He won the bronze medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships, after losing 15-10 to Zsolt Nemcsik in the semi-final. At the sabre 2010 World Fencing Championships, he won the gold medal.-Achievements References :*...

Team Épée  France Érik Boisse
Érik Boisse
Érik Boisse is a French épée fencer. He is the son of Philippe Boisse.Boisse won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Ulrich Robeiri, Gauthier Grumier,...


 France Gauthier Grumier
Gauthier Grumier
Gauthier Grumier is a French épée fencer.Grumier won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Érik Boisse, Ulrich Robeiri and Fabrice Jeannet...


 France Fabrice Jeannet
Fabrice Jeannet
Fabrice Jeannet is a retired French épée fencer.Jeannet won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the individual épée in 2008. He was also a member of the French team that won the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in...


 France Ulrich Robeiri
Ulrich Robeiri
Ulrich Robeiri is a French épée fencer.Robeiri won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Érik Boisse, Gauthier Grumier and Fabrice Jeannet.-References:*...

 Spain Jose Luis Abajo
Jose Luis Abajo
José Luis Abajo Gómez is a Spanish épée fencer.Abajo won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final...


 Spain Ignacio Canto
Ignacio Canto
Ignacio Canto is a Spanish épée fencer.Canto won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Jose Luis Abajo, Juan Castaneda and Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto.-References:...


 Spain Juan Castaneda
Juan Castaneda
Juan Castañeda is a Spanish épée fencer.Castañeda won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Ignacio Canto, José Luis Abajo and Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto.-References:...


 Spain Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto
Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto
Eduardo Sepulveda Puerto is a Spanish épée fencer.Sepulveda Puerto won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Ignacio Canto, Juan Castaneda and Jose Luis Abajo.-References:...

 Ukraine Dmytro Chumak
Dmytro Chumak
Dmytro Chumak is a Ukrainian épée fencer.Chumak won the bronze medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Hungary in the bronze medal match. He accomplished this with his team mates Dmitriy Karuchenko, Maksym Khvorost and Bogdan Nikishin. He competed at the...


 Ukraine Dmitriy Karuchenko
Dmitriy Karuchenko
Dmitriy Karuchenko is a Ukrainian épée fencer.Karuchenko competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.He won the bronze medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Hungary in the bronze medal match. He accomplished this with his team mates Dmytro Chumak, Maksym...


 Ukraine Maksym Khvorost
Maksym Khvorost
Maksym Khvorost is a Ukrainian épée fencer.Khvorost won the bronze medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Hungary in the bronze medal match...


 Ukraine Bogdan Nikishin
Bogdan Nikishin
Bohdan Nikishin is a Ukrainian épée fencer.Nikishin won the bronze medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after defeating Hungary in the bronze medal match. He accomplished this with his team mates Dmitriy Karuchenko, Maksym Khvorost and Dmytro Chumak...

Team Foil  France Loic Attely
 France Nicolas Beaudan
Nicolas Beaudan
Nicolas Beaudan is a French foil fencer. His nickname is the "black cat". He began fencing when he was eight years old...


 France Erwan Le Pechoux
 France Marcel Marcilloux
 Germany Dominik Behr
 Germany Richard Breutner
 Germany Peter Joppich
Peter Joppich
Peter Joppich is a German foil fencer.Joppich won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Andrea Baldini 15-14 in the final. He beat Baldini again in the 2007 final, 15-9. He was also the 2003 World Champion.-References:* Markus Wessel / WDR.de...


 Germany Benjamin Kleibrink
Benjamin Kleibrink
Benjamin Philip Kleibrink is a German Foil fencer.Kleibrink's greatest achievement is a gold medal win in men's individual Foil in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. To win gold, Kleibrink beat Kenta Chida 15-10, Lei Sheng 15-7, Zhu Jun 15-4, and then Yuki Ota 15-9 in the final...

 Italy Andrea Baldini
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Baldini is an Italian foil fencer.Baldini won the silver medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after he lost the final 15-14 versus Peter Joppich....


 Italy Andrea Cassara
Andrea Cassarà
Andrea Cassarà is an Italian fencer and Olympian. He has won medals for foil.- External links :*...


 Italy Salvatore Sanzo
Salvatore Sanzo
Salvatore Sanzo is an Italian fencer and Olympian. He won a team gold and individual silver medal in Athens and an individual bronze medal in Beijing in foil.One of the greatest foil fencers of all time....


 Italy Simone Vanni
Team Sabre  France Vincent Anstett
Vincent Anstett
Vincent Anstett is a French sabre fencer.Anstett won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final...


 France Nicolas Lopez
Nicolas Lopez
Nicolas Lopez is a French sabre fencer.Lopez won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Ukraine in the final...


 France Julien Pillet
Julien Pillet
Julien Pillet is a French sabre fencer. He is a three-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also at the 2008 Summer Olympics...


 France Boris Sanson
Boris Sanson
Boris Sanson is a French sabre fencer.Sanson won the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships in Turin after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Vincent Anstett, Julien Pillet and Nicolas Lopez...

 Ukraine Dmytro Boiko
Dmytro Boiko
Dmytro Boiko is a Ukrainian sabre fencer.Boiko won the silver medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Volodymyr Lukashenko, Oleh Shturbabin and Vladislav Tretiak.- References :...


 Ukraine Vladimir Lukashenko
Vladimir Lukashenko
Volodymyr Lukashenko is a Ukrainian sabre fencer.He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics....


 Ukraine Oleg Shturbabin
Oleg Shturbabin
Oleh Shturbabin is a Ukrainian sabre fencer.He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in sixth position in the sabre event. Shturbabin won the silver medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to France in the final. He accomplished this with his...


 Ukraine Vladislav Tretiak
Vladislav Tretiak (fencer)
Vladislav Tretiak is a Ukrainian fencer who competed in the Sabre Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal....

 Russia Alexei Frossine
Alexei Frossine
Alexei Frossine is a Russian fencer who won a gold medal in the team sabre competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov, and Sergey Sharikov...


 Russia Nikolay Kovalev
Nikolay Kovalev (fencer)
Nikolay Anatolyevich Kovalev is a Russian sabre fencer.Kovalev won the bronze medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Hungary in the bronze medal match...


 Russia Stanislav Pozdniakov
Stanislav Pozdniakov
Stanislav Alexeyevich Pozdniakov is a Russian fencer, who has won five Olympic medals in the sabre competitions. He also won the gold medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships and the 2007 World Fencing Championships in the individual sabre as well as a bronze medal in the team sabre in...


 Russia Alexey Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko
Alexey Yakimenko is a Russian fencer, who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Alexei Diatchenko, Stanislav Pozdniakov and Sergey Sharikov. He represented Russia again at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not win a medal...


Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Épée  Hungary Tímea Nagy
Tímea Nagy
Tímea Nagy is a Hungarian fencer who has won two Olympic gold medals in Individual Épée. She is left-handed, and became world champion in the épée discipline at the 2006 World Fencing Championships...

 Estonia Irina Embrich
Irina Embrich
Irina Embrich is an Estonian épée fencer.Embrich won the silver medal at the épée 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost the final 15-11 versus Tímea Nagy.-References:...

 Hungary Emese Szasz
Emese Szász
Emese Szász is a Hungarian épée fencer.Szász won the bronze medal at the épée 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15-10 to Irina Embrich in the semi final.-Achievements:* 2010 World Fencing Championships, épée...

 
 France Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic is a French épée fencer. She is currently number one on the all-time list of French female Winter or Summer Olympic medal winners with five medals, two more than...

Foil  Italy Margherita Granbassi
Margherita Granbassi
Margherita Granbassi is an Italian foil fencer.Granbassi won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Valentina Vezzali 7-6 in the final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her team mates Elisa Di Francisca,...

 Italy Valentina Vezzali
Valentina Vezzali
Maria Valentina Vezzali is an Italian fencer who has won five Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.-Career:...

 Hungary Aida Mohamed
Aida Mohamed
Aida Mohamed is a Hungarian foil fencer of Arabic descent.Mohamed won the bronze medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15-3 to Valentina Vezzali in the semi final....

 
 Italy Giovanna Trillini
Giovanna Trillini
Giovanna Trillini is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion and she won an additional silver and 3 bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions....

Sabre  United States Rebecca Ward
Rebecca Ward
Rebecca "Becca" Ward is an American sabre fencer. She won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Mariel Zagunis 15-11 in the final, and took bronze in both individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-History:A member of the Oregon Fencing...

 United States Mariel Zagunis
Mariel Zagunis
Mariel Leigh Zagunis is an American Olympic sabre fencer, of Lithuanian heritage. She won the gold medals in the individual sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is only the second American ever to have won a gold medal in Olympic fencing.-Biography:Zagunis is the...

 United States Sada Jacobson
Sada Jacobson
Sada Molly Jacobson is an American fencer. Her hometown is Dunwoody, GA. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist. She has been training at Nellya fencers from a young age.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a...

 
 South Korea Kim Hye-Lim
Kim Hye-Lim
Kim Hye-Lim is a South Korean sabre fencer.Kim won the bronze medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after she lost 15-14 to Rebecca Ward in the semi final.-References:...

Team Épée  People's Republic of China Li Na
Li Na (fencer)
Li Na is a female Chinese épée fencer.Li won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating France in the final...


 People's Republic of China Luo Xiaojuan
Luo Xiaojuan
Luo Xiaojuan is a Chinese épée fencer.Luo won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating a French competitor in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Li Na, Zhang Li and Zhong Weiping.- References :...


 People's Republic of China Zhang Li
Zhang Li (fencer)
Zhang Li is a female Chinese épée fencer.Zhang won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating France in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Li Na, Luo Xiaojuan and Zhong Weiping. She also represented China at the 2004 Athens...


 People's Republic of China Zhong Weiping
Zhong Weiping
Zhong Weiping is a female Chinese épée fencer.Zhong won the gold medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating France in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Li Na, Luo Xiaojuan and Zhang Li...

 France Marysa Baradji-Duchene
Marysa Baradji-Duchêne
Marysa Baradji-Duchêne is a French épée fencer.Baradji-Duchêne won the silver medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after losing to China in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Hajnalka Kiraly Picot, Maureen Nisima and Laura...


 France Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic
Laura Flessel-Colovic is a French épée fencer. She is currently number one on the all-time list of French female Winter or Summer Olympic medal winners with five medals, two more than...


 France Hajnalka Kiraly Picot
Hajnalka Kiraly Picot
Hajnalka Kiraly-Picot is a Hungarian-born French épée fencer, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics alongside Laura Flessel-Colovic, Maureen Nisima and Sarah Daninthe....


 France Maureen Nisima
Maureen Nisima
Maureen Nisima is a French épée fencer, who won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics alongside Laura Flessel-Colovic, Hajnalka Kiraly Picot and Sarah Daninthe....

 Germany Claudia Bokel
Claudia Bokel
Claudia Bokel is a German épée fencer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the épée competition with her teammates, Britta Heidemann and Imke Duplitzer. She won a gold medal at the 2001 World Fencing Championships and at the 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship épée event...


 Germany Imke Duplitzer
Imke Duplitzer
Imke Duplitzer is a German épée fencer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the épée competition with her teammates, Britta Heidemann and Claudia Bokel...


 Germany Britta Heidemann
Britta Heidemann
Britta Heidemann is a German épée fencer. Heidemann had her biggest success on 13 August during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, when she defeated Ana Maria Brânză to win the gold medal, just minutes after fellow countryman Benjamin Kleibrink won the men's individual foil competition...


 Germany Marijana Markovic
Marijana Markovic
Marijana Marković is a German épée fencer.Marković won the bronze medal in the épée team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Romania in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her team mates Imke Duplitzer, Claudia Bokel and Britta Heidemann.- External links :*...

Team Foil  Russia Svetlana Boiko
Svetlana Boiko
Svetlana Anatolyevna Boiko is a Russian foil fencer.Boiko won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final...


 Russia Aida Chanaeva
Aida Chanaeva
Aida Vladimirovna Shanayeva is a Russian foil fencer.Chanayeva won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Svetlana Boiko, Julia Khakimova and Ianna Rouzavina.- External links :*...


 Russia Julia Khakimova
Julia Khakimova
Julia Khakimova is a Russian foil fencer.Khakimova won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final...


 Russia Ianna Rouzavina
Ianna Rouzavina
Ianna Rouzavina is a Russian foil fencer.Rouzavina won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Aida Chanaeva, Julia Khakimova and Svetlana Boiko...

 Italy Elisa di Francisca
Elisa Di Francisca
Elisa Di Francisca is an Italian foil fencer, she's individual foil world champion, won the gold medal in 2010.-Career:...


 Italy Margherita Granbassi
Margherita Granbassi
Margherita Granbassi is an Italian foil fencer.Granbassi won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Valentina Vezzali 7-6 in the final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her team mates Elisa Di Francisca,...


 Italy Giovanna Trillini
Giovanna Trillini
Giovanna Trillini is an Italian foil fencer. She is a 4-time Olympic champion and she won an additional silver and 3 bronze medals in individual Olympic competitions....


 Italy Valentina Vezzali
Valentina Vezzali
Maria Valentina Vezzali is an Italian fencer who has won five Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.-Career:...

 South Korea Jeon Hee-Sook
 South Korea Jung Gil-Ok
Jung Gil-Ok
Jung Gil-Ok is a South Korean foil fencer.Jung won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her team mates Jeon Hee-Sok, Seo Mi-Jung and Nam Hyun-Hee...


 South Korea Nam Hyun-Hee
Nam Hyun-Hee
Nam Hyun-Hee is a South Korean foil fencer.Nam won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her team mates Jeon Hee-Sok, Jung Gil-Ok and Seo Mi-Jung...


 South Korea Seo Mi-Jung
Seo Mi-Jung
Seo Mi-Jung is a South Korean foil fencer.Seo won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze medal match. She accomplished this with her team mates Jeon Hee-Sok, Jung Gil-Ok and Nam Hyun-Hee...

Team Sabre  France Cécile Argiolas
 France Solenne Mary
 France Léonore Perrus
 France Anne-Lise Touya
 United States Sada Jacobson
Sada Jacobson
Sada Molly Jacobson is an American fencer. Her hometown is Dunwoody, GA. She is the 2008 Olympic Individual Sabre silver medalist and 2004 Olympic Individual Sabre bronze medalist. She has been training at Nellya fencers from a young age.-Background:Jacobson is a daughter of David Jacobson, a...


 United States Caitlin Thompson
 United States Rebecca Ward
Rebecca Ward
Rebecca "Becca" Ward is an American sabre fencer. She won the gold medal at the sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Mariel Zagunis 15-11 in the final, and took bronze in both individual and team sabre events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-History:A member of the Oregon Fencing...


 United States Mariel Zagunis
Mariel Zagunis
Mariel Leigh Zagunis is an American Olympic sabre fencer, of Lithuanian heritage. She won the gold medals in the individual sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is only the second American ever to have won a gold medal in Olympic fencing.-Biography:Zagunis is the...

 Russia Ekaterina Diatchenko
 Russia Ekaterina Fedorkina
 Russia Elena Netchaeva
 Russia Sophia Velikaia
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