2006 European Fencing Championships

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

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

Men's events

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 (RUS)  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

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 Bojko 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	Poland Anne-Lise Touya Solenne Mary Léonore Perrus Cécile Argiolas

Medal table

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
Total		12	12	18	42

Results

Men

Individual foil

	Semi-finals				Final
	Richard Kruse	15
	Brice Guyart	11
					Ralf Bißdorf	15
					Richard Kruse	7
	Ralf Bißdorf	15
	Benjamin Kleibrink	13

Individual épée

	Semi-finals				Final
	Bastien Sicot	15
	Pavel Kolobkov	5
					Bastien Sicot	8
					Iván Kovács	15
	Iván Kovács	15
	Alfredo Rota	9

Individual sabre

	Semi-finals				Final
	Volodymyr Lukashenko	15
	Julien Pillet	11
					Volodymyr Lukashenko	11
					Aleksey Yakimenko	15
	Aleksey Yakimenko	15
	Florin Zalomir	14

Women

Individual foil

	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

	Semi-finals				Final
	Claudia Bokel	15
	Anca Măroiu	8
					Claudia Bokel	11
					Tatiana Logunova	10
	Nadiya Kazimirchuk	13
	Tatiana Logunova	14

Individual sabre

	Semi-finals				Final
	Sofiya Velikaya	15
	Ilaria Bianco	4
					Sofiya Velikaya	15
					Olha Kharlan	14
	Olha Kharlan	15
	Bogna Jóźwiak	14

References

• Results at the European Fencing Confederation

External links

• Turkish Fencing Federation (TEF) official website
• European Fencing Confederation (EFC) official website