# 2009 European Fencing Championships

The 2009 European Fencing Championships was held at the International Fair Plovdiv in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event took place from July 14 to July 19, 2009.

## Schedule

| ● | Opening Ceremony | ● | Finals | ● | Closing Ceremony |
| July | July | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | ● | | | | | | ● | |
| Épée Individual | Épée Individual | | | Women | Men | | | | 2 |
| Épée team | Épée team | | | | | | Women | Men | 2 |
| Foil Individual | Foil Individual | | Women | Men | | | | | 2 |
| Foil Team | Foil Team | | | | | Women | Men | | 2 |
| Sabre Individual | Sabre Individual | | Men | | Women | | | | 2 |
| Sabre Team | Sabre Team | | | | | Men | | Women | 2 |
| Total Gold Medals | Total Gold Medals | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Épée | Sven Schmid (GER) | Ulrich Robeiri (FRA) | Gábor Boczkó (HUN) Gauthier Grumier (FRA) |
| Foil | Andrea Baldini (ITA) | Richard Kruse (GBR) | Andre Wessels (GER) Laurence Halsted (GBR) |
| Sabre | Veniamin Reshetnikov (RUS) | Julien Pillet (FRA) | Giampiero Pastore (ITA) Björn Hübner (GER) |
| Team Épée | Hungary | Switzerland | Italy |
| Team Foil | Italy | Russia | Germany |
| Team Sabre | Italy | Romania | France |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Épée | Britta Heidemann (GER) | Anna Sivkova (RUS) | Laura Flessel-Colovic (FRA) Yana Shemyakina (UKR) |
| Foil | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Katja Wächter (GER) | Gabriella Varga (HUN) Arianna Errigo (ITA) |
| Sabre | Olha Kharlan (UKR) | Yekaterina Dyachenko (RUS) | Solenne Mary (FRA) Halyna Pundyk (UKR) |
| Team Épée | Romania | Poland | Switzerland |
| Team Foil | Italy | Russia | France |
| Team Sabre | Ukraine | Russia | Italy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### Foil individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| | Richard Kruse | United Kingdom |
| | Andre Wessels | Germany |
| | Laurence Halsted | United Kingdom |
| 5. | Stefano Barrera | Italy |
| 6. | Radosław Glonek | Poland |
| 7. | Peter Joppich | Germany |
| 8. | Aleksey Khovanskiy | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Richard Kruse | 15 | | |
| Radosław Glonek | 14 | | |
| Radosław Glonek | 14 | Richard Kruse | 15 |
| | | Laurence Halsted | 12 |
| Aleksey Khovanskiy | 12 | Laurence Halsted | 12 |
| Laurence Halsted | 13 | | | | |
| Laurence Halsted | 13 | | | Richard Kruse | 7 |
| | | | | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Stefano Barrera | 12 | | | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Andre Wessels | 15 | | | | |
| Andre Wessels | 15 | Andre Wessels | 7 | | |
| | | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Peter Joppich | 14 | Andrea Baldini | 15 |
| Andrea Baldini | 15 | | |

#### Foil team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà Simone Vanni Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| | Renal Ganeyev Artem Sedov Aleksey Khovanskiy Aleksandr Stukalin | Russia |
| | Dominik Behr Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Sebastian Bachmann | Germany |
| 4 | James Kenber Laurence Halsted Richard Kruse Edward Jefferies | United Kingdom |
| 5. | Gregory Koenig Erwann Le Péchoux Brice Guyart Térence Joubert | France |
| 6. | Sławomir Mocek Radosław Glonek Marcin Zawada Pawel Osmanski | Poland |
| 7. | Moritz Hinterseer Renee Pranz Roland Schlosser Tobias Hinterseer | Austria |
| 8. | Gabriel Menendez Javier Menendez Luis Caplliure Ignacio Rodriguez | Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| Austria | 42 | | |
| Austria | 42 | Italy | 45 |
| | | Germany | 44 |
| Germany | 45 | Germany | 44 |
| France | 40 | | | | |
| France | 40 | | | Italy | 44 |
| | | | | Russia | 43 |
| Poland | 42 | | | Russia | 43 |
| United Kingdom | 45 | | | | |
| United Kingdom | 45 | United Kingdom | 37 | | |
| | | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 27 | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 40 | | | | |
| Russia | 40 | | | Germany | 45 |
| | | | | United Kingdom | 31 |

#### Epée individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Sven Schmid | Germany |
| | Ulrich Robeiri | France |
| | Gábor Boczkó | Hungary |
| | Gauthier Grumier | France |
| 5. | Jörg Fiedler | Germany |
| 6. | Bohdan Nikishyn | Ukraine |
| 7. | Jérôme Jeannet | France |
| 8. | José Luis Abajo | Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Jörg Fiedler | 9 | | |
| Ulrich Robeiri | 15 | | |
| Ulrich Robeiri | 15 | Ulrich Robeiri | 15 |
| | | Gábor Boczkó | 12 |
| José Luis Abajo | 10 | Gábor Boczkó | 12 |
| Gábor Boczkó | 15 | | | | |
| Gábor Boczkó | 15 | | | Ulrich Robeiri | 7 |
| | | | | Sven Schmid | 15 |
| Bohdan Nikishyn | 7 | | | Sven Schmid | 15 |
| Sven Schmid | 8 | | | | |
| Sven Schmid | 8 | Sven Schmid | 15 | | |
| | | Gauthier Grumier | 14 |
| Gauthier Grumier | 15 | Gauthier Grumier | 14 |
| Jérôme Jeannet | 7 | | |

#### Epée team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre András Rédli | Hungary |
| | Fabian Kauter Max Heinzer Benjamin Steffen | Switzerland |
| | Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol Diego Confalonieri Francesco Martinelli | Italy |
| 4. | Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak Krzysztof Mikołajczak | Poland |
| 5. | Gauthier Grumier Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri | France |
| 6. | Maksym Khvorost Bohdan Nikishyn Igor Reyzlin Vitaly Medvedev | Ukraine |
| 7. | Aleksey Tikhomirov Igor Turchin Anton Avdeev Alexander Berezkin | Russia |
| 8. | Fredrik Backer Alexandr Tarkovskij Hemmi Sturla Torkildsen Bartosz Piasecki | Norway |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 32 | | |
| Switzerland | 45 | | |
| Switzerland | 45 | Switzerland | 42 |
| | | Poland | 36 |
| Norway | 36 | Poland | 36 |
| Poland | 43 | | | | |
| Poland | 43 | | | Switzerland | 32 |
| | | | | Hungary | 45 |
| Hungary | 45 | | | Hungary | 45 |
| Ukraine | 35 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 35 | Hungary | 30 | | |
| | | Italy | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 20 | Italy | 29 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 21 | | | | |
| Italy | 21 | | | Poland | 39 |
| | | | | Italy | 45 |

#### Sabre individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Veniamin Reshetnikov | Russia |
| | Julien Pillet | France |
| | Giampiero Pastore | Italy |
| | Björn Hübner | Germany |
| 5. | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
| 6. | Jorge Pina | Spain |
| 7. | Dmitri Lapkes | Belarus |
| 8. | Nikolay Kovalev | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 | | |
| Dmitri Lapkes | 10 | | |
| Dmitri Lapkes | 10 | Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 |
| | | Giampiero Pastore | 6 |
| Giampiero Pastore | 15 | Giampiero Pastore | 6 |
| Nicolas Limbach | 14 | | | | |
| Nicolas Limbach | 14 | | | Veniamin Reshetnikov | 15 |
| | | | | Julien Pillet | 14 |
| Björn Hübner | 15 | | | Julien Pillet | 14 |
| Jorge Pina | 10 | | | | |
| Jorge Pina | 10 | Björn Hübner | 13 | | |
| | | Julien Pillet | 15 |
| Julien Pillet | 15 | Julien Pillet | 15 |
| Nikolay Kovalev | 6 | | |

#### Sabre team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Giampiero Pastore Aldo Montano Luigi Tarantino Diego Occhiuzzi | Italy |
| | Florin Zalomir Cosmin Hănceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Alexandru Sirițeanu | Romania |
| | Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boladé Apithy Vincent Anstett | France |
| 4. | Áron Szilágyi Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Nikolász Iliász | Hungary |
| 5. | Aliaksandr Buikevich Valery Pryiemka Dmitri Lapkes | Belarus |
| 6. | Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Ilia Mokretsov Nikita Proskura | Russia |
| 7. | Nicolas Limbach Björn Hübner Johannes Klebes Benedikt Beisheim | Germany |
| 8. | Jorge Pina Jaime Martí Fernando Casares Pablo Moreno | Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| Germany | 37 | | |
| Germany | 37 | France | 25 |
| | | Romania | 45 |
| Romania | 45 | Romania | 45 |
| Belarus | 40 | | | | |
| Belarus | 40 | | | Romania | 39 |
| | | | | Italy | 45 |
| Hungary | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
| Russia | 40 | | | | |
| Russia | 40 | Hungary | 31 | | |
| | | Italy | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 32 | Italy | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 45 | | | | |
| Italy | 45 | | | France | 45 |
| | | | | Hungary | 40 |

### Women
#### Sabre individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Olha Kharlan | Ukraine |
| | Yekaterina Dyachenko | Russia |
| | Solenne Mary | France |
| | Halyna Pundyk | Ukraine |
| 5. | Vasiliki Vougiouka | Greece |
| 6. | Irena Więckowska | Poland |
| 7. | Andreea Pelei | Romania |
| 8. | Katarzyna Kedziora | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Irena Więckowska | 12 | | |
| Solenne Mary | 15 | | |
| Solenne Mary | 15 | Solenne Mary | 11 |
| | | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 |
| Vasiliki Vougiouka | 3 | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 15 |
| Ekaterina Diatchenko | 15 | | | | |
| Ekaterina Diatchenko | 15 | | | Yekaterina Dyachenko | 10 |
| | | | | Olha Kharlan | 15 |
| Olha Kharlan | 15 | | | Olha Kharlan | 15 |
| Katarzyna Kedziora | 9 | | | | |
| Katarzyna Kedziora | 9 | Olha Kharlan | 15 | | |
| | | Halyna Pundyk | 7 |
| Halyna Pundyk | 15 | Halyna Pundyk | 7 |
| Andreea Pelei | 11 | | |

#### Sabre team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Halyna Pundyk Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova | Ukraine |
| | Yekaterina Dyachenko Yuliya Gavrilova Sofiya Velikaya | Russia |
| | Irene Vecchi Gioia Marzocca Ilaria Bianco | Italy |
| 4. | Orsolya Nagy Réka Benkó Réka Pető Anna Várhelyi | Hungary |
| 5. | Carole Vergne Léonore Perrus Solenne Mary Cécilia Berder | France |
| 6. | Aleksandra Socha Matylda Ostojska Irena Więckowska Katarzyna Kedziora | Poland |
| 7. | Sibylle Klemm Stefanie Kubissa Anna Limbach Margarita Tschomakov | Germany |
| 8. | Mihaela Bulică Andreea Pelei Elena Munteanu Bianca Pascu | Romania |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ukraine | 45 | | |
| Romania | 22 | | |
| Romania | 22 | Ukraine | 45 |
| | | Hungary | 36 |
| Hungary | 45 | Hungary | 36 |
| France | 43 | | | | |
| France | 43 | | | Ukraine | 45 |
| | | | | Russia | 31 |
| Poland | 38 | | | Russia | 31 |
| Italy | 45 | | | | |
| Italy | 45 | Italy | 29 | | |
| | | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 36 | Russia | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 45 | | | | |
| Russia | 45 | | | Hungary | 40 |
| | | | | Italy | 45 |

#### Foil individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Valentina Vezzali | Italy |
| | Katja Wächter | Germany |
| | Gabriella Varga | Hungary |
| | Arianna Errigo | Italy |
| 5. | Aida Shanayeva | Russia |
| 6. | Corinne Maîtrejean | France |
| 7. | Carolin Golubytskyi | Germany |
| 8. | Cristina Stahl | Romania |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Valentina Vezzali | 15 | | |
| Cristina Stahl | 7 | | |
| Cristina Stahl | 7 | Valentina Vezzali | 15 |
| | | Gabriella Varga | 13 |
| Gabriella Varga | 15 | Gabriella Varga | 13 |
| Corinne Maîtrejean | 9 | | | | |
| Corinne Maîtrejean | 9 | | | Valentina Vezzali | 15 |
| | | | | Katja Wächter | 8 |
| Aida Shanayeva | 9 | | | Katja Wächter | 8 |
| Katja Wächter | 10 | | | | |
| Katja Wächter | 10 | Katja Wächter | 15 | | |
| | | Arianna Errigo | 13 |
| Carolin Golubytskyi | 9 | Arianna Errigo | 13 |
| Arianna Errigo | 15 | | |

#### Foil team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Elisa Di Francisca Arianna Errigo Ilaria Salvatori Valentina Vezzali | Italy |
| | Aida Shanayeva Yuliya Biryukova Olga Lobyntseva Kamilla Gafurzianova | Russia |
| | Virginie Ujlaky Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Mélanie Moumas | France |
| 4. | Sylwia Gruchała Anna Rybicka Malgorzata Wojtkowiak Martyna Synoradzka | Poland |
| 5. | Carolin Golubytsky Katja Wächter Anja Schache Maria Bartkowski | Germany |
| 6. | Olena Khismatulina Olga Leleyko Kateryna Chentsova Anastasiya Moskovska | Ukraine |
| 7. | Cristina Stahl Cristina Ghiță Maria Udrea Corina Indrei | Romania |
| 8. | Gabriella Varga Fanny Kreiss Katalin Varga Adrienn Berta | Hungary |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Russia | 40 | | |
| Ukraine | 25 | | |
| Ukraine | 25 | Russia | 45 |
| | | Poland | 41 |
| Hungary | 33 | Poland | 41 |
| Poland | 45 | | | | |
| Poland | 45 | | | Russia | 36 |
| | | | | Italy | 45 |
| Germany | 25 | | | Italy | 45 |
| France | 33 | | | | |
| France | 33 | France | 30 | | |
| | | Italy | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Romania | 31 | Italy | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 40 | | | | |
| Italy | 40 | | | Poland | 25 |
| | | | | France | 45 |

#### Epée individual

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Britta Heidemann | Germany |
| | Anna Sivkova | Russia |
| | Laura Flessel-Colovic | France |
| | Yana Shemyakina | Ukraine |
| 5. | Emese Szász | Hungary |
| 6. | Tatiana Logounova | Russia |
| 7. | Noam Mills | Israel |
| 8. | Irina Embrich | Estonia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Yana Shemyakina | 15 | | |
| Noam Mills | 13 | | |
| Noam Mills | 13 | Yana Shemyakina | 14 |
| | | Britta Heidemann | 15 |
| Britta Heidemann | 14 | Britta Heidemann | 15 |
| Irina Embrich | 13 | | | | |
| Irina Embrich | 13 | | | Britta Heidemann | 15 |
| | | | | Anna Sivkova | 8 |
| Emese Szász | 8 | | | Anna Sivkova | 8 |
| Anna Sivkova | 9 | | | | |
| Anna Sivkova | 9 | Anna Sivkova | 9 | | |
| | | Laura Flessel-Colovic | 7 |
| Tatiana Logounova | 8 | Laura Flessel-Colovic | 7 |
| Laura Flessel-Colovic | 9 | | |

#### Épée team

| Position | Name | Country |
| | Ana Maria Brânză Anca Măroiu Iuliana Măceșeanu Simona Alexandru | Romania |
| | Małgorzata Bereza Magdalena Piekarska Danuta Dmowska | Poland |
| | Sophie Lamon Simone Naef Tiffany Géroudet | Switzerland |
| 4. | Monika Sozanska Britta Heidemann Marijana Marković Imke Duplitzer | Germany |
| 5. | Emese Szász Emese Takács Katalin Izsó | Hungary |
| 6. | Hajnalka Kiraly Picot Laura Flessel-Colovic Jeanne Colignon Vanessa Galantine | France |
| 7. | Bianca Del Carretto Nathalie Moellhausen Cristiana Cascioli Francesca Quondamcarlo | Italy |
| 8. | Tatiana Logunova Anna Sivkova Lyubov Shutova Yekaterina Tikhonenkova | Russia |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 42 | | |
| Switzerland | 43 | | |
| Switzerland | 43 | Switzerland | 38 |
| | | Poland | 45 |
| Italy | 31 | Poland | 45 |
| Poland | 40 | | | | |
| Poland | 40 | | | Poland | 34 |
| | | | | Romania | 36 |
| Romania | 45 | | | Romania | 36 |
| Russia | 31 | | | | |
| Russia | 31 | Romania | 43 | | |
| | | Germany | 38 | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 23 | Germany | 38 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 24 | | | | |
| Germany | 24 | | | Switzerland | 43 |
| | | | | Germany | 41 |