WHEELCHAIR FENCING NEWS

Seven hours of daily training fuels Triantafyllou's fencing preparation
With 50 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Greek wheelchair fencer Panagiotis Triantafyllou shares his training routine and his passion outside of sports

Introduction to wheelchair fencing
As many as 96 wheelchair fencing athletes will compete in 16 medal events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Road to Paris 2024: Get the latest on the qualification for the Paralympics
Get to know the major qualification events coming up and follow athletes on their journeys to the Games

Pál Szekeres, the only one to win Paralympic and Olympic medals keeps leading the way
The Hungarian former fencer and current politician, who will turn 60 this year, has spent his life breaking barriers on and off the piste

Iraq, China and Bebe Vio, highlights of the Wheelchair fencing World Championships
Rollercoaster of emotions during the 2023 Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Termi, Italy, which ran from 3-8 October

Paralympic superstar Bebe Vio ready to live her dream
Two-time Paralympic wheelchair fencing champion shares what Paris 2024 means to her

Paralympic Games tickets to go on sale on 9 October
Half of the 2.8 million tickets available will be priced EUR 25 or less

Paris 2024 will be most spectacular Paralympics in history
Andrew Parsons pays tribute to work of Organising Committee on the one-year-to-go milestone

Wheelchair fencing powerhouse Hong Kong aiming to bounce back from Tokyo 2020 setback
Failure to win medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games owed a lot to the Covid-19 pandemic, says Hong Kong team coach

Takeaways from wheelchair fencing
Bebe Vio shines as China extend dominance

It's a China sweep in wheelchair fencing closing day at Tokyo 2020
Chinese team won in men and women's foil team events at the Makuhari Messe, finishing with a record 20 medals overall

Bebe makes history with second Paralympic gold
Italian beats China's Zhou Jingjing again to claim her second consecutive title in the foil individual category B

Gold and silver for China in wheelchair fencing team epee events at Tokyo 2020
Chinese squad outscores Ukraine in the women's final and loses a tight battle to the Russian Paralympic Committee in the men's event

Day 2 review: Suzuki wins Japan’s first gold in home Paralympics
Medal events across track cycling, equestrian, powerlifting, swimming and wheelchair fencing light up Thursday’s action in Tokyo

Tan Shumei wins second gold in wheelchair fencing at Tokyo 2020
Chinese wheelchair fencer obtains back-to-back victories in the épée and sabre category B events in Japan

Day 1 review: Australia’s Greco snags first gold of Games, China sabre sweep
Australia finish first day on top of the medals table with 10 while China come in second with a total of eight, including five golds

No rival for China in first day of wheelchair fencing in Tokyo
Chinese athletes swept all four gold medals available in the sabre individual category A and B events

Italy's Vio seeks second gold in wheelchair fencing
After winning the foil category B event at Rio 2016, Italy's Beatrice Vio (left) is ready to make history again in Tokyo

Krajnyak targets wheelchair fencing gold
A long history of Paralympic experience has helped prepare the Hungarian for Tokyo 2020

Kinga Drozdz excited about Paralympic debut
A relative newcomer to the sport, the Polish feels optimistic in the lead-up to Tokyo 2020