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Olympians & Paralympians Welcome!
Northern California Chapter
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To the Fencers in the 2014 Men’s Foil World Cup:
On behalf of the more than 400 Northern California Olympians and Paralympians who
live, work and play in the San Francisco Bay Area, WELCOME to the 2014 Men's Foil
World Cup.
We are honored to have such an elite group of international athletes come to the
San Francisco Bay Area to compete and experience the hospitality this great city has to
offer.
This is just one step to show the world how perfect the Bay Area is for competition, be it
the World Cup, the Fencing World Championship or a future Olympic and Paralympic
Games!
Thank you for treating us to this once in a life-time opportunity, to watch the best male
fencers in the world compete in our back yard as you prepare for the Olympic Games in
2016 in Rio. As fencers and Olympians, we are especially excited to share our fantastic
sport with the San Francisco community. We will be in the stands cheering for you all!
In the Olympic Spirit,
Greg Massialas
President
Northern California Olympians
1980, ’84, ’88 Olympian, Fencing (USA)
Barbra Higgins
Treasurer
Northern California Olympians
1984 Olympian, Fencing (Panama)
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Individual & Team Competitions Schedule
Individual Competition Schedule
Thursday, 16 October 2014
17h00-21h00
Registration – Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport,
2nd floor, outside Evergreen Room
17h00-21h00
Weapon Control – Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport,
2nd floor, Evergreen Room
15h00
Publication of pools
Friday, 17 October 2014 – Kezar Pavilion
7h00
Weapons Control & Registration Opens
10h00
Men’s Foil start of the pools to qualification table
Saturday, 18 October 2014 – Kezar Pavilion
7h00
Weapons Control Opens
09h00
Direct Elimination Table of 64 Men’s Foil
13h00
Direct Elimination Table of 32 Men’s Foil
15h00
Direct Elimination Table of 16 Men’s Foil
16h30
Direct Elimination Table of 8 Men’s Foil
18h30
Start of the Semifinals and Finals for Men’s Foil
Team Competition Schedule
Saturday, 18 October 2014 – Kezar Pavilion
08h00
Registration Opens
11h00-13h00
Confirmation of Team Composition
14h00
Publication of the Team Direct Elimination Table
Sunday, 19 October 2014 – Kezar Pavilion
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7h00
Weapons Control Opens
08h30
Start of Men’s Foil Team Table
16h00
Start of Bronze and Gold final matches for Men’s Foil Team
Fencers to Watch in San Francisco
Just three months after the 2014 Senior World Championships, the 2014-2015 men’s foil season
will begin this weekend at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco.
All of the 2014 Senior World individual medalists will be in action with hopes of starting the season
strong while nearly 200 athletes are looking to upset the sport’s biggest names.
USA Fencing continues to boast one of the world’s strongest men’s foil programs with Gerek
Meinhardt (No. 4), Alexander Massialas (No. 7) and Race Imboden (No. 10) all ranked among the
top 10 in the world.
All three U.S. standouts claimed medals at the World Cup and Grand Prix individual events last
season and, with this being the hometown for Meinhardt and Massialas, both are hoping for
podium finishes in front of family and friends.
Don’t count out American Miles Chamley-Watson, however. Chamley-Watson shocked the fencing
community with his gold medal win at the 2013 Senior World Championships and is best known
for his ability to take come-from-behind wins in dramatic fashion.
The 2014 Senior World Championships podium featured four first-time medalists in Kazan, Russia.
The host nation had a strong presence on the podium with Alexey Cheremisinov and Timur Safin
winning gold and bronze. Jianfei Ma (CHN) and Enzo Lefort (FRA) took home silver and the other
bronze.
London Olympic Champion Sheng Lei (CHN) and silver medalist Alaaeldin Abouelkassem (EGY)
will be among the top fencers to watch in San Francisco as well.
As always, Italy boasts a strong contingent that features former individual Senior World
Champions Andrea Cassara and Andrea Baldini as well as Giorgio Avola who won gold in the
team event in London with Cassara and Baldini.
In the team event, men’s foil has a new No. 1 in the world rankings with France taking the top
seed in the tournament after a gold medal win at Senior Worlds.
China and Russia will come in as the second and third seeds with Italy and Team USA in fourth and
fifth.
The competition will be fierce in the team tournament as France, China, Italy and Team USA have
all won medals at the last two Senior World Championships with Russia fencing for bronze both
years.
Any number of teams have the
talent to take gold and all will
be putting their best talent on
the strip with hopes of being
on top of the podium on
Sunday evening.
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Athletes in Action
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Athletes in Action (Cont’d)
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Men’s Individual Entrants by Country*
ALG
ALG
ARU
AUT
AUT
AUT
AUT
BLR
BLR
BLR
BOL
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
BRA
CAN
CAN
CAN
CAN
CAN
CAN
CAN
CAN
CHN
CHN
CHN
CHN
CHN
CHN
COL
CZE
CZE
CZE
DEN
DEN
DEN
DOM
EGY
EGY
EGY
EGY
EGY
FRA
FRA
FRA
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Roman Djitli
Anil Lakehal Ayat
Gareth Gabriel Ted Fam Moo
Markus Felner
Johannes Poscharnig
Rene Pranz
Dominik Wohlgemuth
Siarhei Byk
Aliaksandr Chaliankov
Aliaksandr Lukashevich
Marcos Alejandro Sanjines Vargas
Jeronimo Machado
Henrique Marques
Ghislain Perrier
Fernando Scavasin
Heitor Shimbo
Joao Antonio Souza
Guilherme Toldo
Marco Xavier
Marc-Antoine Brodeur
Sean Grant
Samuel Hardwicke-Brown
Etienne Lalonde Turbide
Jacob Lind
Anthony Prymack
Eli Schenkel
Maximilien Van Haaster
Haiwei Chen
Min Chen
Sheng Lei
Chen Li
Jianfei Ma
Jialuo Shi
Gabriel Mejia Ruiz
Alexander Choupenitch
Jan Krejcik
Vaclav Kundera
Emil Ulrik Andersen
Philip Alexander Femoe
Alexander Tsoronis
Jose Gabriel Samora Geronimo
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Tarek Ayad
Mohamed Essam
Mohamed Hassan
Hazem Khazbak
Jeremy Cadot
Virgile Collineau
Aymeric Escurat
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GBR
GEO
GER
GER
GER
GER
GER
GER
GER
GER
GER
HKG
HKG
HKG
HKG
HKG
HKG
IRL
IRL
ISR
ISR
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
Erwan Le Pechoux
Enzo Lefort
Julien Mertine
Jordan Moine
Baptiste Mourrain
Maxime Pauty
Guillaume Pitta
Vincent Simon
Jean-Paul Tony Helissey
Kristjan Archer
Keith Cook
James-Andrew Davis
Laurence Halsted
Richard Kruse
Rhys Melia
Marcus Mepstead
Ben Peggs
Amol Rattan
Alex Tofalides
Sergo Sarkisiani
Sebastian Bachmann
Marius Braun
Georg Doerr
Johann Gustinelli
Peter Joppich
Alexander Kahl
Moritz Kroeplin
Mark Perelmann
Andre Sanita
Howie Ho Yin Chan
Kyle Chan
Ka Long Cheung
Siu Lun Cheung
Nicholas Edward Choi
Chi Ka Yeung
Christopher Cooke
Brendan Francis Cusack
Maor Hatoel
Tomer Or
Giorgio Avola
Andrea Baldini
Tobia Biondo
Andrea Cassara
Alessio Foconi
Daniele Garozzo
Francesco Ingargiola
Edoardo Luperi
Lorenzo Nista
Alessandro Paroli
Men’s Individual Entrants by Country (Cont’d)
ITA
ITA
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
JPN
KAZ
KOR
KOR
KOR
KOR
KOR
KOR
KOR
KOR
MDA
MEX
MEX
MEX
MEX
PHI
POL
POL
POL
POL
POL
POL
POL
POL
PUR
PUR
PUR
RUS
RUS
RUS
RUS
RUS
RUS
RUS
RUS
RUS
Saverio Schiavone
Francesco Trani
Suguru Awaji
Kenta Chida
Daiki Fujino
Takuma Ito
Kyosuke Matsuyama
Ryo Miyake
Noriyuki Nagashima
Yuki Ota
Toshiya Saito
Yu Saito
Hirokazu Sakano
Takahiro Shikine
Eduard Grigoryev
Taegyu Ha
Dong Jin Han
Jun Heo
Dongsu Kim
Hyogon Kim
Min Kyu Kim
Junhyuk Kwak
Young Ki Son
Anatolii Senic
Raul Arizaga
Jesus Beltran
Daniel Gomez
Octavio Martinez Ramirez
BRENNAN WAYNE Louie
Ludwik De Bazelaire
Radoslaw Glonek
Piotr Janda
Pawel Kawiecki
Pawel Osmanski
Leszek Rajski
Andrzej Rzadkowski
Michal Siess
Hector J. Cruz Jimenez
Angelo Justiniano
Jonathan Lugo
Timur Arslanov
Pavel Borontov
Alexey Cheremisinov
Ilya Degtyarev
Oleg Drobyshev
Renal Ganeev
Alexey Khovanskiy
Dmitry Komissarov
Kirill Lichagin
RUS
RUS
RUS
SIN
SWE
TUR
TUR
TUR
TUR
UKR
UKR
UKR
UKR
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
VEN
VEN
VEN
VEN
Dmitry Rigin
Timur Safin
Artem Sedov
Yuan Zi Tan
Simon Rizell
Tevfik Burak Babaoglu
Baris Guler
Fatih Gunes
Martino Minuto
Rostyslav Hertsyk
Maxim Petrov
Andrii Pogrebniak
Klod Yunes
Aaron Ahn
Aiden Ahn
Max Blitzer
Nobuo Bravo
Turner Caldwell
Miles Chamley-watson
Jerry Chang
Raymond Chen
Michael Dudey
Kurt Getz
David Hadler
George Haglund
Race Imboden
Brian Kaneshige
Axel Kiefer
Julian Knodt
Sidarth Kumbla
Jan Maceczek
Stephen Mageras
Alexander Massialas
Adam Mathieu
Darren Mei
Gerek Meinhardt
Samuel Moelis
James Sands
Nolen Scruggs
Geoffrey Tourette
William Upbin
David Willette
Michael Woo
Cesar Bru
Antonio J. Leal
Victor Leon
Luis Nunez
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List of Team Entrants by Country
AUSTRIA
DENMARK
Markus Felner
Emil Ulrik Andersen
Johannes Poscharnig
Philip Alexander Femoe
Rene Pranz
Alexander Tsoronis
Dominik Wohlgemuth
EGYPT
BELARUS
Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Siarhei Byk
Tarek Ayad
Aliaksandr Chaliankov
Mohamed Hassan
Aliaksandr Lukashevich
Hazem Khazbak
BRAZIL
FRANCE
Ghislain Perrier
Erwan Le Pechoux
Fernando Scavasin
Enzo Lefort
Heitor Shimbo
Julien Mertine
Guilherme Toldo
Vincent Simon
CANADA
GERMANY
Etienne Lalonde Turbide
Sebastian Bachmann
Anthony Prymack
Marius Braun
Eli Schenkel
Peter Joppich
Maximilien Van Haaster
Moritz Kroeplin
CHINA
GREAT BRITAIN
Haiwei Chen
James-Andrew Davis
Sheng Lei
Richard Kruse
Chen Li
Marcus Mepstead
Jianfei Ma
Alex Tofalides
CZECH REPUBLIC
HONG KONG CHINA
Alexander Choupenitch
Ka Long Cheung
Jan Krejcik
Siu Lun Cheung
Vaclav Kundera
Nicholas Edward Choi
Chi Ka Yeung
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List of Team Entrants by Country (Cont’d)
ITALY
POLAND
UKRAINE
Giorgio Avola
Radoslaw Glonek
Rostyslav Hertsyk
Andrea Baldini
Piotr Janda
Maxim Petrov
Andrea Cassara
Pawel Kawiecki
Andrii Pogrebniak
Daniele Garozzo
Leszek Rajski
Klod Yunes
JAPAN
PUERTO RICO
USA
Suguru Awaji
Hector J. Cruz Jimenez
Miles Chamley-Watson
Kenta Chida
Angelo Justiniano
Race Imboden
Ryo Miyake
Jonathan Lugo
Alexander Massialas
Yuki Ota
Gerek Meinhardt
RUSSIA
KOREA
Alexey Cheremisino
VENEZUELA
Jun Heo
Renal Ganeev
Cesar Bru
Hyogon Kim
Dmitry Rigin
Antonio J. Leal
Junhyuk Kwak
Timur Safin
Victor Leon
Young Ki Son
Luis Nunez
TURKEY
MEXICO
Tevfik Burak Babaoglu
Raul Arizaga
Baris Guler
Jesus Beltran
Fatih Gunes
Daniel Gomez
Martino Minuto
Octavio Martinez Ramirez
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Fencing at a glance
Object
The main object of a fencing bout (what an individual “game” is called) is to effectively score 15
points (in direct elimination play) or five points (in preliminary pool play) on your opponent before
he scores that number on you. Each time a fencer scores a touch, he or she receives a point. Direct
elimination matches consist of three three minute periods with a one minute break between each
in epee and foil. In saber, each the first period lasts for eight touches and the second period ends
when the first fencer scores 15 points.
The Weapons
Foil, epee and saber are the three weapons used in
the sport of fencing. While it is not unusual for fencers
to compete in all three events, they generally choose
to develop their skills in one weapon. For many years,
women were permitted to compete only in foil, but
USA Fencing and the Federation
Internationaled’Escrime (FIE) offer national
competitions for women in epee (since 1989) and
saber (since 1999). The first World Championships was
held in Women’s Saber in 1999, and the event was
added to the Olympic Games in 2004.
Foil and epee fencers score with thrusting motions.
Saber fencers score by thrusting and cutting. The
target areas differ for the three weapons, though all
three are scored electrically.
A Look at Foil
The foil has a flexible rectangular blade, approximately 35 inches in length, weighing less than one
pound.
Points are scored with the tip of the
blade and must land within the torso
of the body. The valid target area in
foil is the torso from shoulders to
groin in the front and to the waist in
the back. It also includes the metallic
bib beneath the chin. It does not
include the arms, head and legs. The
foil fencer’s uniform includes a
metallic vest (called a lamé), which
covers the valid target area, so that a
valid touch will register on the
scoring machine. A small,
spring loaded tip is attached to the
point of the foil and must be
depressed with a pressure of 500
12
grams or better to register a hit. The fencer wears a body cord inside his uniform which connects
the foil to a reel wire, which is connected to the scoring machine.
There are two colored scoring lights on the machine. One shows a green light when a fencer is hit,
and one shows a red light when her opponent is hit. A touch landing outside the valid target area
(that which is not covered by the lamé) is indicated by a white light. These “off target” hits do not
count in the scoring, but they do stop the fencing action temporarily.
Following the Action
The fencer being attacked defends himself by use of a “parry,” a motion used to deflect the
opponent’s blade, after which the defender can make a “riposte,” an answering attack. Whenever
a hit is made, the referee will stop the bout, describe the action, and decide whether to award a
touch. Fencers seek to maintain a safe distance from each other – that is out of the range of the
opponent’s attack. Then, one will try to break this distance to gain the advantage for an attack. At
times, a fencer will make a false attack to gauge the types of reactions of their opponent.
When a fencer lands a hit, the referee stops the bout and – in foil and saber – determines who was
the attacker, if their opponent successfully defended themselves, and which fencer should be
awarded a touch, if any.
While it may be difficult to follow the referee’s calls, the referee always clearing raises their hand
and on the side of the fencer for whom they have awarded a point. Watching these hand signals
can make it easier for newcomers to follow the momentum of a fencing bout without
understanding all of the intricacies of the rules.
Glossary
Feint: A false attack intended to get a reaction
from the opposing fencer which will open her up
to a genuine attack.
Advance: Step forward with a fencer’s front leg.
Guard: Part of the weapon between the blade
and handle; protects the hand.
Attack: Movement or series of move¬ments by
which a fencer tries to score a point against his
opponent.
Beat: Sharp tap on the opponent’s blade to
initiate attack or threat of attack.
Lunge: Most common attack in which the fencer
closes the distance by moving the front leg
forward while the back leg remains stationary and
straightens out.
Blade: Part of the weapon which ex¬tends from
the guard.
Parry: Defensive action in which a fencer blocks
his opponent’s blade.
Counter-Parry: A defensive movement by which
the fencer makes a small circle with the tip of the
blade, around the opponent’s blade and moves
the opponent's blade away.
Piste: French term for the fencing strip.
Disengage: Break of contact between fencers’
blades; movement made by passing the blade
under the oppo¬nent’s blade.
Engagement: Contact of blades.
En Garde: Position taken before fenc¬ing
commences.
Recover: Return to the en garde posi¬tion after
lunging.
Remise: Attacking again immediately after the
opponent’s parry of an initial attack.
Riposte: Defender’s counterattack after parrying
an attack.
Strip: Fencing area, 14 meters long X 2 meters
wide.
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World Cup Fencing Awards
Special Awards
for the Medalists
All the medalists of both the
Individual, and Team Events
of the San Francisco World
Cup, will earn special bronze
helmets donated by the
Massialas Foundation.
These miniature bronze
helmets (8” and 6” tall) are
replicas of helmets that were
originally excavated at the
site of the Ancient Olympic
Games. These helmets have
been commissioned, and
specially designed for the
Massialas Foundation by
Greek Artist, Alexander Diamandis.
As part of the Olympic truce during the Ancient Olympic Games, athletes would be given safe
passage to Olympia. Upon their arrival in Olympia, the athletes would put down their armor for
the duration of the Olympic Games.
The helmet is a very symbolic part of every fencer’s equipment, from ancient times to today. We
are pleased to present these symbolic awards to all the medalists at the first ever San Francisco
Fencing World Cup.
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Fencing in the Great San Francisco Bay Area
Fencing, an organized sport involving the use of a sword – including 3 different weapons: epee,
foil or sabre – is fun and exciting and keeps one’s body and brain active!
Fencing develops discipline, balance, coordination and sportsmanship. Fencing helps youth
develop quicker reflexes and the ability to make lightning fast analysis of tactical situations.
Children who fence learn to compete individually and for a team; they learn to enjoy winning and
profit from defeats, while becoming physically fit and healthy.
College coaches are now recruiting fencers with years of experience to engage in their NCAA
programs.
The sport of fencing is thriving in the greater San Francisco Bay Area with three divisions of the
United States Fencing Association (USA Fencing) - Northern California, Central California, and
Mountain Valley – giving you access to 33 + fencing clubs to choose from, spanning south to
Santa Cruz, north to Santa Rosa and east to Sacramento. For a complete list of USFA registered
clubs, go to: http://thebaycup.net/clubs/
In addition, the Bay Cup, a non-profit organization, coordinates a circuit of fencing tournaments in
all 3 weapons within the greater San Francisco Bay Area. The tournaments are run by the host
clubs and sanctioned by the divisions. The Bay Cup promotes tournament guidelines and
standards intended to help provide fencers with a positive and rewarding tournament experience.
Thanks to this fencing circuit, local youth fencers improve their skills significantly and prepare for
national and international tournaments. Numerous the top US fencers in all 3 weapons have come
from the ranks of local youth fencers and many have been successfully recruited for college
fencing programs.
For more details on the Bay Cup, go to: http://thebaycup.net
So, check out the fencing clubs in your neighborhood, learn about the various programs and
weapons available and introduce your daughter or son to this wonderful sport!
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Special Thanks To
2014 Men's Foil World Cup Local
Organizing Committee
Greg Massialas
Helen Mendel
Phil Ginsburg
Chloe Soroquere
Meagan Levitan
Rika Bravo
Alice Huang
Vivian Massialas
Jane Meinhardt
Michelle Miner
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Protecting the Environment
with Pure Drinking Water
for the Athletes
Each of the competitors and referees has
received a SPORTS BASEMENT refillable
water bottle. As part of our commitment to
sustainability, we will not have plastic water
bottles for sale on site.
Competitors, Officials and Spectators,
please know that our San Francisco water
is the purest, highest quality drinking water.
Our major source of water is pristine
mountain snowmelt from the remote Hetch
Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite National Park.
Tested more than 100,000 times a year for
purity and safety, athletes and spectators
can stay hydrated and enjoy our pure and
refreshing Hetch Hetchy drinking water.
Providing our athletes with the highest
quality drinking water and eliminating the
waste and environmental damage
generated by hundreds of plastic water
bottles reflects our commitment to
environmental protection and sustainability.
Please stay hydrated and enjoy our pure
and refreshing Hetch Hetchy drinking
water.
And special thanks to our friends
at US Fencing, who do so much
to lead and support this
great sport of fencing.
Don Anthony
Kris Ekeren
Christine Simmons
Nicole Jomantas
Kate Drummey
Grant Jones
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The Hard Rock Cafe Welcomes
Men's Foil World Cup
San Francisco
We are honored to host your Fencing Celebration Dinner