WHEELCHAIR FENCING NEWS

Launch of World Para Fencing marks start of new era
The 2025 season will feature a series of competitions held under World Para Fencing

IPC mourns the loss of wheelchair fencer Michal Dabrowski
Michal Dabrowski won the silver medal in the men's Sabre category B event and bronze in the men's Epée category B event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Best wheelchair fencing moments of Paris 2024
Thailand’s 'queen of fencing' Saysunee Jana completes historic individual treble

Top medal moments on Day 10
Rayane Soares da Silva of Brazil smashes 29-year-old record on the track

Blind football history will be written on Day 10
Day 10 of Paris 2024 promises must-watch action in blind football, wheelchair tennis and Para swimming among many other key moments

Top medal moments on Day 9
Hunter Woodhall wins first Paralympic gold, finishing ahead of world record holder Johannes Floors in men's 400m T62

Para canoe gets underway on Day 9
Day 9 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games features the start of the Para canoe competition and sitting volleyball medal matches, as well as thrilling wheelchair basketball semifinals

Top medal moments on Day 8
Japan's Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka become first Japanese women to win wheelchair tennis gold

Top medal highlights from Day 7
Noelle Malkamaki set a world record en route to winning the women's shot put F46 gold

Italian superstar Vio takes bronze
A surprise loss in the semi finals meant Bebe Vio missed out on retaining her title, but she remained buoyed by the supportive crowd

Castro to write his story - with a little help from Bebe Vio
Wheelchair fencing athlete Amelio Castro made his Paralympic debut as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team after training with the Italian superstar

Big moments on Day 7
Semi-final heartache for Bebe Vio in wheelchair fencing

Top medal highlights from Day 6
Ihar Boki went five for five in Paris, winning his 21st Paralympic swimming gold on Day 6

Wheelchair fencing and Para equestrian start on Day 6
Two sports – wheelchair fencing and Para equestrian – join the action on day six, one day before Italian wheelchair fencing icon Bebe Vio takes to the spotlight

Can Italy's wheelchair fencing star Bebe Vio make it a hat trick?
After winning wheelchair fencing gold in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, Italy's Bebe Vio comes into Paris hoping for three in a row

All-female wheelchair fencing line-up for South Korea
South Korea are competing in Paralympic wheelchair fencing for the first time in 12 years - with an all-female team and coaching set-up

Fast and furious - why Ammar Ali loves the thrill of wheelchair fencing
Ammar Ali is a wheelchair fencer who won a silver medal in the men's epee category B at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and is Iraq’s first wheelchair fencing Paralympic medallist. He will compete at Paris 2024, his fourth Paralympic Games

Ones to Watch in wheelchair fencing
The wheelchair fencing stars you should be looking out for when the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games open on 28 August

History-maker Yu on power naps, cooking and the secret of long hair
Yu Chui Yee, seven-time Paralympic wheelchair fencing champion from Hong Kong, says, “I have more enjoyment now when I am doing fencing than before because previously all I thought about was the result."

Gang Sun on what it takes to become a wheelchair fencing champion
With less than 50 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, China’s four-time Paralympic champion Gang Sun shares his journey in Para sport and what it takes to top the podium.