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WHEELCHAIR FENCING NEWS
Lambertini welcomes loaded competition schedule
Italy’s Emanuele Lambertini will be busy when he fences in both junior and senior World Cup events in Stadskanaal.
Sao Paulo set to receive over 1,000 Para athletes
The Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre will stage the Wheelchair Fencing Brazil Cup and an athletics and swimming regional event.
Wheelchair fencing gets boost in Slovenia
Athletes Matjaz Fleischmann and Peter Brigola helped put together a seminar and workshop.
Brazilian wheelchair fencers train in France
Jovane Guissone, Sandro Colaco, Vanderson Chaves, Karina Maia and Moacir Ribeiro are taking part in an exchange training programme in Frejus, France
Ali remains confident in the face of adversity
Despite narrow defeats and funding challenges, Iraqi fencer Ammar Ali refuses to lose focus.
IWAS World Games 2017 host named
The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.
Gilliver strikes double gold in Pisa
The British wheelchair fencer was among the Rio 2016 medallists to record their first wins of the season.
Six months after Rio: Romance, not regrets for Tam
Hong Kong’s Tam Chik Sum bounced back quickly from disappointment on the Paralympic piste thanks to wife and fellow fencer Chan Yui Chong.
Vio ends glittering week with double World Cup gold
Days after picking up the prestigious Laureus Award, Bebe Vio took two titles at the wheelchair fencing World Cup in Eger.
Vocal Veres ready to be heard at World Cup in Eger
Known for loud celebrations, Hungary’s Amarilla Veres is planning to give the home crowd plenty to shout about.
Beatrice Vio wins 2017 Laureus Award
The Italian wheelchair fencer won the prestigious award following an incredible Paralympics debut at Rio 2016.
Krajnyak hoping for home advantage at Eger World Cup
Victory in Hungary would make crowd favourite Zsuzsanna Krajnyak world No.1 in the women’s foil category A ahead of China’s Rio 2016 champion Jing Rong.
The year ahead in wheelchair fencing
Fencers will face off at five World Cups and a World Games in 2017.
Ones to watch for 2017 for swimming and wheelchair fencing announced
Ten wheelchair fencers and 32 swimmers have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Paralympians shortlisted for 2017 Laureus Award
The winner will be announced on 14 February at a glittering awards ceremony in Monaco.
Wheelchair fencing: Five things we learned in 2016
From the emergence of new stars to the resurgence of former champions - what 2016 taught us about wheelchair fencing.
No. 15: Vio tops incredible winning streak with Rio 2016 gold
The Italian wheelchair fencer won 11 consecutive titles before securing gold on her Paralympic debut.
Para sport in review: November 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during November.
China’s Rong Jing still amazed by Brazilian people
The three-time Rio 2016 wheelchair fencing champion fondly remembers her second Paralympic experience, last September.
Vio ends stellar season with World Cup gold
The Italian won her fifth title of the year at the final IWAS wheelchair fencing event of the season.