WHEELCHAIR FENCING NEWS

Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer of France

Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during May.

Dimitri Coutya  of Great Britain Fencing team poses during a Beazley British Fencing Profiling Day on June 26, 2013 in London, England.

Hungary’s Richard Osvath also claimed two wins at the World Cup in Stadskanaal.

Jianquan Tian CHN (left) vs Gang Sun CHN in the Men's Individual Épée - Category A Semi-final Wheelchair Fencing in the Carioca Arena 3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The World Championships will be held from 6-12 November.

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Italy’s Emanuele Lambertini will be busy when he fences in both junior and senior World Cup events in Stadskanaal.

Brazilian Paralympic Centre

The Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre will stage the Wheelchair Fencing Brazil Cup and an athletics and swimming regional event.

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Athletes Matjaz Fleischmann and Peter Brigola helped put together a seminar and workshop.

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Jovane Guissone, Sandro Colaco, Vanderson Chaves, Karina Maia and Moacir Ribeiro are taking part in an exchange training programme in Frejus, France

Ammar Ali - Rio 2016

Despite narrow defeats and funding challenges, Iraqi fencer Ammar Ali refuses to lose focus.

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The Vila Real de Santo António in Portugal will host the competition later this year.

Wheelchair Fencing icon - Rio 2016

The British wheelchair fencer was among the Rio 2016 medallists to record their first wins of the season.

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Hong Kong’s Tam Chik Sum bounced back quickly from disappointment on the Paralympic piste thanks to wife and fellow fencer Chan Yui Chong.

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Days after picking up the prestigious Laureus Award, Bebe Vio took two titles at the wheelchair fencing World Cup in Eger.

Amarilla Veres - Wheelchair fencing - Hungary

Known for loud celebrations, Hungary’s Amarilla Veres is planning to give the home crowd plenty to shout about.

Laureus Academy member Alessandro Del Piero hands the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award to winner Fencer Beatrice Vio of Italy during the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards.

The Italian wheelchair fencer won the prestigious award following an incredible Paralympics debut at Rio 2016.

A picture of a Wheelchair Fencer celebrating her victory

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.

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Fencers will face off at five World Cups and a World Games in 2017.

Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Ten wheelchair fencers and 32 swimmers have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

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The winner will be announced on 14 February at a glittering awards ceremony in Monaco.

Xufeng Zou CHN (right handed) wins the Gold Medal in wheelchair fencing

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.