fencer tests skills in Philippines - Viet Name News
27 May 2012, 9:10 pm
Nguyen Tien Nhat will leave for the Philippines to take part in the Asian Under 23 Fencing Championships, which kick off on June 2, ahead of his participation at the London Olympics. The seven-day tournament, which is organised for the first time, will ...

Meet the quiet achievers who will light up London - WA today
27 May 2012, 11:51 am
So highly regarded is the 40-year-old fencer that she was recently voted ahead of NBA star Tony Parker, to be France's flagbearer at the 2012 London Olympics. Nicknamed ''La Guepe - The Wasp'' due to her aggressive style of fencing, Flessel-Colovic has ...

Oscar is champ at national fencing finals - brentwoodweeklynews.co.uk
25 May 2012, 6:53 am
BRENTWOOD School fencer Oscar Holt has been crowned British Under-12 Epee Champion. Oscar parried his way to the winning rostrum at the National Finals in Sheffield. To qualify for the National Finals, Oscar had performed brilliantly at the Eastern Region ...

fencer Ota vows to put demons to the sword - The Guardian
25 May 2012, 4:37 am
TOKYO, May 25 (Reuters) - Japan's Yuki Ota has promised to slash and lunge his way to Olympic fencing gold in London and banish the lingering demons after taking the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. The 26-year-old, beaten in the final of ...

fencer Gemma Collis in whirlwind rise for 2012 Paralympics - BBC News
24 May 2012, 9:10 am
Durham University student Gemma Collis had never held a fencing sword when the city of London was awarded the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games back in 2005. In fact, not even this time last year had the 19-year-old started out on her journey. However when ...

Foiled in Beijing, Romania fencer goes for gold - The Guardian
24 May 2012, 1:32 am
BUCHAREST, May 24 (Reuters) - Foiled at the last in Beijing, Romanian fencer Ana-Maria Branza believes the experience will stand her in good stead to step up from silver to gold at this year's Olympic Games in London. The 27-year-old made her ...

Truro fencer wins bronze and now targets Olympic place - Cornish Guardian
21 May 2012, 11:15 am
TRURO fencer Steven Pinkerton admits his bronze-medal performance at a London 2012 venue is all the inspiration he needs to one day compete at an Olympic Games. The 18-year-old was getting a sneak peak of what the world's best fencers can expect at this ...

fencer takes year off to train for Summer Olympics - Digital Collegian
15 May 2012, 10:54 am
Penn State’s Miles Chamley-Watson breaks some stereotypes that you may have about a fencer: humble, reserved, distinguished. That’s not to say Chamley-Watson is not an exemplary fencer, but he walks and talks with a swagger that may better ...

Olympic fencer Tim Morehouse never lets his - Los Angeles Times
15 May 2012, 1:28 am
For an accomplished athlete in a sport without a huge following or presence in the United States, it should be enough just to make the national team, go to the Olympics and win medals. Tim Morehouse, a 33-year-old fencer, has done all that.

fencer Gabby Down, aged 13, named in GB Paralympics squad - BBC News
11 May 2012, 7:53 am
Thirteen-year-old Gabby Down has been named in the ParalympicsGB wheelchair fencing team for London 2012. Down, who turns 14 later this month, is joined by Gemma Collis and Justine Moore in the epee team. Tom Hall-Butcher makes his Paralympic debut in the ...