Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Makuhari Messe, the same place where goalball, sitting volleyball and taekwondo took place. It consisted of sixteen events (eight male, eight female) including two team events.[1]

Wheelchair fencing
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair fencing pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueMakuhari Messe
Dates25–29 August 2021
Competitors96 from 20 nations
2016
2024

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2][3]

Participating nations

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Medal table

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RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China114520
2  RPC2237
3  Great Britain1135
4  Hungary1113
5  Italy1102
6  Ukraine0415
7  Brazil0101
  Georgia0101
  Poland0101
10  France0011
  Greece0011
  Thailand0011
Totals (12 entries)16161648

Medalists

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Men's events

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée A
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Piers Gilliver
  Great Britain
Maxim Shaburov
  RPC
Tian Jianquan
  China
B
details
Alexander Kuzyukov
  RPC
Jovane Guissone
  Brazil
Dimitri Coutya
  Great Britain
Team épée A–B
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  RPC
Alexander Kuzyukov
Maxim Shaburov
Artur Yusupov
  China
Hu Daoliang
Sun Gang
Tian Jianquan
  Great Britain
Dimitri Coutya
Piers Gilliver
Oliver Lam-Watson
Individual foil A
details
Sun Gang
  China
Richárd Osváth
  Hungary
Nikita Nagaev
  RPC
B
details
Feng Yanke
  China
Hu Daoliang
  China
Dimitri Coutya
  Great Britain
Team foil A–B
details
  China
Hu Daoliang
Li Hao
Sun Gang
  Great Britain
Dimitri Coutya
Piers Gilliver
Oliver Lam-Watson
  France
Romain Noble
Damien Tokatlian
Maxime Valet
Individual sabre A
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Li Hao
  China
Artem Manko
  Ukraine
Tian Jianquan
  China
B
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Feng Yanke
  China
Adrian Castro
  Poland
Panagiotis Triantafyllou
  Greece

Women's events

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Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée A
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Amarilla Veres
  Hungary
Rong Jing
  China
Bian Jing
  China
B
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Tan Shumei
  China
Viktoria Boykova
  RPC
Saysunee Jana
  Thailand
Team épée A–B
details
  China
Bian Jing
Rong Jing
Tan Shumei
  Ukraine
Yevheniia Breus
Olena Fedota
Nataliia Mandryk
  RPC
Viktoria Boykova
Alena Evdokimova
Iuliia Maya
Individual foil A
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Gu Haiyan
  China
Nataliia Morkvych
  Ukraine
Rong Jing
  China
B
details
Beatrice Vio
  Italy
Zhou Jingjing
  China
Ludmila Vasileva
  RPC
Team foil A–B
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  China
Gu Haiyan
Rong Jing
Zhou Jingjing
  Italy
Andreea Mogoș
Loredana Trigilia
Beatrice Vio
  Hungary
Gyongyi Dani
Éva Hajmási
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Individual sabre A
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Bian Jing
  China
Nino Tibilashvili
  Georgia
Yevheniia Breus
  Ukraine
B
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Tan Shumei
  China
Olena Fedota
  Ukraine
Xiao Rong
  China

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Wheelchair Fencing - Tokyo 2020". tokyo2020.org. 10 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
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