US fencers continued to earn places on the podium this week as Lee Kiefer and Eli Dershwitz both won bronze medals on the first day of the junior competitions at the 2013 Cadet and Junior World Championships.
Italy placed two fencers into the final 4 in Junior Women’s Foil, and the USA placed two into the top-8. Lee Kiefer earned to top US finish as she advanced to the top-4 with a 15-7 victory over Julie Mienville (FRA) before losing in the semi-finals to Camilla Mancini (ITA) 15-9. The US’s other top-8 fencer, Jacqueline Dubrovich also fell to an Italian, as Francesca Palumbo defeated her in the top-8, 15-8. Mona Shaito, fencing for Lebanon, placed 7th. (Final 8 Bracket)
Eli Dershwitz earned his bronze, placing 3rd out of 108 fencers. In the top-8, he knocked out #1 seed Zhou Ziqiu (CHN) 15-5 and then lost in the semi-finals to Andras Szatmari (HUN) in a 15-14 nailbiter. Szatmari would go on to claim silver, losing 15-14 in the finals to Kamil Ibragimov (RUS).
Video of the Women’s Foil and Men’s Sabre Events:
Final Results: 2013 Junior Women’s Foil World Championships
| Rg | Nom | Prénom | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MANCINI | Camilla | ITA |
| 2 | PIRIEVA | Leyla | RUS |
| 3 | KIEFER | Lee | USA |
| 3 | PALUMBO | Francesca | ITA |
| 5 | DUBROVICH | Jacqueline | USA |
| 6 | MIENVILLE | Julie | FRA |
| 7 | SHAITO | Mona | LIB |
| 8 | MPAH-NJANGA | Jeromine | FRA |
| 9 | ZAGIDULLINA | Adelina | RUS |
| 10 | SZALAI | Szonja | HUN |
| 11 | RANVIER | Pauline | FRA |
| 12 | YANAOKA | Haruka | JPN |
| 13 | LU | Margaret | USA |
| 14 | HARVEY | Eleanor | CAN |
| 15 | SHYPILOVA | Olena | UKR |
| 16 | KIM | Hyeji | KOR |
| 17 | GOLDIE | Alanna | CAN |
| 18 | SINIGALIA | Martina | ITA |
| 19 | SAMSONOVA | Kristina | RUS |
| 20 | GU | Jerrica | CAN |
| 21 | GOLEBIOWSKA | Natalia | POL |
| 22 | SHI | Yanan | CHN |
| 23 | SZYMCZAK | Anna | POL |
| 24 | HAJDU | Melinda | HUN |
| 25 | BARTL | Thekla | GER |
| 26 | KNAUER | Tamina | GER |
| 27 | BOLDOR | Maria | ROU |
| 28 | KING | Leah | GBR |
| 29 | SUN | Jing | CHN |
| 30 | CALUGAREANU | Malina | ROU |
| 30 | KIM | Hyunjin | KOR |
| 32 | VARDAR | Cansu Umay | TUR |
| 33 | DLUGOSZ | Martyna | POL |
| 34 | KRYTSYNA | Aliaksandra | BLR |
| 35 | KARAMETE | Irem | TUR |
| 36 | TAKAHASHI | Fuko | JPN |
| 37 | GOLYA | Fruzsina | HUN |
| 38 | STANTSIOU | Elissavet | GRE |
| 39 | EL HOUARI | Narimene | ALG |
| 40 | ONDARTS | Lucia | ARG |
| 41 | GOGLIDZE | Teona | GEO |
| 41 | LERCH | Alix | MEX |
| 43 | SONG | A Young | KOR |
| 44 | GIL PINERO | Paola Carolina | VEN |
| 45 | KAWAMURA | Risa | JPN |
| 46 | CECCHINI | Gabriela | BRA |
| 47 | NEHL | Inke | GER |
| 48 | LENCHYK | Anastasiya | UKR |
| 49 | CENKER | Freya | AUT |
| 49 | STAN | Isabelle | ROU |
| 51 | KULIAYEVA | Lizaveta | BLR |
| 52 | DAJCIC | Marcela | CRO |
| 53 | MARINO | Maria | ESP |
| 54 | MENDOZA | Geiglys | VEN |
| 55 | LEE | Thalia Ping | SIN |
| 56 | CHEN | Ling Yi | TPE |
| 57 | ALPATOV | Avigail | ISR |
| 58 | IBANEZ | Delfina | ARG |
| 59 | REBOLLEDO | Melissa | MEX |
| 60 | DAVILA | Monica B. | PUR |
| 61 | CELLEROVA | Michala | SVK |
| 62 | WONG | Liane Ye Ying | SIN |
| 63 | OJEDA | Barbara | ESP |
| 64 | MACRI | Agustina | ARG |
| 65 | BIMOVA | Andrea | CZE |
| 66 | AMIEN | Mahitab | EGY |
| 67 | HANINA | Noa | ISR |
| 68 | RAPYNETS | Alina | UKR |
| 69 | KHEDHIRI | Mariem | TUN |
| 70 | MOHAMED | Noura | EGY |
| 71 | KARIMOVA | Karolina | KAZ |
| 72 | ZANEUSKAYA | Hanna | BLR |
| 73 | ZHANG | Jie | CHN |
| 74 | KOVACEVIC | Marija | SRB |
| 75 | CONTRERAS VERA | Gemesis Del Carmen | VEN |
| 76 | STEYN | Kirsten | RSA |
| 77 | KWAG | Alicia Ji Yeon | AUS |
| 77 | DAFFNER | Mariana | BRA |
| 79 | SPANGER-RIIS | Martine | DEN |
| 80 | PINO | Mariana | BOL |
| 81 | WONG | Nicole Mae Hui Shan | SIN |
| 82 | CORREA | Celia | MEX |
| 83 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Cheree | RSA |
| 84 | IAGORASHVILI | Nitsa | GEO |
| 84 | MAROTTA | Emily | AUS |
| 86 | ADJABI | Feriel | ALG |
| 87 | VICTORIA | Diana | ESP |
| 88 | NAIDENOVA | Monika | BUL |
| 89 | PRETORIUS | Isabel | RSA |
| 90 | BARRATT | Georgina | AUS |
| 91 | RELIZANI | Doria | ALG |
Final Results: 2013 Junior Men’s Sabre World Championships
| Place | Last Name | First Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IBRAGIMOV | Kamil | RUS |
| 2 | SZATMARI | Andras | HUN |
| 3 | D’ARMIENTO | Francesco | ITA |
| 3 | DERSHWITZ | Eli | USA |
| 5 | BAZADZE | Sandro | GEO |
| 6 | GORDON | Shaul | CAN |
| 7 | ZHOU | Ziqiu | CHN |
| 8 | OCINSKI | Jakub | POL |
| 9 | MARDALEISHVILI | Mikheil | GEO |
| 10 | SCHROEDTER | Robin | GER |
| 11 | AFFEDE | Leonardo | ITA |
| 12 | HUEBERS | Richard | GER |
| 13 | MACKIEWICZ | Andrew | USA |
| 14 | KINDLER | Maximilian | GER |
| 15 | ISKANDAROV | Vyacheslav | RUS |
| 16 | BANCSICS | Mate | HUN |
| 17 | AKULA | Mikhail | BLR |
| 18 | CURATOLI | Luca | ITA |
| 18 | VORONOV | Kostiantyn | UKR |
| 20 | SEITZ | Tom | FRA |
| 21 | CHUNG | Hojin | KOR |
| 22 | STREETS | Kaito | USA |
| 22 | TIAN | Yue | CHN |
| 24 | KIM | Chang Jae | KOR |
| 25 | ELSISSY | Ziad | EGY |
| 26 | CSABA | Marton Bence | HUN |
| 27 | LUCCHETTI | Stefano Ivan | ARG |
| 28 | CARVAJAL | Jesus | VEN |
| 29 | STATSENKO | Oleksiy | UKR |
| 30 | KISEL | Siarhei | BLR |
| 31 | IAM | Chung Yin | HKG |
| 32 | LAMBERT | Maxence | FRA |
| 33 | YILDIRIM | Enver | TUR |
| 34 | BOUKAS | Evaggelos | GRE |
| 35 | CUELLAR | Sebastian | COL |
| 36 | PASKOV | Pancho | BUL |
| 37 | ARFA | Fares | CAN |
| 38 | HUANG | Lulu | CHN |
| 39 | ROMERO | Eliecer | VEN |
| 40 | KARIM | Nurzhan | KAZ |
| 41 | BAHER ARESBARAN | Farzad | IRI |
| 42 | LARA | Eduardo | MEX |
| 43 | SENEGAS | Remi | FRA |
| 44 | CHORCHOWSKI | Kewin | POL |
| 45 | KARABINSKI | Artsiom | BLR |
| 46 | TAMOY | Luis | VEN |
| 47 | ZDIRI | Ridha | TUN |
| 48 | HERNANDEZ CABALLERO | Andres | ESP |
| 49 | TRUSHAKOV | Alexander | RUS |
| 50 | AIYENURO | Soji | GBR |
| 50 | DAVOLI | Roberto | GRE |
| 52 | RASKOSOV | Dmytro | UKR |
| 53 | HARIMA | Ryuta | JPN |
| 54 | DE LA FUENTE | Diego | ESP |
| 55 | ANISKOV | Sergey | KAZ |
| 56 | DI TELLA | Pascual Maria | ARG |
| 57 | GRZEGOREK | Mikolaj | POL |
| 58 | ZAPOROJCENCO | Nicolai | MDA |
| 59 | CHOY | Yu Yong | SIN |
| 60 | WAFAEY | Mokhtar | EGY |
| 61 | BURNEV | Lyuboslav | BUL |
| 62 | MOON | Sung Bin | KOR |
| 63 | FERJANI | Fares | TUN |
| 64 | HANUS | Adam | CZE |
| 65 | HERNANDEZ FLORES | Javier Alejandro | MEX |
| 66 | TSANG | Tsz Hin | HKG |
| 67 | UKLEBA | David | GEO |
| 68 | PEREDA | Fernando | ESP |
| 69 | PEZZI | Enrico | BRA |
| 70 | FAZYL | Shynggys | KAZ |
| 71 | ESTEVES | Nuno | POR |
| 72 | TANDAI | Sho | JPN |
| 73 | MIRANDA | Ignacio Jose | ARG |
| 74 | AMER | Mohamed | EGY |
| 75 | POTOU | Orestis-Kyriakos | GRE |
| 76 | FAWKES | Boston | AUS |
| 77 | LAMBERT | Pascal | CAN |
| 78 | KURT | Kemal Arda | TUR |
| 79 | JONSSON | Hilmar Orn | ISL |
| 80 | MANDOV | Ivan | BUL |
| 81 | SEPULVEDA ROMERO | Daniel | COL |
| 82 | BENCHEHIMA | Fares | ALG |
| 83 | DE VISSCHER | Jules-Emile | BEL |
| 84 | CORREA VILA | Luis | COL |
| 85 | LEU | Clive Yi Yang | SIN |
| 86 | SLANKARD | Kirk | GBR |
| 87 | LI | Sze Hou Adrian | HKG |
| 88 | MATEISIN | Piotr | MDA |
| 89 | ANDO | Kohei | JPN |
| 90 | VAN HOFFELEN | Camille | GBR |
| 91 | WHITAKER | Arthur | BRA |
| 92 | BALLO | Boubacar | MLI |
| 93 | EL FALJI | Walid | MAR |
| 94 | ACUNA RAMIREZ | Adrian | MEX |
| 95 | MORAVEC | Tomas | CZE |
| 96 | GONZALEZ DALMASY | Jose M | PUR |
| 97 | KOEN | Riekert | RSA |
| 98 | FUCIK | Jan | CZE |
| 99 | RAPACH | Lucas | BRA |
| 100 | WOLSKI | Samuel | RSA |
| 101 | BOUNABI | Akram | ALG |
| 102 | KOEN | Wikus | RSA |
| 102 | NURALIEV | Shakhboz | TJK |
| 104 | KITSIRIBOON | Soravit | THA |
| 105 | ALFADHLI | Abdulmalek | KUW |
| 105 | SIADI YABUYA | Yane | COD |
| 105 | MONGONDJI | Cedrick | COD |