Silver medal GAROZZO Enrico ITA Gold medal PARK Sangyoung KOR bronze medal NIKISHIN Bogdan UKR AVDEEV Anton RUS.© Ph.Giovanni Minozzi /FIE/FencingPhotos.com
The 2014-2015 Grand Prix Series provides each individual weapon discipline with 3 Grand Prix tournaments from January to May 2014.
Sangyoung Park (KOR) defeated Enrico Garozzo (ITA) 15-14 in the finals of the 2014 Doha Men’s Epee Grand Prix held in Qatar. Park takes home the grand prize of $10,000 for his victory.
In the final bout, Garozzo took a narrow 14-13 lead, but Park was able to string together the final two touches to claim the first Grand Prix title of 2014.
Final Park (Kor) d . Garozzo (ITA) 15-14
Semifinals
Park (KOR) d. Nikishin (UKR)
Garozzo (ITA) d. Avdeev (RUS)
Quarter-Finals
Nikishin (UKR) d. Sokolov (UZB)
Park (KOR ) d. Minobe (JPN)
Garozzo (ITA) d. Kauter (SUI)
Avdeev (RUS) d. Robeiri (FRA)
The FIE individual World Cup series consists of three Grands Prix and five World Cups per year.
Videos:
1st Semi-Final Bout:
Prize Pool for the 2014 Doha Men’s Epee Grand Prix: $23,000 USD
1st: $10,000
2nd: $5,000
3rd/4th: $2,000
5th – 8th: $1,000
Previous Winners:
2013: Gabor Boczko (HUN)
2012: Kyoung Doo Park (KOR)
2011: Imre Geza (HUN)
2010: Joerg Fiedler (GER)
2009: Alfredo Rota (ITA)