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Kelsey Wins Gold in Australia

Seth Kelsey Photo A.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com
Seth Kelsey won the Challenge Australia.  Photo A.Timacheff/FencingPhotos.com

Seth Kelsey (USA) improved into the top-16 in the FIE World Rankings with the world cup victory at the Challenge Australia this past weekend.

Kelsey won his last three direct elimination bouts by one touch each – defeating Great Britain’s Jonathan Willis 5-4 in the quarter finals, Tigran Bajgoric (CAN) 13-12 in the semi-finals, and finally Keisuke Sakamoto (JPN) 11-10 for the gold medal.


US fencers made a strong showing, with 4 fencers in the top 16.  Joining Kelsey were Cody Mattern (9th), Travis Exum (11th), and Jimmy Moody (15th).  Also fencing for the US were Eric Hansen (20th), Keith Lichten (21st), and Bobby Cottam (26th).

The FIE Men’s Epee circuit heads next to the Americas where the next 4 world cup events will be in Canada, Puerto Rico, Columbia, and Argentina.  Fencers are able to count the best three events in each zone (Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe) towards their FIE world ranking.  Having the last 4 events close to home allows the US fencers a better choice of events to improve their world rankings prior to the Pan American zonal championships and the World Championships, to be held in Paris, France this November.

Direct Elimination table (Hosted at the FIE site):click to download

Final Results:

Rank Name Nationality
1 KELSEY Weston USA
2 SAKAMOTO Keisuke JPN
3 BAJGORIC Tigran CAN
3 VIDEIRA Joaquim POR
5 BOISVERT-SIMARD Hugues CAN
6 HEINZER Max SUI
7 WILLIS Jonathan GBR
8 UEHARA Koshiro JPN
9 MATTERN Cody USA
10 STEFFEN Benjamin SUI
11 EXUM Travis USA
12 MINOBE Kazuyasu JPN
13 TSUI Yiu Chung HKG
14 ROUILLAUX Jerome FRA
15 MOODY Jimmy USA
16 LEWIS James AUS
17 NISHIDA Shogo JPN
18 LAU Kam Tan HKG
19 AUSTEN Ross AUS
20 HANSEN Eric USA
21 LICHTEN Keith USA
22 DOWNES John AUS
23 OKU Yu JPN
24 DAVIES Nicholas AUS
25 HIRANO Yoshiki JPN
26 COTTAM Bobby USA
27 CARTILLIER Luc AUS
28 DOLLEY William AUS
29 LEWITH Richard AUS
30 MACDONALD Kyle NZL
31 LIM Wei Wen SIN
32 LAU Lai Chuen HKG
33 PETRICIC Martin CRO
34 DI MAGGIO Nicolas SUI
35 CASAGRANDE Zaccaria AUS
36 FENWICK Andrew IRL
37 MAEDA Yusuke JPN
38 SHELLEY Jeremy AUS
39 TOUYET Nicolas FRA
40 DE SEPIBUS Severin SUI
41 JAMROZY Marek AUS
42 RADFORD Kristian AUS
43 LEE Samson Mun Hou SIN
44 MANSFIELD Luke AUS
44 HAGIWARA Hiroki JPN
46 HICKS Xavier AUS
47 REID Shannon AUS
48 BISHOP William NZL
49 SESUN Andreas NZL
50 GRONCKI Roy AUS
51 BLACKMAN Samuel AUS
52 LEUNG Ka Ming HKG
53 ARNOLD Scott AUS
54 PESMAN Marcus AUS
55 WU Siu Cheung HKG
56 WONG Chun Sing HKG
57 BEWSHER Justin AUS
58 CLARKE Reagan AUS
59 EMMANUEL Suresh AUS
60 WILCOCK Benjamin AUS
61 SUMMERFIELD Simon AUS
62 SNELL Robert AUS
63 JAVENS Stephen AUS
63 LOVELL Alexander AUS
65 HUNTER Alexander AUS
66 NELSON Michael AUS
67 HARGREAVES Oscar AUS
68 FAIRWEATHER Duncan AUS
69 MIHAILESCU Cosmin AUS
70 SAW Adrian NZL
71 ROBSON Daniel AUS

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