The United States Fencing Association (USFA) has selected the athletes who will represent the United States at the 2005 Senior World Championships in Leipzig, Germany, October 8-15, 2005.
The Championships are held every year by the Federation Internationale d’Escrime (FIE), the international governing body of the sport of fencing. More than 100 countries are members of the FIE, including the U.S. The USFA is the national governing body for the sport in the United States.
Four athletes have been selected by the USFA in each weapon (men’s epee, foil, and saber; women’s epee, foil and saber). The Championships includes individual and team competitions in each weapon. The US team is composed of four fencers that will compete in the individual event and the teams are composed of three fencers plus one alternate.
At the 2004 Olympics, the US teams placed just out of medal reach in the Men’s Foil and Men’s Sabre events – losing close matches for the bronze medal. The US Women’s sabre fencers took second at the 2004 world championships and posted two medal wins at the Olympic’s individual events when Mariel Zagunis and Sada Jacobson made history for the United States by winning the gold and bronze medals in the women’s saber event.
US ROSTER:
Men’s Foil
Dan Kellner (29 – Warren, NJ)
Jon Tiomkin (26 – Hewlett, NY)
Jed Dupree (25 – Bethlehem, PA / New York, NY)
Andras Horanyi (18 – Boulder, CO)
Women’s Foil
Hanna Thompson (21 – Rochester, NY)
Emily Cross (18 – New York, NY)
Samantha Nemecek (17 – Alto, MI)
Doris Willette (17 – Lafayette, CA)
Women’s Epee
Kelley Hurley (16 – San Antonio, TX)
Maya Lawrence (25 – Teaneck, NJ)
Lindsay Campbell (24 – New York, NY)
Kerry Walton (23 – Londonderry, NH)
Men’s Epee
Seth Kelsey (23 – Brush Prairie, WA)
Soren Thompson (24 – San Diego, CA)
Cody Mattern (24 – Tigard, OR)
Benjamin Solomon (21 – Chagrin Falls, OH)
Men’s Saber
Ivan Lee (24 – Brooklyn, NY)
Jason Rogers (22 – Los Angeles, CA)
Tim Morehouse (26 – Bronx, NY)
Adam Crompton (20 – Newark, NJ)
Women’s Saber
Mariel Zagunis (20 – Beaverton, OR)
Sada Jacobson (19 – Dunwoody, GA)
Rebecca Ward (15 – Portland, OR)
Caitlin Thompson (18 – Portland, OR)
Schedule of Events:
Saturday October 8, 2005:
Womens Foil: Individuals – Elimination
Mens Epée: Individuals – Elimination
Sunday October 9, 2005
Mens Sabre:Individuals – Elimination
Womens Epée: Individuals – Elimination
Womens Foil: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL
Mens Epée: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL
Monday October 10, 2005
Womens Sabre: Individuals – Elimination
Mens Foil: Individuals – Elimination
Mens Sabre: Individuals – Elimination – 64/FINAL
Womens Epée: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL
Tuesday October 11, 2005
Womens Sabre: Individuals – Elimination -64/FINAL
Mens Foil: Individuals – Elimination – 64/FINAL
Wednesday October 12, 2005
Mens Epée: Teams – Elimination 32/FINAL
Thursday October 13, 2005
Mens Epée: Teams
Womens Foil: Teams
Friday October 14, 2005
Womens Epée:Teams
Mens Sabre: Team
Saturday October 15, 2005
Mens Foil: Teams
Womens Sabre: Teams