Yana Egorian (RUS) defeated Mariya Ridel (RUS) 15-8 to win the Lignano Sabbiadoro Junior Women’s Saber World Cup event today. The bronze medals were shared by Martina Petraglia (ITA) and Elizaveta Kiryanova (RUS). 3 US women placed in the top-32.
In the Junior Men’s Epee event (the Alpe Adria), Italy and Switzerland each placed 3 fencers into the final 8 as Marco Fichera (ITA) defeated Michele Niggeler (SUI) 12-8 in the finals. Yusuf Bojte (TUR) and Max Rod (POR) shared bronze.
Junior Women’s Sabre:
Egorian entered the DE table seeded 17th but upset the top seed, Caterina Navarria (ITA) 15-10. Ridel was the only fencer with a top-8 seed (5th) to make the quarter-final round.
The top fencer for the US was Celina Merza, who placed 18th. Merza entered as the 5th seed and won her match in the top-64 against Kover (HUN) 15-6 but then fell in the round of 32 to Kiryanova (RUS) 15-12. Skyla Powers also won her top-64 bout before falling 15-14 to Lera Chudikova (UKR), and Francesca Russo defeated Sage Palmedo (USA) in the 64 before falling to Camilla Fondi (ITA) in the 32.
There was coverage of the event in the Italian media and one program is up on YouTube. (It’s in Italian, of course). Take a look and past the video are the full final placements.
Final Placement: Junior Women’s Sabre – January 6th, 2012
| Rank | Name | Nationality |
| 1 | EGORIAN Yana | RUS |
| 2 | RIDEL Mariya | RUS |
| 3 | KIRYANOVA Elizaveta | RUS |
| 3 | PETRAGLIA Martina | ITA |
| 5 | CHUDIKOVA Lera | UKR |
| 6 | GERMAN Anna | RUS |
| 7 | FONDI Camilla | ITA |
| 8 | KUSIAN Judith | GER |
| 9 | NAVARRIA Caterina | ITA |
| 10 | MORMILE Chiara | ITA |
| 11 | BOUDAD Kenza | FRA |
| 12 | MUSCH Anja | GER |
| 12 | BOUDIAF Saoussen | FRA |
| 14 | VARHELYI Kata | HUN |
| 15 | BUEHRLE Jasmin | GER |
| 16 | NIKOLAEVA Diana | RUS |
| 17 | POCHEKUTOVA Tamara | KAZ |
| 18 | MERZA Celina | USA |
| 19 | DONATI Federica | ITA |
| 20 | VIRLOGEUX Ophelie | FRA |
| 21 | CIARAGLIA Marta | ITA |
| 22 | SUKHOVA Tatiana | RUS |
| 23 | MARTON Anna | HUN |
| 24 | POWERS Skyla | USA |
| 25 | PROKUDA Olena | UKR |
| 26 | MIHALIK Nora | HUN |
| 27 | MARZAL Andrea | ESP |
| 28 | TAHARO Mathilda | FRA |
| 29 | PREARO Flaminia | ITA |
| 30 | RUSSO Francesca | USA |
| 31 | LASZLO Luca | HUN |
| 32 | BETEGON M.teresa | ESP |
| 33 | TITOVA Ekaterina | RUS |
| 34 | PALMEDO Sage | USA |
| 35 | CABALD Audrey | FRA |
| 36 | MCDONALD Margaret | USA |
| 37 | JAROCKI Adrienne | USA |
| 37 | BERTHIER Caroline | FRA |
| 39 | KANUKOVA Ella | RUS |
| 40 | CHERY EMMANUEL Oceane | FRA |
| 41 | BILGIN Begumhan | TUR |
| 42 | BOULAY Beline | FRA |
| 43 | CIARAGLIA Sofia | ITA |
| 44 | REGUIGNE Laura | FRA |
| 45 | CRISCIO Martina | ITA |
| 46 | KATONA Renta | HUN |
| 47 | RODRIGUEZ Elisa | ESP |
| 47 | KOMASHCHUK Alina | UKR |
| 49 | JOHNSON Lena | USA |
| 50 | MAMONTOVA Oleksandra | UKR |
| 51 | ITZKOWITZ Aliya | GBR |
| 52 | ANTONOVA Dar’Ya | RUS |
| 53 | BALDINI Benedetta | ITA |
| 54 | BIAGGI Romina | ITA |
| 55 | PEGOLO Valentina | ITA |
| 56 | DI MARTINO Claudia | ITA |
| 57 | GARDOS Judit | HUN |
| 58 | KOVER Csenge | HUN |
| 59 | BAEZA Marta | ESP |
| 60 | KRUEGER Lea | GER |
| 61 | SETALO Mirella | HUN |
| 62 | SUCHET Charlotte | FRA |
| 63 | ZHAO Erica | USA |
| 64 | MESHCHERIAKOVA Alina | RUS |
| 65 | SORBI Chiara | ITA |
| 66 | ABRAMS Jolien | BEL |
| 67 | KINDLER Ann-Sophie | GER |
| 68 | KULMACZ Claudia | USA |
| 69 | PALINGS Sera | NED |
| 70 | DASKOVA Eliska | CZE |
| 71 | HENZE Beatrice | GER |
| 72 | PEREZ CUENCA Celia | ESP |
| 73 | CAPPELLI Margherita | ITA |
| 74 | FREUDENBERGER Lisa | GER |
| 75 | REDWANZ Rabea | GER |
| 76 | KRAVATSKA Olena | UKR |
| 77 | GALLO Angela Maria Rita | ITA |
| 78 | BALZER Sara | FRA |
| 79 | STONE Gracie | USA |
| 80 | SEMENKO Maryna | UKR |
| 81 | SHCHUKLA Iryna | UKR |
| 82 | TARANTINI Ginevra | ITA |
| 83 | GLON Nicole | USA |
| 84 | OTTENBACHER Lea | GER |
| 85 | FONDI Carlotta | ITA |
| 86 | OTRZONSEK Jennifer | GER |
| 87 | CARSON Victoria | GBR |
| 88 | HUNTER-THOMAS Laura | GBR |
| 89 | GUINEBERT Caroline | FRA |
| 90 | JUHASZ Anna | HUN |
| 91 | MELNYK Kateryna | UKR |
| 92 | ESTEBANEZ Carmen | ESP |
| 93 | GEVAERT Alexandra | BEL |
| 93 | SIMOEN Barbara | BEL |
| 95 | RUAUX Emily | GBR |
| 96 | DIXON Harriet | GBR |
| 97 | DEFRANCE Maryann | BEL |
| 98 | KIEFER Noemi | LUX |
| 99 | BLANCO PURROX M.jose | ESP |
| 100 | VAN DER LINDEN Lisa | NED |
| 101 | RUSHTON Francesca | GBR |
| 101 | CLOETENS Charlotte | BEL |
| 103 | LECCI Micol | ITA |
| 104 | AZZI Maria Luisa | ITA |
| 104 | PATERNOTTE Jose | GER |
| 106 | LEITNER Katharina | AUT |
| 106 | AZZI Micol | ITA |
| 108 | GRUMAN Sarah | USA |
| 108 | GOERG Marie | GER |
| 110 | SARTORI Maria Vittoria | ITA |
| 111 | VALSOVA Andrea | CZE |
| 112 | HENDRICKX Justine | BEL |
Final Placement: Junior Men’s Epee – January 6th, 2012
| Rank | Name | Nationality |
| 1 | FICHERA Marco | ITA |
| 2 | NIGGELER Michele | SUI |
| 3 | ROD Max | POR |
| 3 | BOJTE Yusuf | TUR |
| 5 | SANTARELLI Andrea | ITA |
| 6 | PIREK Valentin | SUI |
| 7 | LOCCI Lorenzo | ITA |
| 8 | CLENIN Laurent | SUI |
| 9 | VON DER OSTEN Frederik | DEN |
| 10 | HARANDZHA Mykhaylo | UKR |
| 11 | CORBION Meeidhy | FRA |
| 12 | ZERBIB Ken-Elie | FRA |
| 13 | FREILICH Yuval Shalom | ISR |
| 14 | ANDREANA Gianmarco | ITA |
| 15 | KALININ Alexey | RUS |
| 16 | MAGRO Andrea | ITA |
| 17 | HAMAR Balazs | HUN |
| 18 | ANOKHIN Vadim | RUS |
| 19 | MARSH Philip | GBR |
| 20 | BODOCZI Nikolaus | GER |
| 21 | VALLOSIO Andrea | ITA |
| 21 | BOGOYAVLENSKIY Bogdan | RUS |
| 23 | BUZZI Lorenzo | ITA |
| 24 | CIMINI Gabriele | ITA |
| 25 | BIDA Sergey | RUS |
| 26 | ADONAI Christopher | FRA |
| 27 | HUDSON Jack | GBR |
| 28 | KREILEIN Robert | GER |
| 29 | EFROSININ Alexei | ITA |
| 30 | GUBIN Nikita | RUS |
| 31 | KISS Gergo | HUN |
| 32 | LYSSOV Alexandre | CAN |
| 33 | OBERSON Alexandre | SUI |
| 34 | PEREIRA Yulen | ESP |
| 35 | BOURGEOIS Louis | SUI |
| 36 | SAINTE ROSE Thomas | FRA |
| 37 | KASE Robin | SWE |
| 38 | HAUTERVILLE Jonathan | FRA |
| 39 | SCARSI Simone | ITA |
| 40 | TYMO Evgen | UKR |
| 41 | GENTY Maximilien | FRA |
| 42 | KARADENIZ Okan | TUR |
| 43 | SCHMIDT Richard | GER |
| 44 | MELOCCHI Tomaso | ITA |
| 45 | STYN Robert | GER |
| 46 | CONEYS Ulysse | IRL |
| 47 | NORIS Amedeo | ITA |
| 48 | TRIVELLI Sergio | ITA |
| 49 | KUHN Georg | SUI |
| 50 | BERNAT Barna | HUN |
| 51 | LIU Chzhan Shan | RUS |
| 52 | TALLAR Akos | HUN |
| 53 | BERTA Daniel | HUN |
| 54 | SVICHKAR Roman | UKR |
| 55 | GYORFFY Kristof | HUN |
| 56 | SORTINO Simone | ITA |
| 57 | ZOZULYA Maksym | UKR |
| 58 | ARNANZ Adrian | ESP |
| 59 | DELARUE-BIZZINI Bernardo | SUI |
| 60 | CHO TAEUN Sandor | HUN |
| 61 | SMYRNOVSKYY Serhiy | UKR |
| 62 | HAXAIRE Pierre | FRA |
| 63 | GUILHEM Romain | FRA |
| 64 | NAGY Attila | HUN |
| 65 | KUCHALSKI Tim | GER |
| 66 | GLAZKOV Nikita | RUS |
| 67 | BALDACCI Luca | ITA |
| 68 | DI BELLA Federico | ITA |
| 69 | BANYAI Zsombor | HUN |
| 70 | WEIDLICH Reinhard | GER |
| 71 | MELLANEN Rasmus | FIN |
| 72 | SANCHEZ-LETHEM Paul James | GBR |
| 73 | MAYA Sylvain | FRA |
| 74 | CHEREPAKHOV Mykyta | UKR |
| 75 | BRUNOLD Bruce | SUI |
| 76 | SIKLOSI Gergely | HUN |
| 77 | CRECCHI Bernardo | ITA |
| 77 | ROBL Troels Christian | DEN |
| 79 | MAUNZ Florian | GER |
| 80 | CHUBENKO Mikhail | RUS |
| 80 | ROCCO Emanuele | ITA |
| 82 | CITRO Fabrizio | ITA |
| 83 | LEOMBRUNO Marco | ITA |
| 84 | VESTERINEN Verneri | FIN |
| 85 | ESPOSITO Simone | ITA |
| 86 | WEITBRECHT Moritz | GER |
| 87 | DANILEJKO Maxim | GER |
| 88 | PRISTERA Mattia | ITA |
| 89 | KOMAROMY-POROS Csongor | HUN |
| 90 | SENDUT Emir | TUR |
| 91 | MICHON Alessandro | LIB |
| 92 | LUCANI Quentin | FRA |
| 92 | SAFAR Cirill | HUN |
| 92 | KRICKIC David | CRO |
| 95 | LEISER Rico | GER |
| 96 | SANFELIU Albert | ESP |
| 96 | LAMPERTZ Guillaume | BEL |
| 98 | GUJINOVIC Luka | CRO |
| 99 | BROOKE William | CAN |
| 99 | SIEBER Armand | SUI |
| 101 | REGIBEAU Gaspard | BEL |
| 102 | CARNEAU Theo | FRA |
| 103 | SCHIAVINA Marco | ITA |
| 104 | TATAROGLU Berk | TUR |
| 105 | IYIOLOGLU Meric | TUR |
| 106 | KACHAN Volodymyr | UKR |
| 107 | HAY Christopher | GBR |
| 108 | OBERSON Philippe | SUI |
| 109 | ANDREYUK Nazariy | UKR |
| 110 | SABAN Vedran | CRO |
| 111 | KARYUCHENKO Yevgeniy | UKR |
| 112 | KOMAN Robert | SLO |
| 113 | ZAFIROV Ivan | BUL |
| 114 | DRIZIN Ariel | ISR |
| 115 | IBANEZ Alvaro | ESP |
| 116 | KATHAN Leonard | AUT |
| 117 | MIGALLON Guillermo | ESP |
| 118 | DOLAR Robin | SLO |
| 119 | BARRIO Jorge | ESP |
| 120 | PARISSE Olivier | BEL |
| 121 | EDWARDS Thomas | GBR |
| 122 | WARREYN Sander | BEL |
| 123 | GLUHIC Gal | SLO |
| 124 | GOLOBIC Jan | SLO |
| 125 | FREWIN James | GBR |
| 126 | LUCCI Francesco | ITA |
| 126 | KORLATH Alexander | AUT |
| 128 | VENCOVSKY Pavel | SVK |
| 129 | KIENTZLE Jens | GER |
| 130 | LOPATENKO Andrii | UKR |
| 131 | GREMION Robin | SUI |
| 132 | FEDYNA Vlad | UKR |
| 132 | HAIT Jonatan | ISR |
| 132 | MAYER Maximilian | AUT |
| 135 | PINTO Santiago | COL |
| 136 | TIKHOMIROV Arseni | CAN |
| 136 | PUCHACHER Lukas | AUT |
| 138 | MORETTI Alessandro | ITA |
| 139 | RICHTER Arne | GER |
| 140 | LAUPER Samuel | SUI |
| 141 | ESER Lutfi | TUR |
| 141 | HENDERSON Matt | GBR |
| 143 | SCHOBER Maximilian | AUT |
| 143 | MASSOT Raphael | FRA |
| 145 | HARTMANN Florian | AUT |
| 145 | DURAN Jaime | ESP |
| 147 | KOENIGSWIESER Justus | AUT |
| 148 | KHILKO Igor | UKR |
| 149 | JOVCEVSKI Viktor | MKD |
| 150 | LOVRIC Ivan | CRO |
| 151 | VERHELLE Nicolas | BEL |
| 152 | FARMER Alexander Bryan | SVK |
| 152 | REGINSTER Gregoire | BEL |
| 154 | RADELET Kevin | BEL |
| 154 | HUTTUNEN Pontus | FIN |
| 154 | YEGER Stav | ISR |
| 157 | ANIL Murtaza Berkan | TUR |