International Fencing Federation
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| Sport | Fencing |
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| Founded | November 29, 1913 |
| President |  Russia Alicher Ousmanov |
| Official website | www.fie.ch |
Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) (Template:Lang-en) is the international governing body of Olympic fencing. Today, its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. The FIE is composed of 145 national federations, each of which is recognized by its country's Olympic Committee as the sole representative of Olympic-style fencing in that country.
Since its inception in 1913, there have been fourteen different presidents. The current president of the federation is Alisher Usmanov.
History
It was founded on November 29, 1913 in Paris, France after an earlier Fencing Congress had been held in Ghent, Belgium.
There were nine founding nations:[1]
Events
World Championships
Competitions organized by FIE include the Fencing World Championships and the Fencing World Cup.
Olympics
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People
Presidents of the FIE
A list of FIE Presidents from 1913 to the present:[1]
- 1913–1921:
Albert Feyerik - 1921–1924:
André Maginot - 1925–1928:
George van Rossem - 1929–1932:
Eugène Empeyta - 1933–1948: Paul Anspach
- 1949–1952: Jacques Coutrot
- 1953–1956:
Giuseppe Mazzini - 1957–1960: Pierre Ferri
- 1961–1964:
Miguel de Capriles - 1965–1980: Pierre Ferri
- 1981–1984: Giancarlo Brusati
- 1984–1992: Rolland Boitelle
- 1993–2008: René Roch
- Since 2008:
Alisher Usmanov
Athletes
National Federations
As of 2012, the FIE recognizes 145 affiliated national federations.[2]
Note: As of 7 July 2012[update], the Netherlands Antilles is still listed as an FIE Member nation and 146 member nations are listed on the FIE's membership page. However, after the country was dissolved, it lost its National Olympic Committee status in 2011. At the 2012 Olympics, athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles were eligible to participate as independent athletes under the Olympic flag (no fencers competed).
References
- ^ a b Six, Gerard. "Fencing History" (PDF). Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. Retrieved 2013-04-01.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "List of the federations". Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. Retrieved 2013-04-01.[non-primary source needed]
External links
- Fédération Internationale d'Escrime
- Olympics, FIE records
- History of fencing
- FIE calendar
- Results of FIE competitions
- FIE rules
- FIE Magazines
- FIE press releases
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