Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair fencing
at the XVI Paralympic Games

Wheelchair fencing pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics

Venue| Makuhari Messe
Dates| 25–29 August 2021
Competitors| 96 from 20 nations

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Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at the Makuhari Messe, the same place where goalball, sitting volleyball and taekwondo took place. It consisted of sixteen events (eight male, eight female) including two team events.[1]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2][3]

## Participating nations

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* Belarus (2)
* Brazil (4)
* Canada (4)
* China (11)
* France (4)
* Georgia (3)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (2)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (7)
* Iraq (3)
* Italy (8)
* Japan (6) (Host nation)
* Poland (7)
* RPC (12)
* Thailand (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (9)
* United States (3)

## Medal table

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Rank| NPC| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 11| 4| 5| 20
2|  RPC| 2| 2| 3| 7
3|  Great Britain| 1| 1| 3| 5
4|  Hungary| 1| 1| 1| 3
5|  Italy| 1| 1| 0| 2
6|  Ukraine| 0| 4| 1| 5
7|  Brazil| 0| 1| 0| 1
Georgia| 0| 1| 0| 1
Poland| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  France| 0| 0| 1| 1
Greece| 0| 0| 1| 1
Thailand| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (12 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## Medalists

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### Men's events

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Event  | Class  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual épée  | A
details | Piers Gilliver
Great Britain | Maxim Shaburov
RPC | Tian Jianquan
China

details | Alexander Kuzyukov
RPC | Jovane Guissone
Brazil | Dimitri Coutya
Great Britain
Team épée  | A–B
details |  RPC
Alexander Kuzyukov
Maxim Shaburov
Artur Yusupov |  China
Hu Daoliang
Sun Gang
Tian Jianquan |  Great Britain
Dimitri Coutya
Piers Gilliver
Oliver Lam-Watson
Individual foil  | A
details | Sun Gang
China | Richárd Osváth
Hungary | Nikita Nagaev
RPC

details | Feng Yanke
China | Hu Daoliang
China | Dimitri Coutya
Great Britain
Team foil  | A–B
details |  China
Hu Daoliang
Li Hao
Sun Gang |  Great Britain
Dimitri Coutya
Piers Gilliver
Oliver Lam-Watson |  France
Romain Noble
Damien Tokatlian
Maxime Valet
Individual sabre  | A
details | Li Hao
China | Artem Manko
Ukraine | Tian Jianquan
China

details | Feng Yanke
China | Adrian Castro
Poland | Panagiotis Triantafyllou
Greece

### Women's events

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Event  | Class  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual épée  | A
details | Amarilla Veres
Hungary | Rong Jing
China | Bian Jing
China

details | Tan Shumei
China | Viktoria Boykova
RPC | Saysunee Jana
Thailand
Team épée  | A–B
details |  China
Bian Jing
Rong Jing
Tan Shumei |  Ukraine
Yevheniia Breus
Olena Fedota
Nataliia Mandryk |  RPC
Viktoria Boykova
Alena Evdokimova
Iuliia Maya
Individual foil  | A
details | Gu Haiyan
China | Nataliia Morkvych
Ukraine | Rong Jing
China

details | Beatrice Vio
Italy | Zhou Jingjing
China | Ludmila Vasileva
RPC
Team foil  | A–B
details |  China
Gu Haiyan
Rong Jing
Zhou Jingjing |  Italy
Andreea Mogoș
Loredana Trigilia
Beatrice Vio |  Hungary
Gyongyi Dani
Éva Hajmási
Zsuzsanna Krajnyák
Individual sabre  | A
details | Bian Jing
China | Nino Tibilashvili
Georgia | Yevheniia Breus
Ukraine

details | Tan Shumei
China | Olena Fedota
Ukraine | Xiao Rong
China

## See also

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* Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Wheelchair Fencing - Tokyo 2020". tokyo2020.org. 10 July 2019.
2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.

## External links

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* Results book Archived 2021-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

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