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2022 Veteran Fencing World Championship Preview

10/04/2022, 9:15am CDT
By USA Fencing

Nearly three years to the day since a Veteran Fencing World Championships last took place, the resolute veteran legends from USA Fencing will start to descend on Zadar, Croatia, for the event’s 2022 edition.

2022 Veteran Fencing World Championship Preview

ZADAR, Croatia
 

Nearly three years to the day since a Veteran Fencing World Championships last took place, the resolute veteran legends from USA Fencing will start to descend on Zadar, Croatia, for the event’s 2022 edition. 

This year's Team USA roster features 72 veteran fencers who, despite disappointment in the cancellation of this event in 2021, are determined to prove that age is just a number — a number of medals, that is.

“The 2022 Veteran World Championships in Zadar will offer the opportunity to meet again as fencers and friends, to share amazing experiences, and to celebrate our sport,” says FIE Interim President member, Emmanuel Katsiadakis. “We look forward to sharing these amazing experiences and sport celebrations with you.”

President of the Croatian Fencing Federation Antonio Trcin adds that Zadar’s “vast culture, rich heritage, medieval buildings and ancient legacy will be an experience for every fencer coming to our city. We are sure that after this event, you will be filled with great energy you will carry home wonderful memories of this competition for a long time.”

In the last Veteran World Championship in 2019, USA Fencing took home a historic 22 medals, including a podium finish in all six team events — marking the first time in the event’s history that a country has taken six team medals. Team USA dominated the overall medal count with seven more than second-place Italy. 

This year’s Veteran World Championships squad sees a slate of 72 veteran athletes representing the red, white and blue. One of those very athletes is USA Fencing’s most decorated veteran fencer with seven individual Vet World titles: Jane Eyre. Avid fencer Eyre has won a medal every year she’s competed in 60-69 women’s saber, dating back to 2013.

 

Jennette Starks-Faulkner and Liz Kocab continued to rack up Vet World Championship titles as Starks-Faulkner won her third gold in 60-69 women’s foil and Kocab clinched her sixth career gold in women’s épée at the 2019 Veteran World Championship. They’ll enter this year's Veteran World Championships with hopes of continuing their winning streaks. 

Team USA further displayed its  dominance in 2019 in women’s saber as well as men’s foil, medaling in every age category. In the 50-59 men’s saber event, a U.S. fencer had stood on the podium in four of the last five years, and in Egypt, it had two as Mark Lundborg won gold and Tamas Vidovszky earned bronze. Both Lundborg and Vidovszky eagerly continue their quests for the podium this year in Zadar.

The 2022 FIE Veteran World Championships is hosted by the Croatian Fencing Federation Oct. 6–12. Follow USA Fencing’s coverage of the event on our Facebook page HERE. The live video stream of the competition can be found HERE.

 

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