USA Fencing

On the last day of the World Veteran Fencing Championships in Porec, Croatia, US fencer Jane Eyre (Medford, N.J.) won the gold in the 50-59 Women’s Saber event and teammate Marchel Miernik (Irvington, N.Y.) earned silver in the Men’s 70+ Foil.

Eyre sailed through the top eight, defeating two French athletes with relative ease -- Corinne Aubailly of France 10-3 in the quarterfinals and Patricia Reguigne 10-6 in the semis. In the final, Eyre beat Friederike Janshen of Germany 10-8.

US fencers accounted for four of the top eight. Heidi Runyan (San Diego, Calif.), Jeannine Bender (West New York, N.Y.) and Delia Turner (Philadelphia, Pa.) also reached the quarterfinals. Runyan fell to Janshen 10-8 in the top eight and Turner lost in the same round to Jane Hutchison of Great Britain 10-6. Bender lost her match to Reguigne 10-4.

Marcel Miernik reached the final in the Men’s 70+ Foil after a pair of close bouts. He defeated the number two seed, Franz Hirt of Germany, 10-9 in the top eight and then Hungary’s Jeno Kamuti 10-9 to reach the final. There, he lost to Gari Aftandilov of Russia 10-2.

This brings the total medal count to 11 for the US in one of the most competitive Veteran Championships ever. More than 600 athletes from 30 different nations attended the event. US athletes brought home two golds, five silvers and four bronzes. The US tied Germany for the highest number of medals won, although Russia led the end point total as that team earned four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Congrats to the US Vets team for a superb performance. See www.fencingveterans2010.com/en for full results.

WORLD VETERANS FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Porec, Croatia, Sept. 29 – Oct. 3, 2010

RESULTS

Men’s 50-59 Foil

46 competitors

1 GALVAN Maurizio ITA

2 LECUYER Francois FRA

3 ROYER Bruno FRA

3 YAMAZAKI Yutaka JPN

11 KAIHATSU Edward USA

14 JONES Sam USA

15 LUTTON Thomas USA

30 BENNETT Philippe USA

Men’s 70+ Foil

17 competitors

1 AFTANDILOV Gari RUS

2 MIERNIK Marcel USA

3T FISCHER Wolfgang GER

3T KAMUTI Jeno HUN

6 CHANG Tung USA

8 ADAMS James USA

14 SADY Edward USA

Women’s 50-59 Saber

29 competitors

1 EYRE Jane USA

2 JANSHEN Friederike GER

3T HUTCHISON Jane GBR

3T REGUIGNE Patricia FRA

5 TURNER Delia USA

6 BENDER Jeannine USA

7 RUNYAN Heidi USA

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