USA Fencing

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – London Paralympian Joey Brinson (Florence, Miss.) advanced to the table of 32 at the Paris Wheelchair World Cup in France over the weekend, placing 22nd in the Category B saber event.

Brinson, who represented Team USA as a Category B saber fencer in 2012, went 1-5 in the pool rounds to qualify for the 32 where he lost would fence Maxime Valet (FRA), a bronze medalist at both the 2011 and 2013 Wheelchair Worlds, who earned the win by a 15-6 score.

Brinson also fenced in the Category B epee competition, but failed to advance to the direct elimination rounds after finishing 0-5.

Leo Curtis (Rainier, Ore.), Brinson’s teammate at the 2013 Wheelchair World Championships, fenced in both the Category A epee and saber events. Curtis missed qualifying for the DE rounds in saber after finishing 1-4 in the pool rounds and was eliminated from the epee competition after posting a 0-5 pool record.  

Team USA’s lone fencer in the women’s events, Patricia Dykes (Gulf Breeze, Fla.), was eliminated from the Category A foil competition after a 0-4 result in pools.

Click here to view complete results. Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

Men’s Category A Epee Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Jianquan Tian (CHN)
2. Maxim Shaburov (RUS)
3. Matteo Betti (ITA)
3. Dariusz Pender (POL)
5. Piers Gilliver (GBR)
6. Romain Noble (FRA)
7. Gang Sun (CHN)
8. Viktor Dronov (RUS)

40. Leo Curtis (Rainier, Ore.)

Men’s Category B Epee Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Nikolai Bezyazychny (BLR)
2. Yannick Ifebe (FRA)
3. Dimitri Coutya (GBR)
3. Alexander Kurzin (RUS)
5. Oleg Naumenko (UKR)
6. Pierre Mainville (CAN)
7. Marc Andre Cratere (FRA)
8. Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE)

29. Joey Brinson (Florence, Miss.)

Women’s Category A Epee Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Xu Feng Zou (CHN)
2. Chuncui Zhang (CHN)
3. Marta Fidrych (POL)
3. Yuliya Efimova (RUS)
5. Jing Rong (CHN)
6. Yevheniia Breus (UKR)
7. Alena Evdokimova (RUS)
8. Aliona Halkina (BLR)

Women’s Category B Epee Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Polina Rozkova (LAT)
2. Jingjing Zhou (CHN)
3. Fang Yao (CHN)
3. Tetiana Pozniak (UKR)
5. Marta Makowska (POL)
6. Ludmila Vasileva (RUS)
7. Alesia Makrytskaya (BLR)
8. Sylvi Tauber (GER)

Men’s Category A Foil Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Gang Sun (CHN)
2. Ruyi Ye (CHN)
3. Dariusz Pender (POL)
3. Roman Fedyaev (RUS)
5. Yijun Chen (CHN)
6. Piers Gilliver (GBR)
7. Artur Yusupov (RUS)
8. Richard Osvath (HUN)

Men’s Category B Foil Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Yan Ke Feng (CHN)
2. Daoliang Hu (CHN)
3. Marco Cima (ITA)
3. Anton Datsko (UKR)
5. Dimitri Coutya (GBR)
6. Alessio Sarri (ITA)
7. Maxime Valet (FRA)
8. Jovane Silva Guissone (BRA)

Women’s Category A Foil Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Jing Rong (CHN)
2. Nataliia Morkvych (UKR)
3. Delphine Bernard (FRA)
3. Zsuzsanna Krajnyak (HUN)
5. Jing Bian (CHN)
6. Evgeniya Sycheva (RUS)
7. Albina Kuramshina (RUS)
8. Gemma Collis (GBR)

25. Patricia Dykes (Gulf Breeze, Fla.)

Women’s Category B Foil Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Beatrice Maria Vio (ITA)
2. Jingjing Zhou (CHN)
3. Fang Yao (CHN)
3. Ludmila Vasileva (RUS)
5. Viktoria Boykova (RUS)
6. Gyongyi Dani (HUN)
7. Alesia Makrytskaya (BLR)
8. Patrycja Hareza (POL)

Men’s Category A Saber Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Yijun Chen (CHN)
2. Ruyi Ye (CHN)
3. Jianquan Tian (CHN)
3. Romain Noble (FRA)
5. Evgeny Pochevalin (RUS)
6. Ludovic Lemoine (FRA)
7. Gerasimos Pylarinos-Markantonatos (GRE)
8. Richard Osvath (HUN)

23. Leo Curtis (Rainier, Ore.)

Men’s Category B Saber Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Adrian Castro (POL)
2. Anton Datsko (UKR)
3. Alessio Sarri (ITA)
3. Albert Kamalov (RUS)
5. Panagiotis Triantafyllou (GRE)
6. Marc Andre Cratere (FRA)
7. Grzegorz Plutz (POL)
8. Alexander Kurzin (RUS)

22. Joey Brinson (Florence, Miss.)

Women’s Category A Saber Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Jing Bian (CHN)
2. Yevheniia Breus (UKR)
3. Amarilla Veres (HUN)
3. Natalia Morkvych (UKR)
5. Eva Andrea Hajmasi (HUN)
6. Marta Fidrych (POL)
7. Renata Burdon (POL)
8. Loredana Trigilia (ITA)

Women’s Category B Saber Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. Irma Khetsuriani (GE)
2. Patrycja Hareza (POL)
3. Sophie Sablon (FRA)
3. Jadwiga Pacek (POL)
6. Natalie Natasha Child (GBR)

Men’s Team Epee Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. China
2. France
3. Russia
4. Ukraine
5. Poland
6. Belarus
7. Greece
8. Korea

Women’s Team Foil Paris Wheelchair World Cup
1. China
2. Hungary
3. Russia
4. Hong Kong
5. Belarus
6. France
7. Germany