List of fencers


Fencers and coaches of the Olympic era

;Austria
  • Albert Bogen, sabreur, Olympic silver
  • Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch, sabreur and Olympic bronze medalist
  • Otto Herschmann, sabreur; one of only a few athletes to have won Olympic medals in different sports; won silver medal in sabre team competition in 1912
  • Ellen Preis, fencer, Olympic champion, 3× world champion, 17× Austrian champion
;Belarus
;Belgium
;Brazil
  • Renzo Agresta, Brazilian fencer in individual sabre events at 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics
  • Roberto Lazzarini, Brazilian fencer at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics
  • Élora Pattaro, Brazilian fencer in women's individual sabre event at 2004 Olympics
  • Fernando Scavasin, Brazilian fencer in the foil events at the 2016 Olympics
;Bulgaria
;China
;Denmark
;Estonia
  • Julia Beljajeva, épéeist, World Champion in Individual Women's Épée. European Champion in Team Women's Épée.
  • Svetlana Chirkova-Lozovaja, most-successful Estonian fencer of the Soviet era. Olympic gold medal for Women's Foil team event at 1968 Summer Olympics, World champion in Women's Foil team event at 1971, silver 1969, individual World Championships bronze medal 1969.
  • Irina Embrich, épéeist, silver at World Championships women's team event, bronze at European Championships women's team event, silver at World Championships women's individual event, bronze at World Championships and European Championships women's individual event. European Champion in Team Women's Épée.
  • Sven Järve, épéeist, bronze in Individual Men's Épée.
  • Kaido Kaaberma, épéeist, bronze and gold at World Championships team event. Individual World Championships bronze. Team World Championships silver.
  • Nikolai Novosjolov, épéeist, 2x World Champion in Individual Men's Épée. Team World Championships silver. European Championships silver.
;Finland
;France
  • Romain Cannone, fencer, Olympic champion
  • Marc Cerboni, fencer, won bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
  • Yves Dreyfus, fencer, national champion and 2x Olympic bronze medalist
  • Lucien Gaudin, twice World Champion, won four gold and three silver Olympic medals covering all three weapons
  • Laura Flessel-Colovic, épéeist with two gold, a silver and two bronze medals
  • Alexandre Lippmann, fencer, Olympic champion, 2× silver, bronze
  • Armand Mouyal, fencer, Olympic bronze, world champion, national champion
  • Claude Netter, fencer, Olympic champion, silver
  • Christian d'Oriola, Olympic and world campion, named "Fencer of the 20th Century" by the FIE, International Fencing Federation, in 2001. Between 1947 and 1956 won four World Championships and six Olympic Medals, including two individual gold, one individual silver, two team gold, and one team silver. In addition to 4x Individual World Champion, 4x team world champion.
  • Jean Stern, fencer, Olympic champion
;Georgia
  • Sandro Bazadze, sabre, world championship bronze, 2x European champion
;Germany
  • Helene Mayer, German-Jewish foilist, won gold at 1928 Summer Olympics and the 1929 World Championship, left for US in 1931, returned to represent Germany in 1936 Summer Olympics and won silver, went back to US and was granted US citizenship, returned to Germany in 1952 and died of cancer in 1953, won the US Championships eight times.
;Great Britain
  • Connie Adam, fencer, took up fencing aged 60 and went on to win 140 medals.
  • Bob Anderson, sabre fencer, represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships. Went on to a career as sword master and fight director for movies, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Star Wars trilogy, and The Princess Bride. Coached Britain's national fencing team for 20 years.
  • Robert Bruniges, World Junior Foil Champion 1976, 3x Olympian
  • Richard Cohen, 5x British sabre champion, author of By the Sword, on the history of fencing
  • Mary Glen Haig, 4x Olympian; IOC member
  • Bill Hoskyns, 1958 World Épée Champion, 1960 Olympic Team silver medalist and 1964 Individual silver medalist. Fenced in the Olympics a record six times, twice at all three weapons. Eight times British champion, won four Commonwealth gold medals and one silver at different weapons.
  • Allan Jay, Épée and foil fencer; Olympic 2× silver, world champion, 4x national champion
  • Ralph Johnson, Epeeist, 4x Olympian, Commonwealth Games Épée Team Champion 1970, 6x British Épée champion,. Also British Under-20 Foil Champion 1967 and British Junior Foil Champion 1971
  • Richard Kruse, Foil, reached quarter-finals at the 2004 Summer Olympics, won silver in Men's Foil at 2006 European Championships. First British fencer to achieve the world's top ranking.
  • Fiona McIntosh, 4x British foil champion, winner of the 1990 Commonwealth Fencing Championships and 12 Commonwealth medals, 4x Olympian and finalist in Barcelona 1992
  • Barry Paul, Foil, 3x Olympian, 5x British national champion, Managing Director of the only manufacturer of fencing equipment in the UK
  • Raymond Paul, 2x Commonwealth Games gold medalist
  • René Paul, competed at four Olympics and won 10 Commonwealth Games medals
  • Edgar Seligman, won British championship twice in each weapon, twice won Olympic silver
  • James Williams, sabreur, reached L16 at the 2000 Summer Olympics
;Hungary
;Hong Kong
;India
;Israel
;Italy
;Korea
;Philippines
;Poland
;Romania
  • Ana Maria Popescu, team world champion in 2010, 4x European team champion
  • Mihai Covaliu, Olympic champion, coach of Romanian fencing team
  • Rareș Dumitrescu, sabreur, won silver medal at 2012 Olympics in the team contest, world champion with the team in 2009, European champion with the team in 2006.
  • Tiberiu Dolniceanu, sabreur, won silver medal at 2012 Olympics in the team contest, world champion with the team in 2009, European champion with the team in 2006.
  • Simona Gherman, world team champion in 2010, 4x European team champion
  • Anca Măroiu, world champion in 2010 with the team, 4x European team champion
  • Florin Zalomir, sabreur, won silver medal at 2012 Olympics in the team contest, world champion with the team in 2009, European team champion in 2006.
;Russia/Soviet Union
  • Vasyl Stankovych, Ukrainian foil fencer, 5x World Champion, 2x Olympic silver medalist
  • Sergey Bida, Olympic silver, ranked #1 in the world
  • Yelena Grishina, Olympic fencer, 2x world team silver
  • Pavel Kolobkov, épéeist, Olympic Champion 2000, 5x world champion, twice Junior World Champion, winner of 1999 World Cup
  • Grigory Kriss, Soviet fencer, Olympic champion, 2x silver
  • Viktor Krovopouskov, sabreur, 4x Olympic gold medalist, twice individual World Champion, twice won the World Cup
  • Konstantin Lokhanov, sabreur, 2x junior world champion
  • Maria Mazina, Jewish Russian fencer, Olympic champion, bronze
  • Mark Midler, foilist, Jewish Russian member of first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, took gold at 1956 and 1960 Olympics as a part of Soviet team, won four consecutive World Championships.
  • Vladimir Nazlymov, sabreur/coach, two-time individual World Champion, team gold at three Olympics and at 8 World Championships, twice named the world's best sabre fencer by the FIE, former head coach of the Ohio State University fencing team who retired in lieu of termination during an NCAA investigation
  • Boris Onishchenko, modern pentathlete, individual silver medalist and team gold medalist in 1972, disqualified in 1976 for using a rigged weapon
  • Stanislav Pozdnyakov, sabreur, Olympic and 5x world champion, 7x winner of World Cup, 4x member of winning Olympic sabre team, and 4x at world championships
  • Mark Rakita, Jewish Russian sabreur, 2x Olympic Champion, 2x silver, World Champion in 1967, David Tyshler's pupil and coach in his own right
  • Alexander Romankov, Russian foilist, 10x world champion
  • Yakov Rylsky, Jewish Russian sabreur, 2x Olympic and 3x World Champion, represented USSR over a period of 14 years
  • Sergey Sharikov, Jewish Russian sabreur, 2x Olympic Champion
  • Viktor Sidjak, Soviet sabreur, 4x Olympic gold medalist
  • Vladimir Smirnov, foilist, won individual gold at 1980 Summer Olympics, won world championships in 1981, died at 1982 World Championships in Rome, when a broken blade went through his mask causing a fatal brain injury ; his death prompted an extensive review of safety standards in fencing. Tragic though his death was, it ultimately resulted in making the sport statistically safer than golf.
  • David Tyshler, Jewish Russian sabreur, member of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, won medals at 1956 Olympics and five World Championships, best known for his achievements as a coach, one of the founding fathers of the Soviet school of fencing, pupils include Mark Rakita and Viktor Sidjak
  • Eduard Vinokurov, Jewish Russian sabreur, 2x Olympic champion, silver
  • Iosif Vitebskiy, Jewish Russian épée fencer, 19x national championship medalist.
;Sweden
;Switzerland
; Taiwan
;Ukraine
  • Yury Gelman, Ukrainian-born American Olympic fencing coach
  • Sergei Golubitsky, World Foil Champion 1997, 1998, 1999; Winner of 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1999 World Cup, Olympic silver medalist 1992.
  • Vadim Gutzeit, Ukrainian fencer, Olympic champion, world championship silver and bronze
  • Grigory Kriss, épée, Olympic champion, 2× silver
  • David Tyshler, saber fencer, Olympic bronze
  • Iosif Vitebskiy, épée fencer, Olympic silver, 10x national champion, world champion
;United States
Venezuela
  • Rubén Limardo, Men's Individual Épée Olympic Champion 2012, 2013 Budapest World Championship silver medalist.
  • Rafael Suárez, Men's Individual & Team Foil Olympics 1996; Cadet, Junior and Senior World Cup Medalist; Pan-American, Centro-American, and South-American Champion.

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