Azerbaijani women’s sabre team have finished second at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Azerbaijan lost 45-39 to France in the final. The Azerbaijani team included Anna Bashta, Sevil Bunyatova, Valeriya Bolshakova and Polina Kaspiarovich.
Azerbaijani female fencer Anna Bashta has captured a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Bashta secured the medal to a 15-10 victory over French Manon Brunet in the women’s sabre individual event. En route to the final, Bashta 15-13 victory over Italy’s Rossella Gregorio and beat Japanese Misaki…
LAUSANNE, Switz., Dec. 10, 2021—The FIE is saddened to learn of the passing of Jahangir Safarov (AZE) on November 12. He was a coach of the Azerbaijan national fencing team as well as a national referee. He was born on March 9, 1968. Safarov began fencing at age 10. He became a medallist at numerous…
Alisher Usmanov (RUS) has been re-elected by acclamation to a fourth term as President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) during the Elective Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mr. Usmanov, a former sabre fencer, was first elected as President in 2008. Prior to that, he served as President of the Russian Fencing Federation and European Fencing…
Our cadet epee fencers participated in European Cadet Circuit series Hartmann Cup tournament held in Heidenheim, Germany. Nazile Rahimova with 4 wins in group stage advanced to 1/32 finals. She gained victory against her opponent from Ukraine 15:8, but then failed to win against Polish epee fencer. Khadija Hasanli with 2 wins in group stage,…
Khadija Hasanli, epee fencer of Azerbaijan national team achieved 8th place among 165 fencers in European Cadet Circuit international tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia. Successfully finishing the group stage, Khadija held fight against her teammate Nazile Rahimova who gained 5 wins in group stage. Khadija won 15:14 and advanced to quarterfinal. Beating opponents from Ukraine…
Today at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the fencer of the Azerbaijani national team Anna Bashta started her performance. At the 1/16 final stage, the 25-year-old sabre fencer won her first fight against the experienced American Ann-Elizabeth Stone (15: 9). Anna’s next opponent was Russian Olga Nikitina, to whom the Azerbaijani fencer lost…
Azerbaijani fencer Anna Bashta won a license to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Bashta became the winner of the European qualification tournament held in Madrid (Spain), which she won a license for the Olympic Games for the first time in her career. In the group stage of the tournament, the Azerbaijani athlete gained three…
Zarifa Huseynova in her first World Fencing Championship, held in Egypt, was able to reach the semifinals. Azerbaijani sabre fencer Zarifa Huseynova has achieved historical success, having won the first medal for the country at the Cadet World Fencing Championships, held in Cairo (Egypt). Huseynova won the bronze medal of the world championship….
Today the winners of the men and women team saber fencing competitions of the World Cup stage in Budapest, Hungary have been determined. Our team, consisting of Anna Bashta, Valeria Bolshakova, Sabina Karimova and Sevil Bunyatova, who started the fight in the 1/16 finals of the team classification in saber fencing, beat the Romanian team…