European Olympic qualification tournament: Greece with five fencers – Sports

Greek fencing has a guaranteed individual qualification in the women’s saber, through the world rankings, thanks to Dora Goundoura, while it failed to have representation in the weapons team events. In the five events that have not secured qualification, Greece has the right to claim with three athletes and two athletes the five continental tickets for Paris in the European Olympic fencing qualification tournament in Luxembourg, 26-28 of the month.

The Hellenic Fencing Federation has set in May and June 2023 the internal selection process for the representation of our country in the Luxembourg tournament, which concluded with the Panhellenic Men’s and Women’s Championships at the end of March.

In the exercise sword, Katerina Kontochristopoulou and Nikos Kontochristopoulos will claim Olympic qualification for Greece. Kontochristopoulou from the corresponding event in 2016 in Prague secured qualification for the Rio Olympic Games, while for Kontochristopoulos it will be the third consecutive Olympic qualification tournament after those of 2016 in Prague and 2021 in Madrid.

For the first time in their career, Nikos Tsokas, Nefeli Rodopoulou and Dimitris Kafataridis, who will represent our country in the men’s dueling sword, the women’s dueling sword and the men’s epee respectively, will participate in an Olympic qualification tournament.

It should be noted that in the men’s dueling sword, Nikos Tsokas tied with Savvas Kavadias in the internal qualification and the selection criterion in the tie was the highest position in the world ranking.

The FIE also invited the international Greek referee, Stathis Gerosideris, to the event.

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