Dan Podeanu (born 7 February 1952 in Poroina Mare) is a Romanian fencing master, coach to the Romanian women's épée team.

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Podeanu was born in Mehedinți County, but his parents moved to Craiova when he was seven.[1] After playing swords with other children at the park he took up fencing proper at the age of twelve. He also played basketball at school. As a fencer he won two titles of national champion of Romania in the junior category and one in the senior category. He also was Balkanic champion.

Podeanu ended his career as an athlete when he was 26 and became a fencing coach. In 1995 the Olympic Centre for épée was opened in Cariova and in 1997 Podeanu became national coach for the women's épée team.

For this performance Brânză was named female Olympic athlete of the year by the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee and the Romanian Ministry of Youth and Sport, while Podeanu was named Olympic coach of the year.[2]


Kazuyasu Minobe
 
Minobe at 2014 Paris World Cup
Personal information
Nickname(s)Kaz
Born (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 36)
Echizen, Fukui
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponépée
Handleft-handed
National coachOleksandr Gorbachuk
ClubNexus Fencing Team
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Representing   Japan
Men's Épée
Asian Games
  2014 Incheon Team
  2010 Seoul Team
Asian Championships
  2012 Wakayama Team
  2014 Suwon Team

Kazuyasu Minobe (見延 和靖, Minobe Kazuyasu, born 15 July 1987) is a Japanese épée fencer



Alessio Foconi
 
Personal information
Born (1989-11-22) 22 November 1989 (age 34)
Rome, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponfoil
Handright-handed
National coachAndrea Cipressa
ClubCS Terni / CS Aeronautica Militare
Head coachGiulio Tomassini
FIE rankingcurrent ranking

Alessio Foconi (born 22 November 1989) is an Italian foil fencer.

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Born in Rome, Foconi took up fencing in Terni, Umbria. He was coached in his formative years by Filippo Romagnoli and Giulio Tomassini.

In 2008 he created an upset at the Espinho World Cup after defeating Renal Ganeyev, Ruslan Nasibulin and Choi Byung-chul. He was stopped in the semifinals by fellow countryman and team Olympic champion Simone Vanni and came away with a bronze medal.[3] The next year he won a team bronze medal at the Junior European Championships in Amsterdam and an individual bronze and a team gold at the Junior World Championships in Belfast.

In 2010–11 he took another World Cup bronze, this time at the Shanghai Grand Prix, and finished the season 25th in the world rankings. He did not qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics, but maintained his Top 25 ranking. In 2013 he won the Italian championship after defeating Valerio Aspromonte in the final.[4]

In the 2014–15 season Foconi bounced back in the World Cup circuit by posting a quarter-final finish in the Paris World Cup,[5] then a bronze medal in the Löwe von Bonn.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Craiova: Dan Podeanu, de o viață mânuiește sabia". Adevarul (in Romanian). 17 August 2009.
  2. ^ Daniela Mitroi (3 February 2009), "Dan Podeanu, premiat la Gala Sportului", Gazeta de Sud
  3. ^ Leonardo Bordoni (17 March 2008). "Scherma: Foconi si scopre grande fra i 'grandi'". Sport Terni (in Italian).
  4. ^ Leonardo Bordoni (30 May 2013). "Che Foconi, scala l'Aspromonte ed è oro". Giornale dell'Umbria (in Italian).
  5. ^ Ivano Mari (17 January 2015). "Scherma, buon piazzamento in Coppa del mondo per Foconi". Terni in rete (in Italian).
  6. ^ Stefano Arcobelli (7 February 2015). "Scherma, fioretto, tris d'Italia con trionfo di Cassarà. La Errigo seconda". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian).
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  • Profile at the European Fencing Confederation



The Women's foil event took place on November 7, 2010 at Grand Palais.

Medalists

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Position Name Country
1. Elisa Di Francisca   Italy
2. Arianna Errigo   Italy
3. Nam Hyun-hee   South Korea
3. Valentina Vezzali   Italy
5. Jeon Hee-seok   South Korea
6. Aida Shanaeva   Russia
7. Sylwia Gruchała   Poland
8. Corinne Maîtrejean   France

Draw

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Finals

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Nam Hyun-hee12
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
 
 
  Arianna Errigo 11
 
  Arianna Errigo15
 
 
  Valentina Vezzali10
 

Top half

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Section 1

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Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Nam Hyun-hee15
 
 
 
  Hannah Bryars4
 
  Nam Hyun-hee15
 
 
 
  Gaëlle Gebet6
 
  Dai Huili8
 
 
 
  Gaëlle Gebet15
 
  Nam Hyun-hee15
 
 
 
  Inès Boubakri11
 
  Inès Boubakri15
 
 
 
  Kyomi Hirata11
 
  Inès Boubakri15
 
 
 
  Virginie Ujlaky6
 
  Wenying Wang1
 
 
 
  Virginie Ujlaky15
 
  Nam Hyun-hee15
 
 
 
  Corinne Maîtrejean5
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova15
 
 
 
  Monica Peterson4
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova15
 
 
 
  Le Huilin12
 
  Le Huilin15
 
 
 
  Julie Groslambert11
 
  Corinne Maîtrejean15
 
 
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova12
 
  Chie Yoshizawa15
 
 
 
  Maria Udrea7
 
  Chie Yoshizawa12
 
 
 
  Corinne Maîtrejean15
 
  Eliška Šabartová4
 
 
  Corinne Maîtrejean15
 

Section 2

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Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Jeon Hee-sook15
 
 
 
  Kelleigh Ryan8
 
  Jeon Hee-sook7
 
 
 
  Nicole Ross5
 
  Nicole Ross15
 
 
 
  Kanae Ikehata5
 
  Jeon Hee-sook15
 
 
 
  Katja Wächter12
 
  Martina Zacke10
 
 
 
  Martina Emanuel15
 
  Martina Emanuel12
 
 
 
  Katja Wächter15
 
  Bella Zamlin6
 
 
 
  Katja Wächter15
 
  Jeon Hee-sook10
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Inna Deriglazova15
 
 
 
  Olha Leleyko13
 
  Inna Deriglazova12
 
 
 
  Aida Mohamed13
 
  Annie-Claude Therrien2
 
 
 
  Aida Mohamed15
 
  Aida Mohamed7
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Sandra Kleinberger10
 
 
 
  Lee Kiefer15
 
  Lee Kiefer5
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Yulitza Suárez4
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 

Bottom half

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Section 3

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Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Arianna Errigo15
 
 
 
  Kateryne Chentsova4
 
  Nam Hyun-hee15
 
 
 
  Anna Rybicka13
 
  Gabriella Varga10
 
 
 
  Anna Rybicka15
 
  Nam Hyun-hee12
 
 
 
  Inna Deriglazova10
 
  Lee Hye-sun9
 
 
 
  Nguyen Thi Tuoi8
 
  Lee Hye-sun9
 
 
 
  Inna Deriglazova12
 
  Kyomi Hirata3
 
 
 
  Inna Deriglazova15
 
  Nam Hyun-hee15
 
 
 
  Ilaria Salvatori8
 
  Sylwia Gruchała15
 
 
 
  Olga Leleyko11
 
  Sylwia Gruchała9
 
 
 
  Nicole Ross15
 
  Lin Po Heung9
 
 
 
  Nicole Ross14
 
  Nicole Ross7
 
 
 
  Ilaria Salvatori15
 
  Saskia Garcia15
 
 
 
  Monica Peterson10
 
  Saskia Garcia5
 
 
 
  Ilaria Salvatori15
 
  Mariana González11
 
 
  Ilaria Salvatori15
 

Section 4

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Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova15
 
 
 
  Nataly Michel3
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova11
 
 
 
  Kateryna Chentsova10
 
  Kateryna Chentsova15
 
 
 
  Le Huilin13
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova11
 
 
 
  Jeon Hee-sook6
 
  Mona Shaito9
 
 
 
  Chieko Sugawara15
 
  Chieko Sugawara9
 
 
 
  Jeon Hee-sook13
 
  Johana Choles5
 
 
 
  Jeon Hee-sook7
 
  Yevgeniya Lamonova7
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Astrid Guyart15
 
 
 
  Sandra Kleinberger7
 
  Astrid Guyart6
 
 
 
  Liu Yongshi15
 
  Liu Yongshi15
 
 
 
  Alanna Goldie12
 
  Liu Yongshi7
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Katja Wächter15
 
 
 
  Ping Yuan6
 
  Katja Wächter7
 
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15
 
  Chrissoula Kontareli0
 
 
  Elisa Di Francisca15