From the FIE: The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Singapore will count on the prestigious appearance of the most honored fencer in history. Valentina Vezzali, foilist, (ITA) has enthusiastically confirmed that she will attend these first YOG as fencing’s Ambassador. She will take part in different activities of the Culture and Education Program arranged by the YOG’s Organizing Committee.
Her achievements and records are very vast and it will certainly be difficult to equal (3 times Olympic (Sydney, Athens, Beijing) winner & 5 times world championships winner 5 times European Champion 2 times Junior Fencing World Champion (1993, 1994) and 3 times Cadet World Champion (1989, 1990, 1991)).
The Youth Olympic Games will be webcast from their webcasting site: http://www.youtholympicgames.org/
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Qualified fencers for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games Fencing Competition:
Fencers aged 15-17 will compete in boys and girl’s epee, foil and saber at the first Youth Olympic Games. Fencing events will be held Aug. 15-18. There will be individual events and a mixed-gender team competition.
The United States qualified 5 fencers to the 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
| Women’s Epee | Men’s Epee | ||
| SANTUCCIO Alberta | ITA | BODOCZI Nikolaus | GER |
| LEE Hye Won | KOR | SVICHKAR Roman | UKR |
| TATARAN Amalia | ROU | KRUK Tomasz | POL |
| LIN Sheng | CHN | CIOVICA Lucian | ROU |
| HOLMES Katharine | USA | ZHAKUPOV Kirill | KAZ |
| BAKHAREVA Yulia | RUS | NA Byeonghun | KOR |
| RADFORD Amy | GBR | LYSSOV Alexandre | CAN |
| DI TELLA Isabel | ARG | MELARAGNO Guilherme | BRA |
| MATSHAYA Wanda | RSA | SALEH Saleh | EGY |
| SWATOWSKA Martyna (9e) | POL | NOVOTNY Ondrej (8e) | CZE |
| BRUNNER Pauline (12e) | SUI | GODOY Julian | CRC |
| JAQMAN Damyan | PLE | FICHERA Marco (9e) | ITA |
| RAHARDJA Rania H. | SIN | LIM Wei Hao | SIN |
Foil Events:
| Women’s Foil | Men’s Foil | ||
| MANCINI Camilla | ITA | MASSIALAS Alexander | USA |
| LUPKOVICS Dora | HUN | LUPERI Edoardo | ITA |
| WANG Lianlian | CHN | LICHAGIN Kirill | RUS |
| ALEXEEVA Viktoria | RUS | CHOUPENITCH Alexander | CZE |
| SHAITO Mona | USA | TSORONIS Alexander | DEN |
| CELLEROVA Michala | SVK | LEE Kwang Hyun | KOR |
| CHOI Dukha | KOR | CHOI Nicholas Edward | HKG |
| GOLDIE Alanna | CAN | MAHMOUD Mostafa | EGY |
| DAW Menattalla | EGY | PRADES ROSABAL Redys H. | CUB |
| CARBALLO Ivania | ESA | GYORGYI Antal (8e) | HUN |
| ABOU JAOUDE Rita | LIB | BABAOGLU Tevfik B. (11e) | TUR |
| NDAO Mame Awa | SEN | TOFALIDES Alex (13e) | GBR |
| WONG Liane Ye Ying | SIN | ONG Justin Xian Shi | SIN |
Sabre Events:
| Women’s Sabre | Men’s Sabre | ||
| KOMASHUK Alina | UKR | HUEBERS Richard | GER |
| SEO Ji Yeon | KOR | AFFEDE Leonardo | ITA |
| EGORIAN Yana | RUS | OKUNEV Artur | RUS |
| WATOR Angelika | POL | AKULA Mikhail | BLR |
| MUSCH Anja | GER | SPEAR Will | USA |
| WAN Yini | CHN | WANG Jackson | HKG |
| MERZA Celina | USA | SONG Jonghun | KOR |
| AHMED Mennatalla | EGY | BREAULT-MALLETTE Miguel | CAN |
| CARRENO Maria | VEN | ELSISSY Ziad | EGY |
| MAKWANYA N. Gracia | COD | SIRBU Dragos (6e) | ROU |
| HILWIYAH Ema | IRQ | SZATMARI Andras (7e) | HUN |
| CIARDULLO Vittoria | ITA | ISSAKA KONDO Djibrilla | NIG |
| BOUDAD Kenza (11e) | FRA | ZATKO Arthur (10e) | FRA |
Valentina Vezzali Youth Olympic Games Ambassador for Fencing
