World Para Fencing
World Para Fencing
Introduction to Para fencing
Para Fencing is an exciting, dynamic and fast paced sport which includes the Paralympic discipline of wheelchair fencing. It is played by two athletes either as an individual event or as part of a team.
Weapons – foil, epee and sabre, are used to score points on specific areas on the body, depending on the weapon type.
Fencers must meet the minimum disability criteria and be classifiable under the sport’s classification rules.
Wheelchair fencing was developed by the father of the Paralympic Movement, Sir Ludwig Guttmann. It is one of the original Paralympic sports having appeared on the programme at the first Games in Rome, Italy, in 1960. As World Para Fencing, the sport aims to be an inclusive as possible and cater for different disability groups.
