Historic day for Greek Women’s fencing: No2 in the world Georgiadou, No6 Goundura

After its completion World Cup women’s saber “Acropolis” held at OAKA between March 3-5, the world ranking of the weapon was renewed and the Greek female fencers they wrote history once again!

THE Despina Georgiadou it may not have brought the result she wanted in “Acropolis”, but the score she got for 33rd place (2,000b) is one of the three worst on her record from 10 major events (world championship, continental championship, 3 grand prix , 5 world cups) that are excluded from the calculation of the final score. Her excellent performances leading up to the season have kept her high in the standings with 208,000b. On the contrary, Azera Ana Basta who in 2022 had won the gold medal in “Acropolis” could not defend her points (32,000b) and the 9th place she won this year secured her only 8,000b. After the world cup of Tashkent, he had fallen from No1 to No2 and in combination with the average results he has brought overall in the current season, he also fell from No2 to No3 with 200,000b. Georgiadou climbed another step, No. 2 in the world, and once again wrote history for Greek fencing. There has never been a Greek fencer who has reached this high in the world rankings. Above Georgiadou is only the Japanese world champion Misaki Emura with 239,000b with consistent notable placements, within the top ten. It should be noted that in the 2013-2014 season Vasiliki Vouyouka also reached No. 4 in the world epee ranking.

There was also a rise once again Gundura gifts which belongs to Team Future by bwinwho after her second consecutive medal, bronze this time, added 20,000b to her haul and moved up from No.9 No. 6 in the world with 125,000b. In the spring events she will have the chance to add even more points, after 2022 was plagued by both Covid-19 and an injury that had not allowed her to be in top form. If he succeeds, he can climb even higher than the No. 5 world ranking he was in in November 2022, which is also a career record. The presence of two Greek female fencers in the world top 10 individual competition and keeping Greece on the podium for the 6th consecutive major women’s saber event is a unique achievement for Greek sports.

The news is very good for her too Women’s National Epee Team, since after the historic 7th place in “Acropolis” they moved up one place in the world ranking. From No. 13, they reached No. 12 with 177,000b and are only 2,000b away from Canada, which is at No. 11 with 179,000b. It is a new ranking record for the team and the National Team continues on track for the big and difficult goal of securing Olympic qualification for Paris 2024.