title: 2017 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships
text: # 2017 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships
  
  The 2017 Junior World Fencing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria at the International Fair Plovdiv from 1 to 10 April.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Junior events
  
  **Men's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Épée | Egor Guzhiev (RUS) | Valerio Cuomo (ITA) | Gergely Siklosi (HUN) Cosimo Martini (ITA) |
  | Foil | Cheung Ka Long (HKG) | Toshiya Saito (JPN) | Iskander Akhmetov [Wikidata] (RUS) Guillaume Bianchi (ITA) |
  | Sabre | Konstantin Lokhanov (RUS) | Yang Lu (CHN) | Dario Cavaliere (ITA) Karol Metryka (USA) |
  | Team Épée | Italy Gianpaolo Buzzacchino Valerio Cuomo Cosimo Martini Federico Vismara | Poland Maciej Bielec Wojciech Lubieniecki Damian Michalak Bartosz Staszulonek | Hungary Tibor Andrasfi Patrik Esztergalyos Mate Tamas Koch Gergely Siklosi |
  | Team Foil | United States Nick Itkin Sidarth Kumbla Samuel Moelis Geoffrey Tourette | Japan Takuma Ito Toshiya Saito Takahiro Shikine Kenta Suzumura | Russia Iskander Akhmetov Kirill Borodachev Grigoriy Semenyuk Alexander Sirotkin |
  | Team Sabre | Russia Andrey Gladkov Anatoliy Kostenko Konstantin Lokhanov Vladislav Pozdnyakov | Italy Gherardo Caranti Dario Cavaliere Leonardo Dreossi Matteo Neri | Germany Raoul Bonah Luis Bonah Lorenz Kempf Frederic Kindler |
  
  **Women's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Épée | Aliya Bayram (FRA) | Catherine Nixon (USA) | Federica Isola (ITA) Xu Nuo (CHN) |
  | Foil | Komaki Kikuchi (JPN) | Serena Rossini (ITA) | Iman Blow (USA) Ali Huang (CHN) |
  | Sabre | Natalia Botello (MEX) | Theodora Gkountoura (GRE) | Liza Pusztai (HUN) Olga Nikitina (RUS) |
  | Team Épée | France Aliya Bayram Camille Nabeth Oceane Tahe Diane von Kerssenbrock | Italy Alessandra Bozza Beatrice Cagnin Eleonora De Marchi Federica Isola | United States Greta Candreva Ariana Mangano Catherine Nixon Giana Vierheller |
  | Team Foil | Poland Julia Chrzanowska Renata Tomczak Julia Walczyk Beata Zurowska | United States Sylvia Binder Iman Blow Elyssa Kleiner Sabrina Massialas | Hungary Csilla Kokai Kata Kondricz Flora Pasztor Janka Toth |
  | Team Sabre | Russia Olga Nikitina Evgenia Podpaskova Sofia Pozdniakova Svetlana Sheveleva | Italy Michela Battiston Chiara Crovari Lucia Lucarini Eloisa Passaro | Mexico Natalia Botello Kin Escamilla Julieta Toledo Abigail Valdez Andrade |
  
  ### Cadet events
  
  **Men's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Épée | Davide Di Veroli (ITA) | Ryan Griffiths (USA) | Rafael Zagitov (RUS) Jonathan Piskovatskov (USA) |
  | Foil | Kirill Borodachev (RUS) | Vladilav Mylnikov (RUS) | Ivan Troshin (RUS) Alessio Di Tommaso (ITA) |
  | Sabre | Ibrahim Ahmed Acar (TUR) | Christopher Walker (USA) | Nikita Presnov (RUS) Lim Jaeyoon (KOR) |
  
  **Women's events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Épée | Aizanat Murtazaeva (RUS) | Tamara Gnam (HUN) | Anna Voufalova (CZE) Renata Petri (HUN) |
  | Foil | Adelina Bikbulatova (RUS) | Nora Hajas (HUN) | Amita Berthier (SGP) Natalie Minarik (USA) |
  | Sabre | Liza Pusztai (HUN) | Alina Klyuchnikova (RUS) | Natalia Botello (MEX) Elizabeth Tartakovsky (USA) |
  
  **Mixed events**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Team Mixed 3-Weapon | Russia Adelina Bikbulatova Kirill Borodachev Igor Korovin Anna Kudryaeva Aizanat Murtazaeva Prokhor Svitich Rafael Zagitov | Canada Blake Broszus François Cauchon Jane Caulfield Fynn Fafard Marina Guintchitskaia Seraphim Hsieh Jarov Ariane Leonard | South Korea An Taeyeong Choi Yumin Jeon Hayoung Kim Gaeun Kim Munkwan Kim Tae Hwan Lim Jaeyoon |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 |
  | 2 | Italy | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
  | 3 | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | United States | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
  | 5 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
  | 6 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
  | 7 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 9 | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 12 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 14 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 19 | 19 | 29 | 67 |
  