title: 2011 World Fencing Championships
text: # 2011 World Fencing Championships
  
  The 2011 World Fencing Championships was held at Catania, Italy from 8–16 October.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Italy)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy* | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
  | 2 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
  | 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | 4 | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 6 | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 7 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 9 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
  | 13 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 12 | 12 | 18 | 42 |
  
  ## Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual Épée details | Paolo Pizzo (ITA) | Bas Verwijlen (NED) | Fabian Kauter (SUI) Park Kyoung-doo (KOR) |
  | Team Épée details | France Ronan Gustin Gauthier Grumier Jean-Michel Lucenay Yannick Borel | Hungary Géza Imre Péter Somfai Gábor Boczkó Péter Szényi | Switzerland Fabian Kauter Benjamin Steffen Max Heinzer Florian Staub |
  | Individual Foil details | Andrea Cassarà (ITA) | Valerio Aspromonte (ITA) | Giorgio Avola (ITA) Victor Sintès (FRA) |
  | Team foil details | China Zhang Liangliang Lei Sheng Zhu Jun Ma Jianfei | France Marcel Marcilloux Victor Sintès Erwann Le Péchoux Brice Guyart | Germany Sebastian Bachmann Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Andre Wessels |
  | Individual Sabre details | Aldo Montano (ITA) | Nicolas Limbach (GER) | Gu Bon-gil (KOR) Luigi Tarantino (ITA) |
  | Team sabre details | Russia Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko Pavel Bykov | Belarus Valery Pryiemka Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Aliaksei Likhacheuski | Italy Diego Occhiuzzi Aldo Montano Gianpiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
  
  ## Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual Épée details | Li Na (CHN) | Sun Yujie (CHN) | Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) Anca Măroiu (ROU) |
  | Team Épée details | Romania Anca Măroiu Loredana Dinu Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză | China Luo Xiaojuan Li Na Sun Yujie Xu Anqi | Italy Rossella Fiamingo Mara Navarria Nathalie Moellhausen Bianca Del Carretto |
  | Individual Foil details | Valentina Vezzali (ITA) | Elisa Di Francisca (ITA) | Lee Kiefer (USA) Nam Hyun-hee (KOR) |
  | Team foil details | Russia Inna Deriglazova Aida Shanayeva Larisa Korobeynikova Yevgeniya Lamonova | Italy Arianna Errigo Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di Francisca Ilaria Salvatori | South Korea Lee Hye-sun Nam Hyun-hee Jeon Hee-sook Jung Gil-ok |
  | Individual Sabre details | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) | Mariel Zagunis (USA) | Yuliya Gavrilova (RUS) Olha Kharlan (UKR) |
  | Team sabre details | Russia Ekaterina Dyachenko Sofiya Velikaya Yuliya Gavrilova Dina Galiakbarova | Ukraine Olena Khomrova Halyna Pundyk Olha Kharlan Olha Zhovnir | United States Ibtihaj Muhammad Mariel Zagunis Dagmara Wozniak Daria Schneider |
  