Russian Fencing Federation

The Russian Fencing Federation (Russian: Федерация Фехтования России (ФФР), romanized: Federatsiya Fekhtovaniya Rossii (FFR); French: Fédération d'escrime de la Russie) is the governing body for the sport of fencing in Russia. It was created proper in 1992, but its previous incarnation was affiliated to the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) in 1914.[1] FFR is a member of the European Fencing Confederation and of the Russian Olympic Committee.

Russian Fencing Federation
CategoryFencing
JurisdictionRussia
AbbreviationФФР/FFR
Founded1951/1992
AffiliationFédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE)
Regional affiliationEuropean Fencing Confederation
HeadquartersMoscow
PresidentIlgar Mamedov
ChairmanAlisher Usmanov
Official website
www.rusfencing.ru
Russia
Soviet Union

Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov was president of the Russian Fencing Federation from 2001 to 2009 before being elected president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).[2][3]

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, the FIE agreed with the European Fencing Confederation to ban Russian fencers, and reallocated competitions that were due to be held in Russia.[4] On 10 March 2023, the FIE became the first Olympic governing body to officially reinstate Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials, in time for the start of the qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]

In June 2022, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President, was removed from his position as European Fencing Confederation (EFC) President at an Extraordinary Congress following a unanimous vote of no confidence in Pozdnyakov in March 2022, due to his xenophobic conduct in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]

References
  1. Ottogalli, Cécile; Six, Gérard; Terret, Thierry (2013). L'Histoire de l'escrime. 1913–2013, un siècle de Fédération internationale d'escrime. Biarritz: Atlantica. p. 38. ISBN 978-2-7588-0485-7.
  2. "Hall of Fame: Usmanov, Alisher Burkhanovich". FIE. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
  3. "Billionaire Usmanov Re-Elected Head of World Fencing Federation". Bloomberg. 8 December 2012.
  4. "EFC Executive Committee passes no-confidence vote in President Pozdnyakov". insidethegames.biz. April 9, 2022.
  5. Patrick Burke (10 March 2023). "FIE approves return of Russian and Belarusian fencers in time for start of Paris 2024 qualifying". insidethegames.biz.
  6. "ROC leader Pozdnyakov deposed as President of European Fencing Confederation". insidethegames.biz. May 31, 2022.
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