Wheelchair fencing has announced a "fresh and dynamic new look" ahead of the 2025 season with a new name, 'world Para Fencing', and logo to "help create the right conditions to expand the sport ...

The sport of wheelchair fencing was developed by Sir Ludwig Gutmann, founder of the Paralympic Movement. Wheelchair fencing was featured at the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, and at every ...

Blind fencing began as a rehabilitation technique used for World War I veterans blinded during combat. The aim was to help them regain the skills they needed to live independently. Pound first heard ...

The wheelchair fencing competition will be held from Tuesday, Sept. 3 to Saturday, Sept. 7 during the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Athletes’ wheelchairs remain in a fixed position. Fencers cannot move ...

The Tokyo Paralympics will begin on August 25 next year. It involves 540 events across 22 sports, featuring athletes with various disabilities. One of the events is wheelchair fencing. Anri ...

All wheelchair fencers have an impairment of their legs or feet that prohibits them from competing against standing, able-bodied fencers. They all compete in wheelchairs, and are allocated one of ...

Men and women with amputations, spinal-cord injuries and cerebral palsy are eligible to compete in foil epee (men and women) and saber (men) events. Their wheelchairs are fastened to the floor during ...