Andre Wessels

Andre Wessels competed in FENCING

Did you know?

• Three types of weapon are used in Olympic fencing - the foil, epee and sabre.
• Point scoring varies from weapon to weapon but all 10 fencing competitions use a knock-out format.
• Individual fencing bouts last for three rounds of three minutes each, or until one fencer has scored 15 hits against their opponent.
• In the team events, teams of three fencers compete against their opponents over a series of nine bouts, with the aim of accumulating a maximum of 45 hits.
• Between 1932 and 1960, Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich won a phenomenal six consecutive gold medals - a feat no other Olympian has managed.