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
Founded1992
AffiliationInternational Fencing Federation
Regional affiliationEuropean Fencing Confederation
HeadquartersMoscow
PresidentIlgar Mamedov
ChairmanAlisher Usmanov
Official website
www.rusfencing.ru

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 reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIE agreed with the European Fencing Confederation to ban Russian fencers, and reallocated competitions that were due to be held in Russia.[4]

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.[5]

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.
  4. "EFC Executive Committee passes no-confidence vote in President Pozdnyakov". insidethegames.biz. April 9, 2022.
  5. "ROC leader Pozdnyakov deposed as President of European Fencing Confederation". insidethegames.biz. May 31, 2022.
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