Fédération Internationale d'Escrime

Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) (English: International Fencing Federation) is the international governing body of Olympic fencing. It was founded on November 29, 1913 in Paris, France. Today, its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. The FIE is composed of 135 national federations, each of which is recognized by its country's Olympic Committee as the sole representative of Olympic-style fencing in that country.

Paul Anspach was president of the federation for 15 years, from 1933–48. The current president of the federation is Alisher Usmanov.

Competitions organized by FIE include the Fencing World Championships and the Fencing World Cup.

Presidents of the FIE

A list of FIE Presidents from 1913 to the present:^[1]

National Federations

In 2010, the FIE recognized 135 affiliated national federations.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.fie.ch/download/en%20bref/en/Histoire%20escrime-ANG.pdf
2. ^ http://www.fie.ch/Addresses/AddrFed.aspx

External links

• Fédération Internationale d'Escrime
• Olympics, FIE records
• History of fencing
• FIE calendar
• Results of FIE competitions
• FIE rules
• FIE Magazines
• FIE press releases