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[[Image:ESFC2006Izmir.png|frame|right|European Seniors Fencing 2006 Izmir logo]]

The '''2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship''' was held in [[İzmir]], [[Turkey]], between 4 July and 9 July 2006. The event, sanctioned by the [[European Fencing Confederation]] (EFC), was organized by the [[Turkish Fencing Federation]] (TEF). 
382 senior fencers from 37 European countries competed in the championship's [[Foil (fencing)|foil]], [[Épée (fencing)|épée]], and [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]] events. [[Russia]] was the most successful nation, followed by [[Hungary]] and [[Romania]]. This was the first time that the championship was hosted by Turkey.

==Venue==

İzmir is the third largest city of Turkey.  The competitions took place in [[İzmir Halkapınar Sport Hall]], a multi-purpose hall with a capacity of around 9,000 persons, completed in 2005.

==Medal summary==

===Men's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
| Foil
|{{flagathlete|[[Ralf Bißdorf]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Richard Kruse]]|GBR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Brice Guyart]]|FRA}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Benjamin Kleibrink]]|GER}}
|-
| Épée
|{{flagathlete|[[Iván Kovács]]|HUN}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Bastien Sicot]]|FRA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Rota]]|ITA}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Pavel Kolobkov]]|RUS}}
|-
| Sabre
|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksey Yakimenko]]|RUS}}
|{{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Volodymyr Lukashenko]]|UKR}}}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Julien Pillet]]|FRA}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Florin Zalomir]]|ROU}}
|-
| Team foil
|{{FRA}}<br />[[Sébastien Coutant]]<br />[[Brice Guyart]]<br />[[Grégory Koenig]]<br />[[Térence Joubert]]
|{{POL}}<br />[[Wojciech Szuchnicki]]<br />[[Radosław Glonek]]<br />[[Sławomir Mocek]]<br />[[Michał Majewski]]
|{{RUS}}<br />[[Andrey Deyev]]<br />[[Youri Moltchan]]<br />[[Sergey Tikhonov]]<br />[[Dmitriy Petrov]]
|-
| Team épée
|{{HUN}}<br />[[Gábor Boczkó]]<br />[[Iván Kovács]]<br />[[Géza Imre]]<br />[[Attila Fekete (fencer)|Attila Fekete]]
|{{POL}}<br />[[Robert Andrzejuk]]<br />[[Krzysztof Mikołajczak]]<br />[[Tomasz Motyka]]<br />[[Adam Wiercioch]]
|{{ITA}}<br />[[Stefano Carozzo]]<br />[[Alfredo Rota]]<br />[[Paolo Milanoli]]<br />[[Diego Confalonieri]]
|-
| Team sabre
|{{ROU}}<br />[[Mihai Covaliu]]<br />[[Rareș Dumitrescu]]<br />[[Constantin Sandu (fencer)|Constantin Sandu]]<br />[[Florin Zalomir]]
|{{HUN}}<br />[[Zsolt Nemcsik]]<br />[[Tamás Decsi]]<br />[[Balázs Lengyel (fencer)|Balázs Lengyel]]<br />[[Balázs Lontay]]
|{{RUS}}<br />[[Aleksey Yakimenko]]<br />[[Aleksey Frosin]]<br />[[Stanislav Pozdnyakov]]<br />[[Nikolay Kovalev (fencer)|Nikolay Kovalev]]
|}

===Women's events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
| Foil
|{{flagathlete|[[Ianna Rouzavina]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Elisa Di Francisca]]|ITA}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Pigliapoco]]|ITA}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Anna Rybicka]]|POL}}
|-
| Épée
|{{flagathlete|[[Claudia Bokel]]|GER}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatiana Logunova]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Nadiya Kazimirchuk]]|UKR}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Anca Măroiu]]|ROU}}
|-
| Sabre
|{{flagathlete|[[Sofiya Velikaya]]|RUS}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Olha Kharlan]]|UKR}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Ilaria Bianco]]|ITA}}<br>{{flagathlete|[[Bogna Jóźwiak]]|POL}}
|-
| Team foil
| {{RUS}}<br />[[Svetlana Boyko (fencer)|Svetlana Boyko]]<br />[[Julia Khakimova]]<br />[[Ianna Rouzavina]]<br />[[Aida Shanayeva]]
| {{ROU}}<br />[[Roxana Scarlat]]<br />[[Cristina Ghiță]]<br />[[Cristina Stahl]]
| {{POL}}<br />[[Karolina Chlewińska]]<br />[[Sylwia Gruchała]]<br />[[Magdalena Mroczkiewicz]]<br />[[Anna Rybicka]]
|-
| Team épée
| {{ROU}}<br />[[Ana Maria Brânză]]<br />[[Loredana Dinu|Loredana Iordăchioiu]]<br />[[Iuliana Măceșeanu]]<br />[[Anca Măroiu]]
| {{HUN}}<br />[[Adrienn Hormay]]<br />[[Tímea Nagy]]<br />[[Emese Szász]]<br />[[Hajnalka Toth]]
| {{GER}}<br />[[Claudia Bokel]]<br />[[Imke Duplitzer]]<br />[[Britta Heidemann]]<br />[[Marijana Markovic]]
|-
| Team sabre
| {{RUS}}<br />[[Sofiya Velikaya]]<br />[[Yekaterina Fedorkina]]<br />[[Yekaterina Dyachenko]]<br />[[Yelena Nechayeva]]
| {{POL}}<br />[[Bogna Jóźwiak]]<br />[[Aleksandra Socha]]<br />[[Irena Więckowska]]<br />[[Lidia Sołtys]]
| {{FRA}}<br />[[Anne-Lise Touya]]<br />[[Solenne Mary]]<br />[[Léonore Perrus]]<br />[[Cécile Argiolas]]
|}

===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 3
 | gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 2 | bronze_HUN = 0
 | gold_ROU = 2 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 2
 | gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 2
 | gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 3
 | gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 3 | bronze_POL = 3
 | gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 1
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 4
 | gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
}}

==Results==
===Men===
====Individual foil====
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||{{flagicon|GBR}} '''[[Richard Kruse]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Brice Guyart]]|11
||{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Ralf Bißdorf]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Benjamin Kleibrink]]|13
<!-- final -->
||{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Ralf Bißdorf]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Kruse]]|7}}

====Individual épée====
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||{{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Bastien Sicot]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Pavel Kolobkov]]|5
||{{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Iván Kovács]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alfredo Rota]]|9
<!-- final -->
||{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bastien Sicot]]|8| {{flagicon|HUN}} '''[[Iván Kovács]]'''|'''15'''}}

====Individual sabre====
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Volodymyr Lukashenko]]'''}}|'''15'''|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julien Pillet]]|11
||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Aleksey Yakimenko]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Florin Zalomir]]|14
<!-- final -->
||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Lukashenko]]}}|11| {{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Aleksey Yakimenko]]'''|'''15'''}}

===Women===
====Individual foil====
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Ianna Rouzavina ]]'''|'''14'''|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Anna Rybicka]]|8
||{{flagicon|ITA}} '''[[Elisa Di Francisca]]'''|'''10'''|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Claudia Pigliapoco]]|9
<!-- final -->
||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Ianna Rouzavina ]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Elisa Di Francisca]]|10}}

====Individual épée====
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Claudia Bokel]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Anca Măroiu]]|8
||{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Nadiya Kazimirchuk]]|13|{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Tatiana Logunova]]'''|'''14'''
<!-- final -->
||{{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Claudia Bokel]]'''|'''11'''| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Tatiana Logunova]]|10}}

====Individual sabre====
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!-- semi finals -->
||{{nowrap|{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Sofiya Velikaya]]'''}}|'''15'''|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Ilaria Bianco]]|4
||{{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Olha Kharlan]]'''|'''15'''|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Bogna Jóźwiak]]|14
<!-- final -->
||{{flagicon|RUS}} '''[[Sofiya Velikaya]]'''|'''15'''| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Olha Kharlan]]|14}}

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140903142721/http://www.eurofencing.org/euro_2006 Results] at the European Fencing Confederation

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060706022358/http://www.eskrim.org.tr/_eskrim/ Turkish Fencing Federation (TEF) official website]
* [http://www.eurofencing.info/ European Fencing Confederation (EFC) official website]

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