Irma Khetsuriani, Nina Tibilashvili named among world’s best wheelchair fencers of 2019
Nina Tibilashvili and Irma Khetsuriani have swept prizes at international tournaments over the recent years. Photos via Parasport Development Centre of Tbilisi.
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Prize-winning Georgian fencers Irma Khetsuriani and Nina Tibilashvili are among world’s best wheelchair fencers of 2019, after the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation published its selection of the top athletes of the year this week.
The two women were selected for the list that highlights the best competitors in various age groups and fencing disciplines, along with points received for their ranking.
Khetsuriani, who claimed the 16th gold medal of her career in 2019 by winning women's sabre B prize in Sao Paulo, is the fencer selected for the category in the IWAS list with 165 points.
Nina Tibilashvili, who earned the gold medal in the 2018 Wheelchair Fencing U17/U23 World Championships as well as the top honour in an IWAS satellite competition in Sarrebourg, France the same year, is highlighted in the Sabre Under 23s section in the top list of 2019.
The two fencers have made headlines in the sport for Georgia over the recent years, taking a haul of medals from various IWAS contests along with Gvantsa Zadishvili, another member of Georgia's wheelchair fencing women's team.
The full ranking of top 2019 IWAS athletes can be viewed on the official website of the federation.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani has added yet another gold medal to her collection at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Pisa, Italy. Khetsuriani scooped her medal yesterday by defeating Lanzhu Ao of China in the Sabre category B final, with a score of 15 to 12.
Georgia's wheelchair fencing national team involving Irma Khetsuriani, Nino Tibilashvili and Gvantsa Zadishvili finished second behind China at the World Championships in Cheongju, South Korea, earning silver medal for the country.
Georgia’s wheelchair fencers emerged from last weekend’s World Cup in Montreal, Canada with seven medals and second spot for the country at the tournament.
Georgia’s World Cup-winning wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani received gold in the Sabre B category and silver in Foil B category at the competition. Nina Tibilashvili, another member of the Georgian team and a World Cup gold medallist ended with bronze in the Sabre A category.
Over a dozen Georgian athletes have departed for Tokyo to compete in the upcoming Paralympic Games, aiming to improve on the medal count from the 2016 competition with an expanded squad.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Nina Tibilashvili will fight for gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today. Tibilashvili had to compete in a tense fight before the final with the bronze medal-winner of the Rio Paralympics, the nine-time prize-winner of the World Championships, Ukrainian Eugenia Bruce.
Georgian wheelchair fencer Irma Khetsuriani won a gold medal at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup 2022 hosted in São Paulo, Brazil.
Georgian para-athletes earned five medals over two days at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup and European Taekwondo Championship, with the haul including two gold medals.
Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team earned silver and bronze medals at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw on Thursday.
The Georgian women’s wheelchair fencing team earned gold and bronze medals at the world cup event in Pisa on Thursday, the fencing federation of Georgia said.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday congratulated the country’s wheelchair fencing team on their recent “great victory” at the world cup in Pisa, Italy.