Our Cadet and Junior fencers faced tough competition at this year’s World Championships. With many athletes achieving their personal best, the event equipped GBR with an immense amount of experience.
This year’s event took place in Wuxi, China, on the 7th-15th April 2025.
The Championships kicked off with the Junior Men’s and Women’s Individual Sabre events. Hui Xin Sezille secured a last 32 finish in the Junior Women’s Sabre, placing 20th.
A special shoutout goes to sabre referee Sam McLellan, who was awarded an FIE Diploma for refereeing at the World Championships.
Carolina Stutchbury marked her final Junior World Championships with a 15th place finish in the Junior Women’s Foil.
In her final match, Carolina narrowly missed out to Ukraine’s Kristina Petrova, with a final score of 9-8.
A huge chapter for Carolina comes to a close as she moves on to Senior fencing.
Jaimie Cook also put up a solid performance, placing 23rd in the Junior Men’s Foil.
Day five of the event saw our Cadet foilists put up a great and determined fight against tough competition.
Day six saw our Junior Women’s and Men’s Foil teams both finishing 6th.
Day seven saw Alec Brooke and Tristan Lumineau meet in the last 32 of the Junior Men’s Epee – with Tristan heading into the last 16, where he bowed out 12-15 against Maksym Perchuk (UKR).
Wuxi 2025 was brought to a close with some hard-fought battles from our Junior Epee teams.
The Cadet and Junior World Championships can be summarised by one of the commitments in BF’s handbook, Call It Attitude: “to have the courage to face the challenges of sport and to embrace them”. Call It Attitude depicts a fencer’s journey to events such as the World Championships as part of the GBR Pathway (formerly Athlete Development Programme), as well as the qualities showcased by them. Read the full handbook here.
Event photos from the Cadet and Junior World Championships
See the full results for the Cadet and Junior World Championships
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