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INTERNATIONAL WHEELCHAIR FENCING COMMITTEE: 

INTERNATIONAL WHEELCHAIR FENCING COMMITTEE PRESENTATION

I.W.F.C. Members: 

I.W.F.C. Members M.VASSALLO,Alberto ESP Chairman DICKINSON, Brian GBR General Secretary AHARONI, Sasson ISR BESSEICHE,Serge FRA BOULARD, Vicki USA LOI, Vittorio ITA TAI, Nelson HKG Appointed member TAWFIQ ESSA, Alowni KUW

TARGETS of the IWFC: 

TARGETS of the IWFC To develop the practice of Wheelchair Fencing To develop a circuit of official competitions To establish an International Ranking List to determine qualification criterias

CATEGORIES: 

CATEGORIES MINIMAL HANDICAP Disability of lower limb comparable to a below-knee amputation Category A Functional Classes 3 and 4 Category B Functional Class 2 Category C Functional Classes 1a and 1b

SYDNEY 2000: 

SYDNEY 2000 18 Countries 84 Fencers 10 Individual Gold Medals 5 Team Gold Medals

SYDNEY 2000: 

SYDNEY 2000 Gold Silver Bronze TOTAL POLAND 7 4 11 FRANCE 4 2 4 10 HONG KONG China 4 2 2 8 GERMANY 5 3 8 HUNGARY 1 3 4 ITALY 1 2 3 SPAIN 1 1 ----- ----- ----- ------- 15 15 15 45

WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD: 

WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD EUROPEAN area BELGIUM BEL CZECH REPUBLIC CZE DENMARK DEN SPAIN ESP FRANCE FRA GREAT BRITAIN GBR GERMANY GER HUNGARY HUN ISRAEL ISR ITALY ITA NETHERLANDS NDE POLAND POL SWITZERLAND SUI UKRAINE UKR

WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD: 

WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD ASIAN area AUSTRALIA AUS CHINA CHN HONG KONG HKG JAPAN JPN KOREA KOR KUWAIT KUW MALAYSIA MAS NEW ZEALAND NZL THAILAND THA

WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD: 

WHEELCHAIR FENCING around the WORLD AMERICAN area ARGENTINA ARG BRAZIL BRA CANADA CAN CHILE CHI MEXICO MEX UNITED STATES USA

OFFICIAL CALENDAR 2004: 

OFFICIAL CALENDAR 2004 WORLD CUP EVENTS Madrid ESP 5-7 March 2004 Lonato ITA 21-23 May 2004 Warsaw POL 16-18 July 2004 Budapest HUN 19-21 November 2004 PARALYMPIC GAMES ATHENS GRE 17-28 September 2004

DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2003-2006: 

DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2003-2006 At a sporting level At a technical level At an administrative level

At sporting level: 

At sporting level Developing International Calendar (Two year planning) World Championships Regional Championships World Cup Circuit International competitions for Juniors Regional Championships for Juniors World Championships for Juniors International promotional meetings

At a technical level: 

At a technical level The development of standard Rules and Regulations The establishment of new classifications for standing athlets The creation of Rules for competitions specific for standing athlets Training of new Classifiers at an International level specific for fencing The development of necessary protocols for the approval of sports equipment specific for our sport Training of Coachs and International Referees To create a group of International Referees that are valued professionally

At an administrative level: 

At an administrative level The creation of an international sports licence The development of operationals regulations of the INTERNATIONAL DISABLED FENCING COMMISSION The development of agreements with International Fencing Federation (Olympic Federation) Create a professional administrative secretariat.

At an administrative level (2): 

At an administrative level (2) To open the doors for our sport to becoming autonomus by reaching agreements with the ISMWSF or with the new International Organization The drafting and legalization of our own statutes Create the INTERNATIONAL DISABLED FENCING FEDERATION

Fundamental Things: 

Fundamental Things All Disabled Sports Organizations must recognize our movement and collaborate. Just as fundamental is the financing of the new International Federation.

Fundamental Things: 

Fundamental Things For this the IWFC will create a Marketing and Financing Sub-commission to obtain the necessary resources Fees of the affiliated countries Annual fees of the international athlets Fees of the Organizers of international competitions Signing of sponsoring agreements with companies linked to our sport and disabled sports in general Publicity rights for official competitions Official homologations of all sports equipment specific to our sport Subsidies from International Organizations Publicity rights for the official web site of our sport

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