2014 European Fencing Championships
The 2014 European Fencing Championships were held in Strasbourg, France from 7–14 June 2014 at the Rhénus Sport.
Podium of the men's épée: Pizzo, Rédli, Heinzer, and Lucenay
Podium of the men's team sabre: Italy, Russia, and Germany
Podium of the women's épée: Candassamy, Del Carretto, Jacques-André-Coquin, and Gherman
Podium of the women's team foil: Italy, Russia, and France
Aleksey Andreyevich Yakimenko is a Russian sabre fencer, eight-time team world champion, eleven-time European champion, and team bronze medallist in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He won the Fencing World Cup series three times, with fifteen titles to his name, and earned five gold medals in the Universiade.
Yakimenko at the 2014 European Fencing Championships
Yakimenko (L) attacks Daryl Homer in the final of the 2015 World Championships
Yakimenko (R) with teammates at the 2013 World Championships