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Fencing is a combat sport, where two competitors face each other, who must try to
touch each other with a white weapon (but the weapon must NOT have a sharp
edge or point; that is, it cannot be cut or punctured with it), in whose confrontation
The objective is to touch the opponent with the weapon and prevent the opponent
from doing the same. To avoid injuries, fencers or fencers use a special suit and a
protective mask. Every time one of the participants (also called shooters) manages
The rules of fencing vary according to the modality. While in sword fencing the
opponent can be touched anywhere on the body, in saber fencing the attack can
be made to the torso, arms and head. Foil fencing, on the other hand, only allows
The Venezuelan Rubén Limardo is the highest representative that Venezuela has
had in fencing, obtaining the gold medal at the Olympic Games in London in two
thousand and twelve, he has won the world championship three times, the last time
in Two thousand and twenty one being nine medals, in the Pan American Games
between the years two thousand and three and two thousand and nineteen.