April 23, 2023

2023 EUROPEAN FAIR PLAY MOVEMENT “DIPLOMA OF RECOGNITION” goes to HUBERT KLUGHARDT (POL)

On 23.-27. 05. 2023, the 14th European U23 Fencing Championships took place in Budapest (HUN), welcoming close to 400 fencers from 32 countries.

Once again, the European Fencing Confederation (EFC) has proven its open and welcoming attitude towards the partnership with the European Fair Play Movement, which is an important step forward to develop sport in the spirit of fairness and tolerance, thus strongly supporting the development of solidarity, mutual tolerance, teamwork and fair play. In this spirit the EFPM in association with the EFC and Hungarian Fencing Federation awarded Hubert Klughardt (POL).

The Polish fencer fought against the Ukrainian Mykhailo Krasniuk reach the top 32 of the epee competition, when all weapons of Mykhailo Krasniuk were out of function. He ran the risk of being excluded from the rest of the competition. His Polish opponent lent him his backup-epée. Finally, in an extremely fierce fight, the Ukrainian fencer lost to the Polish athlete by a single hit and so Hubert Klughardt continued the competition.