Ottawa Fencing Club

Ottawa Fencing Club is a club for the sport of fencing in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of affiliate clubs such as EXO Fencing and RA Fencing Club. Ottawa Fencing has produced over 18 Olympic competitors.[1] Ottawa Fencing and its affiliate clubs have had representatives at the Olympics since 1976. At the 2006 Commonwealth fencing championships Games in Belfast, Marc-André Leblanc of the Ottawa Fencing Club was a member of the winning Canadian men's épée team.[2] Ottawa Fencing Club serves both beginners and experienced fencers.

Ottawa Fencing Club
Typefencing organization based in Canada
Legal statusactive
Purposeadvocate and public voice, educator and network
HeadquartersOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served
Canada
Official language
English, French
Websitewww.ottawafencing.ca

References

  1. Ottawa Fencing Club - Hall of Fame
  2. "Deux médailles d'or pour les Canadiens". RDS (in French). September 23, 2006. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

"Cornell's Baseball Schedule. (includes 1896 reference to Ottawa Fencing Club)". The New York Times. February 5, 1896. Retrieved 2008-12-29.


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