Great Britain at The 2008 Summer Paralympics - Wheelchair Fencing

Wheelchair Fencing

Lee Fawcett was the sole British fencer to qualify for the Games, he competed in both the foil and sabre B classification events. Fawcett was the final British athlete to compete in Beijing, losing his sabre round of 16 match to Serhiy Shenkevych of Ukraine.

Athlete Event Pool matches Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Rank Rank
Lee Fawcett Men's ind. foil cat. B Rodgers (USA)
L 0–5

Alsaedi (KUW)
L 2–5
Czop (POL)
W 5–4
Datsko (UKR)
L 1–5
Francois (FRA)
L 1–5

 5 Did not advance
Men's ind. sabre cat. B Francois (FRA)
L 0–5

Arnau (ESP)
W 5–0
Shenkevych (UKR)
L 3–5
Szekeres (HUN)
L 3–5
Mainville (CAN)
W 5–3

 4 Shenkevych (UKR)
L 4–15		 Did not advance

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