Azerbaijani fencer climbs to podium at Baltic Cup

Azerbaijani epee fencing team member Vahab Fatullayev has climbed to podium at tournament in Estonia.

Vahab Fatullayev took bronze medal at the Baltic Cup tournament in Tartu.

The athlete began his fight in the individual competition among epee fencers under 20 years old in the 1/16 finals, where he defeated Latvian athlete Aleksejs Malinovskis with a score of 15:12.

In the 1/8 finals, Vahab met another Latvian opponent, Nikita Anisko, and defeated him with a score of 15:6. In the quarterfinals, the Azerbaijani epee fencer defeated Estonian Nikita Doronin with a score of 15:14 in a tense fight, securing a bronze medal.

However, in the semi-final, Vahab lost to another Estonian athlete, Marek Puhma, with a score of 13:14, thus stopping one step away from the final.

Azerbaijan Fencing Federation was established on April 28, 1992. In May 1992, AQF was elected a member of the International Fencing Federation.

On September 20, 2017, an extraordinary report-election conference of the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation was held. At the conference held in the administrative building of the National Olympic Committee, Mikayil Jabbarov was elected the president of the organization.

On November 20, 2021, at the general meeting held in the administrative building of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Balakishi Gasimov was elected the president of the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation.

The Vice-Presidents of the federation are Fikret Zeynalov and Farhad Kasimov, and the general secretary is Vasif Mammadov. Head coach of the national fencing team Chingiz Mustafayev.