Author: Marleen Buitenhuis

Today I fenced at my first satellite tournament. This is a senior competition in which fencers could win world ranking points. How did it go? Not amazing. After a slow start in the poules, I had a bad position for the direct elimination. Although, I...

For my first competition of the season, I went to Sint-Niklaas in Belgium, where managed to get a bronze medal. The next day I won the Sista SFZ International Fencing Tournament in Women’s saber in Amsterdam. The weekend was a great training for me....

To start the season of strongly, I went to Barcelona with the national saber team for the FIEC Fencing Camp in Barcelona. One week with 6 hours of training each day, and on top of that a daily individual lesson giving by another coach every...

Yes! This weekend, I managed to get two golden medals at the national championships in both cadets and juniors. Added up, I have won the national championships in cadets, juniors and seniors in this season. The finale in cadets on the first day was very...

After winning the senior national championships for the first time, I was invited to participate in a competition in Dubai by my sponsor, Shahram Massoumi. I fortunately finished my tests just the day before we flew out, otherwise I would not have been allowed to...