BELBOUAB TAKES BRONZE IN RIGA

GBR foilist Mohammed Belbouab recently picked up a bronze medal at the EFC Cadet competition in Riga, Latvia.

At the EFC Cadet Foil event in Riga, Latvia, which took place on the 24th-25th January 2026, Mohammed Belbouab placed third in the individual event.

It marks another success in Mohammed’s track record, with him picking up a silver medal in the Junior Men’s Foil team event at the Madrid World Cup, as well as gold at the EFC Cadet event Samorin last year.

After winning all of his poule fights, Mohammed went into the direct elimination round seeded 2nd. Earning a bye, his first knock-out fight was against Rastko Cosic (SRB) in the last 64, whom he defeated with a decisive 15-2 victory. Next, Mohammed defeated two Hungarian fencers: Balazs Banhidi 15-6, followed by Mate Lacko 15-9.

Now in the last eight, Mohammed took on France’s Mahel Boumaza, defeating him 15-7. Having earned a place on the podium, Mohammed was defeated by Lucas Robinet (FRA) 15-8, winning bronze.

Indiv. Men’s Foil results:	Indiv. Women’s Foil results:
3rd: Mohammed Belbouab 16th: Raphael Bertrand 25th: Ethan Li 52nd: Ralph Jenkins 60th: Moyo Adesanya 69th: Felix Berndorfer 72nd: Oskar Picton Tully 81st: Ethan Mo 87th: Arthur O’Donnell 89th: Tudor Prutica 118th: Charles Stirling	34th: Katie Johnson 54th: Mary Maguire 57th: Layla Lang 59th: Gloriosa Sung 62nd: Elizabeth Amore 69th: Olivia White 72nd: Maria Pasciak 75th: Meyra Bakla 79th: Florence Sunderland 90th: Alexia Hardie 92nd: Ines Goyarrola 95th: Sissi Li 105th: Philippa Lalor 128th: Meredith Howard
Men’s Foil Team results:	Women’s Foil Team results:
10th: GBR 1	4th: GBR 1 10th: GBR 2 18th: GBR 3

See the full results from Riga here.

Referees Peter Sasaki, Sam Ogden, Benedict Cowan, and Bruce McCaig represented GBR at the event.

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