Christiaan BESTER
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Christiaan BESTER: South Africa · Men’s Épée, 2017–2026. 12 recorded results. Get new results by email.
🇿🇦 RSA · Right-handed
About this fencer
FIE 43178
Record and rankings
Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.
- Results
- 12
- Podiums
- 2
- Competitions won
- 0
- Fency Elo
- 1630 Épée, 1266th of 3,392 as of 5 Nov 2026 Standing among established Fency ratings in the same weapon and gender, active this season or last.
- FIE ranking
- 596th Senior Épée · 2026–27
- Best FIE ranking
- 493rd 2025–26
- Best finish
- 2nd of 21, FIE Junior Zonal Championships, Yamoussoukro 2017
Results
Results: 12
| When | Competition | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jan 2026 | FIE World Cup, Fujairah 2026FIE | Senior Men’s Épée | 228th of 278 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | FIE Satellite, Barcelona 2025FIE | Senior Men’s Épée | 31st of 211 |
| 4 Oct 2025 | FIE Satellite, Geneva 2025FIE | Senior Men’s Épée | 31st of 156 |
| 23 May 2025 | FIE World Cup, Saint-Maur 2025FIE | Senior Men’s Épée | 329th of 359 |
| 9 Jan 2020 | FIE World Cup, Heidenheim 2020FIE | Senior Men’s Épée | 255th of 331 |
| 6 Jan 2020 | FIE Junior World Cup, Udine 2020FIE | Junior Men’s Épée | 65th of 168 |
| 13 Apr 2019 | FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Torun 2019FIE | Cadet Men’s Épée | 12th of 144 |
| 13 Apr 2019 | FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Torun 2019FIE | Junior Men’s Épée | 85th of 195 |
| 8 Apr 2018 | FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Verona 2018FIE | Junior Men’s Épée | 63rd of 206 |
| 8 Apr 2018 | FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Verona 2018FIE | Cadet Men’s Épée | 38th of 152 |
| 4 Mar 2018 | FIE Junior Zonal Championships, Lagos 2018FIE | Junior Men’s Épée | 3rd of 23 |
| 10 Mar 2017 | FIE Junior Zonal Championships, Yamoussoukro 2017FIE | Junior Men’s Épée | 2nd of 21 |
Videos
Fencing Vision
· Table of 16 Individual bout Akseli HEINAMAA beat Christiaan BESTER, 15–10 FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Torun 2019 · Épée · 13 Apr 2019
Fencing Vision
· Table of 32 Individual bout Christiaan BESTER beat A Amr ABDELBAKY., 15–10 FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Torun 2019 · Épée · 13 Apr 2019
Head to head
Against left-handers 6–12 · right-handers 46–22, where the FIE says which hand they fence with. Left and right
Everyone they’ve met in events whose bouts are kept here, the most met first. Each goes to their bouts together.
| Against | Won | Lost | Last met | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedi Paul Alex BEUGRE | 2 | 0 | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| Bi Boukalo Dial Robert GANDON | 2 | 0 | 10 Mar 2017 | |
| Hyunjin CHOO | 2 | 0 | 13 Apr 2019 | |
| Ibrahim RAMADAN | 2 | 0 | 4 Mar 2018 | |
| Yuxuan HUANG | 0 | 2 | 9 Jan 2026 |
Everyone they’ve met (76 more)
Figures
rating, ranking and how they fence
Over time
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As a table
| Season | Weapon | Rating | FIE ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Épée | 596th Senior | |
| 2025–26 | Épée | 1,630 | 493rd Senior |
| 2024–25 | Épée | 1,636 | 1045th Senior |
| 2020–21 | Épée | 509th Senior | |
| 2019–20 | Épée | 1,670 | 518th Senior |
| 2018–19 | Épée | 1,653 | |
| 2017–18 | Épée | 1,636 | |
| 2016–17 | Épée | 1,600 |
How ratings work · the best now
How they fence
| Stage | Won–lost | An average bout | By one touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | 38–25 60% | 3.9–3.4 | 9–6 |
| Tables | 14–9 61% | 12.4–12.1 | 4–0 |