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Drew THORNLEY

🇬🇧 GBR · University of Manchester Fencing Club · Right-handed

Men’s Sabre, 2015–2026

About this fencer

FIE 43680 · GBR 119935

Record and rankings

Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.

Results
36
Podiums
22
Competitions won
12
BF ranking
None Not in BF’s latest rankings
FIE ranking
368th Senior Sabre · 2026–27
Best finish
1st of 41, Merseyside Open 2019
Where they finished in each field, over time A result A podium
Winner1stTop quarter¼Halfway½LastLast 158th of 173, Senior Men’s Sabre, FIE World Cup, Oran 2026, 2026-10-15 24th of 102, Senior Men’s Sabre, FIE Satellite, Sofia 2026, 2026-09-20 12th of 111, Senior Men’s Sabre, British Open Senior Championships 2026, 2026-07-04 3rd of 52, Senior Men’s Sabre, British Senior Championships 2026, 2026-04-25 2nd of 31, Senior Men’s Sabre, Glasgow Open 2026, 2026-04-11 16th of 59, Senior Men’s Sabre, Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2026, 2026-04-04 1st of 35, Senior Men’s Sabre, York Open Tournament 2026, 2026-03-28 12th of 41, Senior Men’s Sabre, Manchester University Open 2026, 2026-02-28 1st of 18, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2026, 2026-02-21 1st of 22, Senior Men’s Sabre, Lancaster Summer Open 2025, 2025-06-14 2nd of 42, Senior Men’s Sabre, York Open Tournament 2025, 2025-03-29 2nd of 24, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2025, 2025-02-15 2nd of 12, Senior Men’s Sabre, The Manchester Open 2024, 2024-06-22 2nd of 23, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2024, 2024-02-24 1st of 24, Senior Men’s Sabre, Lancaster University Winter Open 2023, 2023-12-09 1st of 10, Senior Men’s Sabre, Lancaster University Summer Open 2023, 2023-06-17 1st of 14, Senior Men’s Sabre, University of Leeds Open 2023, 2023-04-01 8th of 24, Senior Men’s Sabre, The Manchester Open 2023, 2023-03-11 3rd of 20, Senior Men’s Sabre, Lancaster University Winter Open 2022, 2022-12-03 2nd of 35, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open 2022, 2022-03-26 1st of 19, Senior Men’s Sabre, Lancaster University Winter Open 2021, 2021-12-11 3rd of 44, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside 2020, 2020-02-08 1st of 41, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open 2019, 2019-02-09 1st of 41, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside 2019, 2019-02-09 3rd of 36, Senior Men’s Sabre, Leon Paul, November 2018, 2018-11-10 14th of 38, Senior Men’s Sabre, Manchester 2018, 2018-10-27 26th of 76, Senior Men’s Sabre, Hamlet 2018, 2018-09-22 31st of 52, Senior Men’s Sabre, Nationals 2018, 2018-04-14 1st of 17, Senior Men’s Sabre, Liverpool 2018, 2018-03-17 26th of 192, Cadet Men’s Sabre, EFC Cadet Circuit Godollo 2017, 2017-09-30 84th of 98, Cadet Men’s Sabre, FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Plovdiv 2017, 2017-04-07 7th of 51, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open 2017, 2017-02-11 1st of 15, Senior Men’s Sabre, TransPennine Open 2017, 2017-01-28 1st of 8, Senior Men’s Sabre, Wrexham Open 2016, 2016-06-11 8th of 48, Senior Men’s Sabre, Merseyside Open 2016, 2016-02-13 18th of 59, Cadet Men’s Sabre, Stratford Cadet Sabre BRC 2015, 2015-10-03

Results

Results: 36

WhenCompetitionEventPlace
15 Oct 2026FIE World Cup, Oran 2026FIESenior Men’s Sabre158th of 173
20 Sept 2026FIE Satellite, Sofia 2026FIESenior Men’s Sabre24th of 102
4 Jul 2026British Open Senior Championships 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre12th of 111
25 Apr 2026British Senior Championships 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre3rd of 52
11 Apr 2026Glasgow Open 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre2nd of 31
4 Apr 2026Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre16th of 59
28 Mar 2026York Open Tournament 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre1st of 35
28 Feb 2026Manchester University Open 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre12th of 41
21 Feb 2026Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2026British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre1st of 18
14 Jun 2025Lancaster Summer Open 2025British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre1st of 22
29 Mar 2025York Open Tournament 2025British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre2nd of 42
15 Feb 2025Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2025British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre2nd of 24
22 Jun 2024The Manchester Open 2024British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre2nd of 12
24 Feb 2024Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2024British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre2nd of 23
9 Dec 2023Lancaster University Winter Open 2023British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre1st of 24
17 Jun 2023Lancaster University Summer Open 2023British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre1st of 10
1 Apr 2023University of Leeds Open 2023British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre1st of 14
11 Mar 2023The Manchester Open 2023British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre8th of 24
3 Dec 2022Lancaster University Winter Open 2022British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre3rd of 20
26 Mar 2022Merseyside Open 2022British FencingSenior Men’s Sabre2nd of 35

Head to head

Against left-handers 0–2 · right-handers 7–12, 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.

AgainstWonLostLast met
Adam AMINE-PIEKOS104 Apr 2026
Andri Nikolaysson MATEEV017 Apr 2017
Angelo CHIARA017 Apr 2017
Artur CHUPRAKOV0115 Oct 2026
Benjamin MITCHELL104 Apr 2026
Everyone they’ve met (22 more)
AgainstWonLostLast met
Bo ZHANG0115 Oct 2026
Charles THOROGOOD104 Apr 2026
Christian JANSEN014 Apr 2026
Cory NIU104 Apr 2026
Davide VIVALDI0120 Sept 2026
Decordoba MITCHELL-ROWE104 Apr 2026
Enes Talha KALENDER0115 Oct 2026
Ganghyuk LEE017 Apr 2017
Hubert GLASNER017 Apr 2017
Jorelle Zhuo Rui SEE1020 Sept 2026
Jose Luis BAERGAS NUNEZ107 Apr 2017
Lev BEN AVRAM0120 Sept 2026
Loek JANSSEN014 Apr 2026
Lucas GUILLEY0115 Oct 2026
Max CROMIE1020 Sept 2026
Mohammed ALFADHLI017 Apr 2017
Musa AYMURATOV0115 Oct 2026
Nikola IVANOV1020 Sept 2026
Noah MANEA1020 Sept 2026
Roman KRASNOVYD1020 Sept 2026
Santiago MADRIGAL0120 Sept 2026
Yoji HIYAMA014 Apr 2026

Figures

rating, ranking and how they fence

Over time

fency ELO each season Sabre
170015501400 Sabre 1540, 2015–16 Sabre 1468, 2016–17 Sabre 1500, 2017–18 Sabre 1562, 2018–19 Sabre 1576, 2019–20 Sabre 1604, 2021–22 Sabre 1640, 2022–23 Sabre 1667, 2023–24 Sabre 1684, 2024–25 Sabre 1690, 2025–26 Sabre 1652, 2026–27
Their FIE ranking each season, 1st at the top Senior Sabre
1st10th100th Senior Sabre 368th, 2026–27
As a table
SeasonWeaponfency ELOFIE ranking
2026–27Sabre1,652368th Senior
2025–26Sabre1,690
2024–25Sabre1,684
2023–24Sabre1,667
2022–23Sabre1,640
2021–22Sabre1,604
2019–20Sabre1,576
2018–19Sabre1,562
2017–18Sabre1,500
2016–17Sabre1,468
2015–16Sabre1,540

How fency ELO works · the best now

How they fence

StageWon–lostAn average boutBy one touch
Pools5–12 29%2.6–40–1
Tables6–4 60%8.6–8.11–2