Ben BATES
🇬🇧 GBR · Bath Sword · Right-handed
Men’s Foil, 2014–2021
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About this fencer
FIE 34077 · GBR 101817
Record and rankings
Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.
- Results
- 48
- Podiums
- 7
- Competitions won
- 1
- Fency Elo
- 1589 Foil as of 6 Nov 2026 Standing among established Fency ratings in the same weapon and gender, active this season or last.
- FIE ranking
- 399th Senior Foil · 2020–21
- Best FIE ranking
- 390th 2017–18
- Best finish
- 1st of 33, Shropshire 2019
Results
Results: 48
| When | Competition | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Nov 2021 | Welsh Open 2021British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 51st of 81 |
| 6 Nov 2021 | British Senior Championships 2021British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 56th of 102 |
| 9 Nov 2019 | Welsh Open 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 19th of 109 |
| 9 Nov 2019 | Welsh 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 19th of 103 |
| 3 Nov 2019 | London Cup, November 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 120th of 54 |
| 26 Oct 2019 | FIE Satellite, Barcelona 2019FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 62nd of 129 |
| 6 Oct 2019 | FIE Satellite, Copenhagen 2019FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 32nd of 94 |
| 14 Sept 2019 | Shropshire 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 1st of 33 |
| 1 Sept 2019 | FCL 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 6th of 61 |
| 24 Aug 2019 | Leon Paul Summer 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 8th of 40 |
| 1 Jun 2019 | Bristol 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 7th of 34 |
| 20 Apr 2019 | BIFT 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 7th of 94 |
| 13 Apr 2019 | Nationals 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 29th of 79 |
| 23 Mar 2019 | Leicester Open 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 2nd of 56 |
| 23 Mar 2019 | Leicester 2019British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 2nd of 46 |
| 4 Nov 2018 | London Cup 2018British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 78th of 33 |
| 20 Oct 2018 | Scottish Open 2018British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 6th of 47 |
| 20 Oct 2018 | Scottish, October 2018British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 6th of 39 |
| 14 Oct 2018 | FIE Satellite, London 2018FIE | Senior Men’s Foil | 89th of 112 |
| 19 Aug 2018 | Leon Paul Summer 2018British Fencing | Senior Men’s Foil | 5th of 43 |
Head to head
Against left-handers 13–25 · right-handers 52–59, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meddy ELICE | 0 | 4 | 26 Oct 2019 | |
| Alexandre EDIRI | 0 | 3 | 17 Feb 2018 | |
| Vitalijs KUCEBA | 0 | 3 | 9 Jan 2016 | |
| Erik Gabriel VARAS | 1 | 1 | 17 Feb 2018 | |
| Federico PISTORIO | 2 | 0 | 27 Jan 2018 |
Everyone they’ve met (127 more)
Figures
rating, ranking and how they fence
Over time
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As a table
| Season | Weapon | Rating | FIE ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Foil | 1,589 | |
| 2020–21 | Foil | 399th Senior | |
| 2019–20 | Foil | 1,596 | 421st Senior |
| 2018–19 | Foil | 1,597 | 632nd Senior |
| 2017–18 | Foil | 1,595 | 390th Senior |
| 2016–17 | Foil | 1,485 | 509th Senior |
| 2015–16 | Foil | 1,461 | 499th Senior |
| 2014–15 | Foil | 1,570 | |
| 2013–14 | Foil | 1,512 |
How ratings work · the best now
How they fence
| Stage | Won–lost | An average bout | By one touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | 52–65 44% | 3.3–3.7 | 10–9 |
| Tables | 13–19 41% | 10.6–13 | 3–1 |