Rachel BARNES
🇬🇧 GBR · Shrewsbury Fencing Club · Right-handed
Women’s Épée, 2016–2026
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About this fencer
FIE 48496 · GBR 112167
Record and rankings
Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.
- Results
- 61
- Podiums
- 9
- Competitions won
- 4
- BF ranking
- None Not in BF’s latest rankings
- Fency Elo
- 1635 Épée, 606th of 2,049 as of 7 Nov 2026 Standing among established Fency ratings in the same weapon and gender, active this season or last.
- FIE ranking
- 504th Senior Épée · 2024–25
- Best FIE ranking
- 275th 2021–22
- Best finish
- 1st of 88, Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2025
Results
Results: 61
| When | Competition | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Jul 2026 | British Open Senior Championships 2026British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 31st of 113 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | British Open Senior Championships 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 18th of 117 |
| 26 Apr 2025 | British Senior Championships 2025 (Individual Events)British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 25th of 53 |
| 19 Apr 2025 | Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 1st of 88 |
| 27 Mar 2025 | FIE World Cup, Marrakech 2025FIE | Senior Women’s Épée | 152nd of 256 |
| 9 Nov 2024 | Welsh Open 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 18th of 74 |
| 2 Nov 2024 | Elite Epee Women's & Men's Series Event Manchester Fencing Centre 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 14th of 47 |
| 28 Sept 2024 | London International Open 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 1st of 41 |
| 13 Jul 2024 | British Open Championships 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 20th of 89 |
| 27 Apr 2024 | British Senior Championships 2024 (Individual Events)British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 19th of 55 |
| 30 Mar 2024 | Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 22nd of 88 |
| 24 Feb 2024 | Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 1st of 29 |
| 30 Jan 2024 | FIE Grand Prix, Doha 2024FIE | Senior Women’s Épée | 195th of 211 |
| 10 Nov 2023 | FIE World Cup, Legnano 2023FIE | Senior Women’s Épée | 158th of 289 |
| 4 Nov 2023 | Elite Epee Women's & Men's Series Event Manchester Fencing Centre 2023British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 12th of 38 |
| 7 Oct 2023 | 22nd Milner-Barry Cup 2023British Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 3rd of 34 |
| 1 Oct 2023 | FIE Satellite, Geneva, October 2023FIE | Senior Women’s Épée | 76th of 122 |
| 3 Jun 2023 | 2023 British Open ChampionshipsBritish Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 25th of 53 |
| 23 May 2023 | EFC European Championships U23 2023EFC | Under 23 Women’s Épée | 67th of 77 |
| 15 Apr 2023 | 2023 British Senior ChampionshipsBritish Fencing | Senior Women’s Épée | 34th of 55 |
Head to head
Against left-handers 7–23 · right-handers 65–78, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma FRANSSON | 2 | 1 | 30 Oct 2022 | |
| Alessandra LUNA | 0 | 2 | 6 Jan 2020 | |
| Alyssa PASCHE | 2 | 0 | 11 Nov 2022 | |
| Anna MOISEEVA | 0 | 2 | 19 Nov 2021 | |
| Anna VUORINEN | 2 | 0 | 18 Sept 2022 |
Everyone they’ve met (169 more)
Figures
rating, ranking and how they fence
Over time
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As a table
| Season | Weapon | Rating | FIE ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | Épée | 1,635 | |
| 2024–25 | Épée | 1,654 | 504th Senior |
| 2023–24 | Épée | 1,558 | 413th Senior |
| 2022–23 | Épée | 1,561 | 289th Senior |
| 2021–22 | Épée | 1,547 | 275th Senior |
| 2019–20 | Épée | 1,521 | |
| 2018–19 | Épée | 1,499 | |
| 2017–18 | Épée | 1,534 | |
| 2016–17 | Épée | 1,509 |
How ratings work · the best now
How they fence
| Stage | Won–lost | An average bout | By one touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | 57–77 43% | 3.4–3.9 | 20–23 |
| Tables | 28–27 51% | 8.5–8.7 | 3–10 |