Fencers

Melissa RAINFORD

🇬🇧 GBR

Women’s Foil, 2021–2025

About this fencer

GBR 123878

Record and rankings

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

Results
6
Podiums
0
Competitions won
0
Fency Elo
1274 Foil as of 7 Nov 2026 Standing among established Fency ratings in the same weapon and gender, active this season or last.
Best finish
8th of 14, Shropshire Open 2022 BF Ranking Event
Where they finished in each field, over time A result A podium

Results

Results: 6

WhenCompetitionEventPlace
19 Apr 2025Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2025British FencingSenior Women’s Foil40th of 48
30 Mar 2024Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2024British FencingSenior Women’s Foil45th of 50
8 Apr 2023Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2023British FencingSenior Women’s Foil49th of 55
17 Sept 2022Shropshire Open 2022 BF Ranking EventBritish FencingSenior Women’s Foil8th of 14
16 Apr 2022Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2022British FencingSenior Women’s Foil68th of 71
18 Sept 2021Women’s Cadet and Junior ‘A’ BRC (all weapons) 2021British FencingJunior Women’s Foil36th of 37

Head to head

Against left-handers 0–0 · right-handers 0–13, 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
Emily BEARDMORE0230 Mar 2024
Angelina YEUNG1019 Apr 2025
Claudia FOGL0119 Apr 2025
Eleanor KNOX0119 Apr 2025
Ines GOYARROLA0130 Mar 2024
Everyone they’ve met (13 more)
AgainstWonLostLast met
Kimberley Vanessa CHEUNG0119 Apr 2025
Madeleine GALE018 Apr 2023
Martha CONCHIE0130 Mar 2024
Mhairi MCLAUGHLIN018 Apr 2023
Olivia SEAGROVE108 Apr 2023
Oriane NERMOND018 Apr 2023
Pako ELSEEHY018 Apr 2023
Rachael LEVER018 Apr 2023
Rachel KWOK0130 Mar 2024
Rachel SHAW018 Apr 2023
Serena PATEL0130 Mar 2024
Sophie MEHRA0119 Apr 2025
Zara ALI0119 Apr 2025

Figures

rating, ranking and how they fence

Over time

Their rating each season Foil
150013501200
As a table
SeasonWeaponRatingFIE ranking
2024–25Foil1,274
2023–24Foil1,299
2022–23Foil1,385
2021–22Foil1,461

How ratings work · the best now

How they fence

StageWon–lostAn average boutBy one touch
Pools0–0 0–00–0
Tables2–17 11%1.8–6.41–0