Nicole SAUNDERS
🇬🇧 GBR · Premier Sabre Academy · Right-handed
Women’s Sabre, 2015–2026
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About this fencer
FIE 51245 · GBR 124493
Record and rankings
Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.
- Results
- 84
- Podiums
- 15
- Competitions won
- 7
- BF ranking
- None Not in BF’s latest rankings
- Fency Elo
- 1483 Sabre, 971st of 1,408 as of 6 Nov 2026 Standing among established Fency ratings in the same weapon and gender, active this season or last.
- FIE ranking
- 515th Senior Sabre · 2026–27
- Best FIE ranking
- 334th 2024–25
- Best finish
- 1st of 14, Lancaster University Winter Open 2023
Results
Results: 84
| When | Competition | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | Hamlet Senior Open U20 BRC 2026British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 18th of 25 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | EFC U23 European Circuit Sofia 2026EFC | Under 23 Women’s Sabre | 25th of 28 |
| 4 Jul 2026 | British Open Senior Championships 2026British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 22nd of 52 |
| 25 Apr 2026 | British Senior Championships 2026British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 30th of 32 |
| 4 Apr 2026 | Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2026British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 10th of 34 |
| 10 Jan 2026 | FIE Grand Prix, Tunis 2026FIE | Senior Women’s Sabre | 141st of 154 |
| 22 Nov 2025 | British U23 Sabre Championships 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 13th of 20 |
| 7 Nov 2025 | FIE World Cup, Algiers 2025FIE | Senior Women’s Sabre | 133rd of 165 |
| 25 Oct 2025 | Hamlet Senior Open U20 BRC 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 3rd of 32 |
| 11 Oct 2025 | FIE Satellite, Nuremberg 2025FIE | Senior Women’s Sabre | 61st of 75 |
| 27 Sept 2025 | FIE Satellite, Ghent 2025FIE | Senior Women’s Sabre | 62nd of 104 |
| 5 Jul 2025 | British Open Senior Championships 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 23rd of 48 |
| 26 Apr 2025 | British Senior Championships 2025 (Individual Events)British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 27th of 28 |
| 19 Apr 2025 | Birmingham International Fencing Tournament 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 6th of 34 |
| 5 Apr 2025 | Glasgow Open 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 2nd of 19 |
| 15 Feb 2025 | Merseyside Open Fencing Tournament 2025British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 2nd of 16 |
| 30 Nov 2024 | Lancaster Winter Open 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 1st of 12 |
| 23 Nov 2024 | EFC EFC FFE Circuit Munich 2024EFC | Under 23 Women’s Sabre | 19th of 34 |
| 17 Nov 2024 | British U23 Sabre Championships 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 11th of 11 |
| 9 Nov 2024 | Welsh Open 2024British Fencing | Senior Women’s Sabre | 5th of 22 |
Head to head
Against left-handers 4–15 · right-handers 26–68, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandra MANGA | 0 | 3 | 6 Jan 2024 | |
| Caroline MARTIN | 3 | 0 | 4 Apr 2026 | |
| Daria GONTSOVA | 0 | 3 | 6 Feb 2022 | |
| Tiziana NITSCHMANN | 0 | 3 | 29 Sept 2024 | |
| Anna Luca NAGY | 0 | 2 | 6 Jan 2024 |
Everyone they’ve met (111 more)
Figures
rating, ranking and how they fence
Over time
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As a table
| Season | Weapon | Rating | FIE ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | Sabre | 1,483 | 515th Senior |
| 2025–26 | Sabre | 1,491 | 466th Senior |
| 2024–25 | Sabre | 1,498 | 334th Senior |
| 2023–24 | Sabre | 1,445 | |
| 2022–23 | Sabre | 1,451 | |
| 2021–22 | Sabre | 1,483 | |
| 2020–21 | Sabre | 1,580 | |
| 2019–20 | Sabre | 1,575 | |
| 2018–19 | Sabre | 1,527 | |
| 2017–18 | Sabre | 1,551 | |
| 2016–17 | Sabre | 1,539 | |
| 2015–16 | Épée | 1,484 | |
| 2014–15 | Sabre | 1,520 |
How ratings work · the best now
How they fence
| Stage | Won–lost | An average bout | By one touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | 27–74 27% | 2.6–4.3 | 5–8 |
| Tables | 17–15 53% | 6.8–7.2 | 1–1 |