{"id":85498,"date":"2025-07-01T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:04:23","slug":"african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver","title":{"rendered":"African Fencing Championship &#8211; Angola Wins Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The senior men&#8217;s national fencing team won a silver medal on Sunday (29), at the African fencing championship, held from the 25th to the 30th of the current month, in the city of Lagos, Nigeria.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The information, published on the Ministry of Youth and Sports&#8217; website (https:\/\/www.minjud.gov.ao), highlights that this conquest demonstrates the evolution of the sport in the country and puts Angola on the radar of the continent&#8217;s great forces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The silver medal achieved in this championship&#8217;s Edition is the result of years of dedication, intense training and a project that has been built seriously&#8221;, it reads.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry&#8217;s publication, the feat is even more notable for being achieved in a demanding and little-known sport, where investment and focus are decisive.<\/p>\n<p>At the continental event, Angola faced experienced teams such as Egypt, Tunisia and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>However, a note from the Angolan embassy in Nigeria states that the gold medal in the men&#8217;s competition was won by Egypt and the bronze by Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s national team came in 4th place.<\/p>\n<p>The Angolan men&#8217;s team includes fencers Lui\u0301s Macedo (Frascatis Cherma from Italy), Walter Barros (Bristol Blades Fencing Club from London), Daniel Tchipongue, Anasta\u0301cio Tchiquete (Vila Clotilde from Luanda), Anto\u0301nio Pedro, Francisco Manuel and Toma\u0301s Pedro (Gina\u0301sio Clube Portugue\u0302s).<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s team includes Ana Ndovala (Ferrovia\u0301rio do Huambo), Maria Messamessa (Petro Atle\u0301tico do Huambo) and Virgi\u0301nia Valentim (Vila Clotilde from Luanda).<\/p>\n<p>Yusufo Kiamuanga and Eduardo Pereira are the coaches, Paulo Lui\u0301s and Alice Guerreiro the physiotherapists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. The senior men&#8217;s national fencing team won a silver medal on Sunday (29), at the African fencing championship, held from the 25th to the 30th of the current month, in the city of Lagos, Nigeria. The information, published on the Ministry of Youth and Sports&#8217; website (https:\/\/www.minjud.gov.ao), highlights that this conquest demonstrates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[329],"class_list":["post-85498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-angola"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Fencing Championship - Angola Wins Silver - Angola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The senior men&#039;s national fencing team won a silver medal on Sunday (29), at the African fencing championship, held f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African Fencing Championship - Angola Wins Silver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The senior men&#039;s national fencing team won a silver medal on Sunday (29), at the African fencing championship, held f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Angola\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T16:24:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-01T17:04:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2025\/07\/sm_1751376825.45187.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/african-fencing-championship-angola-wins-silver\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"African Fencing Championship &#8211; 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