Over five days of competition, more than 200 fencers will take part in the men’s and women’s individual and team bouts at Baku 2015. Let’s meet Team GB’s competitors…
Richard Kruse
Event: Men’s foil individual and men’s foil team
Age: 31
Home Town: London
Three-time Olympian who has six European Championship medals to his name
Marcus Mepstead
Event: Men’s foil individual and men’s foil team
Age: 24
Home Town: London
Part of the World Class Programme since 2011 and made his debut at the Shanghai World Cup
Benjamin Peggs
Event: Men’s foil individual and men’s foil team
Age: 24
Home Town: London
Twitter: @benpeggs
Won team gold as captain at the 2014 Commonwealth Championships
Alexander Tofalides
Event: Men’s foil individual and men’s foil team
Age: 22
Home Town: London
Twitter: @alextofalides
U20 World Cup gold medallist fencer who also holds European team bronze at junior level
Natalia Sheppard
Event: Women’s foil
Age: 30
Home Town: Bath
Twitter: @nattsheppard
London 2012 Olympian who made it through to the second round of the individual event and the quarter final of the team event
Corinna Lawrence
Event: Women’s epee
Age: 24
Home Town: Plymouth
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London 2012 Olympian and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist
James Honeybone
Event: Men’s sabre
Age: 24
Home Town: Truro
Twitter: @JHoneybone
Team GB’s sole representative in the men’s sabre at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Aliya Itzkowitz
Event: Women’s sabre
Age: 21
Home Town: London
Twitter: @itz_aliya
Three-time British sabre champion and has top-15 finishes at both the World and European Junior Championships