Piers Gilliver

Wheelchair Fencing

Region

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire
Date of Birth

16/09/1994
Classification

Category A

Bio

Piers headed into Paris 2024 as the Épée world champion and European champion in two events after clinching double gold in the Sabre and Epee in Paris earlier on in the year.

Gilliver left the French capital with four medals - two silvers in the Men’s Category A Individual Sabre and Épée contests, plus a silver and a bronze in the Team Foil and Épée where he teamed up with Dimitri Coutya and Oliver Lam-Watson.

In Tokyo 2020 it was Piers that ended a long wait when he became ParalympicsGB’s first wheelchair fencing gold medallist since 1988. After winning silver in the Category A Epee at Rio 2016, he rallied to the Tokyo final and bested Maxim Shabarov in a thrilling encounter, where he triumphed 15-9 to top the podium.

Piers first tried the sport of wheelchair fencing in 2010 at his local fencing club in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and he joined the British Disabled Fencing Association in 2011.

Piers was subsequently selected to experience London 2012 as part of the BPA’s Paralympic Inspiration Programme (PIP), to gain an insight into the unique environment of the Games.

After winning his first junior world title in 2013, Piers has never looked back and became a senior world champion by 2019.

Before wheelchair fencing, Piers enjoyed horse riding and he has an interest in military memorabilia and antiques.

Major Results

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Silver
Individual Category A Men’s Sabre: Silver
Men’s Team Foil: Silver
Men’s Team Épée: Bronze

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Gold
Men’s Team Foil: Silver
Men’s Team Épée: Bronze

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Silver

2024 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships, Paris, France

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Gold
Individual Category A Men’s Sabre: Gold
Men’s Team Foil: Gold
Men’s Team Epee: Bronze

2023 IWAS World Wheelchair Fencing Championships, Terni, Italy

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Gold
Individual Category A Men’s Sabre: Silver

2022 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing European Championships, Warsaw, Poland

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Gold
Individual Category A Men’s Sabre: Gold
Men’s Team Foil: Gold
Men’s Team Epee: Gold

2019 IWAS World Wheelchair Fencing Championships, Cheongju, South Korea

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Gold
Individual Category A Men’s Sabre: Bronze
Epee Men’s Team: Bronze

2017 IWAS World Wheelchair Fencing Championships, Rome, Italy

Individual Category A Men’s Epée: Silver
Individual Category A Men’s Sabre: Bronze

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