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Liubov Safko

1981
Modern Duelists Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 15 2 34 51
Losses - - 17 6 36 59
Win ratio - - 46.9% 25.0% 48.6% 46.4%
Pool victories - - 11 1 27 39
Pool losses - - 13 5 26 44
Pool win ratio - - 45.8% 16.7% 50.9% 47.0%
DE victories - - 4 1 7 12
DE losses - - 4 1 10 15
DE win ratio - - 50.0% 50.0% 41.2% 44.4%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - 7 - 4 11
Easy wins % - - 46.7% 0.0% 11.8% 21.6%
Close wins‡ - - 1 2 17 20
Close wins % - - 6.7% 100.0% 50.0% 39.2%
Close losses‡ - - 5 3 17 25
Close losses % - - 29.4% 50.0% 47.2% 42.4%
Big losses† - - 9 1 2 12
Big losses % - - 52.9% 16.7% 5.6% 20.3%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 3 3
Victories % - - 0.0% 0.0% 8.8% 5.9%
Losses - - 1 - 1 2
Losses % - - 5.9% 0.0% 2.8% 3.4%
Total - - 1 - 4 5
Total % - - 3.1% 0.0% 5.7% 4.5%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - 4 1 10 15
Tournaments - - 3 1 9 13

Competition history

15 competitions, 110 bouts

MoDuel Open Epee

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR January 28, 2024

Place 40 of 44 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating D22 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CUCCIARRE Pace 35 - U 33 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 GAMBINO Robert A. 11 - C24 11 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 CHAWLA Armaan 2 - A20 6 Penta Olympic Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 3:4 FAKTOR Emily 26 - E24 34 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 1631 2555 44.6 94%
Pool
D 1:5 CHENH Justin 13 - C23 3 Nova Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 PARK Patrick 41 - U 42 Medeo Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 WATERS Nathaniel 34 - U 25 Cardinal Fencing Academy - - - -
T64
D 11:15 WATERS Nathaniel 34 - U 25 Cardinal Fencing Academy - - - -

MoDuel Veteran Mixed Epee & Veteran Women's Epee

Veteran Mixed Épée E1, VET December 10, 2023

Place 8 of 14 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating D22 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SCHROEDER William 8 - E23 5 DC Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 ROUSE Joseph (Joe) T. 1 - B23 7 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 WOHNER Kenneth S. 14 - U 9 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 GAMBINO Robert A. 4 - D23 1 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 MADANS David Missing ID 15 - U 14 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 SOKALSKI Edwin 12 - U 11 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
T16
V 10:7 WOHNER Kenneth S. 14 - U 9 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
T8
D 5:10 GAMBINO Robert A. 4 - D23 1 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -

MoDuel Veteran Mixed Epee & Veteran Women's Epee

Veteran Women's Épée E1, VET December 10, 2023

Place 3 of 13 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating D22 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 LUNNING Karen 10 - U 13 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1081 2558 1.1 98%
Pool
V 5:0 SHULER Judith 13 - U 11 Lancaster Fencing Academy 1091 2559 0.9 98%
Pool
D 1:5 ASHER Valerie 2 - B23 2 DC Fencers Club 2787 2560 13.6 35%
Pool
V 5:3 JEANDHEUR Carole A. 3 - C23 7 DC Fencers Club 1915 2546 6.4 85%
Pool
V 5:0 ENGEL Katie 7 - U 9 DC Fencers Club 1607 2552 3.1 93%
T16
V 10:2 LUNNING Karen 10 - U 13 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1995 2601 24.0 75%
T8
V 10:4 HAMMONDS Carissa 8 - U 8 Fates Fencing Academy 1489 2625 8.3 94%
T4
D 7:10 ASHER Valerie 2 - B23 2 DC Fencers Club 2886 2633 43.1 35%

MoDuel Open Epee

Senior Mixed Épée B1, SNR November 26, 2023

Place 11 of 21 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating D22 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 TIRRELL Justin J. 1 - B23 3 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 LUNNING Karen 19 - U 21 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 1263 2552 2.0 95%
Pool
D 4:5 ASUNCION Arren 13 - E23 7 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 SCHLEE Selma 20 - U 15 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia 1665 2554 3.5 93%
Pool
D 1:5 LINSKENS David 6 - C21 8 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 PANDEY Yash 12 - E23 11 - - - -
T32
V 15:2 LUNNING Karen 19 - U 21 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 2500 2563 38.2 52%
T16
D 7:15 CONLEY Seth 8 - E23 6 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -

CFC Epee Open

Senior Mixed Épée A2, SNR August 21, 2022

Place 31 of 43 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating D22 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BOYKO Frank C. 28 - E20 38 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 TOMASZEWSKI Simon 31 - U 32 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 CHAWLA Armaan 4 - A20 2 Penta Olympic Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 AMOLSCH Dylan 34 - U 22 ASER International Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 WOLFE Alex 9 - B22 12 Penta Olympic Fencing Club / Tampa Fencing & Tennis Academy - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 SERAFIN Ben 16 - C22 8 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia - - - -
T64
V 15:13 CUCCIARRE Pace 42 - U 34 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy - - - -
T32
D 9:15 HE Lawrence 1 - A22 5 Medeo Fencing Club / Wanglei International Fencing Club - - - -

March NAC

Veteran Women's Épée A2, VET March 5, 2022

Place 28 of 60 Seed 30 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 4:3 DANNHAUSER Carol A. 48 - E21 49 Rogue Fencing Academy / Fairfield County Fencing Academy AKA Fairfield Fencing Academy 1960 2571 7.4 84%
Pool
V 5:4 SCHMID Carola K. 11 - B19 3 Salle Auriol Seattle 2713 2578 24.0 41%
Pool
V 5:4 KELLY Diane A. 43 - E22 48 Riverside Fencing Club 1747 2602 4.1 92%
Pool
D 4:5 COMES Rita 24 - C21 36 Cardinal Fencing Club 2055 2606 35.6 82%
Pool
D 3:5 GANSER Yuliya 7 - B21 10 Medeo Fencing Club 2589 2571 18.7 49%
T64
V 10:6 GROENING Joanne 37 - D21 39 North Shore Fencers Club / Hills Fencing Institute (H3) 2209 2543 45.2 69%
T32
D 8:10 POLANICHKA Nicole P. 3 - A20 5 Lancaster Fencing Academy / Williamsport Fencing Club 3207 2589 26.0 17%

March NAC

Vet-40 Women's Épée E1, V40 March 4, 2022

Place 7 of 11 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 POLANICHKA Nicole P. 3 5 A20 1 Lancaster Fencing Academy / Williamsport Fencing Club 2739 2587 18.3 40%
Pool
D 3:5 SWENSON Alexandra 11 - U 9 Ataba Fencing Club / Madison Fencing Academy 1983 2569 40.2 83%
Pool
V 5:4 LAWSON Marie A. 2 2 A21 2 DC Fencers Club 2912 2529 33.2 26%
Pool
V 5:2 PARKER Jacquie D. 7 - D18 11 2035 2562 8.9 80%
T16
V 10:8 FREY Alison 9 12 E19 10 Space City Fencing Academy 2097 2590 41.2 76%
T8
D 8:10 HOFMAN Haejung 4 7 D22 3 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2524 2631 88.0 56%

Richard F Oles Memorial Charm City Classic ROC (D1A) & RYC

Div I-A Women's Épée B2, D1A December 4, 2021

Place 7 of 38 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ZHU Serene M. 15 - C21 16 AIC Fencing Club 2431 2648 33.4 64%
Pool
D 4:5 REITINGER Emilie B. 29 - D18 18 Drew University Ncaa / Dc Fencers Club 2499 2614 28.7 57%
Pool
V 5:3 TALBOTT Claudia 34 - U 36 University of Maryland Baltimore County / Salle Palasz 1739 2586 6.2 85%
Pool
D 4:5 BRISK Angelica A. 4 - A18 17 Olympia Fencing Center 2349 2592 31.9 65%
Pool
V 5:3 ASHER Valerie 9 - B20 11 Dc Fencers Club 2697 2560 27.5 41%
T32
V 15:13 GORDET Cristina G. 11 - B18 20 South Florida Fencing Club 2816 2329 200.8 24%
T16
V 15:12 ZHU Serene M. 15 - C21 16 AIC Fencing Club 2607 2529 115.8 45%
T8
D 9:15 KORFONTA Jolie 7 - B21 1 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 3023 2645 55.1 28%

Gold Finch ROC (D1, D2 and Vet) and Non-Regional Junior and Cadet

Div I-A Women's Épée A2, D1A January 26, 2020

Place 45 of 61 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 PROKOP Jeannine A. 16 - B19 44 Nova Fencing Club 2672 2740 28.9 54%
Pool
V 3:2 ZHAO Yingying 54 - E19 45 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Wanglei International Fencing Club 2548 2768 22.4 64%
Pool
D 4:5 NICOU Nicole 51 - E19 28 Hills Fencing Institute (H3) 2219 2791 54.6 82%
Pool
D 4:5 SAAL Anna 39 - D19 24 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2678 2736 30.5 54%
Pool
D 3:4 GU Sarah 3 94 B19 3 Medeo Fencing Club 2920 2706 20.2 36%
Pool
D 2:5 GLASSNER Sophia Rose S. 21 - C19 43 Medeo Fencing Club 2384 2686 37.9 69%
T64
D 11:15 TEMIRYAEV Anna M. 6 - A19 13 New York Fencing Academy 3238 2362 33.0 10%

Richard F Oles Memorial Charm City Classic Div 1A ROC

Div I-A Women's Épée B1, D1A December 15, 2019

Place 13 of 23 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 ROANE D.C. Pixie (Chez Pixie) 20 - U 21 Wallingford-swarthmore Panthers 2055 2767 11.0 87%
Pool
V 5:2 KOKES Ava 6 - C19 6 Fencers Club Inc. 2525 2778 25.0 66%
Pool
D 3:5 HENRY Asha S. 3 - B19 11 Dc Fencers Club 2841 2803 32.9 48%
Pool
V 5:2 TRAN Hanna 23 - U 22 University of Maryland Baltimore County 1578 2770 4.4 94%
Pool
D 4:5 OGAWA Kaylin 14 - E19 17 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2714 2775 35.2 54%
T32
V 15:7 WIESSLER-HUGHES Linda 21 - U 23 Dc Fencers Club 2500 2376 118.0 45%
T16
D 14:15 SZEWC Alexandra 15 - E19 3 Morris Fencing Club / Forte Fencing Club 2601 2494 132.2 44%

American Challenge ROC (DIV1A, DIV2, VET) & RJC

Div I-A Women's Épée B2, D1A October 6, 2019

Place 48 of 62 Seed 36 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 DE JAGER Celine 40 - D19 43 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 2583 2890 64.7 69%
Pool
V 5:4 ZENG Katrina 55 - U 53 Medeo Fencing Club 2236 2825 16.5 83%
Pool
D 2:5 DROVETSKY Alexandra M. 17 - B19 6 Medeo Fencing Club 3072 2841 30.0 36%
Pool
D 1:5 DESAMOURS Sabine I. 18 - B19 3 Peter Westbrook Foundation / Fencers Club Inc. 2953 2811 32.7 41%
Pool
D 2:5 PROVENZA Hannah G. 2 88 B19 1 Bay State Fencers 3292 2779 16.9 21%
Pool
V 5:1 WALSH Katherine 53 - U 56 Drew University NCAA 1737 2762 5.6 94%
T64
D 11:15 SMUK Daria A. 35 - C18 23 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2997 2471 95.3 24%

Albert Chikayev Memorial ROC/RYC

Div I-A Women's Épée C2, D1A September 15, 2019

Place 39 of 54 Seed 37 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 BRADLEY Katherine 48 - U 50 2031 2991 11.7 92%
Pool
V 5:4 YOON Julia J. 19 - B18 15 Medeo Fencing Club 2765 3003 44.3 65%
Pool
D 4:5 CHAN Elizabeth 14 - B19 11 Medeo Fencing Club 2824 3047 74.9 64%
Pool
D 2:5 CHRETIEN PAULINE 31 - C19 1 Olympia Fencing Center 3765 2972 14.3 12%
Pool
V 5:3 LAWSON Marie A. 3 - A16 44 DC Fencers Club / Baltimore Fencing Center 2829 2958 43.7 58%
Pool
D 4:5 CANNEY Lauren 52 - U 45 Top Fencing Club 2067 3001 111.8 92%
T64
D 9:15 KUZNETSOV Victoria 7 - B19 26 Lilov Fencing Academy 3484 2520 49.2 10%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div I-A Women's Épée A4, D1A June 29, 2019

Place 74 of 126 Seed 98 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SCHMUGAR Brooke 120 - D19 115 Northwest Fencing Center 2449 2866 58.1 73%
Pool
D 3:5 MARCHANT Sandra M. 61 - B18 10 Prospect Fencing Club / The Phoenix Center 3204 2924 64.8 34%
Pool
V 5:2 LEANG Andrea K. 84 - C19 91 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2833 2860 84.3 52%
Pool
V 5:4 TONG Sarah Shen 12 - A19 124 Guanyi Fencing Academy / DC Fencers Club 2517 2944 42.6 74%
Pool
V 3:2 BINDAS Blodwen S. 48 - B18 28 Wanglei International Fencing Club / Atlantic Fencing Academy 2876 2986 63.7 57%
Pool
D 1:5 LEUNG Natalie 25 - B19 9 Swords Fencing Studio 3155 3050 59.3 43%
T128
D 9:15 CHIN Isabella 40 - B19 8 New York Fencing Academy 3217 2637 116.5 23%

Richard F Oles Memorial Charm City Classic Div 1A ROC

Div I-A Women's Épée B2, D1A December 9, 2018

Place 12 of 31 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating E18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 KIM Elizabeth Y. 18 - D18 15 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2611 3022 103.7 72%
Pool
D 4:5 GIFFORD Sally 13 - C15 24 Dc Fencers Club 1990 3125 238.2 88%
Pool
V 5:4 LAWSON Marie A. 3 - A16 3 Dc Fencers Club / Baltimore Fencing Center 2616 2887 94.1 65%
Pool
D 4:5 GORDET Cristina G. 8 - B17 9 South Florida Fencing Club 2874 2981 129.5 56%
Pool
V 5:2 RIOS Donna B. 28 - U 31 Nova Fencing Club 1605 2852 14.5 94%
T32
V 15:14 ROANE D.C. Pixie (Chez Pixie) 31 - U 26 Wallingford-swarthmore Panthers 2500 2576 215.7 53%
T16
D 9:15 PYO Yunice 9 - B16 6 Dc Fencers Club 3285 2792 155.0 29%

American Challenge ROC #1 (Div1A, Div2, and Vet)

Div I-A Women's Épée A2, D1A October 21, 2018

Place 24 of 60 Seed 41 Not ranked Rating E18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 SMUK Daria A. 38 - D18 16 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 3041 2500 766.2 30%
Pool
V 5:4 KIM Diane E. 22 - C18 8 Top Fencing Club 2753 3266 198.1 72%
Pool
V 5:0 LONGSTREET Olivia 60 - U 59 1943 3464 37.4 94%
Pool
D 3:5 KOMAR Sofia 1 25 A18 1 Medeo Fencing Club 3236 3502 315.9 62%
Pool
D 4:5 DROVETSKY Alexandra M. 20 - C18 7 Medeo Fencing Club 3382 3186 164.1 40%
T64
V 15:10 NICOU Nicole 54 - E18 47 Hills Fencing Institute (H3) 2237 2500 399.4 59%
T32
D 12:15 DROVETSKY Alexandra M. 20 - C18 7 Medeo Fencing Club 3140 2899 323.3 40%