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Stanislav Pozdnyakov has today been removed as President of the European Fencing Confederation during a virtual Extraordinary Congress.  This Congress was convened with a near 85% turnout - thirty-seven of the forty-three member federations were in attendance.

The vote was held after an EFC Executive Committee recommendation and was carried with twenty-three members voting in favour of Pozdnyakov’s removal. There were ten votes against and four abstentions. 

As per the Statutes of the Confederation, the EFC’s Secretary General, Jacek Slupski assumes the position until a new President is elected.