Iran’s Pakdaman stands 26th in FIE World Rankings
Iranian saber captain Ali Pakdaman is ranked 26th in the latest FIE World Rankings, released by the International Fencing Federation on Sunday.
The 35‑year‑old, who holds 67.000 ranking points, last competed at the FIE Grand Prix event in Tunis earlier this month, where he fell in the round of 32 after a narrow 15‑14 loss to Hungary’s fifth‑seed Krisztian Rabb.
Meanwhile, fellow Iranian Mohammad Fotouhi dropped to 123rd in the men’s saber rankings, two places ahead of compatriot Nima Zahedi, who was eliminated in the pool stage in Tunis.
Georgian fencer Sandro Bazadze leads the world rankings with 224.000 points, tied with France’s Jean‑Philippe Patrice in second. Another French fencer, Sebastien Patrice, who beat Rabb 15‑11 in the Tunis final, is third with 178.000 points.