Fencing Singapore president Juliana Seow has been invited by the FIE to be a member of the FIE SEMI Commission. This follows the resignation of Yuan Xianggang from the Commission in view of his departure from the Chinese Fencing Association.
Ms. Seow placed 11th in votes held during the last FIE Congress in 2016, while only the 10 candidates with the most number of votes were accepted. Her entry in the FIE SEMI Commission however did not increase the number of Asians in the FIE structure considering that she replaced Yuan Xianggang who also is from Asia.