2023 World Fencing Championships

The 2023 World Fencing Championships were held from 22 to 30 July 2023 in Milan, Italy.

After the Olga Kharlan handshaking incident at the championships, in which she tapped blades as an alternative to shaking the hand of a defeated Russian opponent and was subsequently disqualified, the International Fencing Federation changed its rules so that the previously required handshakes between fencers at the end of a bout would become optional, with a distance greeting permitted instead.