2023 FIE Fencing World Championships
Welcome to the hub for the 2023 FIE Fencing World Championships, held July 22–30, 2023. We'll update this page regularly before and during the tournament!
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2023 Worlds Recap, Day 3: Women’s Saber and Men’s Foil Prelims
- 07/24/2023, 7:15am CDT
2023 Worlds Recap, Day 2: Women’s Foil and Men’s Epee Prelims
- 07/23/2023, 3:00pm CDT
Women's Epee
| Kat Holmes OLY |
Clubs: New York Athletic Club, DC Fencers Club Current FIE ranking: 25 Number of Senior World Teams: 8 Birthdate: July 15, 1993 World Championship results:
Instagram: @katholmes46 |
| Isis Washington |
Clubs: Peter Westbrook Foundation, Top Fencing Club & Bordeaux Performance Escrime Current FIE ranking: 50 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Sept. 25, 1993 Instagram: @iwashingtonusa |
| Kasia Nixon |
Clubs: Peter Westbrook Foundation, Fencers Club Inc. Current FIE ranking: 21 Number of Senior World Teams: 2 Birthdate: Dec. 15, 1997 World Championship results:
Instagram: @kasianixon.la |
| Anne Cebula (individual only) |
Clubs: New York Athletic Club, New York Fencing Academy Current FIE ranking: 46 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: July 3, 1998 Instagram: @anne.cebula |
| Hadley Husisian (team only) |
Clubs: Fencers Club, Princeton University, Elite Fencing Academy & DC Fencers Club Current FIE ranking: 131 Number of Senior World Teams: 2 Birthdate: July 26, 2003 World Championship results:
Instagram: @hadleyhusisian |
Men's Epee
| Dylan Nollner |
Club: New York Athletic Club Current FIE ranking: 57 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: May 13, 1992 |
| Stephen Ewart |
Clubs: New York Athletic Club, University of Notre Dame Current FIE ranking: 40 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Aug. 23, 1999 World Championship results:
Instagram: @stephen.ewart |
| Tristan Szapary |
Clubs: Fencers Club, Princeton University, Fencing Academy of Philadelphia Current FIE ranking: 99 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Oct. 18, 2001 World Championship results:
Instagram: @t_szap |
| Samuel Imrek |
Club: Alliance Fencing Academy Current FIE ranking: 343 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Aug. 17, 2005 World Championship results:
Instagram: @samuel_imrek |
Women's Foil
| Lee Kiefer OLY |
Club: Bluegrass Fencers' Club Current FIE ranking: 1 Number of Senior World Teams: 12 Birthdate: June 15, 1994 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @leetothekiefer |
| Jackie Dubrovich OLY |
Club: New Jersey Fencing Alliance Current FIE ranking: 17 Number of Senior World Teams: 4 Birthdate: July 18, 1994 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @jackiedubrovich |
| Lauren Scruggs |
Club: Peter Westbrook Foundation, Harvard University Current FIE ranking: 20 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Jan. 27, 2003 World Championship results:
Instagram: @saucyscruggs |
| Maia Weintraub |
Clubs:Fencers Club, Fencing Academy of Philadelphia, Princeton University Current FIE ranking: 18 Number of Senior World Teams: 2 Birthdate: Oct. 24, 2002 World Championship results:
Instagram: @maia.weintraub |
Men's Foil
| Alexander Massialas OLY |
Club: Massialas Foundation (M Team) Current FIE ranking: 1 Number of Senior World Teams: 11 Birthdate: April 20, 1994 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @amassialas |
| Gerek Meinhardt OLY |
Clubs: Massialas Foundation (M Team), Bluegrass Fencers’ Club Current FIE ranking: 3 Number of Senior World Teams: 13 Birthdate: July 27, 1990 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @gerekmeinhardt |
| Nick Itkin OLY |
Clubs: LA International Fencing Center, University of Notre Dame Current FIE ranking: 8 Number of Senior World Teams: 3 Birthdate: Oct. 9, 1999 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @nick_itkin |
| Miles Chamley-Watson OLY |
Clubs: LA International Fencing Center Current FIE ranking: 16 Number of Senior World Teams: 11 Birthdate: Dec. 3, 1989 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @fencer |
Women's Saber
| Elizabeth Tartakovsky |
Clubs: Manhattan Fencing Center, Harvard University Current FIE ranking: 11 Number of Senior World Teams: 2 Birthdate: May 21, 2000 World Championship results:
Instagram: @elizabethtartakovsky |
| Magda Skarbonkiewicz |
Club: Oregon Fencing Alliance Current FIE ranking: 13 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Nov. 20, 2005 World Championship results:
Instagram: @magda.skarbonkiewicz |
| Maia Chamberlain |
Clubs: Manhattan Fencing Center, Advance Fencing And Fitness Academy Current FIE ranking: 45 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: June 5, 1998 Instagram: @maiachamberlain |
| Tatiana Nazlymov |
Club: Nazlymov Fencing Foundation Current FIE ranking: 35 Number of Senior World Teams: 2 Birthdate: Sept. 2, 2004 Instagram: @tati.nazlymov |
Men's Saber
| Eli Dershwitz OLY |
Club: Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Current FIE ranking: 13 Number of Senior World Teams: 9 Birthdate: Sept. 23, 1995 World Championship results:
Instagram: @eli.dershwitz |
| Daryl Homer OLY* |
Club: Peter Westbrook Foundation Current FIE ranking: 28 Birthdate: July 16, 1990 World Championship and Olympic results:
Instagram: @daryldhomer |
| Colin Heathcock |
Clubs: Christian Bauer Academy, Manhattan Fencing Center Current FIE ranking: 37 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Dec. 20, 2005 World Championship results:
Instagram: @colinheathcock |
| Andrew Doddo |
Clubs: Fencers Club Inc., New Jersey Fencing Alliance Current FIE ranking: 19 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Oct. 20, 1998 World Championship results:
Instagram: @andrewdoddo |
| Mitchell Saron |
Clubs: Bergen Fencing Club, New York Athletic Club, and Harvard University Current FIE ranking: 36 Number of Senior World Teams: 1 Birthdate: Dec. 6, 2000 World Championship results:
Instagram: @mitchellsaron |
- Men’s Epee Coach: Franco Cerutti
- Men's Epee Assistant Coach: Dwight Smith
- Women’s Epee Coach: Natalie Dostert
- Women's Epee Assistant Coach: Cedric Loiseau
- Men’s Saber Coach: Akhi Spencer-El
- Women’s Saber Coach: Aleks Ochocki
- Men’s Foil Coach: Greg Massialas OLY
- Women’s Foil Coach: Ralf Bissdorf OLY (Germany)
- Chief of Mission: Saul Mendoza
- Team Captain: Dagmara Wozniak OLY
- Armorer: Liz Morey
- Sports Med: Peggy Chin and Adam Thompson; Stephanie Weston (Massage Therapist); Mariam Zakhary (Mt. Sinai Physician)
- Communications: Bryan Wendell
- Team Leader: Kate Reisinger
- USA Referee: Laura Decker
- Live Results
- Live Video (on FIE website)
- Official Tournament Website
- USA Fencing Instagram
At the 2022 Senior Worlds in Cairo, Egypt, Team USA earned four medals — two silver, two bronze:
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Silver: Women’s Foil — Team
- Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.)
- Jackie Dubrovich (Maplewood, N.J.)
- Maia Weintraub (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Zander Rhodes (South Orange, N.J.)
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Silver: Men’s Foil — Team
- Nick Itkin (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Chase Emmer (Morristown, N.J.)
- Gerek Meinhardt (Lexington, Ky.)
- Alexander Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Bronze: Women’s Foil — Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.)
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Bronze: Men’s Foil —Nick Itkin (Los Angeles, Calif.)
2023 - Milan, Italy
2022 - Cairo, Egypt
2021 - Individual and Team events were held as part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
2019 - Budapest, Hungary
2018 - Wuxi, China
2017 - Leipzig, Germany
2015 - Moscow, Russia
2014 - Kazan, Russia
2013 - Budapest, Hungary
2011 - Catania, Italy
Note that in 2012, 2016 and 2020, there were no Fencing World Championships as these are typically not held in Olympic years.
Meet the Team Cards
Day 1
Women’s Epee
Kat Holmes OLY:
- Pools: 4-2 (+9 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 128: Defeated Laura Katalin Wetzker (Germany), 15-10
- Preliminary Round of 64: Lost to Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (Hong Kong), 7-6
Isis Washington:
- Pools: 5-0 (+11 indicator)
- Based on pools result (10th best), advanced directly to Tuesday’s table of 64
Kasia Nixon:
- Pools: 6-0 (+20 indicator)
- Based on pools result (best), advanced directly to Tuesday’s table of 64
Anne Cebula:
- Pools: 4-1 (+8 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 128: Defeated Daniela Jurado Salazar (Costa Rica), 15-9
- Preliminary Round of 64: Defeated Martyna Swatowska-Wenglarczyk (Poland), 15-8
Men’s Saber
Eli Dershwitz OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Tuesday’s table of 64
Colin Heathcock:
- Pools: 6-0 (+20 indicator)
- Based on pools result (fourth best), advanced directly to Tuesday’s table of 64
Andrew Doddo:
- Pools: 4-2 (+12 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 128: Bye
- Preliminary Round of 64: Defeated Muhammed Anasiz (Turkey), 15-10
Mitchell Saron:
- Pools: 4-2 (+7 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 128: Defeated Jose Quintero (Venezuela), 15-7
- Preliminary Round of 64: Defeated Andres Hernandez Caballero (Spain), 15-9
Day 2
Women’s Foil
Lee Kiefer OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Wednesday’s table of 64
Jackie Dubrovich OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Wednesday’s table of 64
Lauren Scruggs:
- Pools: 5-1 (+16 indicator)
- Based on pools result (14th best), advanced directly to Wednesday’s table of 64
Maia Weintraub:
- Pools: 6-0 (+22 indicator)
- Based on pools result (third best), advanced directly to Wednesday’s table of 64
Men’s Epee
Dylan Nollner:
- Pools: 4-1 (+5 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 256: Bye
- Preliminary Round of 128: Lost to William East (Great Britain), 15-11
Stephen Ewart:
- Pools: 2-3 (+3 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 256: Lost to Samuel Gallagher Pelletier (Canada), 15-9
Tristan Szapary:
- Pools: 5-1 (+6 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 256: Bye
- Preliminary Round of 128: Defeated Al Harith Al Harthi (Oman), 15-9
- Preliminary Round of 64: Defeated Alvaro Ibanez (Spain), 15-10
Samuel Imrek:
- Pools: 4-1 (+12 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 256: Bye
- Preliminary Round of 128: Lost to Bron Sheum (Singapore), 15-12
Day 3
Women’s Saber
Elizabeth Tartakovsky:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Thursday’s table of 64
Magda Skarbonkiewicz:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Thursday’s table of 64
Maia Chamberlain:
- Pools: 5-1 (+15 indicator)
- Based on pools result (10th best), advanced directly to Thursday’s table of 64
Tatiana Nazlymov:
- Pools: 4-1 (+10 indicator)
- Preliminary Round of 128: Bye
- Preliminary Round of 64: Defeated Alena Lisina (AIN), 15-5
Men’s Foil
Alexander Massialas OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Thursday’s table of 64
Gerek Meinhardt OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Thursday’s table of 64
Nick Itkin OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Thursday’s table of 64
Miles Chamley-Watson OLY:
- Exempt from pools and moves straight to Thursday’s table of 64
Day 4
Men’s Saber
Eli Dershwitz OLY: Gold Medal and World Championship
- Round of 64: Defeated Mohammad Fotouhi (Iran), 15-12
- Round of 32: Defeated Bongil Gu (Korea), 15-14
- Round of 16: Defeated Luigi Samele (Italy), 15-6
- Quarterfinals: Defeated Hansol Ha (Korea), 15-10
- Semifinals: Defeated Aron Szilagyi (Hungary), 15-13
- Finals: Defeated Sandro Bazadze (Georgia), 15-6
Colin Heathcock: 24th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Olivier Desrosiers (Canada), 15-8
- Round of 32: Lost to Michele Gallo (Italy), 15-12
Andrew Doddo: 50th place
- Round of 64: Lost to Kento Hoshino (Japan), 15-13
Mitchell Saron: 16th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Sebastien Patrice (France), 15-11
- Round of 32: Defeated Enver Yildirim (Turkey), 15-7
- Round of 16: Lost to Sandro Bazadze (Georgia), 15-7
Women’s Epee
Kat Holmes OLY: 72nd place
Isis Washington: 39th place
- Round of 64: Lost to Miho Yoshimura (Japan), 15-12
Kasia Nixon: 34th place
- Round of 64: Lost to Irina Embrich (Estonia), 15-7
Anne Cebula: 15th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Sofiya Nikolaichuk (Kazakhstan), 15-8
- Round of 32: Defeated Mingye Zhu (China), 15-12
- Round of 16: Lost to Anna Kun (Hungary), 15-7
Day 5
Women’s Foil:
- Lee Kiefer OLY: Bronze Medal
- Round of 64: Defeated Aliya Dhuique-Hein (Germany), 15-8
- Round of 32: Defeated Sophia Wu (Hong Kong), 15-11
- Round of 16: Defeated Jackie Dubrovich OLY (USA), 15-5
- Quarterfinals: Defeated Anne Sauer (Germany), 15-7
- Semifinals: Lost to Alice Volpi (Italy), 15-13
- Jackie Dubrovich OLY: 12th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Ester Schreiber (Sweden), 15-8
- Round of 32: Defeated Leyla Pirieva (AIN), 15-8
- Round of 16: Lost to Lee Kiefer (USA), 15-5
- Lauren Scruggs: 25th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Laeticia Jorgensen (Denmark), 15-9
- Round of 32: Lost to Alice Volpi (Italy), 15-14
- Maia Weintraub: 13th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Amita Berthier (Singapore), 15-10
- Round of 32: Defeated Arantza Inostroza (Chile), 15-11
- Round of 16: Lost to Sera Azuma (Japan), 14-13
Men’s Epee:
- Dylan Nollner: 106th place
- Stephen Ewart: 172nd place
- Tristan Szapary: 27th place
- Round of 64: Defeated Chak Hin Nicholas Chau (Hong Kong), 14-13
- Round of 32: Lost to Kazuyasu Minobe (Japan), 15-8
- Samuel Imrek: 103rd place
Day 6
Women’s Saber:
- Elizabeth Tartakovsky: 19th Place
- Round of 64: Defeated Marina Paizi (Greece), 15-13
- Round of 32: Lost to Rossella Gregorio (Italy), 15-10
- Magda Skarbonkiewicz: 21st Place
- Round of 64: Defeated Wing Kiu Chu (Hong Kong), 15-7
- Round of 32: Lost to Larissa Eifler (Germany), 15-12
- Maia Chamberlain: 24th Place
- Round of 64: Defeated Eunhye Jeon (South Korea), 15-12
- Round of 32: Lost to Anna Bashta (Azerbaijan), 15-6
- Tatiana Nazlymov: 42nd Place
- Round of 64: Lost to Hayoung Jeon (Korea), 15-10
Men’s Foil:
- Alex Massialas OLY: 17th Place
- Round of 64: Defeated Maximilian Ettelt (Austria), 15-12
- Round of 32: Lost to Carlos Llavador (Spain), 15-11
- Gerek Meinhardt OLY: 33rd Place
- Round of 64: Lost to Jun Heo (Korea), 15-11
- Nick Itkin OLY: Silver Medal Place
- Round of 64: Defeated Yudai Nagano (Japan), 15-6
- Round of 32: Defeated Ziwei Mo (China), 15-7
- Round of 16: Defeated Chun Yin Ryan Choi (Hong Kong), 15-10
- Quarterfinals: Defeated Carlos Llavador (Spain), 15-8
- Semifinals: Defeated Kyosuke Matsuyama (Japan), 15-10
- Finals: Lost to Tommaso Marini (Italy), 15-13
- Miles Chamley-Watson OLY: 12th Place
- Round of 64: Defeated Chi Ka Yeung (Hong Kong), 15-7
- Round of 32: Defeated Haiwei Chen (China), 15-4
- Round of 16: Lost to Enzo Lefort (France), 15-5
Women’s Epee — Team (Isis Washington, Kasia Nixon, Anne Cebula, Hadley Husisian): 10th place
- Round of 64: Bye
- Round of 32: Defeated Colombia, 45-21
- Round of 16: Lost to Israel, 45-38
- 9-16 placement match: Defeated Egypt, 45-23
- 9-12 placement match: Defeated Hungary, 45-40
- 9-10 placement match: Lost to Estonia, 36-35
Men’s Saber — Team (Eli Dershwitz, Colin Heathcock, Andrew Doddo, Mitchell Saron):
- Round of 64: Bye
- Round of 32: Defeated India, 45-22
- Round of 16: Defeated Romania, 45-38
Day 7
Men’s Saber — Team (Eli Dershwitz OLY, Colin Heathcock, Andrew Doddo, Mitchell Saron): Bronze Medal
- Round of 64: Bye
- Round of 32: Defeated India, 45-22
- Round of 16: Defeated Romania, 45-38
- Quarterfinals: Defeated Germany, 45-38
- Semifinals: Lost to Korea, 45-27
- Bronze Medal Match: Defeated France, 45-44
Men’s Epee — Team (Dylan Nollner, Stephen Ewart, Tristan Szapary, Samuel Imrek): 22nd place
- Round of 64: Defeated Turkmenistan, 45-22
- Round of 32: Lost to Germany, 45-36
Women’s Foil — Team (Lee Kiefer OLY, Jackie Dubrovich OLY, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Weintraub):
- Round of 32: Bye
- Round of 16: Defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-14
Day 8
Women’s Foil — Team (Lee Kiefer OLY, Jackie Dubrovich OLY, Lauren Scruggs, Maia Weintraub): 4th place
- Round of 32: Bye
- Round of 16: Defeated Hong Kong, China, 45-14
- Quarterfinals: Defeated Poland, 45-28
- Semifinals: Lost to France, 45-42
- Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Japan, 45-34
Women’s Saber — Team (Elizabeth Tartakovsky, Magda Skarbonkiewicz, Maia Chamberlain, Tatiana Nazlymov)
- Round of 32: Defeated India, 45-23
- Round of 16: Defeated China, 45-40
Men’s Foil — Team (Alexander Massialas OLY, Gerek Meinhardt OLY, Nick Itkin OLY, Miles Chamley-Watson OLY)
- Round of 32: Defeated Iraq, 45-12
- Round of 16: Defeated Brazil, 45-19
Day 9
Women’s Saber — Team (Elizabeth Tartakovsky, Magda Skarbonkiewicz, Maia Chamberlain, Tatiana Nazlymov): 7th Place
- Round of 32: Defeated India, 45-23
- Round of 16: Defeated China, 45-40
- Quarterfinals: Lost to Ukraine, 45-44
- 5-8 Placement Match: Lost to Japan, 45-42
- 7-8 Placement Match: Defeated Greece, 45-32
Men’s Foil — Team (Alexander Massialas OLY, Gerek Meinhardt OLY, Nick Itkin OLY, Miles Chamley-Watson OLY): 4th Place
- Round of 32: Defeated Iraq, 45-12
- Round of 16: Defeated Brazil, 45-19
- Quarterfinals: Defeated Poland, 45-29
- Semifinals: Lost to China, 45-35
- Bronze Medal Match: Lost to Hong Kong, China, 45-31
