Welcome to the hub for the 2023 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships, which was held April 1–9, 2023, in Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgaria and its cultural capital.
Team USA led the medal county with 15 total medals, including eight golds. Read our recaps below!
Photo by Augusto Bizzi/#BizziTeam
Junior Women's Epee
Junior Men's Epee
Samuel Imrek (Missouri City, Texas/Alliance Fencing Academy)
Miles Weiss (Houston, Texas/Alliance Fencing Academy and The Ohio State University)
Henry Lawson (New York, N.Y./Fencers Club Inc.)
Gabriel Feinberg (Lincoln, Mass./Olympia Fencing Center and The Ohio State University)
Cadet Women's Epee
Leehi Machulsky (San Jose, Calif./Academy of Fencing Masters (AFM))
Sarah Gu (Warren, N.J./Medeo Fencing Club)
Yasmine Khamis (McKinney, Texas/Alliance Fencing Academy)
Cadet Men's Epee
Luka Loncar (Belmont, Mass./Olympia Fencing Center)
Alexander Bezrodnov (Mountainside, N.J./Medeo Fencing Club)
Sergei Kudriavtcev (Houston, Texas/Alliance Fencing Academy)
Photo by Eva Pavía/#BizziTeam
Photo by Eva Pavía/#BizziTeam
Junior Women's Foil
Lauren Scruggs (Queens, N.Y./Peter Westbrook Foundation, Fencers Club Inc. and Harvard University)
Zander Rhodes (South Orange, N.J./V Fencing Club, Le Club Touche and Columbia University)
Ryanne Leslie (Philadelphia, PA./V Fencing Club and Piste Fencing Academy)
Emily Jing (Roxbury, Mass./Star Fencing Academy)
Junior Men's Foil
Cadet Women's Foil
Emily Jing (Roxbury, Mass./Star Fencing Academy)
Katerina Lung (Lexington, Mass./Moe Fencing Club LLC)
Jia Chen (Franklin Lakes, N.J./V Fencing Club and Le Club Touche)
Cadet Men's Foil
Roy Graham (Needham, Mass./Jovanovic Fencing)
Castor Kao (Needham, Mass./Star Fencing Academy)
Renzo Fukuda (San Francisco, Calif./Massialas Foundation (M Team))
Photo by Eva Pavia/#BizziTeam
Junior Women's Saber
Junior Men's Saber
Colin Heathcock (Palo Alto, Calif./Manhattan Fencing Center)
William Morrill (New York, N.Y./Scarsdale Fencing Center and Fencers Club Inc.)
Cody Walter Ji (Atlanta, Ga./Nellya Fencers)
Lev BenAvram (Bethesda, Md./Nazlymov Fencing Foundation and Brandeis University)
Cadet Women's Saber
Jenna Shoman (Short Hills, N.J./Manhattan Fencing Center)
Sophie Liu (North Potomac, Md./Capital Fencing Academy)
Hannah Lee (Wellesley, Mass./Boston Fencing Club)
Cadet Men's Saber
William Morrill (New York, N.Y./Scarsdale Fencing Center and Fencers Club Inc.)
Cody Walter Ji (Atlanta, Ga./Nellya Fencers)
Taylor Chon (Carrollton, Texas/Globus Fencing Academy)
Junior Women’s Saber
Junior Men’s Saber
Cadet Women’s Saber
Cadet Men’s Saber
Junior Women’s Saber — Team Event
Junior Men’s Saber — Team Event
Junior Women’s Foil
Junior Men’s Foil
Cadet Women’s Foil
Cadet Men’s Foil
Junior Women’s Foil — Team Event
Junior Men’s Foil — Team Event
Junior Women’s Epee
Junior Men’s Epee
Cadet Women’s Epee
Cadet Men’s Epee
Junior Women’s Epee — Team Event
Junior Men’s Epee — Team Event
Here's where the past 10 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships have been held:
2014 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2015 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2016 - Bourges, France
2017 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2018 - Verona, Italy
2019 - Toruń, Poland
2020 - The event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 - Cairo, Egypt
2022 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2023 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Team USA won 15 medals at the 2022 Junior & Cadet Worlds in Dubai.
Gold and World Champion:
Silver:
Bronze:
The medal count from 2022.