2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships

Mar 31, 2026 - Apr 8, 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Welcome to Team USA’s fan hub for the 2026 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships, your go-to source for schedules, results, roster updates and everything you need to follow the action in Rio!


Fast Facts

  • Dates: April 1–9, 2026
  • Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Time Zone:
  • Rio de Janeiro operates on Brasilia Time (BRT), which is UTC-3. During the competition dates in early April, the Eastern United States will be on Eastern Daylight Time (EDT, UTC-4), meaning Rio is one hour ahead of the East Coast.
  • If a match starts at 9 a.m. in Rio, that's 8 a.m. Eastern Time (New York) and 5 a.m. Pacific Time (Los Angeles) — the same morning, not the night before. This is a much more viewer-friendly time difference than past world championships held in Asia, so fans back home can follow the action in near real time!
  • Number of Team USA Fencers:
    • Junior (U20) Teams: 4 fencers per weapon
      • Junior Women's Epee, Junior Women's Foil, Junior Women's Saber
      • Junior Men's Epee, Junior Men's Foil, Junior Men's Saber
    • Cadet (U17) Teams: 3 fencers per weapon
      • Cadet Women's Epee, Cadet Women's Foil, Cadet Women's Saber
      • Cadet Men's Epee, Cadet Men's Foil, Cadet Men's Saber

Competition Schedule

  • Wednesday, April 1: Junior Women's Saber / Junior Men's Saber individual + Opening Ceremony — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Thursday, April 2: Cadet Women's Saber / Cadet Men's Saber individual — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Friday, April 3: Junior Women's Saber / Junior Men's Saber team — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Saturday, April 4: Junior Women's Foil / Junior Men's Foil individual — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Sunday, April 5: Cadet Women's Foil / Cadet Men's Foil individual — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Monday, April 6: Junior Women's Foil / Junior Men's Foil team — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Tuesday, April 7: Junior Women's Epee / Junior Men's Epee individual — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Wednesday, April 8: Cadet Women's Epee / Cadet Men's Epee individual — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
  • Thursday, April 9: Junior Women's Epee / Junior Men's Epee team + Closing Ceremony — 9 a.m. BRT / 8 a.m. EDT
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Team USA2026 Junior & Cadet WorldsMedal Tracker

Meet Team USA 

Results 

USA Fencing Cadre 

(Staff supporting Team USA in Rio)

  • Misha Mokretsov – Women's Epee Coach
  • Ralf Bissdorf OLY-GER – Women's Foil Coach
  • Dagmara Wozniak OLY – Women's Saber Coach
  • Tommi Hurme – Men's Epee Coach
  • TBA – Men's Foil Coach
  • Tim Morehouse OLY – Men's Saber Coach
  • Kaitlyn Litten – Team Leader
  • TBA – Team Captain
  • TBA – Chief of Mission
  • Peggy Chin – Sports Med
  • Tomy Ton – Sports Med
  • Kathy Walters – Armorer
  • Liz Morey – Armorer
  • Bryan Wendell – Media/Communications

Last Time Out – 2025 Junior & Cadet Worlds (Wuxi, China)

Individual Events

  • Gold: Emilio Gonzalez – Cadet Men's Saber
  • Gold: Jaelyn Liu – Junior Women's Foil
  • Gold: Jaelyn Liu – Cadet Women's Foil
  • Gold: Luao Yang – Cadet Men's Foil
  • Gold: Nathaniel Wimmer – Cadet Men's Epee
  • Silver: Alexandra Lee – Junior Women's Saber
  • Bronze: Magda Skarbonkiewicz OLY – Junior Women's Saber
  • Bronze: Xuanyi Zhang – Cadet Women's Saber
  • Bronze: Aiden Siu – Cadet Men's Foil

(Total: 9 individual medals – 5 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

Team Events

  • Gold: Junior Women's Saber Team (Magda Skarbonkiewicz OLY, Alexandra Lee, Siobhan Sullivan, Sophie Liu)
  • Gold: Junior Men's Saber Team (Colin Heathcock OLY, Will Morrill, Cody Walter Ji, Emilio Gonzalez)
  • Gold: Junior Women's Foil Team (Jaelyn Liu, Victoria Pevzner, Katerina Lung, Chin-Yi Kong)
  • Bronze: Junior Women's Epee Team (Leehi Machulsky, Sumin Lee, Yasmine Khamis, Sophia Jakel)

(Total: 4 team medals – 3 gold, 1 bronze)

Recent Host Cities

A look back at the last 10 editions of the Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships:

  • 2016 – Bourges, France
  • 2017 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • 2018 – Verona, Italy
  • 2019 – Toruń, Poland
  • 2020 – (Canceled due to COVID-19)
  • 2021 – Cairo, Egypt
  • 2022 – Dubai, UAE
  • 2023 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • 2024 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 2025 – Wuxi, China
  • 2026 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil