Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
Current residence: Matawan, N.J.
Club: Manhattan Fencing Center
Coach: Yury Gelman
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 10
Current World Ranking: No. 100
Olympic Teams: 2016 (Bronze - Team)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2018, 2017, 2009
Pan American Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold - Team), 2017 (Gold - Team), 2016 (Gold - Team), 2009 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2009, 2008 (Silver - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2007

Personal

After taking up fencing at the age of nine, Aksamit won team silver at the 2008 Junior World Championships as an 18 year old. The following year, she earned a team gold and an individual bronze medal at the Pan American Championships. From 2008-12, Aksamit attended Pennsylvania State University, majoring in kinesiology. During her fencing career as a Nittany Lion, she won two NCAA Team Championships and was the runner-up NCAA Champion in 2012. A three-time All-American, Aksamit finished with a 68-14 collegiate record. When her collegiate fencing career finished in 2012, Aksamit decided to commit her next four years to becoming a member of the 2016 Olympic Team. Aksamit had the best season of her career in 2015-16 to reach No. 4 in the nation for the first time since 2009 and qualify for Team USA. A replacement athlete in Rio, Aksamit did not fence in the individual event, but helped the U.S. Women’s Saber Team win its second bronze medal in Olympic history.

Results

2019:

26th - Cairo Grand Prix
39th - Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup
39th - Seoul Grand Prix

2018:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Fifth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
30th - Seoul Grand Prix
38th - Senior World Championships
38th - Baltimore World Cup
49th - Tunis World Cup
50th - Orleans World Cup

2017:

Silver - Pan American Championships (Team)
Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
Seventh - Yangzhou World Cup
Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
24th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
26th - Sint-Niklaas World Cup
34th - Athens World Cup
35th - Tunis World Cup
37th - Moscow Grand Prix
42nd - New York World Cup
47th - Cancun Grand Prix
53rd - Orleans World Cup

2016:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Bronze - Olympic Games (Team)
Sixth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
16th - Seoul Grand Prix
20th - Moscow Grand Prix
21st - Foshan World Cup
29th - Gent World Cup
32nd - Athens World Cup
47th - Cancun Grand Prix

2015:

26th - Seoul Grand Prix
37th - Beijing World Cup
55th - Athens World Cup
64th - Gent World Cup

2014:

13th - Margarita Island World Cup
13th - Beijing World Cup
13th - Dakar World Cup
15th - Bolzano World Cup
26th - Antalya World Cup
28th - Gent World Cup
35th - Orleans World Cup
44th - Absolute Fencing Gear New York Grand Prix
45th - Absolute Fencing Gear Korfanty World Cup
62nd - Moscow Grand Prix

2013:

16th - Antalya World Cup
23rd - Gent World Cup
29th - Tianjin Grand Prix
41st - Moscow World Cup
45th - Chicago World Cup

2011:

14th - Tianjin World Cup
29th - New York World Cup
52nd - Bologna World Cup

2010:

Second - December North American Cup (Division I)
10th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
10th - North American Cup A (Division I)
13th - North American Cup F (Division I)
15th - New York World Cup

2009:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - North American Cup C (Division I)
Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
Eighth - Junior World Championships (Team)
Eighth - Budapest Junior World Cup
20th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
23rd - Orleans Grand Prix
29th - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2008:

Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)

2007:

13th - Cadet World Championships

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