Team USA Wins 72 Medals at 2022 Pan American Youth and Veteran Championships
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by Bryan Wendell
From the young to the young at heart, Team USA’s fencers climbed the medal stand again and again during the 2022 Pan American Youth & Veteran Championships, held Aug. 22–26 in Lima, Peru.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — From the young to the young at heart, Team USA’s fencers climbed the medal stand again and again during the 2022 Pan American Youth & Veteran Championships, held Aug. 22–26 in Lima, Peru.
Team USA’s 86 competitors earned a combined 72 medals — including 23 golds — across 36 events. That result was more than enough for the Americans to top the medal table at the event for fencers ages 8 to 13 or 40 and older as of Dec. 31, 2022.
The gold medalists included 11-year-old Grace Feng (White Plains, N.Y./Tim Morehouse Fencing Club), who won gold in both Youth B Women’s Foil (11 and under) and Pre-Cadet Women’s Foil (13 and under), and 67-year-old Gladys Berardi (Long Valley, N.J.), who topped the medal stand in both Veteran 1 Women’s Saber (50 and up) and Veteran 2 Women’s Saber (60 and up).
The oldest competitor on Team USA’s squad was 74; the youngest was 8. Fencing together in the same venue, the youth and veteran fencers competed across five days inside the 2,400-seat Coliseo Miguel Grau.
The Americans swept the medal stand — earning gold, silver and both bronze medals — in three events: Youth B Women’s Saber, Pre-Cadet Men’s Foil and Veteran 2 Women’s Saber. Team USA had at least one medalist in 34 of the 36 events.
Complete Team USA Results
Find full results for the tournament on Fencing Time.
Youth A Men’s Epee
| Gold: Wesley Kropp (USA) |
| Silver: R. Leon Romero (BOL) |
| Bronze: Antonio Fonseca (BRA) |
| Bronze: Sanchez Calderon (BOL) |
| 5th: Theodore Mazaheri (USA) |
| 6th: Sami Mahmoud (BRA) |
| 7th: Theo Kadunc (BRA) |
| 8th: Carmona Alonso (PER) |
Youth A Women’s Epee
| Gold: Jessica Wu (USA) |
| Silver: Bernadita Carceller (USA) |
| Bronze: Ramona Galarraga (ECU) |
| Bronze: Kelsey Tito (PER) |
| 5th: Carolina Aravena (BRA) |
| 6th: Samantha Custodio (PER) |
| 7th: Bianca Clemente (BRA) |
| 8th: Paula Panizo (PER) |
Youth A Men’s Foil
| Gold: Nathan Zhao (USA) |
| Silver: Jorge Latouche (VEN) |
| Bronze: Esteban Alegria (PER) |
| Bronze: Wesley Kropp (USA) |
| 5th: Theodore Mazaheri (USA) |
| 6th: Joaquin Morales (MEX) |
| 7th: Erick Atarama (PER) |
| 8th: Andres Mellizos (COL) |
Youth A Women’s Foil
| Gold: Morgan Fraser (USA) |
| Silver: Ramona Galarraga (ECU) |
| Bronze: Samantha Custodio (PER) |
| Bronze: Paula Panizo (PER) |
| 5th: Alba Burga (PER) |
| 6th: Alessia Maidana (BOL) |
| 7th: Victoria Arauz (BOL) |
| 8th: Kelsey Tito (PER) |
Youth A Men’s Saber
| Gold: Manuel Alvez (VEN) |
| Silver: Felipe Zegarra (BOL) |
| Bronze: Jorge Latouche (VEN) |
| Bronze: Antonio Fonseca (BRA) |
| 5th: Mauricio Gil (PER) |
| 6th: Alonso Carmona (PER) |
| 7th: Esteban Alegria (PER) |
Youth A Women’s Saber
| Gold: Sara Romero (BOL) |
| Silver: Bella Brimmer (USA) |
| Bronze: Amanda Campusano (CHI) |
| Bronze: Ramona Galarraga (ECU) |
| 5th: Bianca Clemente (BRA) |
| 6th: Samantha Custodio (PER) |
| 7th: Isis Salas (PER) |
Youth B Men’s Epee
| Gold: Octavio Ghilardi (BRA) |
| Silver: Guilherme Goivinho (BRA) |
| Bronze: Juan Alvarado (VEN) |
| Bronze: Julian Kim (USA) |
| 5th: Nicolas Solis (CHI) |
| 6th: Fletcher Mazaheri (USA) |
| 7th: Eithan Castañeda (COL) |
| 8th: Bento Valio (BRA) |
| 20th: Theodore Mazaheri (USA) |
Youth B Women’s Epee
| Gold: Julianne Qi (USA) |
| Silver: Anne Kropp (USA) |
| Bronze: Antonella Dinucci (BRA) |
| Bronze: Navya Neelam (USA) |
| 5th: Isodora Martin (CHI) |
| 6th: Nina Yamashita (BRA) |
| 7th: Jane Zhang (USA) |
| 8th: Antonella Molina (PER) |
| 9th: Bernadita Carceller (USA) |
Youth B Men’s Foil
| Gold: Charles Yang (USA) |
| Silver: Brando Fukuda (USA) |
| Bronze: Nathan Zhao (USA) |
| Bronze: Andres Guerra (VEN) |
| 5th: Fletcher Mazaheri (USA) |
| 6th: Logan Cheng (USA) |
| 7th: Nicolas Solis (CHI) |
| 8th: Mathias Rodriguez (VEN) |
Youth B Women’s Foil
| Gold: Grace Feng (USA) |
| Silver: Chloe Sun (USA) |
| Bronze: Misaki Okada (PER) |
| Bronze: Aphrodite Tsimiklis (USA) |
| 5th: Marina Rocha (BRA) |
| 6th: Asha Mcfarlane (USA) |
| 7th: Isabella Garcia (PER) |
| 8th: Isadora Xella (BRA) |
Youth B Men’s Saber
| Gold: Li Howard (USA) |
| Silver: Matthew Kang (USA) |
| Bronze: Miles Chambers (USA) |
| Bronze: Salomon Anzola (COL) |
| 5th: Harry Hu (USA) |
| 6th: Evan Bai (USA) |
| 7th: Zihou Dai (USA) |
| 8th: Jesus Ariza (VEN) |
Youth B Women’s Saber
| Gold: Alexandria Fan (USA) |
| Silver: Ellie Kang (USA) |
| Bronze: Joy Gong (USA) |
| Bronze: Heydi Hu (USA) |
| 5th: Marcela Ribeiro (BRA) |
| 6th: Victoria Mayer (BOL) |
| 7th: Agatha Magalhaes (BRA) |
| 8th: Nina Yamashita (BRA) |
Pre-Cadet Men’s Epee
| Gold: Andy Zheng (USA) |
| Silver: Dali Hurtado (PAN) |
| Bronze: Juan Jose Gomez (PAN) |
| Bronze: Jorge Cabrera (CRC) |
| 5th: Agustin Fernandez (CHI) |
| 6th: Caleb Caldito (PAN) |
| 7th: Lucas Ramos (BRA) |
| 8th: Vicente Mattus (CHI) |
| 12th: Julian Kim (USA) |
| 17th: Fletcher Mazaheri (USA) |
Pre-Cadet Women’s Epee
| Gold: Reagan Nix (USA) |
| Silver: Pietra Brazolin (BRA) |
| Bronze: Nayeli Rivas (PER) |
| Bronze: Mariana Melo (BRA) |
| 5th: Julieanne Qi (USA) |
| 6th: Itza Castillo (PAN) |
| 7th: Yasmin Barros (BRA) |
| 8th: Astrid Bravo (PER) |
| 13th: Audrey Toffelmire (USA) |
| 15th: Ariel Lin (USA) |
Pre-Cadet Men’s Foil
| Gold: Andy Xu (USA) |
| Silver: Diego Fukuda (USA) |
| Bronze: Luca Nicoletti (USA) |
| Bronze: Jay Raj (USA) |
| 5th: Pedro Pascuotti (BRA) |
| 6th: Martin Nguyen (USA) |
| 7th: Alvaro Kalleby (BRA) |
| 8th: Gabriel Martinez (MEX) |
| 9th: Jordan Tsay (USA) |
Pre-Cadet Women’s Foil
| Gold: Grace Feng (USA) |
| Silver: Natalia Machado (VEN) |
| Bronze: Anne Gao (USA) |
| Bronze: Zizhuo Dai (USA) |
| 5th: Valentina Basso (BRA) |
| 6th: Sofia Custodio (PER) |
| 7th: Gia Ratto (PER) |
| 8th: Astrid Bravo (PER) |
| 14th: Aphrodite Tsimiklis (USA) |
| 17th: Asha Mcfarlane (USA) |
Pre-Cadet Men’s Saber
| Gold: Liu Pastore (USA) |
| Silver: Jono Gay (USA) |
| Bronze: Carlos Lopez (VEN) |
| Bronze: Alfred Bell (USA) |
| 5th: Jayden Hwang (USA) |
| 6th: Maxim Lin (USA) |
| 7th: Valerio Lopez (BOL) |
| 8th: Salvador Rubina (PER) |
| 12th: Lucas Holz (USA) |
Pre-Cadet Women’s Saber
| Gold: Yifei Liu (USA) |
| Silver: Alexandra Krivosheev (USA) |
| Bronze: Ana Beatriz Fraga (BRA) |
| Bronze: Delilah Huai (USA) |
| 5th: Ellie Kinkade (USA) |
| 6th: Coral Stone (USA) |
| 7th: Gabriela Ohana (BRA) |
| 8th: Valentina Chiarelli (USA) |
Pre-Vet Men’s Epee
| Gold: Carlos Covani (ARG) |
| Silver: Carlos Viveros (PAR) |
| Bronze: Jeffrey Snider (USA) |
| Bronze: Shun Yao (USA) |
| 5th: Valentin Alitisz (ARG) |
| 6th: Jeff Kim (USA) |
| 7th: Pablo Aguilar (PAR) |
| 8th: Ronald Melani (BRA) |
| 14th: Kimball Lin (USA) |
| 17th: Dana Hohn (USA) |
Pre-Vet Women’s Epee
| Gold: Nicole Polanichka (USA) |
| Silver: Ana Brecheret (BRA) |
| Bronze: Sofia Toledo (ECU) |
| Bronze: Sandra Lari (PER) |
| 5th: Teodora Stanica (USA) |
| 6th: May Rowland (USA) |
| 7th: Marianela Sequera (VEN) |
| 8th: Diana Quevedo (COL) |
| 11th: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| 12th: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
Pre-Vet Men’s Foil
| Gold: Luciano Souza (BRA) |
| Silver: Carlos Covani (ARG) |
| Bronze: Zhiyong Zhao (USA) |
| Bronze: Andrey Sladkov (PER) |
| 5th: Rolando Balboa (BOL) |
| 6th: Pablo Aguilar (PAR) |
| 7th: Thomas Mahnken (USA) |
| 8th: Pastor Martin (PER) |
| 11th: Dana Hohn (USA) |
Pre-Vet Women’s Foil
| Gold: Cristina Rivera (BOL) |
| Silver: Ana Brecheret (BRA) |
| Bronze: Megan Romano (USA) |
| Bronze: Diana Quevedo (COL) |
| 5th: Evelina Burneo (ECU) |
| 6th: Suzana Pasternak (BRA) |
| 7th: Sharone Huey (USA) |
| 8th: Sandra Lari (PER) |
| 9th: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| 10th: Teodora Stanica (USA) |
| 11th (tie: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
Pre-Vet Men’s Saber
| Gold: Jorge Renan Canal (PER) |
| Silver: Alberto Cortes (MEX) |
| Bronze: Carlos Viveros (PAR) |
| Bronze: Rodrigo Baldin (BRA) |
| 5th: Luis Santiago Delgado (MEX) |
| 6th: Luciano Souza (BRA) |
| 7th: Chistrian Cañibe (MEX) |
| 8th: Maria Hugo Santa (COL) |
Pre-Vet Women’s Saber
| Gold: Elisabet Chiarelli (USA) |
| Silver: Sofia Toledo (ECU) |
| Bronze: Cristina Rivera (BOL) |
| Bronze: Luciana Pelucio (BRA) |
| 5th: Carla Scalabrin (BRA) |
| 6th: Zoila Pun (PER) |
| 7th: Dede Deane (USA) |
| 8th: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| 9th: Esperanza Alzona (USA) |
| 10th: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
Veteran 1 Men’s Epee
| Gold: Valentin Alitisz (ARG) |
| Silver: Carlos Covani (ARG) |
| Bronze: Jeffrey Snider (USA) |
| Bronze: Daniel Torrente (ARG) |
| 5th: Marcio Justen (BRA) |
| 6th: Koiti Yamashita (BRA) |
| 7th: Leandro Rosa (BRA) |
| 8th: Martin Panizo (PER) |
| 10th: David Nemazie (USA) |
| 14th: David Hueske (USA) |
| 18th: Dana Hohn (USA) |
Veteran 1 Women’s Epee
| Gold: Marianela Sequera (VEN) |
| Silver: Vania Oliveira (BRA) |
| Bronze: Marta Emden (PUR) |
| Bronze: May Rowland (USA) |
| 5th: Lori Radich (USA) |
| 6th: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| 7th: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| 8th: Linda Groce (USA) |
Veteran 1 Men’s Foil
| Gold: Carlos Covani (ARG) |
| Silver: Balboa Rolando (BOL) |
| Bronze: Andrey Sladkov (PER) |
| Bronze: David Hueske (USA) |
| 5th: Martin Panizo (PER) |
| 6th: Jose Manuel Tudela (PER) |
| 7th: Thomas Mahnken (USA) |
| 8th: Dana Hohn (USA) |
Veteran 1 Women’s Foil
| Gold: Vania Oliveira (BRA) |
| Silver: Sharone Huey (USA) |
| Bronze: Esperanza Alzona (USA) |
| Bronze: Suzana Pasternak (BRA) |
| 5th: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| 6th: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| 7th: Bianca Carvalho (BRA) |
| 8th: Adriana Quintero (COL) |
Veteran 1 Men’s Saber
| Gold: Jorge Renan Canal (PER) |
| Silver: Mario Martinez (USA) |
| Bronze: Vincent Paragano (USA) |
| Bronze: David Nemazie (USA) |
| 5th: Ray Blair (USA) |
| 6th: Juan Carlos Changanaqui (PER) |
| 7th: Alexander Libers (USA) |
| 8th: Fernando Carvalho (BRA) |
Veteran 1 Women’s Saber
| Gold: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| Silver: Dede Deane (USA) |
| Bronze: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| Bronze: Azucena Carbonell (PER) |
Veteran 2 Men’s Epee
| Gold: Matthew Simmons (USA) |
| Silver: Daniel Torrente (ARG) |
| Bronze: Sergey Schindler (USA) |
| Bronze: Raul Saavedra (BOL) |
| 5th: Enrique Alcala (BOL) |
| 6th: Robert Mones (USA) |
| 7th: Carlos Godoy (CRC) |
| 8th: Ricardo Leon (PER) |
Veteran 2 Women’s Epee
| Gold: Lori Radich (USA) |
| Silver: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| Bronze: Carmen Morote (PER) |
| Bronze: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| 5th: Karen Brynildsen (USA) |
Veteran 2 Men’s Foil
| Gold: Raul Saavedra (BOL) |
| Silver: Enrique Alcala (BOL) |
| Bronze: Robert Mones (USA) |
| Bronze: Pablo Livia (PER) |
Veteran 2 Women’s Foil
| Gold: Sharone Huey (USA) |
| Silver: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| Bronze: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| Bronze: Carmen Morote (PER) |
| 5th: Esperanza Alzona (USA) |
| 6th: Azucena Carbonell (PER) |
Veteran 2 Men’s Saber
| Gold: Alexander Libers (USA) |
| Silver: Juan Carlos Changanaqui (PER) |
| Bronze: Vincent Paragano (USA) |
| Bronze: Ray Blair (USA) |
Veteran 2 Women’s Saber
| Gold: Gladys Berardi (USA) |
| Silver: Esperanza Alzona (USA) |
| Bronze: Rachel El-Saleh (USA) |
| Bronze: Dede Deane (USA) |
| 5th: Karen Brynildsen (USA) |
