2024 Youth and Vet Pan Ams
Team USA Earns 76 Medals, Including 22 Golds, at 2024 Pan American Fencing Youth and Veterans Championships
by Bryan Wendell
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — From the young to the young at heart, Team USA fencers had a wildly successful trip to Costa Rica this month for the 2024 Pan American Fencing Youth and Veterans Championships.
Team USA won 22 of the available 40 gold medals (55%) and 76 of the available 160 medals overall (47.5%), leading the medal count by a wide margin.
The Youth and Vet Pan Ams is an important and unique tournament because it features both the youngest and the most experienced fencers. The tournament in Escazú featured several age categories:
Youth A: Ages 8 or 9 by the end of 2024.
Youth B: Ages 10 or 11 by the end of 2024.
Pre-Cadet: Ages 12 or 13 by the end of 2024.
Pre-Veteran: Ages 40 to 49 by the end of 2024.
Veteran 1: Ages 50 to 59 by the end of 2024.
Veteran 2: Age 60 or older by the end of 2024.
Team USA’s dominance was evident in almost every event, with fencers from all age categories contributing to the medal haul. The competition featured 36 events, and Team USA competed in 34 of them. Of those 34, Team USA brought home at least one medal in 31.
It’s no exaggeration to say the success at this tournament highlights the strength and depth of American fencing.
Speaking of dominance, two Team USA fencers won multiple gold medals:
Georgina Love: Gold in Veteran 2 Women’s Epee and Women’s Foil.
Wallace Wu: Gold in Youth B Men’s Foil and Youth A Men’s Foil.
- 22GOLD
- 21SILVER
- 33BRONZE
2024 Youth and Vet Pan American Fencing ChampionshipsEscazú, Costa RicaMedal Tracker
Team USA Results
Youth A #
Men’s Epee
Gold: John Mazaheri
Bronze: Chibuikem Olele
6th: Benjamin Fu
Women’s Epee
Silver: Phoebe Wang
7th: Nina Yang
10th: Skylar Liou
Men’s Foil
Gold: Wallace Wu
Silver: John Mazaheri
Bronze: Dalynn Huang
Women’s Foil
No Team USA athletes
Men’s Saber
Gold: Evan Chung
Silver: Cole Tabancay
Bronze: Simon Hu
6th: John Mazaheri
9th: Samuel Monaghan
Women’s Saber
No Team USA athletes
Youth B #
Men’s Epee
Gold: Wesley Kropp
Silver: Aiden Yao
Bronze: Ryan Yao
Bronze: Payson Armstrong
7th: Theodore Mazaheri
9th: Wally Mosley
Women’s Epee
Gold: Jessica Wu
Silver: Bernardita Carceller
Bronze: Anna Li
Bronze: Ifechi Olele
5th: Vaishnavi Vijay
6th: Cynthia Kou
Men’s Foil
Gold: Wallace Wu
Silver: Alex Zhai
Bronze: Max Siu
Bronze: John Mazaheri
5th: Matthew Huynh
6th: Owen Slain
Women’s Foil
Gold: Sara Joo
Men’s Saber
Gold: Leo Chen
Silver: Daniel Levy
Bronze: Branden Fu
Bronze: Derek Ji
5th: Sean Park
6th: Layne Park
Women’s Saber
Gold: Bella Brimmer
Silver: Ava Tabancay
Pre-Cadet #
Men’s Epee
Gold: Gene Kim
Silver: Fletcher Mazaheri
Bronze: Wesley Kropp
6th: Mathew Wu
14th: Destin Deng
20th: Theodore Mazaheri
Women’s Epee
Gold: Michelle Wu
Silver: Sama Abuelfutuh
Bronze: Anne Kropp
Bronze: Miranda Ning
5th: Quinley Fischbein
8th: Jane Zhang
Men’s Foil
Gold: Ethan Doell
Silver: Logan Cheng
Bronze: Gene Kim
Bronze: Fletcher Mazaheri
5th: Matthew Huynh
7th: Ethan Pan
Women’s Foil
Gold: Natalie Joo
Men’s Saber
Gold: Evan Bai
Silver: Roman Grigoriev
Bronze: Robert Brimmer
6th: Miles Chambers
8th: Leo Chen
20th: Daniel Levy
Women’s Saber
Gold: Annette Chang
Silver: Stella Yu
Bronze: Skylar Yu
5th: Haylie Park
6th: Elaine Xu
9th: Kaitlin Lee
Pre-Veterans #
Men’s Epee
Bronze: Shun Yao
Bronze: Robert Stewart
5th: Solomon Liou
10th: Niul Manske
12th: David Swanson
Women’s Epee
Silver: Nicole Polanichka
5th: May Rowland
6th: Charlotta Bowie
9th: Teodora Stanica
12th: Sabina Orsi
16th: Sochivly Ou
Men’s Foil
Silver: Dong-Ying Pai
9th: Daniel Berke
10th: Robert Mones
11th: Thomas Mahnken
13th: David Hueske
Women’s Foil
5th: Rachel El-Saleh
7th: Teodora Stanica
8th: Sabina Orsi
9th: Lili Herawati
10th: Sochivly Ou
Men’s Saber
7th: Chris Dahl
9th: Vincent Paragano
Women’s Saber
Silver: Jenny Yang
Bronze: Sabina Orsi
Bronze: Naomi Dahl
6th: Rachel El-Saleh
7th: Judith Offerle
8th: Sochivly Ou
Veterans 1 #
Men’s Epee
Silver: Robert Stewart
13th: Shun Yao
20th: Daniel Berke
22nd: David Swanson
24th: David Hueske
31st: Thomas Mahnken
Women’s Epee
Gold: Jeannine Prokop
Bronze: May Rowland
5th: Lori Radich
6th: Charlotta Bowie
9th: Alessandra Brunelli
11th: Rachel El-Saleh
Men’s Foil
Gold: Leo Popokh
7th: Daniel Berke
12th: Michael Joo
13th: David Hueske
14th: Thomas Mahnken
16th: Robert Mones
Women’s Foil
Silver: Georgina Love
Bronze: Judith Offerle
5th: Esperanza Alzona
8th: Harriet Eckstein
9th: Rachel El-Saleh
10th: Alessandra Brunelli
Men’s Saber
Bronze: Chris Dahl
Bronze: Vincent Paragano
6th: Ray Blair
Women’s Saber
Gold: Jenny Yang
Silver: Naomi Dahl
Bronze: Judith Offerle
Bronze: Esperanza Alzona
6th: Lori Radich
7th: Dede Deane
Veterans 2 #
Men’s Epee
Silver: David Swanson
13th: Robert Mones
Women’s Epee
Gold: Georgina Love
Bronze: Charlotta Bowie
5th: May Rowland
6th: Lori Radich
10th: Allison Treloar
11th: Alessandra Brunelli
Men’s Foil
8th: David Hill
10th: Ray Blair
11th: Robert Mones
Women’s Foil
Gold: Georgina Love
Silver: Allison Treloar
Bronze: Judith Offerle
5th: Esperanza Alzona
6th: Rachel El-Saleh
8th: Harriet Eckstein
Men’s Saber
Gold: Vincent Paragano
Bronze: Chris Dahl
5th: Ray Blair
Women’s Saber
Gold: Naomi Dahl
Bronze: Esperanza Alzona
Bronze: Jenny Yang
5th: Dede Deane
6th: Judith Offerle
7th: Lori Radich
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