Current Section
Team USA Wins 72 Medals at 2022 Pan American Youth and Veteran Championships
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 ranged in age from 8 to 74. Photo by Kaitlyn Litten/USA Fencing
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) |
Tag(s): Latest News
