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USA Fencing Announces Full Roster for Olympic Games Paris 2024
With less than three months until fencing competition begins at the Grand Palais in Paris, USA Fencing is thrilled to announce our full roster of 20 fencers for the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With the iconic Grand Palais set as the backdrop, USA Fencing is proud to unveil the roster of 20 fencers who will represent the United States at the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The exciting roster includes a remarkable mix of both seasoned Olympians and promising newcomers, all primed to compete on the world’s grandest stage.
Team USA is sending five fencing squads to the Olympics: Women’s Epee, Women’s Foil, Men’s Foil, Women’s Saber and Men’s Saber.
Each squad includes:
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Three athletes who compete in both the individual and team events.
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One “replacement athlete” who can be subbed in for the team event only. That substitution, once made, is permanent (meaning the subbed out fencer can’t come back in). The substitution can be made for any reason at the coach’s discretion.
How they Qualified
These athletes have clinched their spots on the Olympic team through strong performances at domestic and international tournaments throughout the qualification window, accumulating points based on their finishing positions.
The top three finishers compete in individual and team; the fourth-place finisher is the “replacement athlete.
Storylines to Watch
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Veterans and newcomers: The group includes 12 first-time and eight returning Olympians.
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NCAA student-athletes: All 20 Team USA fencers have NCAA fencing ties. Eighteen fenced at the NCAA level before graduating, while the other two are high school seniors committed to NCAA fencing programs this fall.
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The seasoned pros: Men’s Foil is our most experienced squad. Including Paris 2024, the group has a combined 14 Olympic Games between them: Meinhardt (5th Olympics) Massialas (4th), Chamley-Watson (3rd) and Itkin (2nd).
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The all-Harvard team: All four members of the Men’s Saber squad come from Harvard, including three graduates plus Colin Heathcock, who has committed to attend Harvard this fall.
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Ivy League representation: Thirteen fencers competed (or will compete) for Ivy League schools.
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Top NCAA schools: The most-represented schools are Harvard (six), Princeton (five) and Notre Dame (four)
What About the Paralympics?
Wheelchair fencing/parfafencing qualification continues through May 31, 2024, and we’ll announce our qualifiers at that time. (You can track how we’re doing here.)
NCAA Fencing Champions
Team USA’s squad for the Olympics includes these NCAA Fencing Individual Champions:
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Anne Cebula (2019, Columbia/Barnard)
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Maia Chamberlain (2018, Princeton)
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Eli Dershwitz (2017, 2018, Harvard)
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Filip Dolegiewicz (2022, Harvard)
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Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (2010, Penn State)
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Nick Itkin (2018, 2019, Notre Dame)
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Lee Kiefer (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, Notre Dame)
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Alexander Massialas (2013, 2015, Stanford)
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Gerek Meinhardt (2010, 2014, Notre Dame)
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Lauren Scruggs (2023, Harvard)
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Elizabeth Tartakovsky (2022, Harvard)
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Maia Weintraub (2022, Princeton)
U.S. Olympic Fencing Team
Women’s Epee
National coach: Natalie Dostert; National assistant coach Cedric Loiseau
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Club(s): New York Athletic Club, New York Fencing Academy
College: Columbia
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Sergey Danilov
Hometown: Oakton, Va.
Club(s): Fencers Club, Elite Fencing Academy & DC Fencers Club
College: Princeton
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Guillermo Madrigal
Hometown: Hartland, Wis.
Club(s): Ataba Fencing Club
College: Penn State
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Abbas Fadel
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Club(s): New York Athletic Club & DC Fencers Club
College: Princeton
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 3rd (2016, 2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Zoltan Dudas
Women’s Foil
National coach: Ralf Bissdorf
Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
Club(s): Bluegrass Fencers’ Club
College: Notre Dame
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 4th (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Amgad Khazbak
Hometown: Queens, N.Y.
Club(s): Peter Westbrook Foundation, Fencers’ Club
College: Harvard
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Sean McClain
Hometown: Maplewood, N.J.
Club(s): New Jersey Fencing Alliance
College: Columbia
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 2nd (2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Brian Kaneshige
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pa.
Club(s): Fencers Club & Fencing Academy of Philadelphia
College: Princeton
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Mark Masters
Men’s Foil
National coach: Greg Massialas
Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.
Club(s): Massialas Foundation (MTeam)
College: Stanford
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 4th (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Greg Massialas
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Club(s): LA International Fencing Center
College: Notre Dame
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 2nd (2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Michael Itkin
Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
Club(s): Massialas Foundation (M Team), Bluegrass Fencers' Club
College: Notre Dame
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 5th (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Greg Massialas, David Willette
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Club(s): LA International Fencing Center
College: Penn State
Events: Team
Number of Games: 3rd (2012, 2016, 2024)
Coach(es): Michael Itkin
Women’s Saber
National coach: Aleks Ochocki
Hometown: Livingston, N.J.
Club(s): Manhattan Fencing Center
College: Harvard
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Yury Gelman
Hometown: Portland, Ore.
Club(s): Oregon Fencing Alliance
College: Notre Dame (committed)
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Adam Skarbonkiewicz
Hometown: Bethesda, Md.
Club(s): Nazlymov Fencing Foundation
College: Princeton
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Vitali Nazlymov
Hometown: Menlo Park, Calif.
Club(s): Manhattan Fencing Center
College: Princeton
Events: Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Yury Gelman
Men’s Saber
National coach: Akhi Spencer-El
Hometown: Beijing, China
Club(s): Christian Bauer Academy & Manhattan Fencing Center
College: Harvard (committed)
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Christian Bauer
Hometown: Sherborn, Mass.
Club(s): Tim Morehouse Fencing Club
College: Harvard
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 3rd (2016, 2020, 2024)
Coach(es): Aleksander Ochocki
Hometown: Ridgewood, N.J.
Club(s): Bergen Fencing Club, New York Athletic Club
College: Harvard
Events: Individual & Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Oleg Stetsiv
Hometown: Park Ridge, Ill.
Club(s): Midwest Fencing Club & Tim Morehouse Fencing Club
College: Harvard
Events: Team
Number of Games: 1st
Coach(es): Bart Pukal
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