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Miles Chamley-Watson

HOMETOWN: 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

BIRTH DATE: 
Dec. 3, 1989

BIRTHPLACE: 
London, Great Britain

OLYMPIC TEAMS: 
2016, 2012

Event: Foil
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 170 lbs
Birthplace: London, Great Britain
Current Residence: New York City, N.Y.
Education: Bachelor's degree in sports management from Penn State University (2013), Graduate of The Knox School (2008)
Club: Los Angeles International Fencing Center
Honors:

  • First U.S. man ever to win an individual Senior World Championship title (2013)
  • Member of the first U.S. Men's Foil Team to win a Senior World Championship title (2019)
  • Member of the first U.S. Men's Foil Team to win a Senior World medal (Silver in 2013)

Olympic Teams: 2016, 2012

Senior World Championship Teams: 2023, 2019 (Gold - Team), 2018 (Silver - Team), 2017 (Silver - Team), 2015, 2014, 2013 (Gold - Individual, Silver - Team), 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

Personal: Born in London and raised there until age nine, Chamley-Watson returned to his home country at his first Olympic Games in 2012. After a fifth-place finish at the 2010 Senior World Championships, Chamley-Watson ascended to a No. 2 world ranking during the 2011-2012 season. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Chamley-Watson also competed on his school's varsity soccer and basketball teams at The Knox School in Long Island.

On Aug. 9, 2013 Chamley-Watson made history by becoming the first U.S. men's fencer ever to win an individual Senior World Championship title and went on to win silver in the team event as part of the first U.S. Men's Foil Team ever to medal at the Senior World Championships. 

Chamley-Watson's goal is to win Olympic gold and says every day he "trains like it's my last" to make his dream come true.

He captured Bronze in the 2016 Games in the Men’s Foil (Team).

An enthusiastic fan of fashion and style, Chamley-Watson is a tattoo enthusiast, whose first tattoo came prior to the Summer Games in London. Among his most noted tattoos includes the Olympic rings with “From London to London” written above it.