Avery Townsend

Club: Dynamo Fencing Club
Coach: Igor Gantsevich
Family: Parents David and Alison Townsend, brother Miles Townsend
Hobbies: Computer programming
How He Started Fencing: At an afterschool fencing club at his elementary school
His Favorite Fencing Memory: Taking bronze in junior and cadet at the same NAC in 2019
Something You May Be Surprised to Know: He fenced foil for 7-8 years before he began fencing epee
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 3 (Cadet), No. 18 (Junior)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2021

Results

2021:

• Sixth - Cadet World Championships

2020:

• Fifth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
• Eighth - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
• 13th - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Team)
• 44th - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Individual)

2019:

• Bronze - November North American Cup (Junior)
• Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
• Sixth - October North American Cup (Cadet)
• 12th - March North American Cup (Y14)
• 19th - July Challenge (Cadet)
• 23rd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
• 44th - July Challenge (Junior)

2018:

• Ninth - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
• Ninth - November North American Cup (Y14)
• 27th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
• 31st - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14 Foil)

2017:

• 20th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12 Foil)
• 22nd - March North American Cup (Y12 Foil)

2015:

• 11th - April North American Cup (Y10 Foil)
• 43rd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y10 Foil)
• 52nd - April North American Cup (Y12 Foil)

2014:

• 24th - July North American Cup (Y10 Foil)

2013:

• 46th - July North American Cup (Y10 Foil)