Clubs: Nellya Fencers, Peter Westbrook Foundation and Columbia University
Coach: Terrence Lasker
Family: Parents Crystal Williams and Leonard Walker, brother Alex Walker
Hobbies: Reading, traveling, video games, ping pong, cooking and baking, hanging with friends and learning about nature (loves animals)
How He Started Fencing: Summer Camp
Something People Might be Surprised to Know: He didn't know he was allergic to apples until he was 17
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 3 (Junior), No. 10 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 10 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021, 2020, 2019 (Bronze - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2018, 2017 (Silver - Individual)

Results

2021:

Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
22nd - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2020:

Gold - Dourdan Junior World Cup
Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - January North American Cup (Junior)

2019:

Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - Sochi Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Junior World Championships (Team)
Bronze - Phoenix Junior World Cup (Individual)
Fifth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Fifth - Phoenix Junior World Cup (Team)
Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
10th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
12th - Plovdiv Junior World Cup
12th - January North American Cup (Junior)
17th - July Challenge (Junior)
17th - December North American Cup (Division I)
21st - July Challenge (Division I)
51st - Dourdan Junior World Cup

2018:

Gold - Moedling Cadet European Cup
Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Silver - November North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - January North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - Phoenix Junior World Cup
Bronze - Dourdan Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Seventh - Sochi Junior World Cup
Seventh - October North American Cup (Division I)
10th - Dormagen Junior World Cup
10th - July Challenge (Junior)
12th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
18th - January North American Cup (Division I)
26th - Cadet World Championships
33rd - July Challenge (Division I)
35th - Dourdan Junior World Cup (Individual)

2017:

Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Cadet World Championships (Individual)
Fifth - Cadet World Championships (Mixed Team)
Fifth - October North American Cup (Division I)
Fifth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Ninth - July Challenge (Cadet)
13th - January North American Cup (Junior)
13th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
15th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
18th - Phoenix Junior World Cup
21st - Eislingen Cadet European Cup
21st - July Challenge (Junior)
25th - Dourdan Junior World Cup
27th - July Challenge (Division I)
30th - Konin Cadet European Cup
44th - Plovdiv Junior World Cup
61st - January North American Cup (Division I)

2016:

Gold - November North American Cup (Cadet)
Silver - Konin Cadet European Cup
Bronze - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Sixth - July Challenge (Junior)
Sixth - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Eighth - November North American Cup (Junior)
Ninth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Ninth - July Challenge (Cadet)
10th - March North American Cup (Y14)
11th - Sosnowiec Junior World Cup
12th - Eislingen Cadet European Cup
12th - October North American Cup (Division I)
15th - July Challenge (Division I)
17th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
43rd - January North American Cup (Division I)
47th - Dormagen Junior World Cup
49th - Phoenix Junior World Cup
55th - January North American Cup (Junior)

2015:

Bronze - April North American Cup (Y14)
Bronze - November North American Cup (Y14)
Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
10th - Eislingen Cadet European Cup
18th - Godollo Cadet European Cup
22nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
23rd - October North American Cup (Cadet)
32nd - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
40th - November North American Cup (Junior)
59th - July Challenge (Cadet)
61st - July Challenge (Junior)
62nd - Konin Cadet European Cup

2014:

Gold - July North American Cup (Y12)
Bronze - March North American Cup (Y12)
Fifth - November North American Cup (Y14)
18th - July North American Cup (Cadet)
23rd - USA fencing National Championships (Y14)
25th - Konin Cadet European Cup
25th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
26th - March North American Cup (Y14)
33rd - October North American Cup (Cadet)

2013:

Bronze - April North American Cup (Y12)
12th - July North American Cup (Y12)
42nd - April North American Cup (Y14)
55th - October North American Cup (Y14)
57th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
61st - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)

2012:

Silver - Pan American Youth Championships (Y10)
Silver - July North American Cup (Y10)
Bronze - April North American Cup (Y10)
Sixth - Pan American Youth Championships (Y12)
Seventh - Pan American Youth Championships (Y14)
16th - April North American Cup (Y12)
48th - July North American Cup (Y12)

2011:

Silver - North American Cup E (Y10)
Bronze - Pan American Youth Championships (Y10)
17th - North American Cup F (Y10)

2010:

24th - North American Cup G (Y10)

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