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Alexander Massialas

Alexander Massialas (born April 20, 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer.[5]

Alexander Massialas
Massialas at the 2015 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 (age 30)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1][2]
Weight185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
FIE rankingNo. 1 (Men's foil)[3][4]
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Individual
Silver medal – second place 2017 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Reno, Nevada Individual
Silver medal – second place 2012 Cancún Individual
Silver medal – second place 2014 San José Individual
Silver medal – second place 2015 Santiago Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2010 San José Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Lima Individual

Massialas is a two-time NCAA champion, 11-time team Pan American champion, two-time individual Pan American champion, and 2019 team world champion.

A three-time Olympian, Massialas is a 2016 individual Olympic silver medalist and two-time team Olympic bronze medalist.

Massialas competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Biography edit

Massialas was born in San Francisco, California,[6] to a father of Greek descent and a Taiwanese mother.[7] His father, Greg Massialas, fenced for the United States in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently coaches the American national foil team. His sister, Sabrina, is also a high-level foil fencer. Despite this, Massialas was never pushed into fencing. After he showed spontaneous interest at an early age, his father made him wait until he was seven years old to begin training.[8]

An athletic child, Massialas played soccer and made the basketball and the swimming teams at Drew School. He enrolled at Stanford University on a fencing scholarship in the fall of 2012.[9] He closed his freshman season by winning the 2013 NCAA title in individual men's foil.[10] He repeated this feat in 2015, after falling to David Willette in 2014's semifinal round.[11][12]

Medal Record edit

Olympic Games edit

Year Location Event Position
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 2nd[13]
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 3rd[14]
2021   Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 3rd[15]

World Championship edit

Year Location Event Position
2013   Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 2nd[16]
2015   Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[17]
2017   Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 2nd[18]
2018   Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 2nd[19]
2019   Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 1st[20]
2022   Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 2nd[21]

Pan American Championship edit

Year Location Event Position
2009   San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Foil 1st[22]
2010   San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 3rd[23]
2010   San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[24]
2011   Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Foil 2nd[25]
2011   Reno, Nevada Team Men's Foil 1st[26]
2012   Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 2nd[27]
2012   Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[28]
2013   Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Foil 1st[29]
2014   San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 2nd[30]
2015   Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Foil 2nd[31]
2015   Santiago, Chile Team Men's Foil 1st[32]
2016   Panama City, Panama Individual Men's Foil 1st[33]
2016   Panama City, Panama Team Men's Foil 1st[34]
2017   Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 2nd[35]
2017   Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[36]
2018   Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[37]
2018   Havana, Cuba Team Men's Foil 1st[38]
2019   Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[39]
2019   Toronto, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[40]
2022   Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Foil 1st[41]
2022   Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Foil 1st[42]

Grand Prix edit

Date Location Event Position
2013-03-04   St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[43]
2014-05-03   Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[44]
2015-03-13   Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 2nd[45]
2016-06-03   Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 1st[46]
2016-12-02   Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[47]
2017-03-17   Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil 2nd[48]
2017-12-01   Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[49]
2020-02-07   Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[50]

World Cup edit

Date Location Event Position
2010-05-29   Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[51]
2011-05-20   Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 3rd[52]
2012-01-27   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[53]
2013-02-22   A Coruña, Spain Individual Men's Foil 3rd[54]
2014-04-25   Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 1st[55]
2015-01-16   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[56]
2015-11-06   Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[57]
2017-01-20   Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 1st[58]
2018-02-09   Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[59]
2019-03-01   Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[60]
2020-02-21   Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[61]

See also edit

References edit

 
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