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USA Fencing, formed in 1891 to promote and grow the sport, selects U.S. teams for the Olympics, Paralympics and World Championships.
Colorado Springs, CO
Joined October 2009
Team USA on the podium! Olympic bronze medalists @monicaaksamit @ibtihajmuhammad @DagaUSAFencing & @marielzagunis
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Are these two of @TeamUSA's next Olympians? @timmorehouse & wife Rachael are proud new parents to twins Zoe & Jack!
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Daryl Homer's GOING FOR GOLD!!!! Homer def. Abedini (IRI), 15-14, and will fence 2012 Oly Champ Aron Szilagyi in the finals! @TeamUSA.
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#Rio2016 #Fencing @AMassialas is #GoingForTheGold!!! Massialas def. Richard Kruse (GBR), 15-9, in the semis! Up next @GarozzoDaniele.
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#Rio2016 #Fencing COMEBACK! @IbtihajMuhammad puts Team USA into a 35-34 lead with a 10-4 win against Dyachenko! @TeamUSA.
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. @ibtihajmuhammad won her opener, 15-13, against Olena Kravatska (UKR), in the 32. #Rio2016 #TeamUSA #Fencing
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What happens after @AMassialas wins an Olympic medal? Interviews with our friends at @nbcolympics, of course!
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#Rio2016 @AMassialas won the first fencing ind. medal for a US man since 84 w/a silver after a 15-11 final loss to @GarozzoDaniele.
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🥇 They did it! Team USA won the first women’s épée World Cup title in U.S. history in Dubai, defeating Russia, 29-28, in overtime!
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Another one in the books! @daryldhomer def. 2015 World medalist @hartungmax (GER), 15-12, in the 16. #Rio2016
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U.S. women's saber won bronze today as a team and with a team of amazing coaches! Thank you to Ed, Akhi & Yury!
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Team USA is in the medal rounds! Watch as the U.S. Women's Saber Team takes on Russia in the semis!
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To the victors go the champagne . They’ve done it again! Team USA with a third straight World Cup title! 🇺🇸 🍾 ☝️#CIPFleuret
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It's men's foil day! T32 begins at 10 a.m. local (9 EDT). Let's go @gerekmeinhardt, @amassialas & @mchamleywatson!
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It’s official! @GerekMeinhardt & @leetothekiefer are engaged! The Olympians have traveled the world together and now they will spend the rest of their lives together in fencing matrimony. ❤️ #OlympicWedding 💍🥂
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🔟 minutes!!! Will the women's return to the podium at the Olympic Games? Watch live at 8 a.m. Eastern on NBCSN!
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BRONZE!!! No doubt! U.S. Women's Saber Team def. ITA, 45-30! @marielzagunis @DagaUSAFencing @IbtihajMuhammad @monicaaksamit.
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#Rio2016 #Fencing Men's Foil T16: @GerekMeinhardt came back to def. Erwan Le Pechoux (FRA), 15-14. On to the quarters! #TeamUSA @FIE_fencing.
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#Rio2016 #Fencing Men's Foil T32: @AMassialas def. Mohamed Essam (EGY), 15-7, to make the 16. Go #TeamUSA!.
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RECAP: Lee Kiefer becomes just the second U.S. fencer to win two Olympic individual gold medals, while Lauren Scruggs becomes the first Black woman to win an individual fencing medal for Team USA.
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Miles Chamley-Watson is headed back to the Olympics! As the Men’s Foil replacement athlete, he’ll be part of the roster for the team event at the Olympic Games Paris 2024!
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You watched them win bronze in Rio, now catch @teamusa on the @todayshow this morning at 9:30 ET! #Rio2016 #riotoday
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The Olympic Games are set to return to LA after 44 years! Looking forward to a home Games! 🤺 ☀️ #FollowTheSun
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The Olympic and Paralympic Games are coming back to the U.S. In 2028! Congratulations, Los Angeles! #FollowTheSun
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We join in mourning the loss of Spencer Vermeule, a remarkable epee fencer from the University of Notre Dame and Olympia Fencing Center. Spencer's passion for fencing and his vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Our hearts go out to his friends, family and all who knew him.
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The faces of 🥇. Team USA defeated Italy, 45-36, in a rematch of the Senior World finals. Three straight World Cup titles this season!🏆 🏆 🏆 #CIPfleuret
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. @MarielZagunis won her 4th Olympic medal with a team bronze & is the first U.S. fencer to medal at 3 Olympics!
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#Rio2016 #Fencing Women's Saber Quarters: @marielzagunis closed it out! 45-43! @TeamUSA into the semis against Russia!.
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He did it! @AMassialas won his first individual #CIPFleuret title in Paris. Alex def. Rio medalist Timur Safin, 15-14, in an amazing final
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🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 That’s a World Cup sweep! For the first time ever, Team USA won 5️⃣ straight World Cups, defeating Italy by 20 points to win gold in St. Petersburg! #BestInTheWorld
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SILVER! @DarylDHomer lost a tough final to Aron Szilagyi (HUN), 15-8, but comes home with the first men's ind. saber medal since 1984!.
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🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸 One of just four members of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team competing at their FIFTH Games (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024).🥉 🥉 Two-time Olympic medalist (bronze in 2016 and 2020).🥇 2019 world champion in the senior men's foil team event.HBD, Gerek! Good luck in Paris!
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One year ago today, Lee Kiefer became the first American foil fencer in history to win an individual Olympic gold medal! . 📸 #BizziTeam
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Another amazing accomplishment in the storied career of Gerek Meinhardt! The two-time Olympic medalist has been inducted into the FIE Hall of Fame! Congrats Gerek! . Read the Full Story:
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#Rio2016 #Fencing Women's Saber Quarters: @Teamusa won 7 of the 8 bouts to take a 13-touch lead! 40-27 Great 8th bout by @DagaUSAFencing.
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The countdown begins! Just 7 days until Paralympic fencing kicks off! 🌟 Get ready to cheer on Team USA as they show the world their incredible talent and determination. 🇺🇸🤺
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. @AMassialas closed out the bronze medal win for @TeamUSA against Italian anchor Andrea Baldini.
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#Rio2016 #Fencing Women's Saber Quarters: 30-17! @marielzagunis did it again with a 5-2 over @IreVecchi @Federscherma.
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Welcome Barbie's newest Shero! Today Barbie unveiled the @IbtihajMuhammad doll . saber, knickers, hijab and all. What an honor . Congratulations, Ibtihaj! Can't wait to get one in 2018!
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. @AMassialas is one win from the podium! Massialas came back from being down,14-8, to def. Giorgio Avola, 15-14!
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🥇 “We trust each other so much and we’re willing to go out there and put out everything on the line . thankfully, we put it all together and fought hard and came out with the gold.” - Words from the WORLD CHAMPIONS!!! @GerekMeinhardt @MChamleyWatson @Race_Imboden @AMassialas
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The sweet taste of victory! Bronze medalists @MChamleyWatson, @GerekMeinhardt, @AMassialas and @Race_Imboden
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Moving on . @zingzang14 def. Nataly Michel (MEX), 15-9, in the 32. Next: Astrid Guyart (FRA) or Olga Leleiko (UKR)
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1️⃣ in the WORLD: @leetothekiefer .✅ 2 Olympic Games.✅ 1 Senior World medal.✅ 2 Grand Prix gold medals .
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“Tall or short, heavy or lean, shy or aggressive, boy or girl, able-bodied or disabled, fencing has a place for every child . ”
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You can fence your friends as Mario, Luigi, Sonic and more when the Tokyo 2020 Olympic game comes out for the Switch in November. 👀 Trailer:
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. @MarielZagunis & @IbtihajMuhammad won silver and gold at the last event before Rio! #EsgrimaPanama2016 #RoadToRio
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What a week! First a team silver at Worlds & now @leetothekiefer has begun med school at UK w/her official white coat ceremony! #DROlympian
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Alexander Massialas is the 2016-17 Overal World Cup Champion and the first US man to repeat as the 🏆winner!
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Watch Olympic silver medalist @amassialas LIVE on the @todayshow from Rio at 9:30 Eastern! #riotoday #teamusa
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Time Magazine has named @IbtihajMuhammad one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World for 2016! #Time100
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Did you know that 5 of the 17 members of the U.S. Olympic Fencing Team are from @NDFencing? Congrats to the Irish!
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45-29 over RUS and @teamusa is into the finals! #GoingForGold @AMassialas @Race_Imboden @GerekMeinhardt @MChamleyWatson @FIE_fencing
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First Cadet Worlds in the books and Emily Vermeule brought home a silver 🥈 for Team USA!
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Gold!!! Team USA earned the first Women’s Foil Junior World Cup of the season in Romania with a 43-42 OT win against Hungary in the finals.
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Congratulations to @MarielZagunis on being elected to the @FIE_fencing Athletes Commission for a second term!
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Andrew Doddo won his first Junior World Cup medal with a bronze in Dormagen!
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Lauryn DeLuca is going to Rio! Can't wait to see this 16-year-old fence for Team USA at the Paralympics! #RoadToRio
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We've loved having our friends from @USABoxing & @usavolleyball come see fencing during the Dallas Sports Festival!
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Standing room only at the finals strip as @Race_Imboden def. Alexander Choupenitch (CZE), 15-14, at the #OctNAC #LastTouch @FIE_fencing
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It's a girl! @MarielZagunis & husband Mike Swehla are expanding their family. We can't wait to meet the fencing family's newest member!
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. @united is flying precious cargo to SFO today! Medalists @amassialas & @gerekmeinhardt are coming home from Rio!
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Touché @j0uliojones_11! Perhaps a future career in foil? What do you say, @MChamleyWatson? @TeamUSA potential?
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Next stop: Semis! @daryldhomer def. Matyas Szabo, 15-12, in the quarters & will fence Abedini for a chance at gold!
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🥇🥇 @leetothekiefer and @GerekMeinhardt won Pan Am Games titles together just a month before they walk down the aisle. ❤️ .❤️
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Kat Holmes has QUALIFIED for @TeamUSA! Holmes will fence ind. & team women's épée at the Rio Olympic Games!
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At just 22, @leetothekiefer won her 7th straight individual Pan Am Championship title, becoming the first athlete ever to win 7 in a row!
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Four medals and double gold today! 🥇🥇 . Kelley Hurley and Race Imboden won the women’s epee and men’s foil titles and Gerek Meinhardt and Alex Massialas won men’s foil bronzes. #2018PanAms. 🥇🥇🥉🥉
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US Women's Foil is going for gold against Italy after a 45-42 win over reigning World Champ Russia! @leetothekiefer closing for Team USA!
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World Silver Medalists. The first U.S. Women's Foil Team to win silver at the Senior Worlds! Congrats to Lee, Nicole, Margaret and Nzingha!
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We’re so excited about our new look, we’re giving away @USFencing t-shirts. RT this message to enter.
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Lee Kiefer is in! She has mathematically locked in her spot in the individual and team competition for Women's Foil, meaning the Tokyo Olympic champion is headed to her fourth Games to represent Team USA!
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You voted, and we have a winner! Congrats to Ian Kim of the Battle Born Fencing Club (Las Vegas) for winning our inaugural USA Fencing National Poster Design Challenge! Ian will receive a free membership for the 2023-24 season and have his work displayed at future tournaments!
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