COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — With the iconic Grand Palais set as the backdrop, USA Fencing is proud to unveil the roster of 20 fencers who will represent the United States at the upcoming Olympic Games Paris 2024.
The exciting roster includes a remarkable mix of both seasoned Olympians and promising newcomers, all primed to compete on the world’s grandest stage.
Team USA is sending five fencing squads to the Olympics: Women’s Epee, Women’s Foil, Men’s Foil, Women’s Saber and Men’s Saber.
Each squad includes:
Three athletes who compete in both the individual and team events.
One “replacement athlete” who can be subbed in for the team event only. That substitution, once made, is permanent (meaning the subbed out fencer can’t come back in). The substitution can be made for any reason at the coach’s discretion.
These athletes have clinched their spots on the Olympic team through strong performances at domestic and international tournaments throughout the qualification window, accumulating points based on their finishing positions.
The top three finishers compete in individual and team; the fourth-place finisher is the “replacement athlete.
Veterans and newcomers: The group includes 12 first-time and eight returning Olympians.
NCAA student-athletes: All 20 Team USA fencers have NCAA fencing ties. Eighteen fenced at the NCAA level before graduating, while the other two are high school seniors committed to NCAA fencing programs this fall.
The seasoned pros: Men’s Foil is our most experienced squad. Including Paris 2024, the group has a combined 14 Olympic Games between them: Meinhardt (5th Olympics) Massialas (4th), Chamley-Watson (3rd) and Itkin (2nd).
The all-Harvard team: All four members of the Men’s Saber squad come from Harvard, including three graduates plus Colin Heathcock, who has committed to attend Harvard this fall.
Ivy League representation: Thirteen fencers competed (or will compete) for Ivy League schools.
Top NCAA schools: The most-represented schools are Harvard (six), Princeton (five) and Notre Dame (four)
Wheelchair fencing/parfafencing qualification continues through May 31, 2024, and we’ll announce our qualifiers at that time. (You can track how we’re doing here.)
Team USA’s squad for the Olympics includes these NCAA Fencing Individual Champions:
Anne Cebula (2019, Columbia/Barnard)
Maia Chamberlain (2018, Princeton)
Eli Dershwitz (2017, 2018, Harvard)
Filip Dolegiewicz (2022, Harvard)
Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (2010, Penn State)
Nick Itkin (2018, 2019, Notre Dame)
Lee Kiefer (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, Notre Dame)
Alexander Massialas (2013, 2015, Stanford)
Gerek Meinhardt (2010, 2014, Notre Dame)
Lauren Scruggs (2023, Harvard)
Elizabeth Tartakovsky (2022, Harvard)
Maia Weintraub (2022, Princeton)
Athletes are listed in qualification order.
National coach: Natalie Dostert; National assistant coach Cedric Loiseau
Anne Cebula |
Brooklyn, N.Y. |
New York Athletic Club, New York Fencing Academy |
Columbia |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Hadley Husisian |
Oakton, Va. |
Fencers Club, Elite Fencing Academy & DC Fencers Club |
Princeton |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Margherita Guzzi Vincenti |
Hartland, Wis. |
Ataba Fencing Club |
Penn State |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Kat Holmes |
Washington, D.C. |
New York Athletic Club & DC Fencers Club |
Princeton |
Replacement athlete (team only) |
3rd (2016, 2020, 2024) |
National coach: Ralf Bissdorf
Lee Kiefer |
Lexington, Ky. |
Bluegrass Fencers’ Club |
Notre Dame |
Individual & Team |
4th (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024) |
Lauren Scruggs |
Queens, N.Y. |
Peter Westbrook Foundation, Fencers’ Club |
Harvard |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Jackie Dubrovich |
Maplewood, N.J. |
New Jersey Fencing Alliance |
Columbia |
Individual & Team |
2nd (2020, 2024) |
Maia Weintraub |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
Fencers Club & Fencing Academy of Philadelphia |
Princeton |
Replacement athlete (team only) |
1st |
National coach: Greg Massialas
Alexander Massialas |
San Francisco, Calif. |
Massialas Foundation (MTeam) |
Stanford |
Individual & Team |
4th (2012, 2016, 2020, 2024) |
Nick Itkin |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
LA International Fencing Center |
Notre Dame |
Individual & Team |
2nd (2020, 2024) |
Gerek Meinhardt |
Lexington, Ky. |
Massialas Foundation (M Team), Bluegrass Fencers' Club |
Notre Dame |
Individual & Team |
5th (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024) |
Miles Chamley-Watson |
Los Angeles, Calif. |
LA International Fencing Center |
Penn State |
Replacement athlete (team only) |
3rd (2012, 2016, 2024) |
National coach: Aleks Ochocki
Elizabeth Tartakovsky |
Livingston, N.J. |
Manhattan Fencing Center |
Harvard |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Magda Skarbonkiewicz |
Portland, Ore. |
Oregon Fencing Alliance |
Notre Dame (committed) |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Tatiana Nazlymov |
Bethesda, Md. |
Nazlymov Fencing Foundation |
Princeton |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Maia Chamberlain |
Menlo Park, Calif. |
Manhattan Fencing Center |
Princeton |
Replacement athlete (team only) |
1st |
National coach: Akhi Spencer-El
Colin Heathcock |
Beijing, China |
Christian Bauer Academy & Manhattan Fencing Center |
Harvard (committed) |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Eli Dershwitz |
Sherborn, Mass. |
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club |
Harvard |
Individual & Team |
3rd (2016, 2020, 2024) |
Mitchell Saron |
Ridgewood, N.J. |
Bergen Fencing Club, New York Athletic Club |
Harvard |
Individual & Team |
1st |
Filip Dolegiewicz |
Park Ridge, Ill. |
Midwest Fencing Club & Tim Morehouse Fencing Club |
Harvard |
Replacement athlete (team only) |
1st |
Tag(s): Updates Paris 2024