2025 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships
Apr 6, 2025 - Apr 14, 2025 | Wuxi, China
Welcome to Team USA’s fan hub for the 2025 Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships, your go-to source for schedules, results, roster updates and everything you need to follow the action in Wuxi!
Fast Facts
- Dates: April 7–15, 2025
- Location: Wuxi, China
- Time Zone:
- China Standard Time (UTC+8)
- Example: If a match starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi, that’s:
- 9 p.m. Eastern Time (New York, the night before)
- 6 p.m. Pacific Time (Los Angeles, the night before)
- Number of Team USA Fencers:
- Junior (U20) Teams: 4 fencers per weapon
- Junior Women's Epee, Junior Women's Foil, Junior Women's Saber
- Junior Men's Epee, Junior Men's Foil, Junior Men's Saber
- Cadet (U17) Teams: 3 fencers per weapon
- Cadet Women's Epee, Cadet Women's Foil, Cadet Women's Saber
- Cadet Men's Epee, Cadet Men's Foil, Cadet Men's Saber
Competition Schedule
- Monday, April 7
- Junior Men's Saber: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Junior Women's Saber: Starts at 10 a.m. in Wuxi (10 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Tuesday, April 8
- Cadet Men's Saber: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Cadet Women's Saber: Starts at 10 a.m. in Wuxi (10 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Wednesday, April 9
- Junior Men's Saber Team: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Junior Women's Saber Team: Starts at 9:30 a.m. in Wuxi (9:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Thursday, April 10
- Junior Men's Foil: Starts at 8:30 a.m. in Wuxi (8:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Junior Women's Foil: Starts at 10:30 a.m. in Wuxi (10:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Friday, April 11
- Cadet Men's Foil: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Cadet Women's Foil: Starts at 11 a.m. in Wuxi (11 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Saturday, April 12
- Junior Men's Foil Team: Starts at 8:30 a.m. in Wuxi (8:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Junior Women's Foil Team: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Sunday, April 13
- Junior Men's Epee: Starts at 8:30 a.m. in Wuxi (8:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Junior Women's Epee: Starts at 10:30 a.m. in Wuxi (10:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Monday, April 14
- Cadet Men's Epee: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Cadet Women's Epee: Starts at 11 a.m. in Wuxi (11 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Tuesday, April 15
- Junior Men's Epee Team: Starts at 8:30 a.m. in Wuxi (8:30 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Junior Women's Epee Team: Starts at 9 a.m. in Wuxi (9 p.m. the night before EDT)
- Closing Ceremony
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- 0SILVER
- 0BRONZE
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(Staff supporting Team USA in Wuxi)
- Dagmara Wozniak OLY – Women's Saber Coach
- Ralf Bissdorf OLY-GER – Women's Foil Coach
- Gia Kvaratskhelia – Men's Foil Coach
- Natalie Dostert – Women's Epee Coach
- Andrey Geva – Men's Epee Coach
- Terrence Lasker – Men's Saber Coach
- Kaitlyn Litten – Team Leader
- Jackie Dubrovich OLY – Team Captain
- Emily Kahler – Sports Med
- Peggy Chin – Sports Med
- David Burgess – Armorer
- Brian Rosen – Armorer
- Bryan Wendell – Media
Last Time Out – 2024 Junior & Cadet Worlds (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Individual Events
- Gold: Jaelyn Liu – Cadet Women's Foil
- Silver: Jeidus Deseranno – Cadet Men's Foil
- Silver: Sharika Gajjala – Cadet Women's Epee
- Bronze: Leehi Machulsky – Junior Women's Epee
- Bronze: Samarth Kumbla – Junior Men's Foil
- Bronze: Samuel Imrek – Junior Men's Epee
- Bronze: Alexander Bezrodnov – Cadet Men's Epee
- Bronze: Will Morrill – Junior Men's Saber
(Total: 8 individual medals – 1 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze)
Team Events
- Gold: Junior Men's Foil Team (Samarth Kumbla, Chase Emmer, Andrew Chen, Daniel Zhang)
- Gold: Junior Women's Epee Team (Sarah Gu, Michaela Joyce, Yasmine Khamis, Leehi Machulsky)
- Gold: Junior Men's Saber Team (Cody Walter Ji, Will Morrill, Colin Heathcock, Jordan Silberzweig)
(Total: 3 team gold medals)
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Recent Host Cities
A look back at the last 10 editions of the Junior & Cadet Fencing World Championships:
- 2016 – Bourges, France
- 2017 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 2018 – Verona, Italy
- 2019 – Toruń, Poland
- 2020 – (Canceled due to COVID-19)
- 2021 – Cairo, Egypt
- 2022 – Dubai, UAE
- 2023 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- 2024 – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 2025 – Wuxi, China