Amanda Pirkowski
Athlete Bio#
Age
22
Hometown
Longwood, FL
Education
Junior at Lake Mary High School
Coach: Julio Diaz
Family: Parents Samantha and Michael Pirkowski
Hobbies: Dancing (dances competitively with Lake Mary High School's Marionette dance team)
How She Started Fencing: Wanted to participate after watching fencing on television during the in London Olympic Games
Favorite Fencing Memory: Standing on the medal podium and hearing the national anthem after winning a gold medal for the United States during her first international fencing tournament, the 2015 Pan American Youth Games in Lima, Peru.
Something People Would Be Surprised to Know: She plays the piano and harp, and she enjoys participating in volunteer service, especially to promote music as a means to overcome disabilities.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 3 (Cadet), No. 8 (Junior), No. 20 (Senior)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2019
Family: Parents Samantha and Michael Pirkowski
Hobbies: Dancing (dances competitively with Lake Mary High School's Marionette dance team)
How She Started Fencing: Wanted to participate after watching fencing on television during the in London Olympic Games
Favorite Fencing Memory: Standing on the medal podium and hearing the national anthem after winning a gold medal for the United States during her first international fencing tournament, the 2015 Pan American Youth Games in Lima, Peru.
Something People Would Be Surprised to Know: She plays the piano and harp, and she enjoys participating in volunteer service, especially to promote music as a means to overcome disabilities.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 3 (Cadet), No. 8 (Junior), No. 20 (Senior)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2019
Results
2019:
- Silver - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Bronze - Dijon Junior World Cup (Team)
- Sixth - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 13th - Cadet World Championships
- 14th - Bratislava Junior World Cup
- 20th - January North American Cup (Division I)
- 39th - Dijon Junior World Cup (Individual)
2018:
- Silver - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Bronze - Heidenheim Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Bronze - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- Sixth - July Challenge (Junior)
- Seventh - Heidenheim Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- Eighth - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Ninth - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Team)
- 12th - Krakow Cadet European Cup
- 17th - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 24th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- 31st - July Challenge (Division I)
- 32nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- 33rd - July Challenge (Junior)
- 39th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 47th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 50th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
2017:
- Bronze - Espoo Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- Fifth - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Fifth - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Ninth - March North American Cup (Y14)
- 10th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 12th - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 12th - March North American Cup (Y14 Foil)
- 13th - December North American Cup (Division I)
- 14th - Espoo Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 18th - July Challenge (Cadet)
- 26th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 33rd - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- 33rd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14 Foil)
- 38th - July Challenge (Junior)
- 42nd - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 42nd - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- 60th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet Foil)
2016:
- Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
- Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Team Foil)
- Fifth - November North American Cup (Y14)
- Fifth - March North American Cup (Y14)
- Seventh - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Seventh - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Eighth - November North American Cup (Junior)
- Ninth - Grenoble Cadet European Cup (Team)
- 13th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14 Foil)
- 14th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division II Foil)
- 15th - December North American Cup (Division IA Foil)
- 18th - Cadet Pan American Championships (Individual Foil)
- 19th - March North American Cup (Division II Foil)
- 20th - Junior an American Championships (Individual Foil)
- 20th - Cadet Pan American Championships (Individual Epee)
- 23rd - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- 27th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 29th - July Challenge (Junior)
- 32nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Division IA)
- 33rd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- 37th - December North American Cup (Division I)
- 41st - July Challenge (Cadet)
- 50th - July Challenge (Division I)
- 53rd - Grenoble Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 56th - March North American Cup (Y14 Foil)
- 58th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 62nd - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Individual)
2015:
- Gold - Pan American Youth Championships (Youth B Foil)
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12)
- Bronze - Pan American Youth Championships (Youth B)
- Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Sixth - October North American Cup (Division II)
- 12th - November North American Cup (Y14)
- 13th - Copenhagen Cadet European Cup (Team)
- 13th - April North American Cup (Y12)
- 16th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- 22nd - Copenhagen Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 27th - April North American Cup (Y14)
- 42nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12 Foil)
- 44th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- 47th - April North American Cup (Y12 Foil)