Birthplace: Tampa, Fla.
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
High School: The Dwight School (2011)
Coach: Stefano Cerioni
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Current U.S. Ranking: No. 4
Current World Ranking: No. 4
Honors:

First U.S. man to win an individual FIE Overall World Cup Title (2014-15)
Member of the first U.S. Men's Foil Team to win a Senior World medal (2013)
Member of the first U.S. Men's Foil Team to win a Senior Championship title (2019)
Member of the first men's foil team from any nation to sweep the World Cup series in a single season (2017-18)

Olympic Teams: 2020 (Team Replacement Athlete), 2016 (Bronze - Team), 2012

Senior World Championship Teams: 2019 (Gold - Team), 2018 (Silver - Team), 2017 (Silver - Team), 2015, 2014, 2013 (Silver - Team), 2011
Pan American Games Teams: 2019 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)

Junior World Championship Teams: 2013 (Silver - Team), 2012 (Gold - Team), 2011 (Gold - Team)

Cadet World Championship Teams: 2010 (Bronze)
In 2013, Imboden made history with the U.S. Men's Foil Team when the squad won its first medal at the Senior World Championships with a silver. In 2015, Imboden reached the No. 1 position in the world rankings, becoming the second U.S. men's foil fencer to do so and the first U.S. man ever to earn the FIE Overall World Cup title. A bronze medalist in the team event at the 2016 Olympic Games, Imboden won gold at the 2019 Senior World Championships with Team USA as a member of the first U.S. Men's Foil Team ever to win a Senior World title.
Imboden says he focuses on the mental aspects of fencing which have allowed him to achieve the success he has had in recent years, but he still says one of his biggest challenges is controlling his emotions on the strip.
When not competing on the world's stage, Imboden has traveled the globe as a top runway model, walking for labels such as Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton.

Personal

Imboden took up fencing when, as a child, a stranger saw him playing with swords in a park and suggested he take up fencing. By 18, Imboden qualified for her first Senior World Championship Team, earning a top-eight finish in his debut in 2011 and has remained a core member of the U.S. Men's Foil Team for a decade.

Results

2021:

Bronze - Doha Grand Prix

2020:

Gold - Cairo World Cup (Team)
Gold - Paris World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Torino Grand Prix
17th - Paris World Cup
35th - Cairo World Cup

2019:

Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
Gold - Torino Grand Prix
Gold - Bonn World Cup (Team)
Gold - St. Petersburg World Cup (Team)
Gold - Cairo World Cup (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
Silver - Tokyo World Cup (Individual)
Silver - Tokyo World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Paris World Cup (Individual)
Bronze - Paris World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Pan American Games (Individual)
Fifth - St. Petersburg World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - Tokyo World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - Cairo World Cup (Individual)
17th - Shanghai Grand Prix
17th - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Anaheim
33rd - Bonn World Cup (Individual)

2018:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Anaheim
Gold - St. Petersburg Word Cup (Team)
Gold - Paris World Cup (Team)
Gold - Bonn World Cup (Team / 2018-19 Season)
Gold - Bonn World Cup (Team / 2017-18 Season)
Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
Bronze - Shanghai Grand Prix
Seventh - Paris World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - St. Petersburg World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
10th - Bonn World Cup (Individual / 2018-19 season)
10th - Bonn World Cup (Individual / 2017-18 season)
17th - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2017:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Tokyo World Cup (Team)
Gold - Cairo World Cup (Team)
Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - Cairo World Cup Individual)
Bronze - Paris World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Bonn World Cup (Individual)
Eighth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
Ninth - Torino Grand Prix
Ninth - Paris World Cup (Individual)
10th - Tokyo World Cup (Individual)
10th - St. Petersburg World Cup
10th - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix
36th - Shanghai Grand Prix

2016:

Gold - Paris World Cup (Individual)
Gold - Paris World Cup (Team)
Gold - Cairo World Cup (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - October North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - Cairo World Cup (Team)
Silver - Tokyo World Cup (Team)
Silver - St. Petersburg World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Olympic Games (Team)
Bronze - Havana Grand Prix
Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
11th - Torino Grand Prix
17th - Tokyo World Cup (Individual)
19th - Shanghai Grand Prix
34th - Bonn World Cup (Individual)
34th - St. Petersburg World Cup (Individual)

2015:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - Paris World Cup (Individual)
Gold - Paris World Cup (Team)
Gold - Tokyo World Cup (Team)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - San Jose World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Havana Grand Prix
Bronze - Bonn World Cup (Team)
Fifth - Bonn World Cup (Individual)
Fifth - St. Petersburg World Cup (Team)
Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
Ninth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
Ninth - Tokyo World Cup (Individual)
17th - San Jose World Cup (Individual)
18th - Torino Grand Prix
18th - St. Petersburg World Cup (Individual)
18th - Shanghai Grand Prix

2014:

Gold - Tokyo World Cup (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Silver - Seoul World Cup (Individual)
Silver - July North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - Torino Grand Prix
Bronze - Tokyo Grand Prix
Bronze - La Coruna World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Paris World Cup (Team)
Fourth - Tokyo World Cup (Team)
Fifth - Senior World Championships (Team)
Sixth - San Francisco World Cup (Individual)
Sixth - San Francisco World Cup (Team)
Ninth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
Ninth - Seoul World Cup (Team)
10th - Pan American Championships (Individual)
13th - Venice Grand Prix
17th - Havana World Cup (Individual)
18th - La Coruna World Cup (Individual)
19th - Paris World Cup (Individual)
34th - Bonn World Cup
35th - St. Petersburg Grand Prix

2013:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Havana World Cup (Individual)
Gold - Paris World Cup (Team)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Silver - Havana World Cup (Team)
Silver - La Coruna World Cup (Team)
Silver - Seoul World Cup (Team)
Silver - World Combat Games
Fifth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
11th - St. Petersburg Grand Prix
11th - November North American Cup (Division I)
12th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
17th - Paris World Cup (Individual)
20th - La Coruna World Cup (Individual)
21st - Tokyo Grand Prix
34th - Venice Grand Prix
35th - Bonn World Cup
35th - Seoul World Cup (Individual)

2012:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - Paris World Cup (Individual)
Bronze - Seoul World Cup (Individual)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
Fourth - Olympic Games (Team)
Fifth - Havana World Cup (Team)
Sixth - Paris Foil World Cup (Team)
Seventh - Bonn World Cup (Team)
Ninth - Olympic Games (Individual)
11th - Wakayama Grand Prix
13th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
17th - Havana World Cup (Individual)
19th - Bonn World Cup (Individual)
19th - Venice Grand Prix (Individual)
19th - La Coruna World Cup (Individual)

2011:

Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Gold - North American Cup C (Junior)
Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - Lignano Junior World Cup
Fourth - Olympic Test Event
Fifth - Modling Junior World Cup
Eighth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
10th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
11th - Senior World Championships (Team)
16th - St. Petersburg Grand Prix
33rd - North American Cup C (Division I)
41st - Shanghai Grand Prix
42nd - La Coruna World Cup
48th - Seoul World Cup
61st - Havana World Cup

2010:

Gold - London Junior World Cup
Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Silver - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Silver - North American Cup A (Division I)
Silver - North American Cup B (Junior)
Bronze - Cadet World Championships
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
Fourth - Paris Cadet European Cup
Sixth - North American Cup F (Division I)
10th - North American Cup D (Junior)
11th - North American Cup D (Division I)
11th - December North American Cup (Division I)
14th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
17th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
34th - Montreal World Cup

2009:

Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Gold - North American Cup B (Cadet)
Eighth - Cabris Cadet European Cup
Eighth - North American Cup C (Division I)
11th - London Junior World Cup
12th - Budapest Cadet European Cup
15th - Aix-en-Provence Junior World Cup
19th - Montreal World Cup
37th - North American Cup B (Junior)

2008:

Bronze - Montreal Junior World Cup

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