Birthplace: El Paso, Texas
Club: DC Fencers Club
Coaches: Robert Suchorski and Janusz Smolenski
Family: Parents Thomas and Cynthia Sirico (both of whom fenced at the University of Texas -El Paso), younger sisters Brooke and Meghan
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 5
Current World Ranking: 114
Senior World Championships: 2018
Pan American Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold - Team), 2014 (Gold - Team)
World University Games Teams: 2015
Junior World Championship Teams: 2016 (Bronze - Team), 2015, 2014 (Silver - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2013

Results

2018:

Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
38th - Cali Grand Prix

2017:

Gold - NCAA Championships (Team)
Gold - ACC Championships (Individual)
Gold - ACC Championships (Team)
Bronze - NCAA Championships (Individual)
Bronze - NCAA Midwest Regional Championships
Seventh - Legnano World Cup (Team)
14th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
25th - Bogota Grand Prix
26th - Talinn World Cup
28th - January North American Cup (Division I)
31st - Legnano World Cup (Individual)

2016:

Bronze - Junior World Championships (Team)
Bronze - January North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - July Challenge (Division I)
Bronze - December North American Cup (Division I)
12th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
13th - January North American Cup (Division I)
13th - Tallinn World Cup (Team)
15th - October North American Cup (Division I)
43rd - Tallinn World Cup (Individual)
43rd - Burgos Junior World Cup

2015:

Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - January North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - July Challenge (Division I)
Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
Fifth - July Challenge (Junior)
Eighth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
10th - Espoo Junior World Cup
16th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
31st - Legnano World Cup
50th - Nanjing World Cup

2014:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - July North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Silver - Helsinki Junior World Cup
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Bronze - Dijon Junior World Cup
Fifth - Gothenburg Junior World Cup
Sixth - July North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - December North American Cup (Division I)
Eighth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
12th - October North American Cup (Division I)
30th - Barcelona World Cup
64th - Havana Grand Prix

2013:

Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Gothenburg Junior World Cup
Silver - July North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - January North American Cup (Cadet)
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Sixth - Gothenburg Cadet European Cup
Ninth - December North American Cup (Division I)
14th - Rio de Janeiro World Cup
15th - Cadet World Championships
18th - November North American Cup (Division I)
34th - January North American Cup (Junior)
64th - Havana Grand Prix

2012:

Gold - Grenoble Cadet European Cup
Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Gold - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Silver - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup
Silver - July North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - July North American Cup (Cadet)
Bronze - November North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I Team)
Ninth - January North American Cup (Junior)
Ninth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
15th - December North American Cup (Division I)
17th - Gothenburg Cadet European Cup
19th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
25th - October North American Cup (Division I)
33rd - Bratislava Junior World Cup
34th - November North American Cup (Division I)
51st - January North American Cup (Division I)

2011:

Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division IA)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Fifth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Sixth - Grenoble Cadet European Cup
Sixth - November North American Cup (Cadet)
Ninth - November North American Cup (Junior)
10th - North American Cup F (Cadet)
14th - North American Cup C (Junior)
15th - Gothenburg Cadet European Cup
15th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
16th - North American Cup C (Division I)
17th - Modling Cadet European Cup
18th - North American Cup F (Junior)
35th - North American Cup C (Cadet)
39th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
48th - Bratislava Junior World Cup
53rd - December North American Cup (Division I)

2010:

Silver - North American Cup B (Cadet)
Bronze - North American Cup F (Y14)
11th - North American Cup D (Junior)
19th - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
19th - North American Cup B (Junior)
21st - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
26th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
35th - North American Cup F (Division I)
38th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
39th - Montreux Cadet European Cup
42nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
60th - North American Cup A (Division I)
63rd - December North American Cup (Division I)

2009:

Bronze - North American Cup B (Y14)
14th - North American Cup A (Cadet)
36th - North American Cup B (Junior)
56th - North American Cup B (Cadet)

James Sands

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