Club: Oregon Fencing Alliance
Coach: Ed Korfanty and Adam Skarbonkiewicz
Family: Parents Shirley Fox and Chuck Gitomer, sister Francesca
Favorite Fencing Memory: Sitting in the ready room in Orleans chatting with the other finalists while they waited to be introduced to the crowd
Hobbies: Baking, painting, drawing, skiing and being outside
How She Started Fencing: She took an after-school class in kindergarten
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 1 (Junior), No. 14 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 10 (Junior)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2019, 2018
Pan American Championship Teams: 2019 (Gold - Team), 2018 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)
Pan American Games Teams: 2019 (Gold - Team)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2020, 2019, 2018 (Silver - Team), 2017
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2016

Results

2020:

Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Bronze - Dormagen Junior World cup
Bronze - Segovia Junior World Cup
Bronze - January North American Cup (Junior)
Fifth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Fifth - Plovdiv Junior World Cup
12th - January North American Cup (Division I)

2019:

Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - Ivy League Championships (Team)
Bronze - 19-20 Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Ivy League Championships (Individual)
Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
Fifth - 18-19 Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup (Team)
Fifth - January North American Cup (Division I)
Fifth - July Challenge (Division I)
Eighth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Ninth - Orleans World Cup (Team)
Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
Ninth - July Challenge (Junior)
13th - Pan American Games (Individual)
19th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
36th - December North American Cup (Division I)
39th - Tunis World Cup
44th - Cairo Grand Prix
44th - Segovia Junior World Cup
50th - Seoul Grand Prix
50th - Athens World Cup
50th - 18-19 Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup (Individual)

2018:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - July Challenge (Junior)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Silver - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - Segovia Junior World Cup (Team)
Silver - January North American Cup (Junior)
Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Bronze - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Fifth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
Fifth - Senior World Championships (Team)
Fifth - Tunis World Cup (Team)
Fifth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Fifth - Segovia Junior World Cup (Individual)
Sixth - Warsaw Junior World Cup (Team)
Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
Seventh - Orleans World Cup
12th - December North American Cup (Division I)
16th - Athens World Cup
17th - October North American Cup (Division I)
17th - July Challenge (Division I)
22nd - Warsaw Junior World Cup (Individual)
23rd - Sochi Junior World Cup
59th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
63rd - Baltimore World Cup

2017:

Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Bronze - Sosnowiec Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Plovdiv Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Segovia Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Bronze - July Challenge (Junior)
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
Fifth - Sint-Niklaas World Cup (Team)
Fifth - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Fifth - October North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - Orleans World Cup (Team)
Seventh - July Challenge (Division I)
Seventh - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Ninth - Plovdiv Junior World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - San Jose Junior World Cup
17th - November North American Cup (Junior)
23rd - Junior World Championships (Individual)
29th - December North American Cup (Division I)
32nd - Tunis World Cup
43rd - Sosnowiec Junior World Cup (Individual)
45th - Segovia Junior World Cup (Individual)
49th - Cancun Grand Prix
53rd - Sint-Niklaas World Cup (Individual)

2016:

Gold - San Jose Junior World Cup (Team)
Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - July Challenge (Cadet)
Bronze - Plovdiv Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - July Challenge (Junior)
Fifth - Sosnowiec Junior World Cup
Fifth - Dourdan Junior World Cup (Team)
Sixth - San Jose Junior World Cup (Individual)
Seventh - Dourdan Junior World Cup (Individual)
Eighth - Udine Junior World Cup
Ninth - Plovdiv Junior World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - October North American Cup (Division II)
Ninth - November North American Cup (Cadet)
10th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
14th - Cadet World Championships
17th - Konin Cadet European Cup
23rd - July Challenge (Division I)
25th - January North American Cup (Junior)
28th - January North American Cup (Division I)
49th - Dormagen Junior World Cup

2015:

Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Silver - Konin Cadet European Cup (Team)
Silver - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
Fourth - Sosnowiec Junior World Cup (Team)
Fifth - July Challenge (Division I)
Sixth - July Challenge (Cadet)
Sixth - November North American Cup (Junior)
Seventh - Konin Cadet European Cup (Individual)
Eighth - Dormagen Junior World Cup (Team)
Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
12th - Eislingen Cadet European Cup
15th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
19th - January North American Cup (Junior)
22nd - January North American Cup (Division I)
28th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
33rd - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
35th - Dormagen Junior World Cup (Individual)
36th - July Challenge (Junior)

2014:

Silver - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Bronze - San Jose Junior World Cup
Bronze - July North American Cup (Cadet)
Fifth - Konin Cadet European Cup
Fifth - July North American Cup (Junior)
10th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
13th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
13th - July North American Cup (Division I)
13th - October North American Cup (Division I)
16th - Dormagen Junior World Cup
49th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)

2013:

Gold - October North American Cup (Y14)
Silver - July North American Cup (Y12)
Bronze - April North American Cup (Y12)
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Bronze - April North American Cup (Y14 Team)
Eighth - April North American Cup (Y14)
Eighth - October North American Cup (Cadet)
15th - December North American Cup (Cadet)
27th - July North American Cup (Cadet)
39th - December North American Cup (Division I)

2012:

20th - July North American Cup (Y12)
23rd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)

2011:

Sixth - North American Cup F (Y10)
Seventh - North American Cup E (Y10)
20th - North American Cup E (Y12)
35th - North American Cup F (Y12)

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