Michaela Joyce
Athlete Bio#
Age
20
Hometown
Sterling, VA
Education
Junior at The Madeira School
Club: Cardinal Fencing Academy
Coaches: Ilya V. Lobanenkov
Family: Parents Michael and Johnnetta Joyce, grandmother Ruby J. Joyce
Hobbies: Reading, Guitar Hero, Olympic weightlifting and singing
How She Started Fencing: Summer fencing camp after seeing a demo at her school
Favorite Fencing Memory: Winning the Grenoble Cadet European Cup team event with Handley, Faith and Yasmine
Something People Would be Surprised to Know: Her shoe size is a women's 13
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 2 (Cadet), No. 3 (Junior), No. 10 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 10 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021, 2020
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2021, 2020
Coaches: Ilya V. Lobanenkov
Family: Parents Michael and Johnnetta Joyce, grandmother Ruby J. Joyce
Hobbies: Reading, Guitar Hero, Olympic weightlifting and singing
How She Started Fencing: Summer fencing camp after seeing a demo at her school
Favorite Fencing Memory: Winning the Grenoble Cadet European Cup team event with Handley, Faith and Yasmine
Something People Would be Surprised to Know: Her shoe size is a women's 13
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 2 (Cadet), No. 3 (Junior), No. 10 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 10 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021, 2020
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2021, 2020
Results
2021:
- Ninth - Cadet World Championships
- Ninth - Junior World Championships (Team)
- 17th - April North American Cup (Division I)
- 37th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
2020:
- Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Gold - Junior Pan American Championshps (Team)
- Bronze - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Bronze - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- Ninth - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- Ninth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- Ninth - January North American Cup (Junior)
- 10th - Bratislava Junior World Cup (Team)
- 10th - January North American Cup (Division I)
- 13th - Bratislava Junior World Cup (Individual)
2019:
- Gold - Grenoble Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Gold - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Silver - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Team)
- Silver - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- Silver - July Challenge (Cadet)
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Silver - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- Fifth - July Challenge (Junior)
- Eighth - Bratislava Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- Ninth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 10th - December North American Cup (Division I)
- 11th - Grenoble Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 11th - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Team)
- 13th - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 16th - Burgos Junior World Cup
- 17th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- 18th - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 18th - January North American Cup (Junior)
- 21st - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 24th- July Challenge (Division I)
- 45th - January North American Cup (Division I)
2018:
- Gold - March North American Cup (Y14)
- Silver - Heidenheim Cadet European Cup
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division IA)
- Bronze - November North American Cup (Y14)
- Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- Fifth - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Team)
- 10th - January North American Cup (Junior)
- 11th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
- 13th - July Challenge (Junior)
- 18th - Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (Individual)
- 18th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- 20th - November North American Cup (Junior)
- 23rd - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 27th - April North American Cup (Division I)
- 37th - July Challenge (Cadet)
2017:
- Sixth - March North American Cup (Y12)
- Seventh - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12)
- 28th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
- 31st - November North American Cup (Y14)
- 37th - March North American Cup (Y14)