Monica Aksamit

Birthplace: New York, N.Y.
Current residence: Matawan, N.J.
Club: Manhattan Fencing Center
Coach: Yury Gelman
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 10
Current World Ranking: No. 100
Olympic Teams: 2016 (Bronze - Team)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2018, 2017, 2009
Pan American Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold - Team), 2017 (Gold - Team), 2016 (Gold - Team), 2009 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2009, 2008 (Silver - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2007

Personal

After taking up fencing at the age of nine, Aksamit won team silver at the 2008 Junior World Championships as an 18 year old. The following year, she earned a team gold and an individual bronze medal at the Pan American Championships. From 2008-12, Aksamit attended Pennsylvania State University, majoring in kinesiology. During her fencing career as a Nittany Lion, she won two NCAA Team Championships and was the runner-up NCAA Champion in 2012. A three-time All-American, Aksamit finished with a 68-14 collegiate record. When her collegiate fencing career finished in 2012, Aksamit decided to commit her next four years to becoming a member of the 2016 Olympic Team. Aksamit had the best season of her career in 2015-16 to reach No. 4 in the nation for the first time since 2009 and qualify for Team USA. A replacement athlete in Rio, Aksamit did not fence in the individual event, but helped the U.S. Women’s Saber Team win its second bronze medal in Olympic history.

Results

2019:

• 26th - Cairo Grand Prix
• 39th - Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup
• 39th - Seoul Grand Prix 

2018:

• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Fifth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• 30th - Seoul Grand Prix
• 38th - Senior World Championships 
• 38th - Baltimore World Cup
• 49th - Tunis World Cup
• 50th - Orleans World Cup

2017:

• Silver - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Seventh - Yangzhou World Cup
• Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• 24th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• 26th - Sint-Niklaas World Cup
• 34th - Athens World Cup 
• 35th - Tunis World Cup
• 37th - Moscow Grand Prix
• 42nd - New York World Cup
• 47th - Cancun Grand Prix
• 53rd - Orleans World Cup 

2016: 

• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Bronze - Olympic Games (Team)
• Sixth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• 16th - Seoul Grand Prix
• 20th - Moscow Grand Prix
• 21st - Foshan World Cup
• 29th - Gent World Cup
• 32nd - Athens World Cup 
• 47th - Cancun Grand Prix

2015:

• 26th - Seoul Grand Prix
• 37th - Beijing World Cup
• 55th - Athens World Cup
• 64th - Gent World Cup 

2014:

• 13th - Margarita Island World Cup 
• 13th - Beijing World Cup
• 13th - Dakar World Cup
• 15th - Bolzano World Cup
• 26th - Antalya World Cup
• 28th - Gent World Cup
• 35th - Orleans World Cup 
• 44th - Absolute Fencing Gear New York Grand Prix
• 45th - Absolute Fencing Gear Korfanty World Cup 
• 62nd - Moscow Grand Prix

2013: 

• 16th - Antalya World Cup
• 23rd - Gent World Cup
• 29th - Tianjin Grand Prix
• 41st - Moscow World Cup
• 45th - Chicago World Cup

2011:

• 14th - Tianjin World Cup
• 29th - New York World Cup
• 52nd - Bologna World Cup

2010: 

• Second - December North American Cup (Division I)
• 10th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• 10th - North American Cup A (Division I)
• 13th - North American Cup F (Division I)
• 15th - New York World Cup

2009:

• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Silver - North American Cup C (Division I)
• Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Eighth - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Eighth - Budapest Junior World Cup
• 20th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• 23rd - Orleans Grand Prix
• 29th - Junior World Championships (Individual) 

2008:

• Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)

2007:

• 13th - Cadet World Championships