Club: Star Fencing Academy
Coaches: Kai Zhao and Shuang Meng
Family: Parents Wei and Bailin Zhang, brother Evan Zhang
Hobbies: Alto saxophone and drawing
How He Started Fencing: Introduced by weekend Chinese School
Favorite Fencing Memory: Winning a team silver medal at a Junior World Cup (Sabadell, 2020)
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 1 (Cadet), No. 4 (Junior), No. 15 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 29 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021 (Silver - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2021 (Gold), 2020

Results

2021:

Gold - Cadet World Championships
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
15th - April North American Cup (Division I)
17th - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2020:

Silver - Sabadell Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Rome Cadet European Cup
Bronze - Bratislava Cadet European Cup
Seventh - Sabadell Junior World Cup (Individual)
16th - January North American Cup (Division I)
28th - January North American Cup (Junior)

2019:

Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Gold - July Challenge (Division I)
Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Eighth - November North American Cup (Cadet)
11th - Cabries Cadet European Cup
13th - London Junior World Cup
15th - Rome Cadet European Cup
15th - October North American Cup (Division I)
16th - December North American Cup (Division I)
18th - March North American Cup (Y14)
20th - July Challenge (Cadet)
24th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
30th - January North American Cup (Junior)
33rd - October North American Cup (Cadet)
38th - Moedling Cadet European Cup
38th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
50th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)

2018:

Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
11th - November North American Cup (Y14)
16th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
17th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
18th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
19th - December North American Cup (Division I)
25th - July Challenge (Cadet)
35th - March North American Cup (Y14)

2017:

Gold - Pan American Youth Championships (Pre-Cadet)
Fifth - November North American Cup (Y14)
Seventh - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12)
Eighth - March North American Cup (Y12)
13th - July Challenge (Cadet)
20th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
33rd - March North American Cup (Y14)

2016:

Fifth - March North American Cup (Y12)
Ninth - November North American Cup (Y12)
22nd - November North American Cup (Y14)
32nd - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
50th - November North American Cup (Cadet)

2015:

10th - April North American Cup (Y10)
11th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y10)
31st - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12)
31st - April North American Cup (Y12)

2014:

30th - July North American Cup (Y10)

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