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This is a list of USA Fencing (USFA) Division I national champions. [1] The Division I National Championship in each weapon was contested at Summer Nationals until recently, when it started taking place during the April North American Cup.
[5] [6] [4] [7] The AFLA changed its name to the United States Fencing Association in 1981, and is also known as USA Fencing. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The USFA was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in Pennsylvania in 1964 and in Colorado in 1993, in compliance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act .
Scruggs started fencing at age 6 after her older brother, Nolen, started taking lessons. She said she loves the nature of the competition. “It’s very mentally stimulating,” she said.
Team USA's Lee Kiefer reacts as she competes in the women's foil team gold medal bout between Italy and USA during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 1, 2024.
In April 2024 he represented the United States at the 2024 Junior Fencing World Championships and won a gold medal in the team sabre event. [11] In March 2024 he was named to team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [12] [13] During the men's sabre event, Heathcock was upset by Park Sang-won of Korea in the round of 32. [14]
Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhardt have been dubbed the first couple of U.S. Fencing. Kiefer and Meinhardt are both competing in their fourth, and possibly final, Olympic Games as a couple in Paris ...
Fencing is a coed sport, with teams having men's and women's squads, although some schools field only a women's team. Schools of every division compete together regularly. Most major conferences do not sponsor fencing, with the notable exceptions of the Ivy League, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
That same year, he was inducted into the USA Fencing Hall of Fame. In addition to competing in six Olympic Games, Westbrook also won 13 national championships, served on the U.S. Olympic Committee ...