Alexander Massialas (/ˌmɑːsiˈɑːlɪs/ MAH-see-AH-liss; born April 20, 1994)[5] is an American right-handed foil fencer.[6]
Massialas is a two-time NCAA champion, 11-time team Pan American champion, two-time individual Pan American champion, and 2019 team world champion.
A three-time Olympian, Massialas is a 2016 individual Olympic silver medalist and two-time team Olympic bronze medalist. Massialas competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Early life
editMassialas was born in San Francisco, California,[7] to a father of Greek descent and a Taiwanese mother.[8] His father, Greg Massialas, fenced for the United States in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, and currently coaches the American national foil team. His sister, Sabrina, is also a high-level foil fencer. Despite this, Massialas was never pushed into fencing.
Fencing career
editAfter he showed spontaneous interest at an early age, his father made him wait until he was seven years old to begin training.[9]
An athletic child, Massialas played soccer and made the basketball and the swimming teams at Drew School. He enrolled at Stanford University on a fencing scholarship in the fall of 2012.[10] He closed his freshman season by winning the 2013 NCAA title in individual men's foil.[11] He repeated this feat in 2015, after falling to David Willette in 2014's semifinal round.[12][13]
Medal Record
editOlympic Games
editYear | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[14] |
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[15] |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[16] |
World Championship
editYear | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[17] |
2015 | Moscow, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[18] |
2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[19] |
2018 | Wuxi, China | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[20] |
2019 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Foil | 1st[21] |
2022 | Cairo, Egypt | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[22] |
Grand Prix
editDate | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2013-03-04 | St. Petersburg, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[23] |
2014-05-03 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[24] |
2015-03-13 | Havana, Cuba | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[25] |
2016-06-03 | Shanghai, China | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[26] |
2016-12-02 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[27] |
2017-03-17 | Long Beach, California | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[28] |
2017-12-01 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[29] |
2020-02-07 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[30] |
2023-05-19 | Shanghai, China | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[31] |
World Cup
editDate | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2010-05-29 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[32] |
2011-05-20 | Seoul, South Korea | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[33] |
2012-01-27 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[34] |
2013-02-22 | A Coruña, Spain | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[35] |
2014-04-25 | Seoul, South Korea | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[36] |
2015-01-16 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[37] |
2015-11-06 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[38] |
2017-01-20 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[39] |
2018-02-09 | Bonn, Germany | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[40] |
2019-03-01 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[41] |
2020-02-21 | Cairo, Egypt | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[42] |
2023-05-05 | Acapulco, Mexico | Team Men's Foil | 1st[43] |
2023-11-10 | Istanbul, Turkey | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[44] |
2023-12-09 | Tokoname, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[45] |
Pan American Championship
editYear | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Team Men's Foil | 1st[46] |
2010 | San José, Costa Rica | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[47] |
2010 | San José, Costa Rica | Team Men's Foil | 1st[48] |
2011 | Reno, Nevada | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[49] |
2011 | Reno, Nevada | Team Men's Foil | 1st[50] |
2012 | Cancún, Mexico | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[51] |
2012 | Cancún, Mexico | Team Men's Foil | 1st[52] |
2013 | Cartagena, Colombia | Team Men's Foil | 1st[53] |
2014 | San José, Costa Rica | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[54] |
2015 | Santiago, Chile | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[55] |
2015 | Santiago, Chile | Team Men's Foil | 1st[56] |
2016 | Panama City, Panama | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[57] |
2016 | Panama City, Panama | Team Men's Foil | 1st[58] |
2017 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[59] |
2017 | Montreal, Canada | Team Men's Foil | 1st[60] |
2018 | Havana, Cuba | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[61] |
2018 | Havana, Cuba | Team Men's Foil | 1st[62] |
2019 | Toronto, Canada | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[63] |
2019 | Toronto, Canada | Team Men's Foil | 1st[64] |
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[65] |
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | Team Men's Foil | 1st[66] |
2023 | Lima, Peru | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[67] |
2023 | Lima, Peru | Team Men's Foil | 1st[68] |
2024 | Lima, Peru | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[69] |
2024 | Lima, Peru | Team Men's Foil | 1st[70] |
See also
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