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Alexander Massialas
Massialas at the 2015 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Born (1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 (age 30)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1][2]
Weight185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Sport
Country United States
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
FIE rankingNo. 8 (Men's foil)[3][4]
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Moscow Individual
Silver medal – second place 2017 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 San Salvador Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 San José Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Reno, Nevada Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Cancún Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Panama City Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Panama City Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Reno, Nevada Individual
Silver medal – second place 2012 Cancún Individual
Silver medal – second place 2014 San José Individual
Silver medal – second place 2015 Santiago Individual
Silver medal – second place 2017 Montreal Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2010 San José Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Havana Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Toronto Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Lima Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Lima Individual
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore Individual

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

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Massialas 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

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After 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

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 2nd[14]
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 3rd[15]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 3rd[16]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 2nd[17]
2015 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[18]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 2nd[19]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 2nd[20]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 1st[21]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 2nd[22]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2013-03-04 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[23]
2014-05-03 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[24]
2015-03-13 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 2nd[25]
2016-06-03 China Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 1st[26]
2016-12-02 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[27]
2017-03-17 United States Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil 2nd[28]
2017-12-01 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[29]
2020-02-07 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[30]
2023-05-19 China Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 1st[31]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2010-05-29 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[32]
2011-05-20 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 3rd[33]
2012-01-27 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[34]
2013-02-22 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual Men's Foil 3rd[35]
2014-04-25 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 1st[36]
2015-01-16 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[37]
2015-11-06 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[38]
2017-01-20 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 1st[39]
2018-02-09 Germany Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[40]
2019-03-01 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[41]
2020-02-21 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[42]
2023-05-07 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[43]
2023-11-10 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Individual Men's Foil 1st[44]
2023-12-09 Japan Tokoname, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[45]
2024-11-22 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Individual Men's Foil 1st[46]
2024-11-24 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Team Men's Foil 2nd[47]

Pan American Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Foil 1st[48]
2010 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 3rd[49]
2010 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[50]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Foil 2nd[51]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Team Men's Foil 1st[52]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 2nd[53]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[54]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Foil 1st[55]
2014 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 2nd[56]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Foil 2nd[57]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Team Men's Foil 1st[58]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Individual Men's Foil 1st[59]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Team Men's Foil 1st[60]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 2nd[61]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[62]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[63]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Foil 1st[64]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[65]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[66]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Foil 1st[67]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Foil 1st[68]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 3rd[69]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[70]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 3rd[71]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[72]

See also

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