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Gerek Meinhardt
At the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
BornGerek Lin Meinhardt
(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990 (age 33)
San Francisco, California, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st)
Sport
Country United States
SportFencing
Weaponfoil
HandRight-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
ClubNotre Dame / Massialas Foundation
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow Individual

Gerek Lin Meinhardt (born July 27, 1990) is an American foil fencer.

Biography

Meinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt.[1] He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program.[2] He attended the University of Notre Dame on a full fencing scholarship. He majored in business and finance, and was a member of the school's fencing team from 2009-2014. Gerek is currently employed by Deloitte Advisory.[1][3]

Introduced to the sport at age 9 through a program run by Olympic fencer Greg Massialas, Meinhardt began participating in national fencing competitions a year later.[1][2] At age 16 he became the youngest men's national foil champion when he won the tournament at the 2007 U.S. Fencing National Championships.[1]

Ranked 16th in the world at the time, he participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the United States fencing team. He was the youngest fencer in Beijing and the youngest U.S. Olympic fencer of all time.[2] At the 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris, he won a bronze medal in the men's foil event, tying with Yuki Ota of Japan.[4] After his gold medal win at the 2012 U.S National Championships, he was selected as an alternate fencer for the 2012 London Olympics U.S men's foil team.

Medal record

  • Olympic Teams: 2008 (Beijing), 2012 (London), 2016 (Rio)
  • Senior World Championship Teams: 2007–2012
  • Junior World Championship Teams: 2006–2010
  • Cadet World Championship Teams: 2006, 2007
  • 2010 Senior World Championship Bronze Medalist
  • 2011 Pan American Games Champion (Team)
  • 5-time Senior Pan American Zonal Champion (1x Individual, 4x Team)
  • 2-time Junior World Champion by Team (2008, 2010)
  • 2009 Silver Medalist at Junior World Championships by Team
  • 2009 Bronze Medalist at Junior World Championships Individual
  • 2010 Silver Medalist at Junior World Championships Individual
  • 3-time Senior National Champion (2007, 2008, 2012)
  • 4-time Junior National Champion (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 2009 NCAA Championships Runner-up Individual & Team
  • 2010 NCAA Champion Individual, 3rd by Team
  • 2011 NCAA Champion by Team

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gerek Meinhardt". United States Olympic Committee. 2009. Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c Crumpacker, John (April 27, 2008). "San Francisco's Gerek Meinhardt: Teen fencer ready to foil his elders". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  3. ^ http://www.und.com/sports/c-fenc/mtt/gerek_meinhardt_390070.html
  4. ^ "Joppich wins fourth foil world title". USA Today. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

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