MASSIALAS Alexander

20 Apr 1994
27
Male
Youth Olympian
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
 
United States of America
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
FEN Fencing Men's Foil Individual 18
Men's Foil Team 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Makuhari Messe Hall B Green Piste
USA
MASSIALAS AMASSIALAS Alexander
12
GER
JOPPICH PJOPPICH Peter
15
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall B Blue Piste
USA
United States
45
GER
Germany
36
Finished
Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste
USA
United States
41
ROC
ROC
45
Finished
Makuhari Messe B Final Piste
USA
United States
45
JPN
Japan
31
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationFoil IndividualFoil Team
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA23
2012London, GBR134

Youth Olympic Games
YearLocationFoil Individual
2010Singapore, SIN2

World Championships
YearLocationFoil IndividualFoil Team
2019Budapest, HUN101
2018Wuxi, CHN332
2017Leipzig, GER52
2015Moscow, RUS26
2014Kazan, RUS195
2013Budapest, HUN112
2011Catania, ITA2311
2010Paris, FRA439
2009Antalya, TUR449

Pan American Championships
YearLocationFoil IndividualFoil Team
2019Toronto, ON, CAN31
2018Havana, CUB31
2017Montreal, QC, CAN21

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017
YearFoil IndividualFoil Team
2019/20201 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 11th3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2018/20191 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 10th3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2017/20181 x 2nd, 2 x 5th, 1 x 17th5 x 1st
2016/20171 x 1st, 1 x 5th1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017
YearFoil Individual
2020/20211 x 9th
2019/20201 x 2nd
2018/20191 x 6th, 1 x 7th, 1 x 21st
2017/20181 x 1st, 1 x 17th, 1 x 33rd
2016/20172 x 2nd, 1 x 33rd

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
12019/2020Foil TeamWorld CupCairo, EGY
12019/2020Foil TeamWorld CupParis, FRA
12019/2020Foil TeamWorld CupBonn, GER
12018/2019Foil TeamWorld CupSt. Petersburg, RUS
12018/2019Foil TeamWorld CupCairo, EGY
12018/2019Foil TeamWorld CupBonn, GER
12017/2018Foil IndividualGrand PrixTurin, ITA
12017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupSt. Petersburg, RUS
12017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupBonn, GER
12017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupParis, FRA
12017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupTokyo, JPN
12017/2018Foil TeamWorld CupCairo, EGY
12016/2017Foil IndividualWorld CupParis, FRA
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Alex (fencing.net, 18 May 2011)
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Spending time with friends, going to the beach, watching TV. (alexandermassialas.com, 23 Jan 2021)
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Athlete
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Mechanical Engineering - Stanford University, United States of America
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English, Mandarin
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Massialas Foundation [San Francisco, CA, USA]
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Greg Massialas [club, national, father], USA
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Right (fie.ch, 04 Nov 2010)
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His father Greg competed in foil fencing at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He has also coached the US men's national foil team and was a fencing referee at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. His younger sister Sabrina won silver in team foil at the 2017 World Championships in Leipzig, Germany. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Jun 2019; thenationalherald.com, 14 Aug 2016; fencingusa.com, 01 Jan 2014; sports.yahoo.com, 14 May 2020)
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He sustained a wrist injury and missed some training in the build-up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 14 May 2020)
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He began fencing at age seven at his father's club in San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (latimes.com, 14 Mar 2019; Athlete, 28 Nov 2011)
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"My father was an Olympian in fencing. When he set up his own club, I wanted to start right away." (Athlete, 28 Nov 2011)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fie.org, 05 Sep 2016)
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Winning two medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (digitaljournal.com, 07 Dec 2019)
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US fencer Gerek Meinhardt. (Instagram profile, 04 Sep 2019)
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His father Greg, and coach Dean Hinton. (usafencing.org, 11 Oct 2017; Athlete, 28 Nov 2011)
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"I don't like losing in anything and that means board games, video games, and fencing." (digitaljournal.com, 07 Dec 2019)
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In 2018 he was presented with the Alumni Achievement Award from the Chinese American International School. (cais.org, 12 Jun 2018)

While competing at Stanford University in the United States of America, he was named a First Team All-American in 2013, 2014, and 2015. (gostanford.com, 01 Jan 2018)
Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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