ITKIN Nick

United States of America

Date of Birth: 9 Oct 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Place of residence : LOS ANGELES, CA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Fencing	Men's Foil Individual	12
	Men's Foil Team USA United States	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Foil Individual Table of 32 #45 USA ITKIN NITKIN Nick 15 ROC BORODACHEV ABORODACHEV Anton 11	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Red Piste	Men's Foil Individual Table of 16 #55 USA ITKIN NITKIN Nick 13 ROC BORODACHEV KBORODACHEV Kirill 15	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Blue Piste	Men's Foil Team Quarterfinal 1 #9 USA United States 45 GER Germany 36	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall B Yellow Piste	Men's Foil Team Semifinal 1 #15 USA United States 41 ROC ROC 45	Finished
	Makuhari Messe B Final Piste	Men's Foil Team Bronze Medal Match #19 USA United States 45 JPN Japan 31	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championships

Year	Location	Foil Individual
2019	Budapest, HUN	20

Pan American Games

Year	Location	Foil Team
2019	Lima, PER	1

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	Foil Individual
2019	Toronto, ON, CAN	5

World Cup overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Foil Individual	Foil Team
2019/2020	1 x 1st, 1 x 8th, 1 x 18th	3 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2018/2019	1 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 11th	-
2017/2018	1 x 24th, 1 x 25th, 1 x 57th	-
2016/2017	1 x 16th, 1 x 44th, 1 x 49th	1 x 3rd

Grand Prix overview - Three best ranks per season since 2016/2017

Year	Foil Individual
2020/2021	1 x 18th
2019/2020	1 x 18th
2018/2019	1 x 2nd, 1 x 11th
2017/2018	1 x 32nd, 1 x 41st
2016/2017	1 x 21st, 1 x 42nd

World Cup & Grand Prix - Ten best performances since 2016/2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019/2020	Foil Individual	World Cup	Paris, FRA
1	2019/2020	Foil Team	World Cup	Cairo, EGY
1	2019/2020	Foil Team	World Cup	Paris, FRA
1	2019/2020	Foil Team	World Cup	Bonn, GER
2	2019/2020	Foil Team	World Cup	Tokyo, JPN
2	2018/2019	Foil Individual	Grand Prix	Shanghai, CHN
3	2018/2019	Foil Individual	World Cup	Bonn, GER
3	2016/2017	Foil Team	World Cup	St. Petersburg, RUS
7	2018/2019	Foil Individual	World Cup	Cairo, EGY
8	2019/2020	Foil Individual	World Cup	Tokyo, JPN

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Foil Individual	Foil Team
2019	Torun, POL	17	4
2018	Verona, ITA	1	3
2017	Plovdiv, BUL	6	1

Athletics, economics, politics. (usafencing.org, 01 Apr 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Business, Political Science - University of Notre Dame, United States of America

Languages spoken:

English, Russian

University of Notre Dame [USA] / LA International Fencing [USA]

Igor Zapozdaev [LA International]; Buckie Leach [Notre Dame], USA; Michael Itkin [father], UKR

Right (fie.org, 17 Apr 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His father Michael was a professional fencer in Ukraine. His mother and his grandmother competed in gymnastics at national level in Ukraine. (und.com, 07 Jun 2018)

He began fencing at age seven. (fanword.com, 20 Aug 2018)

"My father is a fencing coach and he introduced the sport to me when I was about seven. I love this sport more than anything, my life revolves around fencing. There is no better feeling then overplaying my opponent and scoring a nice touch." (fanword.com, 20 Aug 2018)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (fie.org, 06 Feb 2020)

While he is at college he trains five days a week. "I'll have classes in the morning and then I'll have a break and I'll go take a [fencing] lesson. We have training from 16:00 to 18:30 and we have conditioning three times per week. Sometimes in the morning, normally before training, there might be some other conditioning or training that might happen throughout the week, but that's basically the schedule. Monday through Friday 16:00 to 18:30 is our training." (academyoffencingmasters.com, 02 Aug 2020)

Winning the individual men's foil at the 2020 Challenge International de Paris in France. (Sportbite Fencing, 09 Jan 2021)

He was named the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Foil Fencer of the Year. (theacc.com, 11 Apr 2019)

General Interest

General
FATHER AS COACH
He is coached by his father Michael Itkin. "I am really lucky to have this relationship with my father where he is my coach and my father. He wants it as much as I do. On the side of the strip, his emotion is just so strong and that helps me and encourages me, and it hypes me up. I started working with him when I was seven years old and he's been with me ever since. He's originally from Ukraine and we speak Russian together. It's pretty funny as he always coaches me in Russian unless my opponent is Russian, then he coaches me in English." (fie.org, 06 Feb 2020)

DUAL CITIZENSHIP
He is eligible to compete for Ukraine through his parents. "I knew it was possible [to represent Ukraine] if I wanted to, but I never acted on it. I enjoyed competing for the US and always had the dream of being on the US national team." (Sportbite Fencing, 09 Jan 2021)

STUDY BREAK
He opted to take a gap year in 2019/20 from his studies at University of Notre Dame, IN, United States of America, to focus on training for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I'll be doing a lot of travelling and a lot of camps and trying to reach that goal." (ndsmcobserver.com, 17 Apr 2019)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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