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Nick Itkin (born October 9, 1999) is an American right-handed foil fencer, two-time NCAA champion, 2022 team Pan American champion, and 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist.[3] He won a bronze medal in individual men's foil at the 2022 senior World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

Nick Itkin
Born	(1999-10-09) October 9, 1999 (age 23) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [1]
Weight	157 lb (71 kg) [1]
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Fencing
Weapon	Foil
Hand	right-handed
Club	Los Angeles International Fencing Center[2]
Head coach	Michael Itkin
FIE ranking	current ranking
Medal record Men's foil Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team World Championships 2022 Cairo Team 2022 Cairo Individual Junior World Championships 2018 Verona Individual 2018 Verona Team Pan American Fencing Championships 2022 Asunción Team 2019 Toronto Team 2022 Asunción Individual US National Championships 2021 St. Louis Individual 2018 Philadelphia Individual NCAA Fencing Championships 2019 Cleveland Individual 2018 State College Individual

Early life

Itkin was born in Pacific Palisades, California, grew up in Los Angeles, and is Jewish.[4] His parents are Michael ("Misha"; a fencing coach) and Tatiana (a former rhythmic gymnast, and current coach).[5][6][7] His older sister Julia competed in rhythmic gymnastics for the US national team.[7] He attended Palisades High School, graduating in 2017.[7]

Fencing career

2015-19; Junior World Champion

Itkin trains under his father at Los Angeles International Fencing Center, which his father founded in 2003.[6] In 2015, he was a Cadet Junior Olympics bronze medalist, and in 2016 he was a Cadet Pan American Championships gold medalist.[8] In 2017 he was a Junior Pan American Championships silver medalist.[8]

At the 2018 Junior World Fencing Championships in Verona, Italy, Itkin won the gold medal in foil.[4] He defeated future world silver medalist Tommaso Marini of Italy in the final.[9] He also won a team bronze medal at the championships.[1] When he then also won consecutive NCAA Fencing Championships in foil, in 2018 and 2019 as he fenced for the University of Notre Dame where he studied political science, he decided to pursue fencing at the senior level.[8][10][11] In 2018 he became the first American fencer to win gold medals at all three of the NCAA Fencing Championships, the US National Fencing championships, and the Junior World Fencing Championship in the same year.[12][13] In 2019 he also won a team gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Fencing Championships in Toronto, Canada.[14]

2020-present; Olympic bronze medalist, and World Championship bronze medalist

Itkin won the gold medal at a 2020 World Cup in Paris, becoming the youngest top-10 foil fencer in the world.[6] Among other victories, in the competition he defeated the reigning world champion and world # 3 Enzo Lefort of France, and the reigning Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo of Italy.[15]

In 2021, Itkin won the US National Championship in foil, in Philadelphia.[6]

At the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, at 21 years of age, Itkin won a bronze medal with Team USA in the men’s team foil competition.[16][5] He came in 12th in the individual men's foil competition at the Olympics.[1] At the 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships in Asunción, Paraguay, he won a team gold medal, and an individual bronze medal.[17]

Itkin won an individual bronze medal in men's foil at the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[13] In the competition, he defeated among others world # 6 Takahiro Shikine of Japan and former world champion and current world # 3 Alessio Foconi of Italy, before losing to the reigning world champion Enzo Lefort of France by a score of 15-14.[13]

Medal record

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Event	Position
2021	Tokyo, Japan	Team Men's Foil	3rd[18]

World Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Individual Men's Foil	3rd[19]
2022	Cairo, Egypt	Team Men's Foil	2nd[20]

Pan American Championship

Year	Location	Event	Position
2022	Asunción, Paraguay	Individual Men's Foil	3rd[21]
2022	Asunción, Paraguay	Team Men's Foil	1st[22]

Grand Prix

Date	Location	Event	Position
2019-05-17	Shanghai, China	Individual Men's Foil	2nd[23]

World Cup

Date	Location	Event	Position
2018-11-09	Bonn, Germany	Individual Men's Foil	3rd[24]
2020-01-10	Paris, France	Individual Men's Foil	1st[25]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

References

External links

• THE-sports page
• Twitter page

На других языках

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- [en] Nick Itkin

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[es] Nick Itkin

Nick Itkin (Los Ángeles, 9 de octubre de 1999) es un deportista estadounidense que compite en esgrima, especialista en la modalidad de florete.[1]

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[fr] Nick Itkin

Nick Itkin, né le 9 octobre 1999, est un escrimeur américain pratiquant le fleuret.

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[it] Nick Itkin

Nick Itkin (Los Angeles, 9 ottobre 1999) è uno schermidore statunitense, specializzato nel fioretto.

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