Nick Itkin (born October 9, 1999) is an American right-handed

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fencer, two-time NCAA champion, 2022 team Pan American champion, and 2021 team

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bronze medalist. He won a bronze medal in individual men's foil at the 2022 senior World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

Early life

Itkin was born in

Pacific Palisades, California Pacific Palisades is a neighborhood in the Westside Los Angeles, Westside region of Los Angeles, California, situated about west of Downtown Los Angeles. Pacific Palisades was formally founded in 1921 by a Chautauqua, Methodist organization, an ...

, grew up in Los Angeles, and is Jewish. His parents are Michael ("Misha"; a fencing coach) and Tatiana (a former

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, and current coach). His older sister Julia competed in rhythmic gymnastics for the US national team. He attended Palisades High School, graduating in 2017.

Fencing career

2015-19; Junior World Champion

Itkin trains under his father at Los Angeles International Fencing Center, which his father founded in 2003. In 2015, he was a Cadet Junior Olympics bronze medalist, and in 2016 he was a Cadet Pan American Championships gold medalist. In 2017 he was a Junior Pan American Championships silver medalist. At the 2018 Junior World Fencing Championships in Verona, Italy, Itkin won the

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in foil. He defeated future world silver medalist Tommaso Marini of Italy in the final. He also won a team bronze medal at the championships. When he then also won consecutive

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in foil, in 2018 and 2019 as he fenced for the

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where he studied political science, he decided to pursue fencing at the senior level. 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.Ethan Olson (July 20, 2022)
"Foil Fencer Nick Itkin Wins First World Championships Medal In Cairo,"
Team USA. In 2019 he also won a team gold medal at the

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in Toronto, Canada.

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. Among other victories, in the competition he defeated the reigning world champion and world # 3

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of France, and the reigning Olympic champion

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of Italy. In 2021, Itkin won the US National Championship in foil, in Philadelphia. At the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, at 21 years of age, Itkin won a

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with Team USA in the men's team foil competition. He came in 12th in the individual men's foil competition at the Olympics. At the

2022 Pan American Fencing Championships The 2022 Pan American Fencing Championships were held in Asunción, Paraguay at the Polideportivo Central del Parque Olímpico from June 3 to June 8, 2022. This tournament qualified fencers for the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Par ...

in Asunción, Paraguay, he won a team gold medal, and an individual bronze medal. Itkin won an individual bronze medal in men's foil at the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt. In the competition, he defeated among others world # 6 Takahiro Shikine of Japan and former world champion and current world # 3

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of Italy, before losing to the reigning world champion Enzo Lefort of France by a score of 15–14.

Medal record

Olympic Games

World Championship

Pan American Championship

Grand Prix

World Cup

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Itkin, Nick Living people American male foil fencers Jewish male foil fencers Jewish American sportspeople Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in fencing Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Pacific Palisades, California 1999 births Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencers Olympic fencers of the United States Pan American Games medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Los Angeles World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships medalists World Fencing Championships medalists Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Fencers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games