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Gerek Meinhardt
Meinhardt at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
BornGerek Lin Meinhardt
(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990 (age 34)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
ClubNotre Dame / Massialas Foundation
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow Individual
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Individual
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Montreal Individual
Gold medal – first place 2008 Querétaro City Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 San Salvador Team
Gold medal – first place 2010 San José Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Reno, Nevada Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Cancún Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena Individual
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 San José Individual
Gold medal – first place 2014 San José Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Panama City Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Montreal Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Querétaro City Individual
Silver medal – second place 2009 San Salvador Individual
Silver medal – second place 2024 Lima Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Reno, Nevada Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Cancún Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Santiago Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Montreal Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Havana Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Toronto Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción Individual

Gerek Lin Meinhardt (/ˈɡɛrɪk ˈmaɪnhɑːrt/ GHERR-ik MYNE-hart; born July 27, 1990)[1] is an American right-handed foil fencer.[2] Meinhardt is a two-time individual NCAA champion, 12-time team Pan American champion, three-time individual Pan American champion and 2019 team world champion. A five-time Olympian, Meinhardt is a two-time team Olympic bronze medalist. Meinhardt competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Early and personal life

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Meinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt.[3] He is of Taiwanese descent through his mother.[4] He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program.[5] 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 to 2014. Gerek was employed by Deloitte Advisory before enrolling at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2020.[3][6] He married fellow American fencer Lee Kiefer in September 2019.

Fencing career

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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.[3][5] 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.[3]

By winning at the 2014 NCAA Fencing National Championships, he joined female fencer Lee Kiefer and swimmer Emma Reaney as part of the 2nd Notre Dame Fighting Irish trio to be named individual national champion in a single year and the 4th to be either individual national champion or national athlete of the year in a single year.[7]

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.[5] 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.[8] 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. For the 2016 Rio Olympics he was selected as a member of the United States fencing team and won the bronze medal in the team foil competition. He again qualified for the United States fencing team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo where he won his second consecutive bronze medal.

Meinhardt is a member of the FIE Hall of Fame.[9]

Medal record

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Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 3rd[10]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 3rd[11]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2010 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[12]
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 2nd[13]
2015 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Foil 3rd[14]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 2nd[15]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 2nd[16]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 1st[17]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 2nd[18]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2013-03-16 Italy Venice, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[19]
2013-05-04 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 2nd[20]
2014-05-03 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[21]
2019-02-08 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 3rd[22]
2020-02-07 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[23]
2021-03-26 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Foil 1st[24]
2023-02-12 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[25]
2023-03-17 South Korea Busan, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 3rd[26]
2024-05-18 China Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 2nd[27]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2008-06-13 Venezuela Guarico, Venezuela Individual Men's Foil 3rd[28]
2013-02-22 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual Men's Foil 3rd[29]
2014-01-17 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[30]
2015-11-06 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[31]
2016-01-15 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[32]
2017-11-10 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[33]
2019-01-11 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[34]
2019-11-08 Germany Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[35]
2023-05-05 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 3rd[36]
2023-05-05 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[37]

Pan American Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2007 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 1st[38]
2007 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 2nd[39]
2008 Mexico Querétaro City, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 2nd[40]
2008 Mexico Querétaro City, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[41]
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Individual Men's Foil 2nd[42]
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Foil 1st[43]
2010 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[44]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[45]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Team Men's Foil 1st[46]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 3rd[47]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[48]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Individual Men's Foil 1st[49]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Foil 1st[50]
2014 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 1st[51]
2014 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[52]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Foil 3rd[53]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Team Men's Foil 1st[54]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[55]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[56]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[57]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Foil 1st[58]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[59]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[60]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Foil 3rd[61]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Foil 1st[62]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 1st[63]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[64]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 2nd[65]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[66]

See also

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References

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