Gerek Meinhardt

Gerek Lin Meinhardt (born July 27, 1990) is an American foil fencer.

Gerek Meinhardt
Personal information
BornGerek Lin Meinhardt
(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990
San Francisco, California, United States
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
ClubNotre Dame / Massialas Foundation
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championships
2019 BudapestTeam
2013 BudapestTeam
2017 LeipzigTeam
2018 WuxiTeam
2010 ParisIndividual
2015 MoscowIndividual
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team
2015 Toronto Team
2019 Lima Individual
2019 Lima Team
2015 Toronto Individual

Biography

Meinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt.[1] He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program.[2] 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 is currently employed by Deloitte Advisory.[1][3]

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.[1][2] 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[4] 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.

Medal record
  • Olympic Teams: 2008 (Beijing), 2012 (London), 2016 (Rio)
  • Olympic Bronze Medalist by Team (2016)
  • Senior World Champion by Team (2019)
  • 2-time Senior World Championship Individual Bronze Medalist (2010, 2015)
  • 3-time Senior World Championship Team Silver Medalist (2013, 2017, 2018)
  • 13-time Senior World Championship Team Member (2007–2019)
  • 4-time Junior World Championship Team Member (2006–2010)
  • 3-time Pan American Games Champion by Team (2011, 2015, 2019)
  • Pan American Games Individual Champion (2019)
  • 2-time Junior World Champion by Team (2008, 2010)
  • 2009 Silver Medalist at Junior World Championships by Team
  • 2009 Bronze Medalist at Junior World Championships Individual
  • 2010 Silver Medalist at Junior World Championships Individual
  • 3-time Senior National Champion (2007, 2008, 2012)
  • 4-time Junior National Champion (2006-2009)
  • 2009 NCAA Individual Silver Medalist
  • 2010 NCAA Individual Champion
  • 2011 NCAA Team Champion
  • 2013 NCAA Individual Bronze Medalist
  • 2014 NCAA Individual Champion

References
  1. "Gerek Meinhardt". United States Olympic Committee. 2009. Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  2. Crumpacker, John (April 27, 2008). "San Francisco's Gerek Meinhardt: Teen fencer ready to foil his elders". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  3. http://www.und.com/sports/c-fenc/mtt/gerek_meinhardt_390070.html
  4. "Joppich wins fourth foil world title". USA Today. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
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