Alexander Massialas

Home: &nbsp; San Francisco, Calif.
Birth Year: &nbsp; 1994

Event: Foil
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 155lbs
Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif.
Club: Massialas Foundation at Halberstadt
Coach: Greg Massialas (father) and Dean Hinton
Hobbies: Basketball, soccor, music and watching sports
Most People Don't Know That... Alexander speaks Chinese
Education: Senior at The Drew School
Current U.S. Ranking: #1 (Senior) and #1 (Junior)
Current World Ranking: #11 (Senior), #6 (Junior)

Senior World Championship Teams: 2011, 2010, 2009
Pan American Games Teams: 2011 (Gold - Individual and Team)
Pan American Championship Teams: 2010 (Bronze), 2009
Junior World Championship Teams: 2011 (Gold - Team, Silver - Individual), 2010 (Gold - Team, Fifth - Individual), 2009 (Silver - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2011 (Gold), 2010 (Gold), 2009 (Bronze), 2008
Youth Olympic Teams: 2010 (Silver)

Personal: The son of three-time Olympian Greg Massialas, Alexander became the youngest athlete ever to win a men's foil Divsion I National Championship at age 16 in 2010 -- a year after competing on his first Senior World Team at 15. Massialas grew up watching fencing and says that when his father started the Massialas Foundation he decided to take up the sport and hopes to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Team as well as the Games in 2016 and 2020. In 2011, Massialas successfully defended his Cadet World Championship title and earned his first senior World Cup medal – a bronze at the Seoul World Cup which made the 17-year-old the youngest athlete ever to medal at the event.

Alexander credits his coaches with being the greatest influences on his fencing career: "My father has been there throughout my whole career. He and my other coach, Dean Hinton, have been there for every step."

Recent Competition History

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