Team USA’s Men’s Foil Fencers Aim To Parry Their Way To Gold: “Together, We Are Unstoppable”
All told the foursome each owns at least one Olympic medal, plus a combined 25 world championships medals.
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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'8"
Age
34
Hometown
Bronx, NY
Education
Salesian High School (New Rochelle, N.Y.) '08 St. John's University '13, Advertising
Quick Facts
- Son of Juliette Smith and Daryl Homer
- Has one sibling, D'Meca
- Born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and moved to New York with his mother and sister at age 5
- Began fencing at age 11 after reading about it in the dictionary
- Within fencing, his greatest influence has been Keeth Smart, the first American men’s saber fencer to earn a No. 1 world ranking, and also a former coach and mentor of his
- Serves as a brand ambassador for a charity called Fencing in the Schools with the goal of introducing fencing to children all over America
- Hobbies include reading, photography, taking long walks, watching movies and listening to music
- Four-time NCAA All-American (2009-13)
- If he were not an athlete, would pursue a career in marketing.
Career Highlights
- 2015 Pan American Games, gold (team)
Olympic Experience
- 3-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 8th (Team Sabre - Men), 23th (Individual Sabre - Men)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, silver (Individual Sabre - Men)
- Olympic Games London 2012, 6th (Individual Sabre - Men), 8th (Team Sabre - Men)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2022 – 10th (Team Sabre - Men), 33th (Individual Sabre - Men)
- Years of participation: Individual Sabre - Men 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022; Team Sabre - Men 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
- Medals: 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Silver – 2015 (Individual Sabre - Men)
- Bronze – 2007 (Individual Sabre - Men)
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