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
6'1"
Age
31
Hometown
Brooklyn, NY
Education
Dwight School (New York, N.Y.) '11
Quick Facts
- Son of William and Fiona Imboden
- Began fencing at age 9
- Joined the sport after being discovered playing with a toy sword in a park
- Former state champion BMX racer
- Qualified for first international major team event at age 16
- First U.S. man to win an individual fencing world cup title
- Works as a model
- Enjoys music and DJ’ing.
Olympic Experience
- 3-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (2 bronze)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (Team Foil - Men)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze (Team Foil - Men)
- Olympic Games London 2012, 4th (Team Foil - Men), 9th (Individual Foil - Men)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – gold (Team Foil - Men), 17th (Individual Foil - Men)
- Years of participation: Individual Foil - Men 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; Team Foil - Men 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Medals: 5 (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2019 (Team Foil - Men)
- Silver – 2018 (Team Foil - Men); 2017 (Team Foil - Men); 2013 (Team Foil - Men)
- Bronze – 2010 (Individual Foil - Men)
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