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.
Athlete Bio#
Height
5'10"
Age
28
Hometown
South Bend, IN
Education
Drew High School '15 University of Notre Dame '19
Quick Facts
- Daughter of three-time Olympian Greg Massialas and the younger sister of Alexander Massialas
- Following back-to-back silver medal wins at the 2013 and 2014 Cadet World Championships, Sabrina anchored the women's foil team to its first gold medal at the Junior Worlds since 2009
- At 17, she qualified for her first Senior World Team represented the United States at the 2014 Senior World Championships in Kazan, Russia in the team event.
- Sabrina made history when she became the first U.S. athlete in any weapon ever to win gold at the Youth Olympic Games Nanjing 2014
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (Team Foil - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2017 – silver (Team Foil - Women), 38th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Foil - Women 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017; Team Foil - Women 2014, 2016, 2017
- Medals: 3 (3 silver)
- Silver – 2017 (Team Foil - Women); 2014 (Individual Foil - Women); 2013 (Individual Foil - Women)
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