Gerek Lin Meinhardt (/ˈɡɛrɪk ˈmaɪnhɑːrt/ GHERR-ik MYNE-hart; born July 27, 1990)[1] is an American right-handed foil fencer.[2] Meinhardt is a two-time individual NCAA champion, 12-time team Pan American champion, three-time individual Pan American champion and 2019 team world champion. A five-time Olympian, Meinhardt is a two-time team Olympic bronze medalist. Meinhardt competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Early and personal life
editMeinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt.[3] He is of Taiwanese descent through his mother.[4] He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program.[5] 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 was employed by Deloitte Advisory before enrolling at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2020.[3][6] He married fellow American fencer Lee Kiefer in September 2019.
Fencing career
editIntroduced 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.[3][5] 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.[3]
By winning at the 2014 NCAA Fencing National Championships, he joined female fencer Lee Kiefer and swimmer Emma Reaney as part of the 2nd Notre Dame Fighting Irish trio to be named individual national champion in a single year and the 4th to be either individual national champion or national athlete of the year in a single year.[7]
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.[5] 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.[8] 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. For the 2016 Rio Olympics he was selected as a member of the United States fencing team and won the bronze medal in the team foil competition. He again qualified for the United States fencing team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo where he won his second consecutive bronze medal.
Medal record
editOlympic Games
editYear | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[10] |
2021 | Tokyo, Japan | Team Men's Foil | 3rd[11] |
World Championship
editYear | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[12] |
2013 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[13] |
2015 | Moscow, Russia | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[14] |
2017 | Leipzig, Germany | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[15] |
2018 | Wuxi, China | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[16] |
2019 | Budapest, Hungary | Team Men's Foil | 1st[17] |
2022 | Cairo, Egypt | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[18] |
Grand Prix
editDate | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2013-03-16 | Venice, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[19] |
2013-05-04 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[20] |
2014-05-03 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[21] |
2019-02-08 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[22] |
2020-02-07 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[23] |
2021-03-26 | Doha, Qatar | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[24] |
2023-02-12 | Turin, Italy | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[25] |
2023-03-17 | Busan, South Korea | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[26] |
2024-05-18 | Shanghai, China | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[27] |
World Cup
editDate | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2008-06-13 | Guarico, Venezuela | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[28] |
2013-02-22 | A Coruña, Spain | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[29] |
2014-01-17 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[30] |
2015-11-06 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[31] |
2016-01-15 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[32] |
2017-11-10 | Tokyo, Japan | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[33] |
2019-01-11 | Paris, France | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[34] |
2019-11-08 | Bonn, Germany | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[35] |
2023-05-05 | Acapulco, Mexico | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[36] |
2023-05-05 | Acapulco, Mexico | Team Men's Foil | 1st[37] |
Pan American Championship
editYear | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2007 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[38] |
2007 | Montreal, Canada | Team Men's Foil | 2nd[39] |
2008 | Querétaro City, Mexico | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[40] |
2008 | Querétaro City, Mexico | Team Men's Foil | 1st[41] |
2009 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[42] |
2009 | San Salvador, El Salvador | Team Men's Foil | 1st[43] |
2010 | San José, Costa Rica | Team Men's Foil | 1st[44] |
2011 | Reno, Nevada | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[45] |
2011 | Reno, Nevada | Team Men's Foil | 1st[46] |
2012 | Cancún, Mexico | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[47] |
2012 | Cancún, Mexico | Team Men's Foil | 1st[48] |
2013 | Cartagena, Colombia | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[49] |
2013 | Cartagena, Colombia | Team Men's Foil | 1st[50] |
2014 | San José, Costa Rica | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[51] |
2014 | San José, Costa Rica | Team Men's Foil | 1st[52] |
2015 | Santiago, Chile | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[53] |
2016 | Panama City, Panama | Team Men's Foil | 1st[54] |
2017 | Montreal, Canada | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[55] |
2017 | Montreal, Canada | Team Men's Foil | 1st[56] |
2018 | Havana, Cuba | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[57] |
2018 | Havana, Cuba | Team Men's Foil | 1st[58] |
2019 | Toronto, Canada | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[59] |
2019 | Toronto, Canada | Team Men's Foil | 1st[60] |
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | Individual Men's Foil | 3rd[61] |
2022 | Asunción, Paraguay | Team Men's Foil | 1st[62] |
2023 | Lima, Peru | Individual Men's Foil | 1st[63] |
2023 | Lima, Peru | Team Men's Foil | 1st[64] |
2024 | Lima, Peru | Individual Men's Foil | 2nd[65] |
2024 | Lima, Peru | Team Men's Foil | 1st[66] |
See also
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External links
edit- Gerek Meinhardt at the International Fencing Federation
- Gerek Meinhardt at USA Fencing
- Gerek Meinhardt at Team USA (archived July 11, 2022)
- Gerek Meinhardt at Olympedia (archive)
- Gerek Meinhardt at Olympics.com
- Statistics on Nahouw.net at the Wayback Machine (archived February 1, 2014)