Columbia Lions fencing

The team was founded in 1898, and won the Intercollegiate Fencing Association national championship six times, in 1898, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, and 1934.

It has captured the NCAA fencing championship 16 times, most recently in 2019.^[2] This is tied with the University of Notre Dame for the most NCAA fencing titles.

The team has also won 55 Ivy League Championships, last capturing both the Men's and Women's titles outright in the same year in 2019.

The team has produced a number of Olympians, including five in 2012.^[3]

• Norman C. Armitage (born Norman Cohn; 1907-1972), 6-time Olympic fencer
• Robert Blum (born 1928), 2-time Olympic fencer
• Bob Cottingham (born 1966), Olympic fencer
• Jacqueline Dubrovich (born 1994), Olympic fencer
• Sherif Farrag (born 1987), Olympic fencer
• Joel Glucksman (born 1949), Olympic fencer
• Asher Grodman (born 1987), actor
• Alen Hadzic was named as an alternate to the 2021 Olympic team, but was suspended by the United States Center for SafeSport (SafeSport) due to findings of an investigation following allegations of rape and other sexual misconduct; an arbitrator later reduced his sanction, allowing him to go to Tokyo, though he did not fence.^[4][5][6][7] Hadzic had previously been suspended by Columbia University for a year for sexual misconduct, while he was a member of the Columbia team, as a result of the findings of a Title IX investigation.^[8][4] In June 2023, Hadzic was banned from fencing in the US for life by SafeSport, due to his sexual misconduct.^[9][10]
• Jacob Hoyle (born 1994), Olympic fencer
• Emily Jacobson (born 1985), Olympic fencer
• Dan Kellner (born 1976), Olympic fencer
• Stephen Kovacs (1972–2022), fencer and coach, charged with sexual assault, died in prison
• James Margolis (born 1936), Olympic fencer
• James Melcher (born 1939), Olympic fencer
• Nzingha Prescod (born 1992), Olympic fencer
• Nicole Ross (born 1989), Olympic fencer
• Hal Scardino (born 1984), American-British actor
• Daria Schneider (born 1987), saber team bronze medalist in World Fencing Championships (2011 and 2012)
• Erinn Smart (born 1980), Olympic fencer
• Jeff Spear (born 1988), Olympic fencer
• Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Weisz; 1912–1989), Hungarian-American actor
• James Leighman Williams (born 1985), Olympic fencer