Gerek Meinhardt

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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.

BornGerek Lin Meinhardt
(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990 (age 35)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
SportFencing
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Gerek Meinhardt
Meinhardt at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
BornGerek Lin Meinhardt
(1990-07-27) July 27, 1990 (age 35)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Fencing career
SportFencing
Country United States
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
ClubNotre Dame / Massialas Foundation
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 BudapestTeam
Silver medal – second place2013 BudapestTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 LeipzigTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 WuxiTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 CairoTeam
Silver medal – second place2025 TbilisiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 ParisIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2015 MoscowIndividual
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 SantiagoTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoIndividual
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 MontrealIndividual
Gold medal – first place2008 Querétaro CityTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 San SalvadorTeam
Gold medal – first place2010 San JoséTeam
Gold medal – first place2011 Reno, NevadaTeam
Gold medal – first place2012 CancúnTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 CartagenaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2013 CartagenaTeam
Gold medal – first place2014 San JoséIndividual
Gold medal – first place2014 San JoséTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 Panama CityTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 MontrealTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 HavanaTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 TorontoTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 LimaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2023 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2007 MontrealTeam
Silver medal – second place2008 Querétaro CityIndividual
Silver medal – second place2009 San SalvadorIndividual
Silver medal – second place2024 LimaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2011 Reno, NevadaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2012 CancúnIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2015 SantiagoIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2017 MontrealIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2018 HavanaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2019 TorontoIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2022 AsunciónIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2025 Rio de JaneiroIndividual
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Early and personal life

Meinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt.[3] His mother is Taiwanese.[4]

Meinhardt 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.[7]

Fencing career

Introduced 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.[8]

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.[9] 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.

Meinhardt is a member of the FIE Hall of Fame.[10]

Medal record

Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 3rd[11]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 3rd[12]
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World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2010 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[13]
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 2nd[14]
2015 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Foil 3rd[15]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 2nd[16]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 2nd[17]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 1st[18]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 2nd[19]
2025 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Foil 2nd[20]
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Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2013-03-16 Italy Venice, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[21]
2013-05-04 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 2nd[22]
2014-05-03 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[23]
2019-02-08 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 3rd[24]
2020-02-07 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[25]
2021-03-26 Qatar Doha, Qatar Individual Men's Foil 1st[26]
2023-02-12 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[27]
2023-03-17 South Korea Busan, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 3rd[28]
2024-05-18 China Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 2nd[29]
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World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2008-06-13 Venezuela Guarico, Venezuela Individual Men's Foil 3rd[30]
2013-02-22 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual Men's Foil 3rd[31]
2014-01-17 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[32]
2015-11-06 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[33]
2016-01-15 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[34]
2017-11-10 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[35]
2019-01-11 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[36]
2019-11-08 Germany Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[37]
2023-05-05 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 3rd[38]
2023-05-05 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[39]
2025-01-12 France Paris, France Team Men's Foil 3rd[40]
2025-03-07 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[41]
2025-03-09 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 2nd[42]
2025-05-04 Canada Vancouver, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[43]
2026-01-11 France Paris, France Team Men's Foil 2nd[44]
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Pan American Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2007 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 1st[45]
2007 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 2nd[46]
2008 Mexico Querétaro City, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 2nd[47]
2008 Mexico Querétaro City, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[48]
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Individual Men's Foil 2nd[49]
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Foil 1st[50]
2010 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[51]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[52]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Team Men's Foil 1st[53]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 3rd[54]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[55]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Individual Men's Foil 1st[56]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Foil 1st[57]
2014 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 1st[58]
2014 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[59]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Foil 3rd[60]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Team Men's Foil 1st[61]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[62]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[63]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[64]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Foil 1st[65]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[66]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[67]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Foil 3rd[68]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Foil 1st[69]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 1st[70]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[71]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 2nd[72]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[73]
2025 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 3rd[74]
2025 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 1st[75]
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