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Alexander Massialas
Personal information
Born (1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 (age 32)
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)[1][2]
Weight185 lb (84 kg)[1]
Websitealexandermassialas.com
Fencing career
SportFencing
Country United States
WeaponFoil
Handright-handed
National coachGreg Massialas
FIE rankingNo. 8 (Men's foil)[3][4]
Medal record
Men's foil
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroIndividual
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 place2015 MoscowIndividual
Silver medal – second place2017 LeipzigTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 WuxiTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 CairoTeam
Silver medal – second place2025 TbilisiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2026 Hong KongTeam
Pan American Championships
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 CartagenaTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 SantiagoTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 Panama CityIndividual
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 AsunciónIndividual
Gold medal – first place2022 AsunciónTeam
Gold medal – first place2023 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 Rio de JaneiroIndividual
Gold medal – first place2026 LimaIndividual
Gold medal – first place2026 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 Reno, NevadaIndividual
Silver medal – second place2012 CancúnIndividual
Silver medal – second place2014 San JoséIndividual
Silver medal – second place2015 SantiagoIndividual
Silver medal – second place2017 MontrealIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2010 San JoséIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2018 HavanaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2019 TorontoIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2023 LimaIndividual
Bronze medal – third place2024 LimaIndividual
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2010 SingaporeIndividual
Alexander Massialas
Traditional Chinese陳海翔
Simplified Chinese陈海翔
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Hǎixiáng
Bopomofoㄔㄣˊㄏㄞˇㄒㄧㄤˊ
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTîn Hái-siông

Alexander Chen Massialas (/ˌmɑːsiˈɑːlɪs/ MAH-see-AH-liss; Chinese: 陳海翔; pinyin: Chén Hǎixiáng; born April 20, 1994)[5] is an American right-handed foil fencer.[6] He is a two-time NCAA champion, 14-time team Pan American champion, four-time individual Pan American champion, and 2019 team world champion who is currently the fencing coach for the Stanford Cardinal.

A four-time Olympian, Massialas first competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, where he was the youngest male athlete representing the United States.[7] He later won the Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics Individual Men's Foil competition and is a two-time team Olympic bronze medalist, first at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro for men's team foil and then at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for men's team foil.

Early life and education

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Massialas was born and raised in San Francisco, California,[8] to a Taiwanese American mother and a father of Greek descent.[9] His mother, Chwan-Hui Chen,[10] immigrated from Taiwan to attend graduate school in the United States, where she studied piano and pedagogy.[11][12] Massialas' maternal grandfather ran a Taiwanese company, King Chong Hong (Chinese: 慶昌行), which imported Asian ingredients and utensils to the U.S.[13] In 2021, Massialas recalled in an interview, "I have always been extremely proud of my Taiwanese heritage and I jump at any opportunity to return to Taiwan".[13]

Massialas' father, Greg Massialas, fenced for the United States in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, and has coached the American national foil team. Massialas' sister, Sabrina, is also an Olympic fencer.

From pre-kindergarten to eighth grade,[13] Massialas was enrolled in the Chinese American International School in San Francisco, California, where he began fencing as a child.[14] After graduating from the Drew School,[14] he attended Stanford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in mechanical engineering in 2017.[15] In July 2023, Massialas worked at MHC Engineers, a mechanical engineering firm owned by his maternal uncle, Meng Hsiu-Chen.[7]

Fencing career

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After he showed spontaneous interest at an early age, his father made him wait until he was seven years old to begin training.[16]

An athletic child, Massialas played soccer and made the basketball and the swimming teams at Drew School. He enrolled at Stanford University on a fencing scholarship in the fall of 2012.[17] He closed his freshman season by winning the 2013 NCAA title in individual men's foil.[18] He repeated this feat in 2015, after falling to David Willette in 2014's semifinal round.[19][20]

In July 2024, Massialas was named the head fencing coach for the Stanford Cardinal.[15]

Medal record

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Massialas at the individual event of the 2015 Challenge International de Paris

Olympic Games

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Year Location Event Position
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 2nd[21]
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Foil 3rd[22]
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan Team Men's Foil 3rd[23]

World Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2013 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 2nd[24]
2015 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[25]
2017 Germany Leipzig, Germany Team Men's Foil 2nd[26]
2018 China Wuxi, China Team Men's Foil 2nd[27]
2019 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Foil 1st[28]
2022 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 2nd[29]
2025 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia Team Men's Foil 2nd[30]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2013-03-04 Russia St. Petersburg, Russia Individual Men's Foil 2nd[31]
2014-05-03 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[32]
2015-03-13 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 2nd[33]
2016-06-03 China Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 1st[34]
2016-12-02 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[35]
2017-03-17 United States Long Beach, California Individual Men's Foil 2nd[36]
2017-12-01 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 1st[37]
2020-02-07 Italy Turin, Italy Individual Men's Foil 2nd[38]
2023-05-19 China Shanghai, China Individual Men's Foil 1st[39]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2010-05-29 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[40]
2011-05-20 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 3rd[41]
2012-01-27 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[42]
2013-02-22 Spain A Coruña, Spain Individual Men's Foil 3rd[43]
2014-04-25 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Foil 1st[44]
2015-01-16 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 3rd[45]
2015-11-06 Japan Tokyo, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[46]
2017-01-20 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 1st[47]
2018-02-09 Germany Bonn, Germany Individual Men's Foil 2nd[48]
2019-03-01 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[49]
2020-02-21 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Foil 3rd[50]
2023-05-07 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[51]
2023-11-10 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Individual Men's Foil 1st[52]
2023-12-09 Japan Tokoname, Japan Individual Men's Foil 1st[53]
2024-11-22 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Individual Men's Foil 1st[54]
2024-11-24 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Team Men's Foil 2nd[55]
2024-12-06 Japan Takasaki, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[56]
2024-12-08 Japan Takasaki, Japan Team Men's Foil 2nd[57]
2025-01-10 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 2nd[58]
2025-01-12 France Paris, France Team Men's Foil 3rd[59]
2025-05-02 Canada Vancouver, Canada Individual Men's Foil 1st[60]
2025-05-04 Canada Vancouver, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[61]
2025-12-05 Japan Fukuoka, Japan Individual Men's Foil 3rd[62]
2026-01-09 France Paris, France Individual Men's Foil 1st[63]
2026-01-11 France Paris, France Team Men's Foil 2nd[64]
2026-04-19 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Team Men's Foil 3rd[65]

Pan American Championship

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Year Location Event Position
2009 El Salvador San Salvador, El Salvador Team Men's Foil 1st[66]
2010 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 3rd[67]
2010 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Team Men's Foil 1st[68]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Individual Men's Foil 2nd[69]
2011 United States Reno, Nevada Team Men's Foil 1st[70]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Individual Men's Foil 2nd[71]
2012 Mexico Cancún, Mexico Team Men's Foil 1st[72]
2013 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Foil 1st[73]
2014 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Foil 2nd[74]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Foil 2nd[75]
2015 Chile Santiago, Chile Team Men's Foil 1st[76]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Individual Men's Foil 1st[77]
2016 Panama Panama City, Panama Team Men's Foil 1st[78]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Foil 2nd[79]
2017 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[80]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Foil 3rd[81]
2018 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Foil 1st[82]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Foil 3rd[83]
2019 Canada Toronto, Canada Team Men's Foil 1st[84]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Foil 1st[85]
2022 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Foil 1st[86]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 3rd[87]
2023 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[88]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 3rd[89]
2024 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[90]
2025 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Foil 1st[91]
2026 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Foil 1st[92]
2026 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Foil 1st[93]

See also

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