2021-22 Fencing Roster

Nick Itkin 2020-21 Fencing Roster

Foil

Height 6'1''

Class Sophomore

Hometown Los Angeles, CA

High School Palisades Charter

Bio

HIGHLIGHTS

2018 NCAA Team Champion
2018 NCAA Men’s Foil Champion
2018 NCAA Midwest Regional Bronze Medalist
2018 ACC Men’s Foil Champion
2018 Notre Dame Men’s Fencing MVP
2018 Notre Dame Men’s Foil MVP
2018 FIE Junior World Champion in men’s foil
2018 FIE Junior World Bronze Medal – Team
2018 US Fencing Division I National Champion

AS A FRESHMAN

Posted a 37-11 record during his rookie campaign
Competed in all but one contest
In his Irish debut, finished the Elite Invitational with a 6-2 record
Posted a 10-2 record at both the NYU Invitational and Northwestern Duals
Posted a 5-1 mark during team fencing at the ACC Championships
Captured the ACC Men’s Foil Championship
Placed third at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships
Totaled 18 wins during pool competition in helping lead the Irish to the national title, and claimed the No. 1 seed to the men’s foil semifinals
Defeated teammate Axel Kiefer 15-4 in the semifinal bout to advance to the championship
Defeated Columbia’s Sam Moelis 15-8 to capture Notre Dame’s first NCAA men’s foil title since Gerek Meinhardt in 2014
Two weeks later, claimed the FIE Junior World Championship title in Verona, Italy, where the U.S. junior men’s foil team also claimed bronze
Became the first American fencer to win Junior World, US Fencing Division I and NCAA titles in the same season

HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB HIGHLIGHTS

Entered Notre Dame as the top-ranked junior and sixth-ranked senior in the United States
Entered Notre Dame the No. 1-ranked junior and No. 72-ranked senior in the world
2017 Junior Pan American Championships Team Gold Medalist
2017 Junior Pan American Championships Silver Medalist
2017 January Division I North American Cup Gold Medalist
2017 January Junior North American Cup Silver Medalist
2017 Junior World Cup Silver Medalist (Aix-En-Provence, France)
2017 Junior World Cup Team Silver Medalist (Aix-en-Provence, France)
2017 Senior World Cup – 16th Place (Bonn, Germany)
2016 November Junior North American Cup Silver Medalist
2016 Junior World Cup Team Gold Medalist (Leszno, Poland)
2016 Junior World Cup – Seventh Place (Leszno, Poland)
2016 Pisa Cadet European Cup Gold Medalist
2016 Cadet Pan American Championships Gold Medalist
2016 Junior Pan American Championships Team Gold Medalist
2016 January Junior NAC Bronze Medalist
2016 Junior World Cup – Seventh Place (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2015 Budapest Cadet European Cup Gold Medalist
2015 November Junior NAC Gold Medalist
2015 October Cadet NAC Gold Medalist
2015 Junior World Cup Silver Medalist (Bangkok, Thailand)
2015 December Senior NAC Bronze Medalist
2015 Montecatini Cadet European Cup Bronze Medalist
2015 Cadet Junior Olympics Bronze Medalist
2015 Bratislava Cadet European Cup – Ninth Place
2015 USA Fencing Division I National Championships – 11th Place
2014 Gyor (Hungary) Cadet European Cup – Sixth Place
2014 November Cadet NAC – Fifth Place

PREP & PERSONAL

Full name is Nick Boris Itkin
Son of Michael Itkin and Tatyana Itkina
Younger brother to Julia Itkina
Will enroll in the First Year of Studies program with intentions to enter the Mendoza College of Business