2020-21 Fencing Roster

Robert Wong 2019-20 Fencing Roster

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Height 5'11''
Class Sophomore
Hometown Chappaqua, NY
High School Horace Greeley
Robert Wong - Fencing - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A FRESHMAN:

  • Finished his first season with the Irish posting a 23-8 record
  • Won 16 straight through the NYU Invitational (3-0) and DeCicco Duals (13-0)
  • Concluded the season at the Northwestern Duals where he posted a 6-3 record

PREP AND PERSONAL:

  • Graduated from Horace Greeley High School in spring 2017
  • Coached by former two time Olympian Slava Grigoriev at Fencing Academy of Westchester.
  • Scored his highest Division I finish in 2016 at the Division I Championship in eighth place.
  • Scored his highest at the International Cadet Circuit, placing seventh in Italy 2015 and finishing in eighth place in Germany 2016. Finished in the top 10 in Hungary 2015.
  • Scored his highest at 2015 National Championship, medaling 6th place in Cadet.
  • Scored his highest at 2014 Super Youth 14, snaring gold.
  • In high school, was a peer leader, soccer captain, member of the Cum Laude Society and an AP Scholar with distinction.
  • Son of Bill Wong and Mi Chung.
  • Both younger siblings, Sophia and Jackson, are current fencers at his former fencing club.
  • Friends and family call him Bobby
  • Pursuing a double major in economics and film, television and theatre