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/ Men's FencingAnna Van Brummen won a gold medal at a World Cup event in China this past weekend.
Video: Van Brummen Wins Gold at Suzhou World Cup, Making U.S. Fencing History
November 14, 2016 | Men's Fencing, Women's Fencing
Princeton senior épée Anna Van Brummen made U.S. Fencing history this past weekend with a gold medal at the Suzhou World Cup in China.
With the win, Van Brummen became the first U.S. women's épée fencer to win World Cup gold since women's epee was added to the Olympic program in 1996. She finished the pool competition 4-2 and then beat opponents from Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan and Tunisia before knocking off the world's third-ranked épée fencer, A-Lam Shim of South Korea, 15-14, to make the semis. Once there, she got past South Korea's Sera Song 15-10 and beat Ukraine's Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura 15-13 in the final. Classmate Katharine Holmes finished 20th at the meet.
Van Brummen, who was away from competition for Princeton last season, earned All-America honors in 2015 with a bronze at the NCAA Championships and earned her third consecutive first-team All-Ivy League honor that year.
For the U.S. Fencing release on Van Brummen's win, click here.
Princeton fencers also had success at the November NAC event in Milwaukee over the weekend, with sophomore Wesley Johnson tying for third of 260 competitors in the junior épée field and freshman Wesley Yuan placing 22nd. Both Johnson and Yuan went 5-1 in the pool round and Yuan won two direct-elimination bouts before falling in the round of 32. Johnson won three more before bowing out in the semifinals. On the women's side, freshman Kasia Nixon placed ninth in a field of 176, going a perfect 6-0 in the pool round before advancing to the round of 16. For NAC results, click here.
With the win, Van Brummen became the first U.S. women's épée fencer to win World Cup gold since women's epee was added to the Olympic program in 1996. She finished the pool competition 4-2 and then beat opponents from Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan and Tunisia before knocking off the world's third-ranked épée fencer, A-Lam Shim of South Korea, 15-14, to make the semis. Once there, she got past South Korea's Sera Song 15-10 and beat Ukraine's Dzhoan Feybi Bezhura 15-13 in the final. Classmate Katharine Holmes finished 20th at the meet.
Van Brummen, who was away from competition for Princeton last season, earned All-America honors in 2015 with a bronze at the NCAA Championships and earned her third consecutive first-team All-Ivy League honor that year.
For the U.S. Fencing release on Van Brummen's win, click here.
Princeton fencers also had success at the November NAC event in Milwaukee over the weekend, with sophomore Wesley Johnson tying for third of 260 competitors in the junior épée field and freshman Wesley Yuan placing 22nd. Both Johnson and Yuan went 5-1 in the pool round and Yuan won two direct-elimination bouts before falling in the round of 32. Johnson won three more before bowing out in the semifinals. On the women's side, freshman Kasia Nixon placed ninth in a field of 176, going a perfect 6-0 in the pool round before advancing to the round of 16. For NAC results, click here.
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