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'{{Infobox fencer | name = Alexander Massialas | image = Alexander Massialas 2015 WCh FMS-IN t204433.jpg | image_size = 180px | caption = At the [[2015 World Fencing Championships]] | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|April 20, 1994}} | birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S. | weapon = [[foil (fencing)|foil]] | hand = right-handed | height = {{convert|1.88<ref>http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/906413-alexander-massialas</ref>|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70.4<ref>http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/906413-alexander-massialas</ref>|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | natlcoach = [[Greg Massialas]] | fieranking = [http://fie.org/fencers/fencer/21958 current ranking] | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's foil|Individual]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[World Fencing Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2013 World Fencing Championships|2013 Budapest]]|[[Men's team foil at the 2013 World Fencing Championships|Team]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2015 World Fencing Championships|2015 Moscow]]|[[Men's foil at the 2015 World Fencing Championships|Individual]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Fencing Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2011 Pan American Fencing Championships|2011 Reno, Nevada]]|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|[[2012 Pan American Fencing Championships|2012 Cancún]]|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|[[2014 Pan American Fencing Championships|2014 San José]]|Individual}} {{MedalSilver|[[2015 Pan American Fencing Championships|2015 Santiago]]|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|[[2010 Pan American Fencing Championships|2010 San José]]|Individual}} }} '''Alexander Massialas''' (born April 20, 1994) is an American [[foil (fencing)|foil]] fencer, team silver medallist in the [[2014 World Fencing Championships]].{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Alexander Massialas|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/massialas-alexander-1235739/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=17 September 2012 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20130404104200/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/massialas-alexander-1235739/ |archivedate= 2013-04-04 }}}} At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] he competed in the [[Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Men's foil|Men's foil]] and earned a silver medal. ==Biography== Massialas was born in [[big daddy]], [[California]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/MA/Alexander-Massialas.aspx |title= Alexander Massialas |website= TeamUSA.org |publisher= [[United States Olympic Committee]]}}</ref> from a father of [[Greeks|Greek]] heritage and a mother from [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite news |url= http://newamericamedia.org/2012/07/young-fencer-alexander-massialas-carries-on-his-fathers-dream.php |title= Young Fencer Alexander Massialas Carries on His Father’s Dream |work= New America Media |date= July 24, 2012}}</ref> His father, [[Greg Massialas]], fenced for the United States in the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics]], and currently coaches the American national foil team. His sister, [[Sabrina Massialas|Sabrina]], is also a high-level foil fencer. Despite this, Massialas was never pushed into fencing. After he showed spontaneous interest at an early age, his father made him wait until he was seven years old to begin training.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula-sports/ci_26743355/fencing-stanfords-massialas-take-world|title=Fencing: Stanford's Massialas to take on the world|author=Vytas Mazeika|newspaper=San José Mercury News|date=16 October 2014}}</ref> An athletic child, Massialas also played soccer, and made the basketball and the swimming teams at [[Drew School]]. He enrolled [[Stanford University]] on a fencing scholarship in the fall of 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_21129851/san-francisco-teen-alexander-massialas-makes-mark-u |title= San Francisco teen Alexander Massialas makes mark on U.S. Olympic fencing team |author=David Pollak|newspaper= San José Mercury News |date= July 21, 2012}}</ref> He closed his freshman season by winning the 2013 [[NCAA fencing individual championship#Men's Foil|NCAA title in individual men's foil]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ncaa.com/news/fencing/article/2013-03-22/massialas-bounces-back |title= Massialas bounces back |website= NCAA.com |date= October 24, 2013}}</ref> He repeated this feat in 2015, after falling to David Willette in 2014's semifinal round.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.escrimeresults.com/NCAA/NCAA2014.html |title=2014 NCAA Results |work=NCAA |publisher=NCAA |date=2014 |accessdate=2016-01-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.escrimeresults.com/NCAA/NCAA2015.html |title=2015 NCAA Results |work=NCAA |publisher=NCAA |date=2015 |accessdate=2016-01-20 }}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category|Alexander Massialas}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Massialas, Alexander}} [[Category:American male fencers]] [[Category:American foil fencers]] [[Category:1994 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American people of Taiwanese descent]] [[Category:American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent]] [[Category:Olympic fencers of the United States]] [[Category:Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Fencers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics]] [[Category:American people of Greek descent]] [[Category:Stanford Cardinal athletes]] [[Category:Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in fencing]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]] {{US-fencing-bio-stub}}'