Alexander Massialas (born April 20, 1994) is an American foil fencer from San Francisco, California. The 6'2", 185 lb right-hander Massialas has competed at the last three Olympic Games (2012, 2016, 2020), winning an individual silver medal in 2016 and team bronze medals in 2016 and 2021. He attended the “Drew School” high school.
He is a two-time NCAA individual foil champion from Stanford University (2013, 2015). Massialas has won 11 team Pan American titles and two individual Pan Am crowns. On the elite international level, he was part of the first American men's foil team to win a World Championship in 2019. Massialas finished the 2022-23 season as the world's #1 ranked men's foil fencer. His father Greg is the U.S. men's foil team coach.
Where did Massialas’ go to High School?
Before Stanford, Massialas attended the Drew School in San Francisco, graduating in 2012. He competed for the Massialas Foundation club under coaches Greg Massialas (his father) and Dean Hinton.
Massialas had a successful youth career, making his first senior World Championship team at age 15 in 2009. In 2010 at age 16, he became the youngest fencer ever to win the Division I National Championship in men's foil.
A post dating back to the year 2016, on the official website of Drew School, congratulates its star Alumnus-
“Congratulations to Drew alumnus Alexander Massialas '12 for winning the silver medal in men's fencing at the Rio Olympics! Alex is the first U.S. Olympic individual men's fencing medal winner since 1984, and the first silver medal winner since 1932!”
Alexander Massialas’ College Career
In 2014 as a sophomore, Massialas repeated as NCAA West Regional champion and earned another First Team All-American honor. He took bronze at the NCAA Championships with a 54-6 record.
Massialas in 2015, won his second NCAA men's foil title as a junior, becoming just the fourth Cardinal fencer to win multiple NCAA championships. He went 20-1 at the Northwestern Duals that season.
After graduating from Stanford with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Massialas returned as a graduate student in 2017. That year he posted a 20-4 record in foil at the Northwestern Duals.
Massialas' Olympic & International Success
2012 Olympian at age 18, youngest male member of the U.S. Olympic team
2016 Olympic silver medalist in individual foil, the first American medal in the event since 1932
2016 & 2021 Olympic bronze medalist in team foil
First American man to win two medals at the same Olympics since 1904
First American to win an individual silver at the Senior World Championships (2015)
Member of the first U.S. men's foil team to win a team medal at Senior Worlds (silver in 2013)
Member of first American men's foil team to win Senior World team title (2019)
Ranked #1 in the world at the end of the 2022-23 season
FAQ's On Alexander Massialas High School
A. Massialas attended the Drew School in San Francisco, graduating in 2012.
A. Alexander Massialas is 6 feet 2 inches (188 cm) tall.
A. Yes, Massialas was part of the U.S. men's foil team that won the World Championship in 2019.
A. Massialas finished the 2022-23 season as the #1 ranked men's foil fencer in the world.
A. His father, Greg Massialas, is the head coach of the U.S. men's foil team.
A. He majored in mechanical engineering at Stanford University.
