Colin Heathcock
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| Born | December 20, 2005 Beijing,China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
| Occupation | American Right-Handed Sabre Fencer |
Colin Yang Siqi Heathcock (born December 20, 2005) is an American right-handed sabre fencer.
Early Life
Heathcock was born and raised in the Wudaokou neighborhood of Beijing, China, and as a child he studied at Tsinghua University Primary School. He is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English and has dual German and American citizenship. At the age of 10, Heathcock moved to Palo Alto, CA where he was first introduced to sabre fencing by six time world champion and Olympic gold medalist George Pogosov at Stanford University. In 2019, Heathcock moved to France to train under world renown sabre coach Christian Bauer[1] at his academy in Orléans.
Career
On June 20, 2023, Heathcock won his first senior gold medal for Team USA at the 2023 Pan American Championships[2] fencing with Eli Dershwitz, Mitchell Saron, and Andrew Doddo in the men's team sabre event[3].
Earlier in 2023, Heathcock became a three-time world champion after winning two gold medals[4][5] at the 2023 Junior World Fencing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria at just the age of 17. He also became the first male USA sabre fencer to win back-to-back individual Junior World Championships (albeit his first title was with Germany)[6].
In 2022 while representing Germany, Heathcock won gold[7] in the Junior men's sabre event and silver[8] in the Cadet men's sabre event at the 2022 Cadet and Junior World Championships in Dubai.
Also while representing Germany in 2022, Heathcock was the first men's sabre fencer to win three gold medals[9][10][11]at a single Cadet and Junior European Championships. In 2020, Heathcock was the youngest men's sabre fencer ever to win an individual Cadet European Championship at the age of 14[12][13].
References
- ↑ Christian Bauer's Many Olympic Medals, retrieved 2023-06-20
- ↑ "INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website". INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION - The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ↑ "Senior Team Men's Saber". fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ↑ "Junior Men's Saber". fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Junior Team Men's Saber". fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ Wendell, Bryan (2023-04-01). "2023 Junior and Cadet Worlds Day 1: USA Makes History by Winning Both Junior World Titles in a Single Weapon". USA Fencing. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ↑ "Junior Men's Saber". www.fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "Cadet Men's Saber". www.fencingtimelive.com. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "JUNIOR TEAM EVENTS BEGIN IN SERBIA". European Fencing Confederation. 2022-03-01. European Junior Championships Fencing 2022 - Results Men. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ↑ "GERMAN HEATHCOCK DOUBLES UP IN SERBIA". 2022-03-03.
- ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ↑ "ophardt.online". fencing.ophardt.online. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
- ↑ "GERMANY'S HEATHCOCK TAKES CADET MEN'S SABRE EUROPEAN TITLE". European Fencing Confederation. 2020-02-24. Championnats d'Europe Cadets (Porec) 2020-02-26 Entries. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
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