Paris 2024 Olympics AUG 1, 2024
Jewish Fencer Captures Bronze in Paris Olympics
Last year he became the first American man, and third U.S. fencer overall, to win individual medals at back-to-back world championships.
Fencer Nick Itkin has medaled in his second straight Olympics, winning a bronze on Monday.
Itkin, 24, a Los Angeles native and the No. 2-ranked men’s foil fencer in the world, won bronze in the individual men’s foil competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating Japan’s Kazuki Iimura 15-12.
Itkin’s win is the U.S. team’s third foil medal so far in Paris, following Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs’ respective gold and silver medals in the women’s foil event.
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