Gerek Meinhardt and David Willette earned bronze medals that the 2010 Junior Men’s Foil World Championships and Cadet World Champion Alex Massialas placed in the top-8 after losing in the quarterfinals to Italy’s Tommaso Lari.
Willette lost a tough 15-14 match to Alaa El Din El Sayed (EGY) in the semi-finals.
El Sayed went on to win the Junior World Championship 15-13 over Tommaso Lari (ITA).
Meinhardt started the tournament with a 4-1 result in the preliminaries and then marched through his direct elimination bouts with victories over WLOSEK Maciej Wlosek (POL) 15-3, Moritz KRÖPLIN (GER) 15-9, Roman KUTS (RUS) 15-13 and Cadet silver medalist Edoardo Luperi (ITA) 15-12. Meinhardt then faced off against Lari.
In that bout, Meinhardt was down 6-3 but went on a 6-0 run to go up 9-6. The fencers traded touches and Lari was able to close to a 2 point margin (12-10) at the end of the first period. In the second period Lari knotted the score at 12. They would tie again at 13 but then the Italian won the last 2 touches for a 15-13 victory.
Willette’s match with El Sayed (EGY) went down to the wire as the fencers ended up tied 14-14 at the end of regulation. The semi-final bout started out badly for Willete, how found himself down 9-6 at the end of the first period. Willette clawed back in a much slower 2nd period to take an 11-10 lead. In the 3rd El Sayed battled back to take a 14-12 lead but was unable to put the bout away in regulation as Willette tied the match with 26 seconds left.
El Sayed won the match 21 seconds into the overtime period.
Earlier in the day, Willette went 4-1 in pools then racked up wins against James Davis (GBR), Serguei Byk (BLR), Jakub Joniak (SLO), and Enzo Lefort (FRA). In those bouts he boasted a 60-29 scoring margin as none of his opponents were able to break into double-digits.
Final Placement: Junior Men’s Foil World Championships
| place | country | name |
| 1 | EGY EGY | EL SAYED Alaa El Din |
| 2 | ITA ITA | LARI Tommaso |
| 3 | USA USA | MEINHARDT Gerek |
| 3 | USA USA | WILLETTE David |
| 5 | ITA ITA | LUPERI Edoardo |
| 6 | USA USA | MASSIALAS Alexander |
| 7 | HUN HUN | GATAI Robert |
| 8 | FRA FRA | LEFORT Enzo |
| 9 | GRE GRE | KONTOCHRISTOPOULOS Nikolao |
| 10 | SVK SVK | JONIAK Jakub |
| 11 | UKR UKR | TELNYKH Taras |
| 12 | POL POL | PLOCHARSKI Filip |
| 13 | JPN JPN | MIYAKE Ryo |
| 14 | ITA ITA | TRANI Francesco |
| 15 | CAN CAN | PRYMACK Anthony |
| 16 | RUS RUS | KUTS Roman |
| 17 | CHN CHN | SHI Jialuo |
| 18 | GBR GBR | MEPSTEAD Marcus |
| 19 | GER GER | KRÖPLIN Moritz |
| 20 | GBR GBR | FITZGERALD Jamie |
| 21 | AUT AUT | POSCHARNIG Johannes |
| 22 | FRA FRA | TONY HELISSEY Jean-Paul |
| 23 | CAN CAN | SIMMONS Alexander |
| 24 | FRA FRA | SIMON Vincent |
| 25 | GRE GRE | NISSIM Filippos |
| 26 | KOR KOR | KIM Mu Jun |
| 27 | DEN DEN | JOHANSEN Soeren Ulrik |
| 28 | BLR BLR | NEMIROVICH Dzmitry |
| 29 | RUS RUS | KOMISSAROV Dmitry |
| 30 | GER GER | BUNDSCHUH Martin |
| 31 | LAT LAT | STASULANS Toms |
| 32 | BLR BLR | BYK Serguei |
| 33 | GRE GRE | NAKIS Theodoros |
| 34 | KOR KOR | KIM Hyogon |
| 35 | AUT AUT | WOHLGEMUTH Dominik |
| 36 | GER GER | SANITA (I) Andre |
| 37 | CZE CZE | CHOUPENITCH Alexander |
| 38 | KOR KOR | KIM Min Kyu |
| 39 | ESP ESP | ESPERON Rafael |
| 40 | EGY EGY | ABD EL MAGED Mostafa |
| 40 | IRL IRL | CUSACK Brendan Francis |
| 42 | BEL BEL | LECOCQ Hans Joachim |
| 43 | JPN JPN | MATSUOKA Satoshi |
| 44 | KAZ KAZ | KULAKOV Dmitriy |
| 45 | DEN DEN | JORGENSEN Patrick |
| 46 | GBR GBR | DAVIS James |
| 47 | POL POL | WLOSEK Maciej |
| 48 | ESP ESP | LLAVADOR Carlos |
| 49 | POR POR | NOITE Alvaro |
| 50 | UKR UKR | REVUTSKIY Igor |
| 50 | MEX MEX | GOMEZ Daniel |
| 52 | HUN HUN | STEINER Daniel |
| 53 | CHN CHN | SUN Bin |
| 54 | DEN DEN | KIIL Filip |
| 55 | HUN HUN | SZEREMI Andras |
| 56 | TUR TUR | BABAOGLU Tevfik Burak |
| 57 | MEX MEX | FIGUEROA Carlos |
| 58 | ESP ESP | SALAZAR Orlando |
| 59 | NED NED | STIJLAART Mats |
| 60 | BLR BLR | LUKASHEVICH Aliaksandr |
| 61 | CHN CHN | MA Daijun |
| 62 | ISR ISR | ULMAN Yotam |
| 63 | JPN JPN | AZUMA Jumpei |
| 64 | LAT LAT | GASILOVSKIS Davids |
| 65 | ISR ISR | SUDILOVSKY Stanislav |
| 66 | RUS RUS | ARSLANOV Timur |
| 67 | UKR UKR | KOLESNIKOV Pylyp |
| 68 | VEN VEN | CORDERO Juan |
| 69 | CAN CAN | HARDWICKE-BROWN Samuel |
| 70 | TUR TUR | AKYALCIN Gokhan |
| 71 | MEX MEX | BELTRAN Jesus |
| 72 | IRI IRI | TOLOUEE Shervin |
| 73 | AUT AUT | STUEHLER Sven |
| 74 | POL POL | JANDA Piotr |
| 75 | NED NED | VAN OEVEREN Edgar |
| 76 | IRI IRI | ZAMANI Omid |
| 76 | IND IND | GUPTA Gaurav Kumar |
| 78 | BRA BRA | TOLDO Guilherme |
| 79 | PER PER | BENAVENTE Carlos |
| 80 | NED NED | TULEN Tristan |
| eliminated in round 1 | ||
| 81 | TUR TUR | KURTULUS Yunus |
| 82 | CZE CZE | KURFURST Jan |
| 83 | BRA BRA | SOUZA Pierre |
| 84 | BRA BRA | MELARAGNO Guilherme |
| 85 | SLO SLO | SELAN Klemen |
| 86 | SWE SWE | WEINBERGER Oskar |
| 86 | THA THA | NOOTPRAPAI Satabun |
| 88 | CZE CZE | SABART Daniel |
| 89 | INA INA | RAHARJO Sinatrio |
| 90 | ISR ISR | LITLE Elishua |
| 91 | SYR SYR | FAIYOUD Eias |
| 92 | CRO CRO | FIJOLIC Vedran |
| 93 | GEO GEO | SIXARULIDZE Sandro |
| 94 | GEO GEO | UGULAVA Archil |
| 95 | GEO GEO | BENIDZE Beka |
| 96 | IND IND | HUIDROM Rabi Kumar Singh |
| 97 | LUX LUX | KAMPHAUS Eric |
| 98 | EGY EGY | AHMED Marwan |
| 99 | RSA RSA | PYM-SILJEUR Skye |
| 100 | CUB CUB | PRADES ROSABAL Redys Hanng |
| 101 | RSA RSA | SCHRODER Emil |
| 102 | IRQ IRQ | MAJEAD Habib |
| 102 | TUN TUN | CHAMMAKHI Yassine |
| 104 | IRI IRI | ADHAMI Alireza |
| 104 | VEN VEN | MOLINA Franklin |
| 106 | RSA RSA | CHURCHILL Ryan |
| 107 | VEN VEN | MOSQUERA Tyrone |