Guess which one is the 10-year-old fencing up?
Port Chester, NY — Ranked sixth in the country on the Y-10 Women’s Foil standings, Amabel Wang at one point was the youngest person in the country to hold a rating. Thanks to hard work and fencing up, she earned her E22 late last year and then upgraded to a D23 this year. And she’s only 10. Read more about this amazing kid…
Name: Amabel Wang
Weapon: Foil
Age, school, grade: 10 years old, in grade 5 at Robert Bell Middle School
Hometown: Chappaqua, NY
How long have you fenced: 3.5 half years
Coach: Slava Grigoriev
What you love about fencing: I make lots of friends across the country from fencing.
Favorite tournament/bout and why: At the March 2023 NAC, in the Y-12 Women’s Foil event, I was fencing a very tough opponent. Slava helped me win the bout by a big margin.
Interests outside of fencing: I like to play with my iPad and play with Phoebe, my dog.
Events at Summer Nationals: Y-14 Women’s Foil, Y-12 Women’s Foil and Y-10 Women’s Foil
