TMFC Featured Fencer: Amabel Wang

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