Daryl Homer facts for kids
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Homer at 2015 World Championships
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| Full name | Daryl D. Homer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 16, 1990 Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States |
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Sabre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Yury Gelman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Daryl D. Homer (born July 16, 1990) is an American saber fencer. He is known for being a three-time Olympian and winning a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
Homer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. He has also won many medals at the Pan American Championships, including ten team titles and three individual titles.
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About Daryl Homer
Daryl Homer was born on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. When he was five years old, he moved to New York City with his mother and younger sister. They lived in the Bronx.
Education and Career
Homer went to Public School 21 and then Salesian High School. He later graduated from St. John’s University. He earned a degree in advertising communications. Today, he works for an advertising and marketing company called Anomaly.
Inspiring Young People
Daryl Homer often talks to young people about how to balance their careers with their passions. He is a special helper for Fencing in the Schools. This is a group that helps young people in cities learn about fencing. The program teaches them about the health benefits and life skills that fencing can offer.
Daryl Homer's Fencing Journey
Daryl Homer started fencing when he was 11 years old. He saw a picture of a fencer in a dictionary and thought it looked "very cool." He then joined the Peter Westbrook Foundation in New York City. This program helps young people from cities get into fencing. Peter Westbrook was an Olympian who won a bronze medal in 1984. Homer chose saber fencing because Westbrook was also a saber fencer.
Early Success in Fencing
Daryl was quickly seen as a very talented athlete. He began training with Yury Gelman, a coach who had been to the Olympics four times. Homer won a bronze medal at the 2007 Cadet World Fencing Championships. He won another bronze at the 2009 Junior World Championships. In the same year, he competed in his first senior World Fencing Championships and finished 23rd. He also won the NCAA title as a college student.
Competing on the World Stage
In the 2009–10 season, Homer won his second NCAA title. At the 2010 World Championships, he reached the round of 16 and finished 12th. The next year, he won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Championships.
He took a break from college fencing to train for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the Olympics as part of the top team from the Americas. In the individual event, he won two matches before losing in the quarter-finals. He finished sixth overall. In the team event, the USA team finished eighth. He ended the 2011–12 season ranked 12th in the world.
Homer continued to do well in the following seasons. He earned three quarter-final spots in the Fencing World Cup events. He also won a bronze medal at the 2013 Pan American Championships. In the 2014–15 season, he won his first World Cup medal, a bronze, in Seoul.
Olympic Achievements
By July 2016, Daryl Homer was ranked second in the United States. He competed for the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in fencing. He won the silver medal in men's saber. This was a big achievement because he was the first U.S. men's saber medalist since Peter Westbrook in 1984. He was also the first U.S. men's silver medalist since William Grebe in 1904. The U.S. has never won a gold medal in men's saber.
After his Olympic silver medal, he started working with a new coach. He also qualified to represent the United States in fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Images for kids
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Homer at 2015 World Championships
See also
In Spanish: Daryl Homer para niños
