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| Born | July 16, 1990 Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands |
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Sabre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National coach | Yury Gelman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE ranking | current ranking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daryl Homer (born July 16, 1990) is an American fencer who uses a saber. He is right-handed. Daryl has competed in three Olympic Games and won a silver medal in 2016.
He took part in the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Daryl Homer has won many medals. He is an eight-time team champion and a three-time individual champion at the Pan American Championships.
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About Daryl Homer
Daryl Homer was born on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. His parents are Juliette Smith and Daryl Homer. When he was five, Daryl moved to New York City with his mom and younger sister, D’Meca. They lived in the Bronx.
He went to Public School 21 and then Salesian High School. Later, he studied advertising communications at St. John’s University. Today, he works for an advertising and marketing company called Anomaly.
Daryl also talks to young people in cities. He teaches them how to balance school or work with their sports. He is an ambassador for Fencing in the Schools. This group helps kids in poorer areas learn fencing. They show how fencing can be good for health and teach important life skills.
Daryl's Fencing Journey
Daryl 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 in cities get into fencing. It was started by Peter Westbrook, a famous fencer who won an Olympic medal in 1984. Daryl chose saber fencing because Peter Westbrook was also a saber fencer.
Early Success
Daryl was quickly seen as a very talented athlete. He started training with Yury Gelman, a coach who has been to the Olympics four times. Daryl 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 Championships. He finished 23rd. He also won the NCAA college title when he was a sophomore.
In the 2009–10 season, Daryl won his NCAA title again. At the 2010 World Championships in Paris, he did very well. He beat two French fencers and finished 12th. The next season, he won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Championships.
Olympic Dreams
Daryl took a year off from college to train for the 2012 Summer Olympics. He qualified for the Olympics as part of the best team from the Americas. In the individual event, he won his first two matches. He had a very close win against Russia's Aleksey Yakimenko, who was ranked second in the world.
However, he lost in the quarter-finals by just one point. He finished sixth overall. In the team event, the USA team lost and finished eighth. Daryl ended the 2011–12 season ranked 12th in the world.
Daryl kept his high ranking in the next season. He earned three top-eight finishes in the World Cup events. He also won a bronze medal at the 2013 Pan American Championships. By the end of the 2014–15 season, he won his first World Cup medal, a bronze in Seoul.
Olympic Silver Medal
By July 2016, Daryl was ranked second in the United States. He competed for the USA in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He won the silver medal in men's saber.
This was a big achievement! He was the first American man to win a medal in men's saber since Peter Westbrook in 1984. He was also the first American man to win a silver medal in saber since 1904. The USA has never won a gold medal in men's saber.
After winning his Olympic silver medal, Daryl changed coaches. He left his long-time coach Yury Gelman. He also qualified to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which took place in 2021.
See also
- List of USFA Division I National Champions
- List of NCAA fencing champions
