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Michael Szathmary

1953

Middle Tennessee Fencing Club

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 15 18 3 - 16 52
Losses 8 18 3 - 25 54
Win Ratio 65.2% 50.0% 50.0% - 39.0% 49.1%
Pool Victories 12 12 3 - 14 41
Pool Losses 5 14 2 - 19 40
Pool Win Ratio 70.6% 46.2% 60.0% - 42.4% 50.6%
DE Victories 3 6 - - 2 11
DE Losses 3 4 1 - 6 14
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 60.0% 0.0% - 25.0% 44.0%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Easy wins† 5 5 - - 5 15
Easy wins as % of wins 33.3% 27.8% 0.0% - 31.2% 28.8%
Close wins‡ 3 7 - - 3 13
Close wins as % of all wins 20.0% 38.9% 0.0% - 18.8% 25.0%
Close losses‡ - 3 - - 5 8
Close losses as % of all losses 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% - 20.0% 14.8%
Big losses† 3 9 2 - 9 23
Big losses as % of all losses 37.5% 50.0% 66.7% - 36.0% 42.6%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Bouts with Time Expired

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories - - 1 - - 1
Victories as % of all victories 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% - 0.0% 1.9%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses as % of all losses 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0% 0.0%
Total - - 1 - - 1
Total as % of all bouts 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% - 0.0% 0.9%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 3 5 1 - 6 15
Tournaments 3 3 1 - 4 11

Competition History

Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NAC

Vet-70 Men's Saber (C1, V70), April 26, 2024
Place 3, Seed 7, Rank 7, Rating C23, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 MALNATI Donald H. 5 5 C23 2 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2776 2285 9.4 21%
Pool W 5:1 STOUT Randall 20 U 20 Phoenix Fencing Academy 881 2276 1.4 97%
Pool L 3:5 BENEDEK Miklos 19 U 14 Spartak 1911 2277 20.3 67%
Pool W 5:2 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 13 16 E24 17 Forge Fencing Teams / Cape Fear Fencing Association 1928 2257 12.2 70%
Pool W 5:2 DI GENNARO John 12 10 E23 12 Manhattan Fencing Center 1932 2269 11.9 71%
Pool W 5:1 STREB Joseph S. 1 1 C24 7 Columbus International Fencing Academy / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2848 2281 35.2 18%
T16 W 10:7 WRIGHT Lloyd G. 10 12 C21 10 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2645 2345 74.8 33%
T8 W 10:9 YUNG Wang Y. 8 8 C23 5 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Hillside Cavaliers Fencing Club 2763 2420 75.6 30%
T4 L 1:10 GUTMAN Garik 2 2 C23 1 Capital Fencing Academy 3067 2496 20.0 20%

Volunteer Open 2024

Senior Mixed Saber (E1, SNR), April 20, 2024
Place 8, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating C23, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 LIM Joshua 10 U 9 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2500 2321 15.6 43%
Pool L 0:5 SCHRETTER Jayden 11 U 10 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1573 2336 45.0 88%
Pool L 2:5 PASZEK Elijah 6 E23 6 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1544 2291 46.7 89%
Pool W 5:3 LOGGINS Austin J. 3 D24 2 Athens Fencing Club / University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2345 2245 24.2 44%
Pool W 5:2 LEE Hanho 7 E22 1 Columbus International Fencing Academy 2120 2269 16.5 59%
T16 W 15:12 SCHRETTER Jayden 11 U 10 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1748 2355 23.8 78%
T8 L 10:15 HARDISON Terry (Reno) 1 C23 3 Nellya Fencers 2775 2378 33.2 27%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Saber (C1, V70), January 6, 2024
Place 9, Seed 4, Rank 4, Rating C23, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 DOBRZANSKI Lucas T. 15 14 U 17 Kern Athletic Fencing Foundation / Gryphon Fencing 1482 2235 6.8 89%
Pool L 3:5 YUNG Wang Y. 10 17 C23 13 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Hillside Cavaliers Fencing Club 2499 2242 17.4 34%
Pool W 5:0 KUHLMAN John B. 21 U 20 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 1433 2224 6.8 85%
Pool W 5:3 SEUSS C. David 3 3 C21 6 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2876 2231 47.2 15%
Pool W 5:4 MALNATI Donald H. 9 10 C23 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2802 2278 41.6 20%
Pool W 5:1 ANDERSON Donald 16 15 U 21 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 873 2320 0.7 99%
T16 L 7:10 WRIGHT Lloyd G. 11 22 C21 8 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2644 2400 45.0 36%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-70 Men's Saber (C1, V70), July 4, 2023
Place 1, Seed 5, Rank 8, Rating E23, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 BIANCHINI Victor (Vic) E. 8 10 E19 13 Spartak 2032 2218 20.6 62%
Pool W 5:3 ANDERSON Donald 14 22 U 11 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 822 2239 1.0 99%
Pool L 4:5 SEUSS C. David 2 2 C21 3 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2931 2240 8.0 13%
Pool W 5:2 GRAVIS Martin V. 11 13 U 6 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 1178 2232 3.2 95%
T16 W 10:2 BIANCHINI Victor (Vic) E. 8 10 E19 13 Spartak 2264 1823 162.1 26%
T8 W 10:6 BAKER Keith L. 3 3 C20 5 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2439 1985 146.8 25%
T4 W 10:8 KATH Philip (Doc) D. 4 6 D21 3 2405 2132 104.7 34%
T2 W 10:4 STREB Joseph S. 1 1 C23 2 Columbus International Fencing Academy / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3132 2236 163.2 9%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), April 24, 2023
Place 43, Seed 31, Not ranked, Rating E23, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 ELDER John 39 E19 36 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 1861 2303 15.5 76%
Pool L 0:5 RUNYAN Joshua 3 A22 3 Spartak 3117 2318 7.2 10%
Pool L 2:5 HICHA Paul R. 26 D21 29 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2291 2311 30.1 51%
Pool L 2:5 KALLIO Jeffrey E. 12 C23 1 Forge Fencing Teams 3222 2281 4.9 7%
Pool L 0:5 BUSH Joshua C. 17 C22 9 Lincoln Fencing Club 3370 2276 3.2 4%
Pool L 3:5 STATEN Joseph 42 U 42 Salle Auriol Seattle 1628 2273 54.5 85%
T64 L 2:10 DUDNICK Christian 41 U 15 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1814 1961 138.2 58%

Division 1 Championships/April NAC

Vet-70 Men's Saber (E1, V70), April 23, 2023
Place 9, Seed 10, Rank 16, Rating E23, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 YUNG Wang Y. 6 B19 1 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Hillside Cavaliers Fencing Club 2504 2239 24.0 34%
Pool W 5:2 REA John P. 11 13 U 14 Wilmington Fencer's Club 1025 2215 2.9 97%
Pool W 5:4 GUTMAN Garik 7 15 C21 2 Rockville Fencing Academy 2776 2218 54.3 20%
Pool W 5:4 REILLY Philip V.
3 6 E21 8 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2456 2272 39.9 38%
Pool L 2:5 SEUSS C. David 2 2 C21 5 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2966 2312 10.5 15%
Pool W 5:3 ANDERSON Donald 14 U 12 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 844 2302 1.1 99%
T16 L 4:10 REILLY Philip V.
3 6 E21 8 Oregon Fencing Alliance 2897 1992 30.8 10%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Saber (C1, V70), January 9, 2023
Place 6, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating E20, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 WALKER William H. 14 U 7 Cardinal Fencing Club / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2228 2277 35.1 53%
Pool L 3:5 BIANCHINI Victor (Vic) E. 4 7 E19 10 Spartak 2291 2312 39.5 51%
Pool L 1:5 BAKER Keith L. 3 3 C20 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2285 2273 36.5 49%
Pool W 5:0 GRAVIS Martin V. 10 11 U 14 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 982 2236 2.6 97%
T16 W 10:3 DI GENNARO John 7 10 D19 11 Manhattan Fencing Center 1757 1945 128.8 60%
T8 L 8:10 BAKER Keith L. 3 3 C20 3 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2497 2074 82.0 27%

January NAC

Veteran Men's Saber (A2, VET), January 8, 2023
Place 32, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating E20, Middle Tennessee Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 BAKER Keith L. 19 C20 16 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 2299 2355 48.1 54%
Pool L 1:5 FIROOZI Farzeen 30 E22 43 Manhattan Fencing Center 2457 2403 36.5 47%
Pool L 0:5 MAKOGON Sergey 3 A21 9 Salt City Swords Fencing Club 3304 2366 8.7 7%
Pool L 3:5 ZOLLER Matthew 14 C22 19 Fencing Academy Of Denver 2211 2358 55.0 59%
Pool W 5:4 DHAR asif 45 U 45 Capital Fencing Academy 1710 2303 16.7 82%
Pool L 4:5 KATZ Jason 47 U 37 Stamford Fencing Center, LLC 2195 2320 42.3 57%
T64 W 10:9 CAISSE Michael J. 49 U 33 Hangtown Saber Club 2500 1778 206.0 26%
T32 L 4:10 CHU Kevin 10 B21 11 Manhattan Fencing Center 2980 1984 38.5 9%

TN Division Event Hosted By Lang Fencing Academy

Div II Mixed Foil (D1, DV2), November 20, 2021
Place 10, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 BAUMGARTNER Cameron 8 U 5 Williamson County Fencing Club / Murfreesboro fencing club 2500 1362 58.9 16%
Pool L 1:5 LI Sophia M. 1 D21 1 Birmingham Fencing Club
Pool W 4:2 THIYAGARAJAA Ari 20 U 18 Memphis University School Fencing Team 1159 1304 172.8 57%
Pool W 5:2 BRUSH Sydney 10 U 17 Lang Fencing Academy
Pool W 5:2 COPELAND Emily 16 U 20 Salle D'Armes Bosco
T16 L 10:15 COVER Harrison 6 E19 7 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 1868 2079 499.7 59%

December NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), December 8, 2019
Place 22, Seed 23, Rank 23, Rating E19
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 MYERS Brent M. 18 13 E19 8 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2623 2565 61.5 47%
Pool W 5:3 YAN Peter C. 28 25 U 29 United Fencers of Oakland 1676 2503 16.1 89%
Pool L 1:5 WRIGHT Lloyd G. 8 18 B17 18 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2485 2519 60.1 52%
Pool L 4:5 GUEBLE Jeffrey R. 3 3 C19 10 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Washington Fencing Academy 2808 2459 35.1 30%
Pool L 2:5 DAHL Chris 13 11 D18 13 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2229 2424 69.1 62%
T32 L 4:10 MYERS Brent M. 18 13 E19 8 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2162 1936 158.4 40%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-60 Men's Saber (B2, V60), June 30, 2019
Place 21, Seed 16, Rank 20, Rating E16
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 WRIGHT Lloyd G. 8 33 B17 2 Phoenix Fencing Academy 2836 2850 74.2 51%
Pool L 3:5 PARAGANO Vincent 10 10 C16 9 South Mountain Fencing 2652 2776 112.0 57%
Pool W 5:1 LIBERS Alexander M. 23 35 U 17 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2691 2664 69.2 49%
Pool W 5:1 SHORT Skip 22 30 U 26 Manhattan Fencing Center / Fencers Club Inc. 1619 2733 10.4 95%
Pool L 2:5 RUNYAN Joshua 1 1 A17 1 US Navy / Spartak 3467 2743 26.1 16%
Pool L 1:5 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 17 25 E17 20 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Cape Fear Fencing Association 1942 2717 152.6 87%
T32 L 5:10 LEAR Donald W. 14 18 D19 8 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2638 2065 129.2 25%

2019 Volunteer Open

Div III Mixed Saber (D1, DV3), February 9, 2019
Place 9, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating E16, Salle Du Lion Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:0 ARNOLD Rachuel E. 32 U 32
Pool W 5:2 CREVELING Kathryn 27 U 26 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 FITZGERALD AJ 21 U 19 Appalachian State University Fencing Club 2236 2615 72.4 67%
Pool W 5:2 FRAKES Devin 11 U 20 Appalachian State University Fencing Club 2129 2687 54.7 74%
Pool W 5:3 RICHERSON James 1 D19 10 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2571 2742 87.6 59%
Pool W 5:3 STANLEY Jacob 20 U 13 Fencing Club at the University of South Carolina 1704 2829 20.4 90%
T32 W 15:3 TELLO Austin 24 U 29 Appalachian State University Fencing Club
T16 L 14:15 BRUNDIGE Ian 15 U 8 Appalachian State University Fencing Club 2832 2192 126.9 28%

2019 Volunteer Open

Mixed Saber (B2), February 9, 2019
Place 16, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating E16, Salle Du Lion Fencing Center
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 MORRISROE Keegan A. 8 D18 2 Fencing Club at the University of South Carolina 2500 2741 162.4 59%
Pool W 5:1 DAVENPORT Gage 17 U 23 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2079 2578 86.6 69%
Pool L 3:5 BUERGENTHAL Aaron P. 9 D18 6 3302 2665 72.5 19%
Pool L 4:5 HOOKASSIAN Austin N. 1 B18 3 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club / Middle Tennessee Fencing Club 3369 2592 52.4 19%
Pool W 5:4 WEST Matthew S. 19 U 21 Clemson University Fencing Club 2092 2540 74.6 70%
T32 W 15:13 RICHERSON James 7 D19 17 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club 2500 2029 387.4 35%
T16 L 9:15 LOCKWOOD Ben F. 6 C17 1 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Appalachian State University Fencing Club 2500 2416 224.0 47%

December NAC

Vet-60 Men's Foil (A2, V60), December 15, 2018
Place 37, Seed 38, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 MALNATI Donald H. 34 40 U 12 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 2:5 BLAIR III Ray H. 26 32 E18 31 Naples Fencing Academy 2069 2079 422.4 50%
Pool L 2:5 ZEISS Gary M. 23 24 E17 27 LA International Fencing / Salle D'Asaro 2032 1657 189.6 36%
Pool L 1:5 STREB Joseph S. 2 2 A18 6 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3151 1467 22.8 3%
Pool L 1:5 CRACRAFT William J. 11 43 B18 23 Halberstadt Fencers' Club / The Fencing Center 2519 1445 67.2 12%
Pool L 1:5 MCCARTHY Daniel (Dan) W. 14 18 C15 3 The Phoenix Center 3052 1377 15.0 2%
T64 L 8:10 POWERS James J. 17 27 C17 29 Lilov Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%

December NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (B2, V60), December 14, 2018
Place 19, Seed 19, Rank 19, Rating E16
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:3 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 22 30 E17 23 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Cape Fear Fencing Association 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool L 2:5 YUNG Wang Y. 2 2 B16 9 Infinity Fencing Alliance / Hillside Cavaliers Fencing Club 3124 2921 314.3 43%
Pool W 5:3 BAKER Keith L. 12 10 C16 24 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 2254 2606 239.3 64%
Pool W 5:4 MYERS Brent M. 26 36 U 16 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2349 2846 156.1 70%
Pool L 2:5 MALNATI Donald H. 9 20 B15 11 2893 3002 261.1 55%
T32 L 9:10 DAHL Chris 17 14 E18 8 Fencing Academy Of Boston 2596 2500 471.4 47%