Mark Olson

1957

No Fear Fencing

Win/Loss Statistics

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Victories 8 2 3 - - 13
Losses 20 37 12 - - 69
Win Ratio 28.6% 5.1% 20.0% - - 15.9%
Pool Victories 7 2 2 - - 11
Pool Losses 16 31 10 - - 57
Pool Win Ratio 30.4% 6.1% 16.7% - - 16.2%
DE Victories 1 - 1 - - 2
DE Losses 4 6 2 - - 12
DE Win Ratio 20.0% 0.0% 33.3% - - 14.3%

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† - 1 - - - 1
Easy wins as % of wins 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% - - 7.7%
Close wins‡ 3 - 1 - - 4
Close wins as % of all wins 37.5% 0.0% 33.3% - - 30.8%
Close losses‡ 2 6 4 - - 12
Close losses as % of all losses 10.0% 16.2% 33.3% - - 17.4%
Big losses† 12 17 3 - - 32
Big losses as % of all losses 60.0% 45.9% 25.0% - - 46.4%

† 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 2 - - - - 2
Victories as % of all victories 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% - - 15.4%
Losses 1 1 1 - - 3
Losses as % of all losses 5.0% 2.7% 8.3% - - 4.3%
Total 3 1 1 - - 5
Total as % of all bouts 10.7% 2.6% 6.7% - - 6.1%

Events

2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 Before 2020 All Time
Events 4 6 2 - - 12
Tournaments 3 4 2 - - 9

Competition History

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), January 6, 2024
Place 27, Seed 24, Rank 47, Rating U, No Fear Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 LUNDBORG Mark R. 1 1 A23 1 Washington Fencing Academy 3250 1263 2.4 < 1%
Pool L 2:5 LEAR Donald W. 17 12 D23 8 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 2435 1261 26.4 5%
Pool L 0:5 CRETEN joachim 8 25 B22 19 Oregon Fencing Alliance 1916 1235 67.5 17%
Pool L 1:5 MILNE Will J. 16 C21 5 2711 1167 8.3 2%
Pool L 4:5 HICHA Paul R. 11 10 C23 21 Arizona State University Fencing Club 2217 1159 26.6 7%
Pool L 0:5 TREANOR Donald K. 25 U 22 Fencing Center Of Chicago / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1499 1132 90.5 30%
T32 L 2:10 DASHNAW Stephen 4 4 B23 7 Lilov Fencing Academy 3340 1582 20.2 2%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), January 5, 2024
Place 39, Seed 47, Rank 85, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 2:0 WHEELER Mark C. 29 35 B22 43 Windy City Fencing-Chicago / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2408 1450 79.5 6%
Pool L 1:5 LIPTON Michael D. 26 77 B23 10 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2150 1530 10.8 16%
Pool W 5:3 HUDSON Jeffrey (Jeff) A. 8 8 A23 23 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2988 1519 100.1 1%
Pool W 5:4 KOERBER Christopher T. 43 D23 52 The Fencing Center 2191 1619 52.1 18%
Pool L 2:5 RANES Evan 11 9 B23 16 Battle Born Fencing Club 2777 1671 2.8 4%
T64 L 5:10 SWANSON Dave 31 32 B21 27 Ataba Fencing Club 2257 1715 66.7 22%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC Div1A/Vet

Veteran Men's Épée (B2, VET), October 6, 2023
Place 24, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 MARIANI Lou 6 B23 3 The Fencing Center 2510 1456 4.4 4%
Pool L 4:5 LIPTON Michael D. 16 C21 1 East Bay Fencers Gym / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 2118 1451 11.5 14%
Pool L 1:5 MAYCHROWITZ Matt 13 C23 10 East Bay Fencers Gym 2399 1440 5.5 6%
Pool L 2:4 JENSEN David 4 B23 9 Fortune Fencing 2664 1434 2.4 2%
Pool W 5:2 PERALTA Christian 23 U 26 1489 1432 34.3 47%
Pool L 3:5 CHAO Warren 21 E23 21 LA International Fencing 1942 1466 15.6 22%
T32 L 6:10 MARIANI Lou 6 B23 3 The Fencing Center 2767 1742 27.7 7%

Fortune Fencing RYC/RJCC/ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & Y8

Veteran Men's Épée (C1, VET), September 4, 2023
Place 14, Seed 10, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 BAILEY Creston P. 3 B23 3 No Fear Fencing / San Diego Fencing Center 2494 1307 3.8 3%
Pool W 5:2 HILLSTROM Nathan 4 B22 8 Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword LLC 2072 1304 93.9 11%
Pool W 5:3 GALLIVAN James 21 U 20 Fortune Fencing / San Dimas Fencing Academy 543 1398 9.1 90%
Pool L 1:5 CHAO Warren 14 E23 12 LA International Fencing 1899 1407 18.6 21%
Pool W 4:3 CHIEN William 9 D22 15 TeamK Fencing 2139 1388 81.0 12%
Pool L 1:5 BAXTER David 15 E22 9 Ace Fencing Academy 2079 1469 13.5 16%
T32 W 10:8 GALLIVAN James 21 U 20 Fortune Fencing / San Dimas Fencing Academy 1595 1666 164.3 54%
T16 L 7:10 JOYCE David 13 E23 5 No Fear Fencing / San Diego Fencing Center 2249 1831 88.5 31%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-60 Men's Saber (A2, V60), July 4, 2023
Place 36, Seed 34, Not ranked, Rating U, No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KOPYLOV Dmitri 3 3 A21 3 Lilov Fencing Academy 3158 2500 297.2 26%
Pool L 3:5 MITCHELL Matthew D. 22 38 E21 35 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 1644 2203 627.2 73%
Pool L 1:5 ANTHONY Jr Donald K. 15 15 C21 10 The Ohio State University NCAA 2707 1576 56.0 8%
Pool L 0:5 SRERE Mark A. 9 10 C23 17 Capital Fencing Academy 2456 1520 69.8 11%
Pool L 1:5 GORMLEY Peter J. 27 25 U 23 Zeta Fencing 1630 1450 186.3 41%
T64 L 7:10 YAN Peter C. 36 U 29 United Fencers of Oakland 1602 2500 918.1 80%

National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), July 3, 2023
Place 55, Seed 45, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:3 SIMMONS Matthew C. 31 31 C23 28 Epee Miami Fencing Club 2337 1368 7.9 6%
Pool L 3:5 MITCHELL Matthew D. 52 74 U 43 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 1497 1360 39.7 41%
Pool L 1:5 FRANK Fred 3 3 A23 10 Northwest Fencing Center 2761 1320 1.6 1%
Pool L 3:5 AMELI Sean 14 9 A19 6 Battle Born Fencing Club 3002 1318 0.6 < 1%
Pool L 1:5 HUGHES Michael D. 19 11 B23 38 DC Fencers Club 2362 1318 5.9 5%
Pool L 0:5 JAMES Lonnie M. 35 C22 19 City of Thunder FC 2453 1312 4.5 4%
T64 L 4:10 DELGADO Jr. Eli M. 28 15 B19 18 Battle Born Fencing Club 3053 1689 23.0 4%

Fortune Fencing ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC

Veteran Men's Épée (A2, VET), April 9, 2023
Place 31, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 KENT IV David 12 C22 24 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 2039 1489 25.3 19%
Pool L 2:5 VAN DYKE Frank 11 B19 2 Battle Born Fencing Club 2584 1464 7.9 6%
Pool L 1:5 LINGVAY Laurance (Larry) S. 21 D19 12 Fortune Fencing 2241 1456 14.5 11%
Pool L 3:5 FERRIERE Thomas 28 U 11 Fortune Fencing 2058 1441 20.3 17%
Pool L 4:5 DUONG John 29 U 29 Las Positas Fencing Center 1436 1421 50.8 49%
Pool L 4:5 HELGE James R. 2 A22 5 Davis Fencing Academy 2692 1370 2.7 2%
T32 L 8:10 TAYLOR Daryl J. 1 A23 6 Fortune Fencing 3648 1693 3.4 < 1%

Fortune Fencing ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC

Veteran Men's Foil (C1, VET), April 8, 2023
Place 15, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating U, No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 WU Clarence C. 9 E19 5 Team Touche Fencing Center 2258 2500 643.4 59%
Pool L 0:5 KRYLTSOV Greg 4 D22 11 Rain City Fencing Center 1837 1857 360.4 51%
Pool L 1:5 ZEISS Gary M. 10 E19 10 Elite Fencing Club 2008 1496 141.9 26%
Pool L 0:5 CALDERON Juan Ignacio 3 C21 3 San Diego Fencing Center / University Of California San Diego Ncaa 1971 1354 97.8 22%
T16 L 5:10 KISSINGFORD John F. 1 B22 1 Denver Fencing Center 3150 2500 299.2 26%

AFM Super Regional SYC/RJCC/ROC (D1A/VET)

Veteran Men's Épée (B2, VET), November 6, 2022
Place 24, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BECK Brian C. 6 B21 6 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2224 1512 24.4 14%
Pool L 3:5 KUO Michael 22 U 17 Las Positas Fencing Center 1854 1488 43.5 29%
Pool W 5:3 ZGRAGGEN dale 27 U 13 2263 1444 102.6 16%
Pool L 0:5 GROSS Louis A. 18 D19 15 Denver Fencing Center 1777 1547 46.8 36%
Pool L 2:5 HARGROVE Charles 3 B22 3 East Bay Fencers Gym 2454 1500 10.7 7%
T32 L 4:10 LIN Kimball 16 D21 10 Maximum Fencing Club 1655 2051 357.8 68%

South Coast RJCC/ROC

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), September 23, 2022
Place 20, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing / Unattached
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 GAINES Aaron 5 B21 3 No Fear Fencing / San Diego Fencing Center 2745 1644 15.9 5%
Pool W 5:1 GALLIVAN James 23 U 23 Fortune Fencing / San Dimas Fencing Academy 1715 1628 89.0 46%
Pool L 3:5 FERRIERE Thomas 16 U 10 Fortune Fencing 2040 1717 65.4 32%
Pool L 2:5 YANG Jerry M. 17 U 12 South Coast Fencing Center 2050 1652 48.1 32%
Pool L 1:5 LOEFFLER Carl E. 2 A19 6 LA International Fencing 2776 1603 9.5 4%
Pool L 3:5 LEE Richard U. 14 E21 16 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1994 1594 49.8 27%
Pool L 0:5 CERUTTI Franco 8 C21 3 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 2147 1544 32.3 20%
T32 L 9:10 PARSEGHIAN Missag H. 19 U 14 South Coast Fencing Center 2079 2331 280.8 59%

January NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée (A2, V60), January 10, 2022
Place 29, Seed 29, Not ranked, Rating C17, No Fear Fencing / Gryphon Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:4 HAYENGA Gary M. 10 10 A19 10 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Ann Arbor Dueling Society 2881 1561 15.9 3%
Pool W 5:2 MYERS Brent M. 31 32 U 30 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 1691 1545 186.3 42%
Pool L 3:5 HUGHES Michael D. 19 17 B20 9 DC Fencers Club 2408 1732 50.4 16%
Pool L 1:5 DRAGONETTI Walter E. 1 1 A21 2 Battle Born Fencing Club / Hooked On Fencing 3146 1681 6.9 2%
Pool L 1:5 WATRALL Rick 11 23 A19 7 New York Athletic Club 3064 1674 8.0 2%
Pool L 4:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 21 21 B19 16 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2662 1666 22.3 7%
T32 L 9:10 WATRALL Rick 11 23 A19 7 New York Athletic Club 3463 2430 98.6 12%

Fortune Fencing ROC/VET/RJCC

Veteran Men's Épée (A1, VET), September 4, 2021
Place 14, Seed 11, Not ranked, Rating D21, No Fear Fencing
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BAILEY Creston P. 5 56 B20 3 No Fear Fencing / San Diego Fencing Center 2850 2500 400.5 37%
Pool W 5:2 RIDLEY Alan P. 19 U 15 Lionheart Fencing Academy/Coeur Du Lion Fencing Cl 1398 2100 184.7 78%
Pool L 2:5 FERNANDEZ Sergio 9 B19 9 Fortune Fencing 2251 2284 327.7 52%
Pool L 2:5 TAYLOR Daryl J. 2 19 A19 6 Fortune Fencing 3003 1957 55.0 9%
Pool L 3:5 BARBARA patrick 18 U 18 Fortune Fencing 1564 1901 254.9 65%
Pool L 3:5 CUEVAS Tom 14 E20 8 Still Point Fencing 2233 1647 85.6 23%
T32 W 10:8 ANDERSON Donald 20 U 19 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 1912 2500 311.9 71%
T16 L 3:10 BURCHARD Byron M. 10 D21 1 2500 2812 381.9 60%