Donald Melchior

1945

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories - - 2 - 5 7
Losses - - 13 - 40 53
Win Ratio - - 13.3% - 11.1% 11.7%
Pool Victories - - 1 - 5 6
Pool Losses - - 11 - 32 43
Pool Win Ratio - - 8.3% - 13.5% 12.2%
DE Victories - - 1 - - 1
DE Losses - - 2 - 8 10
DE Win Ratio - - 33.3% - 0.0% 9.1%

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

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† - - - - 2 2
Easy wins as % of wins - - 0.0% - 40.0% 28.6%
Close wins‡ - - 2 - 1 3
Close wins as % of all wins - - 100.0% - 20.0% 42.9%
Close losses‡ - - 1 - 3 4
Close losses as % of all losses - - 7.7% - 7.5% 7.5%
Big losses† - - 7 - 23 30
Big losses as % of all losses - - 53.8% - 57.5% 56.6%

† 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.

Events

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events - - 2 - 8 10
Tournaments - - 1 - 5 6

Competition History

January NAC

Veteran Men's Foil (A2, VET), January 9, 2023
Place 45 of 53, Seed 52, Not ranked, Rating U, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 ROBINSON Timothy 36 E22 20 Presidio Fencing Club / University Of Calif/Santa Barbara (UCSB) 2409 1424 7.4 7%
Pool L 1:5 EPPLY-SCHMIDT Paul 4 A22 7 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 3067 1416 0.7 < 1%
Pool L 2:5 GRAJALES Nestor L. 13 B21 27 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club 2716 1415 2.7 2%
Pool W 5:4 THOMAS Jr. Robert D. 45 U 51 Cape Fear Fencing Association 1428 1413 40.6 49%
Pool L 1:5 POWERS Douglas A. 20 C22 9 Salle Auriol Seattle 2332 1453 8.5 8%
Pool L 3:5 RUSANOV Oleg 30 D22 38 Royal Fencing Academy 1872 1445 21.8 25%
T64 L 5:10 PATTERSON Jan (Janmon) M. 29 C19 24 Salle Auriol Seattle 3314 1608 4.4 1%

January NAC

Vet-70 Men's Foil (B1, V70), January 8, 2023
Place 16 of 20, Seed 20, Not ranked, Rating U, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 THOMISZER Frank 8 C21 6 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2500 1474 11.0 16%
Pool L 4:5 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 17 16 U 17 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2126 1463 16.6 15%
Pool L 3:5 BALLARD Mark V. 11 D21 8 3157 1446 2.3 2%
Pool L 1:5 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 5 6 B21 1 Denver Fencing Center / LE CLUB TOUCHE 2327 1444 9.5 8%
Pool L 3:5 KAZIMIROFF Paul B. 14 9 E19 15 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2297 1434 10.0 9%
Pool L 0:5 STREB Joseph S. 2 2 A19 3 Columbus International Fencing Academy / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3019 1424 1.0 1%
T32 W 10:9 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 17 16 U 17 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2365 1189 423.4 7%
T16 L 4:10 PATTERSON Jan (Janmon) M. 3 3 C19 5 Salle Auriol Seattle 3342 1612 4.2 1%

2019 Bay State Games

Veteran Men's Foil (U, VET), July 20, 2019
Place 2 of 2, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:5 SANCHEZ Leon D. 1 C19 1 Boston Fencing Club 2450 1348 126.0 5%
T2 L 2:10 SANCHEZ Leon D. 1 C19 1 Boston Fencing Club 2572 1214 24.9 5%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-70 Men's Foil (D1, V70), July 3, 2019
Place 14 of 17, Seed 11, Rank 13, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 2:5 PATTERSON Jan (Janmon) M. 1 1 B18 1 Salle Auriol Seattle 3408 1298 0.4 < 1%
Pool W 5:0 WILSON Ronald F. 14 26 U 16 Cumberland D'Escrime / Music City Fencing Club 2031 1298 69.0 21%
Pool L 0:5 CAMPANA, SR. Rinaldo A. 6 7 D16 5 Fairfax Fencers LLC 2748 1367 3.8 3%
Pool L 2:5 BRYKCZYNSKI James V. 7 8 E18 7 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2689 1363 4.2 3%
Pool L 2:5 THORESON Gary C. 16 U 9 2297 1359 10.9 9%
T16 L 6:10 TYSON Julian F. 8 9 E19 2 Riverside Fencing Club 2773 1231 16.9 3%

NEUSFA 2019 Pomme De Terre Individual

Veteran Men's Foil (B1, VET), June 15, 2019
Place 14 of 17, Seed 12, Not ranked, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 KNIGHT Keith S. 15 U 9 Thames River Fencing Club 2500 1239 11.2 11%
Pool L 1:5 BANKS Alexander S. 1 B18 1 Moe Fencing Club Llc / International Fencing Club 2955 1228 1.6 1%
Pool W 5:2 PELLETIER John R. 16 U 17 International Fencing Club 1780 1226 100.3 22%
Pool L 4:5 MELCHER Charles 7 E19 11 Portland Fencing Center 2652 1326 5.3 3%
Pool L 4:5 CHANG Tung-Shan (Fritz) 6 D17 12 NEMA Fencing Center 1936 1321 22.9 18%
T16 L 2:10 SANCHEZ Leon D. 4 C18 2 Boston Fencing Club 1798 1355 124.0 32%

April Championship and NAC

Div III Men's Foil (C3, DV3), April 14, 2019
Place 52 of 52, Seed 35, Not ranked, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 DROUTMAN Ryan 2 C19 18 Athletic Club Northeast 2599 1326 6.1 3%
Pool L 1:5 MURATA Akitoshi D. 30 E18 35 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 1800 1320 38.4 24%
Pool L 1:5 TOMINO rafael 44 U 26 Miami Lakes Fencing Club 2652 1282 4.7 2%
Pool L 1:5 SWEENEY Quinn 18 D18 11 California Fencing Academy 2152 1277 15.8 9%
Pool L 1:5 SMITH Brandon J. 15 D18 40 Park City Fencing 2184 1261 15.3 10%
Pool L 1:5 CHUANG Kian J. 43 U 29 San Francisco Fencers Club 2389 1246 7.4 4%
T64 L 7:15 SWEENEY Quinn 18 D18 11 California Fencing Academy 2296 1442 87.2 14%

April Championship and NAC

Veteran Men's Foil (A2, VET), April 13, 2019
Place 34 of 35, Seed 28, Not ranked, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 MARTOS Darwin C. 18 C18 11 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 2319 1497 28.3 13%
Pool L 2:5 BERKE Daniel (Dan) L. 23 C16 20 Rain City Fencing Center 1966 1468 47.3 23%
Pool L 1:5 WYSZYNSKI Marek B. 3 A18 2 Fencers Club Inc. 3455 1421 0.7 < 1%
Pool L 1:5 HAGOPIAN Mitchell 34 U 28 Madison Fencing Academy / Ataba Fencing Club 1498 1420 78.6 45%
Pool L 0:5 CHEN David A. 8 B18 8 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2720 1342 5.2 2%
Pool L 1:5 GROSS Stephen R. 13 B17 18 2483 1337 10.2 5%
T64 L 1:10 JONES Bryan T. 31 U 30 Northwest Fencing Center 1966 1647 205.2 37%

April Championship and NAC

Vet-70 Men's Foil (D1, V70), April 12, 2019
Place 12 of 15, Seed 9, Rank 11, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 CARVEY Davis W. 4 5 D18 10 Rain City Fencing Center / Salle Auriol Seattle 3041 1337 7.0 2%
Pool W 5:3 REA John P. 10 12 E18 6 Wilmington Fencer's Club 2261 1330 221.4 12%
Pool L 3:5 CAMPANA, SR. Rinaldo A. 3 4 D16 5 Fairfax Fencers LLC 2740 1551 15.7 6%
Pool L 4:5 MIERNIK marcel 15 U 11 Battle Born Fencing Club 2217 1536 39.1 20%
T16 L 7:10 TYSON Julian F. 13 19 E18 3 Riverside Fencing Club 2546 1804 156.6 23%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Foil (A2, VET), December 16, 2018
Place 45 of 47, Seed 38, Not ranked, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 COTLAR Andrew D. 25 C17 22 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West / Manchen Academy Of Fencing 2392 2147 190.5 39%
Pool L 0:5 BRYAN Thomas A. 11 B18 3 Mid-South Fencers' Club / Research Triangle Fencing 1403 1957 287.9 73%
Pool L 2:5 FELDMAN Adam 4 A18 13 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy 2797 1669 37.0 9%
Pool L 2:5 PIMOUTKINE Roustam R. 18 B16 6 Fencers Club Inc. 2761 1632 33.0 8%
Pool L 1:5 MAHNKEN Thomas G. 32 D18 35 Virginia Academy Of Fencing 1936 1599 110.7 32%
Pool L 2:5 KIRSHNER Ronald 46 U 43 Rochester Fencing Club 1441 1488 151.2 53%
T64 L 0:10 MARTOS Darwin C. 19 C18 14 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 2456 2079 275.6 37%

December NAC

Vet-70 Men's Foil (C1, V70), December 15, 2018
Place 19 of 21, Seed 12, Rank 10, Rating E18, Boston Fencing Club
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 3:5 SUSSMAN Steven W. 20 18 U 11 Rochester Fencing Club / Mid-South Fencers' Club 2787 2500 384.5 40%
Pool W 5:1 DESEVILLA-PIERCE Eduardo X. 13 12 E16 16 2079 2115 328.2 51%
Pool L 3:5 SESSIONS Adrian 4 4 D18 3 The Fencing Center / Massialas Foundation (M Team) 3168 2444 149.7 25%
Pool L 1:5 CARVEY Davis W. 5 5 D18 6 Rain City Fencing Center / Salle Auriol Seattle 2902 2294 146.8 27%
T32 L 5:10 KAZIMIROFF Paul B. 17 50 E18 14 Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%