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Statistics Profile

Aaron Blanchard (Sam)

1968
Princeton Interscholastic Fencing Bucks County Academy Of Fencing
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 26 26
Losses - - - - 23 23
Win ratio - - - - 53.1% 53.1%
Pool victories - - - - 19 19
Pool losses - - - - 17 17
Pool win ratio - - - - 52.8% 52.8%
DE victories - - - - 7 7
DE losses - - - - 6 6
DE win ratio - - - - 53.8% 53.8%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - - - 9 9
Easy wins % - - - - 34.6% 34.6%
Close wins‡ - - - - 8 8
Close wins % - - - - 30.8% 30.8%
Close losses‡ - - - - 10 10
Close losses % - - - - 43.5% 43.5%
Big losses† - - - - 2 2
Big losses % - - - - 8.7% 8.7%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - - - 6 6
Tournaments - - - - 5 5

Competition history

6 competitions, 49 bouts

Goldfinch ROC D1A, D2, Vet, RJC and chair fencing

Veteran Men's Épée A1, VET March 27, 2022

Place 6 of 21 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating B19 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SPRINGER Michael 1 - A22 5 Olympia Fencing Center 2470 2488 35.8 51%
Pool
D 2:5 BARTLETT Jonathan R. 6 - B22 1 New York Athletic Club 2730 2452 22.4 33%
Pool
V 5:4 GAO "George" Xiaojiang 20 - U 21 Medeo Fencing Club 1461 2430 5.6 93%
Pool
V 5:1 LATORA Nicholas A. 17 - E20 17 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 2492 2435 27.1 47%
Pool
V 5:4 PIERRO Roger 13 - C18 15 Fencers Club Inc. 2116 2462 18.8 71%
Pool
V 5:2 ROMERO Javier 11 - C21 11 Fencers Club Inc. 2469 2481 29.7 51%
T16
V 10:5 ROMERO Javier 11 - C21 11 Fencers Club Inc. 2638 2943 63.1 67%
T8
D 4:10 BARREIRO Darren 3 - A21 2 Atlantic Fencing Academy 3103 3006 79.2 44%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Vet-50 Men's Épée A2, V50 July 7, 2021

Place 15 of 56 Seed 27 Rank 84 Rating B19 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 GILLHAM Timothy A. 11 10 A19 20 Madison Fencing Academy 2763 2450 27.0 31%
Pool
D 4:5 BAILEY Creston P. 23 37 B20 14 No Fear Fencing / San Diego Fencing Center 2809 2423 23.0 27%
Pool
D 3:5 DEUCHER Joseph H. 6 6 A21 11 DC Fencers Club 3069 2400 13.0 14%
Pool
V 5:0 SCHARF David 53 - U 56 Dunwoody Fencing Club 1271 2387 4.4 96%
Pool
V 5:4 HEKMAT Sina R. 44 - D19 44 Fairfield County Fencing Academy AKA Fairfield Fencing Academy 2499 2391 43.6 43%
Pool
V 5:3 WOZNIAK Greg 38 - C17 25 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2897 2435 53.2 25%
T64
V 10:9 COTLAR Andrew D. 35 - C19 43 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West / Manchen Academy Of Fencing 2815 2789 123.6 49%
T32
V 10:7 BARREIRO Darren 12 12 A19 18 Atlantic Fencing Academy 2949 2913 127.2 48%
T16
D 6:10 HOFFMANN Christopher J. 19 - A18 3 Salle Palasz 3102 3040 97.1 46%

American Challenge ROC (DIV1A, DIV2, VET) & RJC

Veteran Men's Épée A2, VET October 6, 2019

Place 3 of 34 Seed 9 Rank 68 Rating B19 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 GERSEN Jacob 22 - D19 23 Olympia Fencing Center 2191 2407 42.0 63%
Pool
D 4:5 NEALE James H. 2 13 A19 5 Fencers Club Inc. / Rockland Fencers Club 2739 2449 35.3 33%
Pool
D 4:5 HILLSTROM Nathan 27 - E19 6 2271 2414 54.4 58%
Pool
V 5:0 WHITELOCK James R. 30 - E19 32 1510 2360 11.0 90%
Pool
V 5:1 NEWSOME James L. 12 92 B18 22 Tidewater Fencing Club 2485 2371 52.5 43%
Pool
V 5:4 VAN GOLEN Kenneth L. 19 - C18 30 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy 2081 2423 26.5 70%
T32
V 10:5 RITCHIE Mark T. 29 - E19 28 1553 2174 122.4 77%
T16
V 10:4 DESAMOURS Georges H. 7 56 C18 12 2246 2296 208.7 53%
T8
V 10:8 GREENBAUM Isaac 18 - C18 7 3317 2505 339.9 15%
T4
D 9:10 CHERNYSHOV Max 14 - A18 2 Medeo Fencing Club / Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA 3545 2845 55.7 17%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Vet-50 Men's Épée A4, V50 July 2, 2019

Place 47 of 76 Seed 21 Rank 55 Rating A15 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 GILLESPIE Jeremy W. 66 101 U 46 Loudoun International Fencing Club 1782 2579 21.0 88%
Pool
D 1:5 BALESTRACCI Chris 43 44 C17 15 Fencers School Of Connecticut 2551 2600 73.5 53%
Pool
D 4:5 DEUCHER Joseph H. 2 3 A19 12 DC Fencers Club / Red Rock Fencing Center 3594 2527 10.3 6%
Pool
D 4:5 FRANK Fred 24 10 B18 23 Northwest Fencing Center 2733 2516 49.6 37%
Pool
D 2:5 KAUFMAN Joel H. 44 45 C19 32 East Bay Fencers Gym 2344 2467 71.9 58%
Pool
V 5:2 KELBLEY Jay 69 - U 74 West Michigan Fencing Academy 1442 2395 12.5 89%
T64
D 9:10 GUMAGAY Paul 41 32 C19 22 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2653 2442 267.5 40%

December NAC

Vet-50 Men's Épée A4, V50 December 16, 2018

Place 47 of 66 Seed 21 Rank 23 Rating A15 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 O'LOUGHLIN Chris S.
1 1 A18 2 New York Athletic Club 3080 2647 66.9 32%
Pool
D 2:5 DESAMOURS Georges H. 42 42 C18 22 Celerity Fencing Academy 2559 2580 127.1 51%
Pool
V 5:3 STEWART Robert 62 - U 44 Northwest Fencing Center 3028 2453 170.3 22%
Pool
D 4:5 BALESTRACCI Chris 41 31 C17 40 Fencers School Of Connecticut 2997 2624 54.0 32%
Pool
D 2:5 MILLS Tim A. 60 - E17 46 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2584 2570 85.8 49%
Pool
V 5:3 SUMLER Jeffery 20 20 A15 49 Marx Fencing Academy / Boston Fencing Club 2645 2484 95.5 41%
T64
D 7:10 REES Daniel I. 16 16 A18 22 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy 3969 2496 54.5 6%

December NAC

Veteran Men's Épée A4, VET December 15, 2018

Place 41 of 95 Seed 24 Not ranked Rating A15 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 MILLS Tim A. 80 - E17 49 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 3028 2500 674.7 32%
Pool
V 5:4 DIDASKALOU Ilias L. 5 - A18 15 Fencers Club Inc. 2837 3175 264.0 64%
Pool
D 2:5 PARTE Aidan 60 - D18 80 Marx Fencing Academy 1726 3439 909.0 98%
Pool
V 5:2 KRUGER Mark (Mark Kruger) 52 - C18 56 Northern Colorado Fencers 2375 2530 159.1 58%
Pool
D 3:5 JOHNSON David L. 33 - B18 28 The Fencing Center 2755 2689 145.1 47%
Pool
V 5:4 PAPADOPOULOS Nic 89 - U 63 Loudoun International Fencing Club 2305 2544 103.6 62%
T128
V 10:2 WINTERSHEIMER Blaise Q. 85 - U 95 NKY Fencing Academy (NKFA) 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T64
D 9:10 VARNEY John R. 8 - A18 26 Salle Auriol Seattle 2500 2921 424.5 63%