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Nelson Botwinick

1955
Fencers Club Inc.
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 6 2 - - - 8
Losses 47 5 - - - 52
Win ratio 11.3% 28.6% - - - 13.3%
Pool victories 6 2 - - - 8
Pool losses 39 4 - - - 43
Pool win ratio 13.3% 33.3% - - - 15.7%
DE victories - - - - - -
DE losses 8 1 - - - 9
DE win ratio 0.0% 0.0% - - - 0.0%

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† 1 - - - - 1
Easy wins % 16.7% 0.0% - - - 12.5%
Close wins‡ - 1 - - - 1
Close wins % 0.0% 50.0% - - - 12.5%
Close losses‡ 4 1 - - - 5
Close losses % 8.5% 20.0% - - - 9.6%
Big losses† 33 3 - - - 36
Big losses % 70.2% 60.0% - - - 69.2%

† 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 8 1 - - - 9
Tournaments 6 1 - - - 7

Competition history

9 competitions, 60 bouts

Division 1 & Para Championships / April NAC

Veteran Men's Foil A2/B3, VET April 26, 2026

Place 72 of 73 Seed 69 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Hans 50 - D25 32 OnTarget Fencing Club 1368 972 18.5 26%
Pool
D 0:5 HAYENGA Gary M. 17 - B24 41 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy / Ann Arbor Dueling Society 2354 953 1.3 1%
Pool
D 1:5 ROUNTREE Andrew 59 - E25 59 Richmond Fencing Club 1253 952 21.1 31%
Pool
D 1:5 HABALA Peter 6 - A23 3 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 3183 931 0.0 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 WILLIAMS Kenneth H. 29 - C25 9 Birmingham Fencing Club 2178 931 2.1 2%
Pool
D 1:5 JOHANSON David B. 39 - C23 36 Denver Fencing Center 1967 929 4.0 5%
T128
D 3:10 GARDNER William 49 - D25 57 Boise Fencing Club 1973 953 34.4 8%

Division 1 & Para Championships / April NAC

Vet-70 Men's Foil B1, V70 April 25, 2026

Place 22 of 22 Seed 22 Rank 36 Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 STREB Joseph S. 2 2 B24 3 Columbus International Fencing Academy / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2670 1029 0.6 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 9 10 C25 2 Morris Fencing Club 2000 1028 5.7 6%
Pool
D 0:5 PATTERSON Jan (Janmon) M. 7 8 D25 7 Salle Auriol Seattle 2101 1023 4.1 4%
Pool
D 4:5 PIATKOWSKI-NAZARRO RPT Marek W. 14 14 D25 11 Elite Fencing Club 1901 1019 7.1 8%
Pool
D 3:5 ANDERSON Donald 19 22 U 19 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 907 1012 39.9 57%
T32
D 1:10 MARIANI Lou 12 26 C22 8 The Fencing Center 2238 973 20.0 4%

Division II at Fencers Club

Div II Mixed Foil D1, DV2 March 22, 2026

Place 17 of 20 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 WANG Xicheng 7 - E25 1 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1519 1139 24.1 27%
Pool
D 1:5 FAGAN Margaret 1 - C26 9 Fencers Club - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 WEHMEYER Devin 12 - U 3 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 1615 1115 18.0 26%
Pool
V 5:3 COSSENTINO Natalia 17 - U 18 The Phoenix Center - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 KEEGAN Cole 6 - E26 8 Way Of The Sword.org 1350 1097 27.9 34%
Pool
D 3:5 SCHIAVONE Oreste 13 - U 15 Richmond County Fencing Center 1023 1069 40.2 53%
T32
D 13:15 ROSENFELD Madelon 3 - D25 16 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club / Fencers Club - - - -

February NAC

Veteran Men's Foil A2/B3, VET February 13, 2026

Place 81 of 84 Seed 84 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 FOELLMER Oliver K. 12 - B25 18 LA International Fencing 2912 1198 0.6 < 1%
Pool
D 2:5 BROWN Jason 37 - C24 36 San Francisco Fencing Academy / Rochester Fencing Club 1921 1197 13.9 12%
Pool
D 4:5 HERNANDEZ Marc A. 60 - D23 65 Austin Fencers Club 1689 1183 21.1 21%
Pool
D 0:5 FLANAGAN James 13 - B25 22 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2380 1162 3.4 3%
Pool
D 2:5 LEYLAND John 61 - D23 62 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1903 1159 12.3 12%
Pool
D 0:5 VALENTINE Iain 36 - C24 38 Salle Auriol Seattle 2098 1146 7.2 6%
T128
D 9:10 RUSANOV Oleg 62 - D22 51 Royal Fencing Academy 1902 1028 54.3 12%

February NAC

Vet-70 Men's Foil B2, V70 February 12, 2026

Place 22 of 27 Seed 26 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 STREB Joseph S. 2 2 B24 5 Columbus International Fencing Academy / Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2729 1213 1.6 1%
Pool
V 5:2 ANDERSON Donald 23 24 U 24 New Mexico Fencing Foundation 901 1211 35.6 69%
Pool
D 0:5 KLEIN Johannes 15 25 C22 18 Rain City Fencing Center 1827 1247 20.9 18%
Pool
D 2:5 RESS Michael A. 7 8 C23 12 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2217 1226 7.8 6%
Pool
D 2:5 PATTERSON Malcolm (Werewolf) D. 10 9 C25 14 2268 1218 6.5 5%
Pool
D 2:5 PIATKOWSKI-NAZARRO RPT Marek W. 18 20 D25 11 Elite Fencing Club 1952 1212 13.9 12%
T32
D 0:10 DRAKE David L. 17 - C23 13 Team Touche Fencing Center 2184 1064 36.6 7%

Fairfax Challenge ROC, RJCC, RYC

Veteran Men's Foil D1, VET January 2, 2026

Place 22 of 24 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 GALVAN Ivan 12 - U 17 OnTarget Fencing Club 1051 1298 94.1 64%
Pool
V 5:3 STADTHER Christopher J. 21 - U 24 1385 1204 79.8 39%
Pool
D 3:5 LUNG Po nam 13 - U 6 Research Triangle Fencing 1461 1284 47.6 39%
Pool
D 0:5 FRENZINGER Douglas 4 - D25 5 AZ United Fencing Club 2527 1236 4.2 2%
Pool
D 0:5 TOMASI John 5 - D25 1 Smokey Mountain Fencing 1910 1232 19.0 14%
T32
D 3:10 MAHNKEN Thomas G. 1 - C25 11 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. / RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1663 1211 146.7 28%

Premier Challenge ROC/RJCC/RYC

Veteran Men's Foil A1, VET September 26, 2025

Place 11 of 20 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 GONZALEZ II John L. 7 - C25 3 Yorkville Arms Fencing Club 2207 989 11.2 4%
Pool
D 0:5 LEE Hans 12 - D25 12 OnTarget Fencing Club 1461 977 53.7 23%
Pool
V 5:3 CHAN Geoffrey 13 - D25 10 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-PA 1507 924 174.9 19%
Pool
D 1:5 POPOKH Leo 1 - A25 5 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2766 1099 1.6 1%
Pool
V 5:1 LI Drew X Missing ID 17 - U 19 - - - -
Pool
V 5:3 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 6 - C25 17 Morris Fencing Club 2037 1097 201.0 7%
T16
D 3:10 COTLAR Andrew D. 5 - B25 7 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - North 2381 1268 57.4 9%

Neil Lazar Div1/Div2/Veteran ROC

Veteran Men's Foil A2, VET August 24, 2025

Place 25 of 26 Seed 25 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 TURDO Mark A. 12 - C24 11 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2825 1123 3.7 1%
Pool
D 0:5 EPPLY-SCHMIDT Paul 4 - A23 9 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing / Sebastiani Fencing Academy 3092 1119 1.2 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 VIVEROS Oscar A. 20 - E25 15 On Point Fencing Club 1592 1118 70.3 24%
Pool
D 2:5 LAWRENCE John W. 5 - A22 12 Masters Fencing Academy NJ 2845 1048 1.8 < 1%
Pool
D 0:5 MASTRONARDI Joseph M. 13 - C24 22 Worcester Fencing Club / Boston Fencing Club 1565 1046 57.6 22%
T32
D 0:10 GONZALEZ II John L. 15 - C24 6 Yorkville Arms Fencing Club 2257 1373 104.5 15%

Fencers Club Veteran Cup - (Epee, Foil, Sabre)

Veteran Mixed Foil E1, VET December 29, 2024

Place 11 of 13 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating U Fencers Club Inc.

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 SCHNEIDERMAN todd 8 - U 3 Medeo Fencing Club 1239 2500 144.1 89%
Pool
D 0:5 MENAKER Joseph 12 - U 12 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1650 2644 713.4 81%
Pool
D 0:5 BERGEN Kevin 6 - U 5 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 698 1931 781.9 92%
Pool
V 5:4 PRIVITERA Dino 7 - U 8 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1196 1149 227.3 48%
Pool
D 2:5 WOOD Ben 1 - C24 2 Sheridan Fencing Academy / The Fencers Academy 1872 1376 96.7 25%
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Hans 4 - U 6 OnTarget Fencing Club 1310 1279 156.3 48%
T16
D 8:10 LEE Hans 4 - U 6 OnTarget Fencing Club 1267 2500 1127.0 88%