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Donald Watson

1955
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 11 - - 8 19
Losses - 12 - - 7 19
Win ratio - 47.8% - - 53.3% 50.0%
Pool victories - 10 - - 6 16
Pool losses - 8 - - 5 13
Pool win ratio - 55.6% - - 54.5% 55.2%
DE victories - 1 - - 2 3
DE losses - 4 - - 2 6
DE win ratio - 20.0% - - 50.0% 33.3%

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† - 3 - - 5 8
Easy wins % - 27.3% - - 62.5% 42.1%
Close wins‡ - 3 - - 1 4
Close wins % - 27.3% - - 12.5% 21.1%
Close losses‡ - 2 - - - 2
Close losses % - 16.7% - - 0.0% 10.5%
Big losses† - 2 - - 4 6
Big losses % - 16.7% - - 57.1% 31.6%

† 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 - 4 - - 2 6
Tournaments - 2 - - 2 4

Competition history

6 competitions, 38 bouts

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-70 Men's Saber B1, V70 July 2, 2025

Place 12 of 18 Seed 16 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 KATH Philip (Doc) D. 9 10 D23 10 2228 2107 237.7 44%
Pool
V 5:3 MCLAUGHLIN Joseph R. 10 12 E25 13 Forge Fencing Teams DUR / Cape Fear Fencing Association 1847 1869 207.8 51%
Pool
D 3:5 KASTOR Jacaeber 4 4 B25 1 Manhattan Fencing Center 2781 2077 63.1 16%
Pool
D 2:5 GUTMAN Garik 3 3 C25 2 Capital Fencing Academy 2797 2014 48.5 14%
Pool
V 5:4 KOHN Richard 15 27 U 17 Lincoln Fencing Club 1302 1965 54.9 82%
T16
D 8:10 MALNATI Donald H. 2 2 B24 6 Nazlymov Fencing Foundation 3018 2041 89.7 12%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-70 Men's Épée B2, V70 July 1, 2025

Place 22 of 41 Seed 29 Not ranked Rating D22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 PATTERSON Malcolm (Werewolf) D. 19 14 C24 19 2219 2406 82.5 61%
Pool
V 5:3 TKACH Robert W. 6 6 C25 29 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing / Atlantic Fencing Academy 1878 2324 31.4 76%
Pool
V 5:4 HEWITT Frank F. 7 8 B22 11 Cabrillo Academy Of The Sword LLC 2016 2355 35.6 70%
Pool
D 4:5 WEINGARTEN Solomon (Sol) 18 - B21 14 East Bay Fencers Gym 2281 2391 62.6 57%
Pool
V 5:1 GALLIVAN James 32 33 U 41 Fortune Fencing 750 2328 1.2 99%
T32
D 6:10 ALEXANDER Chuck 16 37 B24 3 No Fear Fencing 2520 2083 121.4 28%

ROC/RPC of the Rockies

Veteran Men's Saber U, VET April 27, 2025

Place 2 of 4 Seed 4 Not ranked Rating U

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 ANDERSON Nathan T. 1 - C23 1 Denver Fencing Center / Denver Fencing Foundation 2234 2500 654.3 60%
Pool
V 5:1 ADAMS Matthew A. 2 - U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1236 1846 171.5 72%
Pool
V 5:4 KIM Leslie 3 - U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1064 2017 89.7 87%
T4
V 10:4 KIM Leslie 3 - U 3 Fencing Academy Of Denver 1231 2500 147.2 88%
T2
D 2:10 ANDERSON Nathan T. 1 - C23 1 Denver Fencing Center / Denver Fencing Foundation 2278 2647 606.4 65%

ROC/RPC of the Rockies

Veteran Men's Épée B1, VET April 26, 2025

Place 10 of 19 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating D22

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 LUTTON Thomas (Tom) W. 4 - B24 15 Denver Fencing Center 2134 2527 59.0 72%
Pool
D 3:5 EYMAN Hans 8 - C24 3 Denver Fencing Center 2021 2586 164.5 80%
Pool
V 5:2 WEBER Dick 16 - E23 14 Denver Fencing Center 1703 2422 25.5 87%
Pool
V 5:2 ALPERSTEIN Donald W. 14 - D22 19 Denver Fencing Center 1963 2447 37.8 77%
Pool
D 0:5 GORMLEY Robert 3 - B25 3 Denver Fencing Center / Tidewater Fencing Club 2413 2485 79.0 54%
T16
D 6:10 REYNOLDS Adam 19 - U 1 1896 2429 346.3 72%

April Championship and NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée A2, V60 April 13, 2019

Place 25 of 43 Seed 28 Rank 17 Rating C18 Denver Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 WALKER William H. 25 38 B18 24 Northwest Fencing Center / Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2250 2736 281.8 74%
Pool
V 5:3 MYERS Brent M. 41 85 U 38 Southwest Florida Fencing Academy 1967 2454 73.5 73%
Pool
V 5:1 KLUCZYNSKI Mike k. 42 91 U 39 Lincoln Fencing Club 1505 2527 27.0 91%
Pool
D 3:5 KAROLAK Dale W. 14 33 A17 17 Underground Fencing Organization 2906 2554 77.6 31%
Pool
D 1:5 DRAGONETTI Walter E. 1 1 A18 2 Battle Born Fencing Club / Hooked On Fencing 3613 2477 19.0 7%
Pool
V 5:4 KLEIN Johannes 15 42 A19 31 Rain City Fencing Center 2116 2458 69.9 69%
T64
V 10:5 POMPIAN Mark 40 65 U 42 Riverside Fencing Club 1940 2350 197.2 65%
T32
D 3:10 MARIANI Lou 9 9 A19 7 The Fencing Center 3308 2547 117.8 19%

December NAC

Vet-60 Men's Épée A2, V60 December 16, 2018

Place 24 of 59 Seed 30 Rank 20 Rating C18 Denver Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 SCHNEIDER Charles (Charlie) J. 8 9 A16 7 Underground Fencing Organization 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:1 ROSENTHAL Paul E. 26 61 B16 56 Sheridan Fencing Academy 1980 2079 336.7 53%
Pool
V 5:3 SEGAL Mark N. 11 15 A17 20 No Fear Fencing Club / Fortune Fencing 2779 2416 440.6 35%
Pool
V 5:1 CULLER Michael (Mike) D. 47 66 D18 25 Olympia Fencing Center 2619 2857 199.2 61%
Pool
D 2:5 RESS Michael A. 44 31 D17 36 Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 2387 3056 320.4 78%
T64
V 10:3 GRAVIS Martin V. 54 65 U 44 Wasatch Fencing / Schoolhouse Fencing 2079 2500 331.8 63%
T32
D 5:10 WEINGARTEN Solomon (Sol) 14 22 A17 11 East Bay Fencers Gym 2431 2832 482.3 64%