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Matthias Galban

2004
Candlewood Fencing Center
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 38 38
Losses - - - - 71 71
Win ratio - - - - 34.9% 34.9%
Pool victories - - - - 34 34
Pool losses - - - - 58 58
Pool win ratio - - - - 37.0% 37.0%
DE victories - - - - 4 4
DE losses - - - - 13 13
DE win ratio - - - - 23.5% 23.5%

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† - - - - 14 14
Easy wins % - - - - 36.8% 36.8%
Close wins‡ - - - - 7 7
Close wins % - - - - 18.4% 18.4%
Close losses‡ - - - - 7 7
Close losses % - - - - 9.9% 9.9%
Big losses† - - - - 37 37
Big losses % - - - - 52.1% 52.1%

† 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.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 1 1
Victories % - - - - 2.6% 2.6%
Losses - - - - 3 3
Losses % - - - - 4.2% 4.2%
Total - - - - 4 4
Total % - - - - 3.7% 3.7%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - - - 16 16
Tournaments - - - - 10 10

Competition history

16 competitions, 109 bouts

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Junior Men's Foil A4, JNR July 6, 2021

Place 269 of 291 Seed 251 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MCCLAIN Bryce C. 87 127 B20 230 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 3114 2372 4.1 11%
Pool
D 2:5 HORSLEY Alexander 171 - B20 176 Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association 2856 2368 7.0 21%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHENG Alan H. 82 123 A20 73 California Fencing Academy / LE CLUB TOUCHE 3134 2361 3.7 10%
Pool
D 4:5 NABI Masoud Masoud W. 255 - D19 204 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 2569 2357 10.9 37%
Pool
D 2:5 GASSNER Ethan I. 3 6 A21 9 San Francisco Fencers Club 3799 2346 0.4 1%
Pool
D 2:5 COSTELLO Chaissen F. 166 - B21 141 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2903 2346 6.0 18%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Cadet Men's Foil A4, CDT July 3, 2021

Place 180 of 273 Seed 191 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 LI Lianhao 213 - E21 247 AIC Fencing Club 1666 2400 4.4 89%
Pool
D 3:5 COSTELLO Chaissen F. 110 - B21 88 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2890 2404 7.4 21%
Pool
D 2:5 YEROKHIN Michael N. 51 65 A21 75 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 3081 2397 4.9 13%
Pool
D 1:5 ELVANDER Ethan 270 - U 203 South Coast Fencing Center 1662 2392 33.0 88%
Pool
D 2:5 JEON Caleb A. 30 40 C21 73 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 3102 2359 4.1 11%
Pool
V 5:1 FORTUNE Alexander J. 130 - C21 148 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2449 2355 17.6 44%
T256
D 9:15 CHIN Julian S. 93 121 C21 87 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2988 1875 9.9 4%

Jersey Clash RYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Foil B2, CDT February 22, 2020

Place 10 of 41 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 AHN Jun 6 - C20 3 East Coast Fencing Club 2712 2308 27.9 25%
Pool
V 5:0 DE JAGER Robert 31 - U 39 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 1539 2336 4.0 90%
Pool
V 5:3 LIGOS Alex M. 32 - U 34 V Fencing Club 2047 2340 11.1 69%
Pool
V 5:3 ALIMI Yacine A. 19 - D18 6 International Fencers Alliance Of Boston 2596 2352 22.7 34%
Pool
V 5:3 GOOR Julian 7 - C20 8 Fencers Club Inc. 2741 2374 25.3 27%
T32
V 15:9 ZHONG Guoren 39 - U 29 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1689 1822 77.3 58%
T16
D 8:15 GONG Benjamin 38 - U 7 Marx Fencing Academy 2687 1899 23.5 12%

Junior Olympic Championships

Cadet Men's Foil A4, CDT February 17, 2020

Place 273 of 320 Seed 194 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 FINN Mark T. 286 - E18 291 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2237 2325 16.4 56%
Pool
D 2:5 DESHMUKH Ayush 175 - C19 112 Austin Fencers Club 2835 2341 8.3 21%
Pool
D 1:5 MCCORD Clark 102 138 C19 147 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 2920 2333 6.8 17%
Pool
D 2:5 MILLER Duncan R. 266 - E19 228 North Bay Fencing Academy 2595 2326 12.1 33%
Pool
D 2:5 OURSLER Jack 10 16 A19 11 Manhattan Fencing Center 3369 2314 2.0 4%
Pool
D 0:5 BURKE Spencer W. 83 112 B20 97 Elite International Fencers Club 3165 2312 3.6 8%

THRUST FALL ROC/RYC w/Veterans and Y8

Div I-A Men's Foil A4, D1A November 3, 2019

Place 57 of 76 Seed 55 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 YU Dale 73 - U 70 Mission Fencing Center 2027 2305 13.1 67%
Pool
D 2:5 LOCKWOOD Owen 13 - B19 2 Fencers Club Inc. 3152 2318 4.2 9%
Pool
V 5:3 STRAYER Andrew 52 - D19 71 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-pa 2589 2314 26.7 33%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG Henry C. 33 - C19 8 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) 3054 2341 5.4 12%
Pool
D 1:5 MARSHALL Ian 32 - C19 13 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2803 2335 9.0 22%
Pool
D 0:5 CANDESCU Cristian 10 - A18 5 V Fencing Club 3593 2326 1.3 2%
T128
V 15:5 KEANNA Peter 76 - U 73 Silver City Fencing Club 1395 1770 55.9 68%
T64
D 4:15 LIN Richard W. 14 - B19 18 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester) / Fencers Club Inc. 3277 1826 4.3 1%

THRUST FALL ROC/RYC w/Veterans and Y8

Div II Men's Foil C3, DV2 November 2, 2019

Place 60 of 88 Seed 36 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MAGIDSON Gabriel 42 - D18 19 East Coast Fencing Club 2885 2345 9.0 19%
Pool
V 5:1 MUNDAHL Morgan K. 88 - U 74 Fencers Club Inc. 2121 2336 15.4 63%
Pool
D 1:5 TRAUGOT Braden (Brady) C. 16 - C18 3 Manhattan Fencing Center 2737 2351 11.6 26%
Pool
D 0:5 TIAN Yuzhe (Charlie) 11 - C19 26 Olympia Fencing Center 2863 2339 8.8 20%
Pool
D 1:5 NITTEL Jake 64 - E19 66 Manchen Academy Of Fencing 2085 2331 25.6 65%
T64
D 8:15 WEI William 55 - E19 6 Way Of The Sword.org / Prospect Fencing Club 2418 1815 44.7 20%

Mission RJCC

Junior Men's Foil A2, JNR September 22, 2019

Place 34 of 46 Seed 26 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 COSTELLO Chaissen F. 19 - C19 5 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2776 2362 12.7 25%
Pool
D 3:5 HEMPE Jake 3 131 A18 12 Mission Fencing Center 3046 2350 7.1 13%
Pool
D 0:5 VANNI Filippo A. 12 - B19 3 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 3079 2343 6.4 11%
Pool
V 5:1 KEANNA Peter 41 - U 40 1958 2336 12.6 72%
Pool
V 5:3 BELLUOMO David C. 38 - E18 38 Manhattan Fencing Center 2247 2349 19.7 57%
Pool
D 3:4 BOOTSMA Shane-Anson 31 - D18 35 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2303 2369 24.1 54%
T64
D 5:15 AHN Jun 34 - E19 31 East Coast Fencing Club 2691 1844 29.4 11%

Mission RJCC

Cadet Men's Foil B2, CDT September 21, 2019

Place 18 of 43 Seed 15 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 XU Mathu Yang 43 - U 38 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1579 2315 7.4 88%
Pool
D 1:5 MA Alexander 1 66 A19 2 Marx Fencing Academy 3297 2322 3.9 6%
Pool
V 5:4 YULDASHEV Timur 29 - E18 8 2105 2318 18.0 62%
Pool
D 1:5 DEGREMONT Henri S. 14 - D19 17 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2995 2336 8.3 14%
Pool
V 5:3 SCHKODA Jeremy 33 - U 24 Mission Fencing Center 2279 2328 22.4 53%
Pool
V 5:1 BADLANI Dev 42 - U 43 V Fencing Club 1892 2351 11.9 77%
T32
D 6:15 GALLUCCI Charles John 22 - D17 7 V Fencing Club 2315 1919 74.3 29%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div III Men's Foil C3, DV3 July 6, 2019

Place 94 of 217 Seed 70 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MURUHIN Yaroslav 55 - D19 14 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2567 2260 20.2 31%
Pool
V 5:1 LIM Charles Q. 131 - E19 128 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 2265 2240 31.5 48%
Pool
V 5:0 AMRANI David 192 - U 165 Manhattan Fencing Center 1917 2271 17.3 71%
Pool
V 5:4 WORLEY Aren R. 181 - E16 201 Hawaii Island Fencing Assoc. 1776 2289 12.7 78%
Pool
V 5:4 CHITU Julian S. 7 - C19 41 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2742 2301 43.9 24%
Pool
D 3:5 MURRAY-GRAMLICH Robert 118 - E19 98 Charlotte Fencing Academy 2222 2345 30.3 58%
T128
D 6:15 WANG Duke R. 88 - D18 45 2294 2014 95.8 35%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Y-14 Men's Foil A3, Y14 July 5, 2019

Place 148 of 337 Seed 173 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 OH Jonathan 24 35 C19 47 Precision Athletics Fencing Club / Allez Fencing Studio 2716 2126 15.0 17%
Pool
V 5:4 TOLBA Abdelrahman 122 156 D19 160 Premier Fencing Club 2819 2111 77.9 13%
Pool
D 3:5 KAO Castor T. 75 100 D19 101 Olympia Fencing Center 2974 2188 8.9 10%
Pool
V 5:2 FORTUNE Alexander J. 221 - E19 153 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2122 2180 32.3 54%
Pool
V 5:2 MU Jeffrey 318 - U 314 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 1954 2212 23.3 66%
Pool
V 5:2 TALLARICO Matthew 271 - U 300 Rochester Fencing Club 2043 2235 24.8 62%
T256
D 9:15 MURUHIN Yaroslav 52 69 D19 114 Silicon Valley Fencing Center 2645 2089 74.6 22%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div II Men's Foil B3, DV2 July 4, 2019

Place 179 of 247 Seed 136 Not ranked Rating D19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 UM Christian J. 154 - D19 47 Marx Fencing Academy 2637 2145 23.0 23%
Pool
V 5:1 LE Vyn A. 82 - C18 168 Premier Fencing Club 2533 2122 75.2 26%
Pool
D 3:5 HOWARD Michael 205 - E19 99 Boston Fencing Club 2428 2197 32.2 36%
Pool
V 5:4 COLWELL Alexander J. 63 - C19 204 Underground Fencing Organization 1661 2165 19.1 76%
Pool
D 3:5 DIDYCZ Nicholas 226 - E18 195 Twin Tiers Fencing Club / RPI College Fencing Club 1853 2184 48.1 67%
Pool
D 0:5 DARIANO Noah G. 10 - C19 67 California Fencing Academy 2893 2136 10.7 11%
T256
D 6:15 HU Robin 11 - C19 94 V Fencing Club 2942 2144 55.0 14%

American Challenge RYC/RCC all Youth Events and Cadet Only Events

Y-14 Men's Foil C2, Y14 March 31, 2019

Place 37 of 77 Seed 31 Not ranked Rating E19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 RUSCIGNO Jr. Anthony R. 36 - U 71 Rockland Fencers Club 2500 2088 51.9 35%
Pool
D 3:4 ANTON Nathaniel 58 - U 41 Fencers Club Inc. 2601 2140 31.0 23%
Pool
D 1:5 LEE Aidan 9 108 E18 15 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2713 2109 22.5 17%
Pool
D 0:5 ZELTSER Lawrence M. 14 159 C19 9 North Shore Fencers Club / Manhattan Fencing Center 2768 2086 18.3 14%
Pool
V 5:1 TING Clement 53 - U 76 Sebastiani Fencing Academy 1247 2068 13.7 89%
Pool
V 5:3 BROWN Alexander R. 75 - U 36 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2260 2082 63.6 39%
T64
D 7:15 GORDON Alexander 52 - U 30 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 2290 2321 177.4 51%

Denise O'Connor RYC

Y-14 Men's Foil U, Y14 March 10, 2019

Place 14 of 28 Seed 10 Not ranked Rating E19 Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 LIN James G. 27 - U 20 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2562 1824 228.3 14%
Pool
V 5:3 DAVIDSON Elliot 15 - U 15 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 1628 2052 52.7 73%
Pool
V 5:4 TOLBA Abdelrahman 7 202 U 7 Premier Fencing Club 2807 2105 175.2 14%
Pool
D 2:5 WANG Alex L. 20 - U 16 Mid-Island Fencing Academy 1766 2280 127.3 78%
Pool
D 2:5 HOOSHI Jayden C. 2 42 D19 3 5T Fencers Club 2963 2153 17.7 10%
Pool
D 1:5 GARR James D. 26 - U 13 Freehold Fencing Academy 2379 2135 47.1 36%
T32
V 14:13 WANG Gerald Y. 22 - U 19 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 1875 2396 167.7 73%
T16
D 5:15 BAE Kevin 6 172 E18 1 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2610 2564 242.2 48%

Junior Olympic National Championships

Cadet Men's Foil A4, CDT February 18, 2019

Place 267 of 307 Seed 271 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 DAVIS Christopher M. 170 - C17 257 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 2544 1431 30.2 6%
Pool
V 5:3 CHAN Anthony 96 - B18 200 Anaheim Hills Fencers Club 2800 1400 493.1 3%
Pool
D 1:5 HOOSHI Jayden C. 184 - D19 173 5T Fencers Club 2914 1894 23.3 7%
Pool
D 0:5 JANG Jaewon 82 116 A17 104 Fencers Club Inc. 3288 1870 7.3 2%
Pool
D 0:5 AMICO Julian F. 259 - E18 133 United Fencing Academy 2639 1863 37.3 14%
Pool
D 1:5 NDIAYE Edriss G. 7 8 A18 19 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 3637 1826 1.7 < 1%

Neil Lazar RYC/Vet ROC

Cadet Men's Foil C2, CDT September 23, 2018

Place 30 of 37 Seed 34 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 BAE Kevin 30 - U 23 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2942 1589 28.2 5%
Pool
D 2:5 IVARSSON Oliver 5 - C17 19 NEMA Fencing Center 3024 1561 23.5 4%
Pool
D 4:5 FEDONCHIK Henry J. 18 - E18 16 Manhattan Fencing Center 2244 1537 82.2 18%
Pool
D 1:5 MARSHALL Ian 8 - D18 3 Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club 3626 1455 2.7 < 1%
Pool
D 1:5 ANCONA Christopher 16 - E18 14 Mission Fencing Center 2855 1452 21.8 5%
T64
V 15:11 VITKAUSKAS Justin G. 36 - U 35 MG Fencing Club 2158 2037 382.2 45%
T32
D 10:15 WEINKOPF William O. 10 - D18 2 Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club 4175 2419 23.1 3%

Neil Lazar RYC/Vet ROC

Y-14 Men's Foil C2, Y14 September 22, 2018

Place 75 of 80 Seed 56 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 BAE Kevin 63 - U 14 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 2530 2500 495.6 49%
Pool
D 1:5 PELOSKY Zack B. 15 115 E17 12 Fencers Club Inc. 2954 2004 132.5 15%
Pool
D 1:5 DOCTOR Aidan L. 10 80 D18 39 5T Fencers Club 2913 1872 90.7 12%
Pool
D 2:5 WU Alexander 35 - U 58 Olympia Fencing Center 2652 1781 100.3 15%
Pool
D 4:5 SHIN Joshua J. 38 - U 47 Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club 2494 1681 91.9 16%
T128
D 13:14 GUO Sean 50 - U 54 5T Fencers Club 2582 2500 463.2 47%