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Kenneth Van Golen

1964
Modern Duelists Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - - 13 13
Losses - - - - 32 32
Win ratio - - - - 28.9% 28.9%
Pool victories - - - - 11 11
Pool losses - - - - 25 25
Pool win ratio - - - - 30.6% 30.6%
DE victories - - - - 2 2
DE losses - - - - 7 7
DE win ratio - - - - 22.2% 22.2%

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† - - - - 4 4
Easy wins % - - - - 30.8% 30.8%
Close wins‡ - - - - 5 5
Close wins % - - - - 38.5% 38.5%
Close losses‡ - - - - 10 10
Close losses % - - - - 31.2% 31.2%
Big losses† - - - - 9 9
Big losses % - - - - 28.1% 28.1%

† 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 - - - - 2 2
Victories % - - - - 15.4% 15.4%
Losses - - - - 2 2
Losses % - - - - 6.2% 6.2%
Total - - - - 4 4
Total % - - - - 8.9% 8.9%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - - - 7 7
Tournaments - - - - 6 6

Competition history

7 competitions, 45 bouts

Fairfax Challenge Summer ROC/RJCC/RYC/VET - Reg Re-Opens 12/28

Veteran Men's Épée A2, VET June 19, 2021

Place 22 of 26 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 HUGHES Michael D. 5 - B20 17 DC Fencers Club 2501 1979 15.2 20%
Pool
D 4:5 SIMS Martin L. 23 - U 20 1439 1964 52.2 78%
Pool
D 4:5 DIAZ HERNANDEZ Yasmany E. 6 - B19 5 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 3269 1912 2.0 2%
Pool
D 2:5 CHEN Chang-Rung 16 - E21 12 Guanyi Fencing Academy 2490 1910 12.6 18%
T32
D 5:10 NEWSOME James L. 9 - B18 12 Tidewater Fencing Club 2480 2209 106.1 36%

American Challenge ROC (DIV1A, DIV2, VET) & RJC Reg Open 1/15

Veteran Men's Épée A1, VET June 11, 2021

Place 21 of 23 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 KANE Tim 2 - A19 8 The Phoenix Center 2114 1982 48.0 42%
Pool
D 2:5 ROUSE Joseph (Joe) T. 7 - B19 6 Candlewood Fencing Center / Rogue Fencing Academy 2140 2030 33.8 43%
Pool
D 1:5 ROMERO Javier 16 - C18 9 Fencers Club Inc. 2439 1997 18.9 25%
Pool
V 5:2 ARMSTRONG Gary 20 - U 16 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 1543 1978 17.3 71%
Pool
D 1:5 NEMAZIE David A. 10 - B17 10 Salisbury Fencing Club / Nova Fencing Club 2511 1995 15.8 20%
T32
D 9:10 TREANOR Donald K. 23 - U 13 2111 2367 158.3 61%

Gold Finch ROC/RJCC/RYC/VET - Reg Opens 1/4

Veteran Men's Épée A1, VET May 15, 2021

Place 22 of 22 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 KAROLAK Dale W. 1 - A20 12 Ann Arbor Fencing Club 3019 2047 8.9 6%
Pool
V 5:4 BUSH Thomas 8 - C20 10 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2751 2038 105.4 13%
Pool
D 3:5 MANOUKIAN David 16 - D16 6 New York Fencing Academy 2487 2144 28.9 30%
Pool
D 3:5 ERDEK Michael 21 - U 21 OnTarget Fencing Club 1419 2115 81.9 85%
Pool
D 2:5 REID Michael 18 - U 11 Medeo Fencing Club 1898 2033 50.4 58%
T32
D 4:10 SUPONYA Sergey 3 - A18 1 Medeo Fencing Club 3255 2426 59.4 15%

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

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

Place 30 of 34 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating C18 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HILLSTROM Nathan 27 - E19 6 1965 2267 90.6 66%
Pool
V 5:0 WHITELOCK James R. 30 - E19 32 1554 2177 26.4 82%
Pool
D 1:5 NEWSOME James L. 12 92 B18 22 Tidewater Fencing Club 2522 2203 42.0 31%
Pool
D 4:5 NEALE James H. 2 13 A19 5 Fencers Club Inc. / Rockland Fencers Club 2757 2161 24.6 18%
Pool
D 4:5 GERSEN Jacob 22 - D19 23 Olympia Fencing Center 2194 2137 55.5 46%
Pool
D 4:5 BLANCHARD Aaron (Sam) S. 9 68 B19 3 Princeton-Hillsborough YMCA / Bucks County Academy Of Fencing 2423 2081 33.8 30%
T32
D 5:10 SCOTT George R. 1 12 B19 9 Olympia Fencing Center 2925 2566 139.3 33%

December NAC

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

Place 30 of 66 Seed 54 Not ranked Rating D17 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 HERGERT Earl 14 14 A18 25 Medeo Fencing Club 2461 2190 67.4 36%
Pool
D 1:5 NEMAZIE David A. 34 49 B17 36 Salisbury Fencing Club 2695 2122 41.3 23%
Pool
D 0:5 HITCHCOCK David 7 7 A18 10 3468 2081 6.8 3%
Pool
V 5:2 CHIEN William 48 - C18 55 LA International Fencing 2107 2074 83.6 48%
Pool
V 5:4 OCHS Bradley C. 27 - A16 32 2461 2158 109.6 33%
T64
V 10:5 AMRINE JR Terry L. 38 - B16 35 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2600 2420 268.3 43%
T32
D 4:7 WALLACE Patric 18 18 A18 12 Fencers Club Inc. 3229 2689 122.8 28%

December NAC

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

Place 81 of 95 Seed 66 Not ranked Rating D17 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 SWANSON Dave 38 - B17 40 Illinois Fencers Club / Ataba Fencing Club 2341 2835 308.6 74%
Pool
D 2:5 SNIDER Jeffrey H. 19 - A16 3 DC Fencers Club 2083 2527 215.3 71%
Pool
V 5:3 MEHALL Michael 94 - U 90 1774 2311 62.9 72%
Pool
D 3:4 SCOTT George R. 44 - B16 19 Olympia Fencing Center 2845 2374 68.3 26%
Pool
D 2:5 DOWNEY Gerard C. 10 - A18 35 East Bay Fencers Gym 3209 2306 30.0 11%
Pool
D 2:5 PEISTRUP Gregory (Greg) L. 76 - E18 65 Battle Born Fencing Club 2415 2276 86.5 43%
T128
D 6:10 SAYLOR David A. 31 - B18 51 Olympic Fencers Club 2500 2698 278.1 57%

American Challenge ROC #1 (Div1A, Div2, and Vet)

Veteran Men's Épée A1, VET October 21, 2018

Place 7 of 22 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating D17 Modern Duelists Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SHIFER Aleksandr 7 - B15 10 New York Fencing Academy 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 4:5 RODACHY Jeffrey M. 2 - A18 6 Two Ravens Fencing School 2291 2921 637.7 74%
Pool
V 4:3 MCINTOSH Michael 15 - E17 17 Fencers Club Inc. 3048 2283 399.5 23%
Pool
V 5:0 MAHMOUD Hanfi M. 21 - U 22 Premier Fencing Club 1404 2682 45.4 91%
Pool
V 4:3 REID Michael 18 - U 18 Medeo Fencing Club 2107 2728 107.6 77%
T16
V 10:5 CHELNITSKY Yuriy 9 - C16 13 New York Fencing Academy 2699 2500 496.1 44%
T8
D 0:10 STONE Brian M. 1 - A18 1 Two Ravens Fencing School 3287 2996 297.9 39%