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John Nicholson

2002
Orion Fencing
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 6 - 16 22
Losses - - 4 - 13 17
Win ratio - - 60.0% - 55.2% 56.4%
Pool victories - - 3 - 10 13
Pool losses - - 3 - 11 14
Pool win ratio - - 50.0% - 47.6% 48.1%
DE victories - - 3 - 6 9
DE losses - - 1 - 2 3
DE win ratio - - 75.0% - 75.0% 75.0%

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† - - 3 - 5 8
Easy wins % - - 50.0% - 31.2% 36.4%
Close wins‡ - - 1 - 3 4
Close wins % - - 16.7% - 18.8% 18.2%
Close losses‡ - - 3 - 3 6
Close losses % - - 75.0% - 23.1% 35.3%
Big losses† - - - - 1 1
Big losses % - - 0.0% - 7.7% 5.9%

† 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 - - 2 - 4 6
Tournaments - - 1 - 4 5

Competition history

6 competitions, 39 bouts

Orion Fencing Anniversary Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée E1, SNR August 13, 2023

Place 1 of 7 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Orion Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
T8
V 15:9 SPITZER Isaac 7 - U 7 Orion Fencing 1976 2982 21.5 90%
T4
V 15:7 MILLER Lukas 3 - U 3 Orion Fencing 2295 3003 34.6 79%
T2
V 15:12 JAKSTAS Kalnius 1 - U 2 Orion Fencing 2838 3038 55.7 58%

Orion Fencing Anniversary Tournament

Senior Mixed Épée D1, SNR August 13, 2023

Place 10 of 19 Seed 13 Not ranked Rating U Orion Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 MCBRIDE Claire 12 - U 12 Orion Fencing - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 KING Richard (Dick) M. 1 - C23 11 Northwest Fencing Center 2049 2461 75.8 74%
Pool
V 5:3 JOHNSON Ryder 8 - U 3 Orion Fencing 2187 2385 34.0 62%
Pool
V 5:1 YORK Andrew 9 - U 1 Orion Fencing 2640 2419 51.8 37%
Pool
V 5:1 MILLER Lukas 18 - U 14 Orion Fencing 1812 2471 14.2 80%
Pool
D 4:5 SPITZER Isaac 19 - U 16 Orion Fencing 1124 2485 97.9 97%
T16
D 13:15 GOWDA Suyog 6 - U 7 Northwest Fencing Center 2106 3319 336.9 96%

2019 Oregon Division Junior Olympic Qualifier

Junior Men's Épée U, JNR November 30, 2019

Place 1 of 5 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating E19 Orion Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 WILLIAMS Toby 5 - U 5 Orion Fencing 2097 2490 86.4 71%
Pool
V 5:3 LLOYD Alex 4 - U 4 Northwest Fencing Center 2446 2404 59.7 47%
Pool
D 4:5 HUANG Thomas 1 - E19 3 Orion Fencing 2494 2463 51.7 48%
Pool
V 5:2 GULLO Kenji Y. 3 - E19 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2377 2412 49.0 52%
T4
V 15:10 HUANG Thomas 1 - E19 3 Orion Fencing 3272 3064 196.4 39%
T2
V 15:14 GULLO Kenji Y. 3 - E19 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2654 3261 58.2 81%

Orion RJCC

Junior Men's Épée E1, JNR April 27, 2019

Place 2 of 6 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Orion Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 HUANG Thomas 6 - U 3 Orion Fencing 2341 2419 75.2 54%
Pool
V 5:2 DESCHAND Eli 4 - U 6 Orion Fencing 2265 2494 58.8 63%
Pool
D 2:5 CHOI Isaac 3 - E18 3 Northwest Fencing Center 2492 2553 83.2 54%
Pool
V 5:1 DEO Ameya 2 - C18 5 Metro Tacoma Fencing Club 2243 2470 52.1 64%
Pool
D 1:5 BODON Michele I. 1 - A18 1 Northwest Fencing Center / High Desert Fencing Club 3014 2522 31.6 22%
T8
V 15:9 DESCHAND Eli 4 - U 6 Orion Fencing 2205 2917 118.9 77%
T4
V 15:13 CHOI Isaac 3 - E18 3 Northwest Fencing Center 3060 3036 253.4 49%
T2
D 9:15 BODON Michele I. 1 - A18 1 Northwest Fencing Center / High Desert Fencing Club 3166 3289 225.1 56%

Oregon Division National Qualifier 2019

Div II Men's Épée D1, DV2 April 27, 2019

Place 3 of 15 Seed 11 Not ranked Rating U Orion Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 HUANG Thomas 14 - U 6 Orion Fencing 2171 2303 163.5 56%
Pool
V 5:0 DESCHAND Eli 7 - U 5 Orion Fencing 2487 2139 171.8 34%
Pool
V 5:2 GUBALA Lucas 6 - U 7 Orion Fencing 2439 2311 115.8 44%
Pool
V 5:3 GULLO Kenji Y. 2 - E19 8 Northwest Fencing Center 2160 2427 83.7 65%
Pool
V 5:1 JALALIPOUR Shayan 10 - U 15 Portland State University 1473 2511 21.8 90%
Pool
D 2:5 CHOI Isaac 3 - E18 2 Northwest Fencing Center 2439 2532 113.7 56%
T16
V 15:4 GLASS Sean M. 15 - U 13 Portland State University 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T8
V 15:14 GULLO Kenji Y. 2 - E19 8 Northwest Fencing Center 2507 2921 292.5 67%
T4
D 11:15 MEEHAN Dylan A. 1 - C15 1 Orion Fencing 3069 3213 296.0 55%

Junior Olympic National Championships

Junior Men's Épée A4, JNR February 15, 2019

Place 285 of 343 Seed 333 Not ranked Rating U Orion Fencing

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 PETROLL Jared P. 70 96 A18 44 Gold Blade Fencing Center / University Of Texas Fencing Club 3141 2500 301.6 27%
Pool
D 2:5 MCDERMOTT Brian 167 - B18 180 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2772 2198 233.5 27%
Pool
D 3:5 ETCHELL Thomas W. Missing ID 133 - A16 193 Denver Fencing Center / Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:1 ATANAS Matthew M. 234 - C18 244 Alliance Fencing Academy 2672 1965 578.2 20%
Pool
D 3:5 MOHEBI Saam 268 - C18 257 Swords Fencing Studio 2651 2543 200.3 44%
Pool
D 4:5 POST Jason 33 51 A17 38 Fencers Club Inc. 3328 2343 40.0 9%