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joao costa

1988
Candlewood Fencing Center Fairfield County Fencing Academy AKA Fairfield Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - 25 12 37
Losses - - - 13 32 45
Win ratio - - - 65.8% 27.3% 45.1%
Pool victories - - - 20 10 30
Pool losses - - - 8 27 35
Pool win ratio - - - 71.4% 27.0% 46.2%
DE victories - - - 5 2 7
DE losses - - - 5 5 10
DE win ratio - - - 50.0% 28.6% 41.2%

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† - - - 6 3 9
Easy wins % - - - 24.0% 25.0% 24.3%
Close wins‡ - - - 7 3 10
Close wins % - - - 28.0% 25.0% 27.0%
Close losses‡ - - - 2 6 8
Close losses % - - - 15.4% 18.8% 17.8%
Big losses† - - - 6 10 16
Big losses % - - - 46.2% 31.2% 35.6%

† 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.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - - 1 - 1
Victories % - - - 4.0% 0.0% 2.7%
Losses - - - - 2 2
Losses % - - - 0.0% 6.2% 4.4%
Total - - - 1 2 3
Total % - - - 2.6% 4.5% 3.7%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - - 5 8 13
Tournaments - - - 3 5 8

Competition history

13 competitions, 82 bouts

Nutmeg State Games

E & Under Men's Épée D1, E July 16, 2023

Place 10 of 24 Seed 21 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 PEZZINO Matt 12 - U 17 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1604 1951 12.0 71%
Pool
D 3:5 ALVES PEREIRA Francisco Xavier Vu 20 - U 8 University of Rhode Island 1969 1963 17.7 50%
Pool
V 5:4 XIAN Andy 5 - E22 1 Unattached 1898 1945 18.1 53%
Pool
V 5:4 VINE Ross 13 - U 19 Rogue Fencing Academy 1725 1964 13.7 65%
Pool
V 5:4 COLON Atum 4 - E23 14 Shoreline Fencers Club 1563 1977 10.0 75%
T16
D 7:15 WARD Carrington 7 - E22 3 Shoreline Fencing Club / North Branford High School 2156 2042 68.6 44%

Nutmeg State Games

Senior Men's Épée A2, SNR July 16, 2023

Place 29 of 46 Seed 44 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MCDERMOTT Brian 15 - B19 6 Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club 2606 1968 7.6 15%
Pool
D 1:5 PHO Eric 2 - A22 10 Fencers Club Inc. 2697 1960 6.1 11%
Pool
V 5:3 PALLADINO Ben 27 - D23 28 Rogue Fencing Academy / Cheshire Fencing Club 1996 1954 23.1 47%
Pool
V 4:2 COLON Atum 33 - E23 44 Shoreline Fencers Club 1567 1977 11.3 74%
Pool
D 4:5 GIORDANO Nathan 41 - U 38 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1480 1989 27.4 75%
Pool
D 1:5 PERSAUD Daivik 13 - B22 5 Fencers Club / New York University 2425 1961 10.0 22%
T64
V 15:7 OSISEK Eric 40 - U 37 Candlewood Fencing Center 2500 1983 81.3 31%
T32
D 4:15 BELLIVEAU Raven 3 - A22 3 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2898 2064 21.8 10%

Spring Showdown

E & Under Men's Épée E1, E April 23, 2023

Place 2 of 9 Seed 8 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 KUNZ Peter 5 - U 1 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Portchester 1371 1843 35.6 75%
Pool
V 5:4 BRUNEY Ishmael 9 - U 5 The Storm King School Fencing / Way Of The Sword.org 3435 1807 54.7 2%
Pool
V 5:2 FINNEY Mason 4 - U 8 (none) 700 1862 2.6 96%
Pool
V 5:1 ZHANG Daniel 7 - U 3 New York Fencing Academy / Storm King School 2025 1865 22.8 42%
Pool
V 5:2 VINE Ross 3 - U 7 Rogue Fencing Academy 1683 1887 17.5 63%
Pool
V 5:1 SULLIVAN Redmond 6 - U 6 Fencers School of Connecticut / Silver City Fencing Club 2857 1905 41.7 10%
Pool
V 5:3 MARTELL Antonio 1 - U 3 Storm King School 2008 1946 21.4 46%
T8
V 15:14 VINE Ross 3 - U 7 Rogue Fencing Academy 2037 1778 132.7 37%
T4
V 15:6 MARTELL Antonio 1 - U 3 Storm King School 2584 1911 135.7 22%
T2
D 12:15 KUNZ Peter 5 - U 1 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Portchester 2301 2047 63.7 37%

Spring Showdown

Unrated Mixed Épée E1, U April 23, 2023

Place 3 of 17 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Candlewood Fencing Center

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:4 IDE Ben 9 - U 7 Enfield Fencing Club 2500 1804 25.0 25%
Pool
V 5:3 KUNZ Peter 4 - U 5 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club Portchester 1282 1829 10.7 77%
Pool
V 5:3 ROSZKOWSKI Olivia 10 - U 15 Unattached - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 FINNEY Mason 13 - U 13 (none) 751 1839 3.5 94%
T16
V 15:3 GUZMAN Angel 11 - U 14 Unattached 2500 1655 143.4 22%
T8
V 15:7 KISSINGER Tessa 15 - U 6 Guilford High School / Shoreline Fencing Club - - - -
T4
D 11:15 BRUNEY Ishmael 12 - U 2 The Storm King School Fencing / Way Of The Sword.org 3069 1798 20.1 9%

Connecticut Division Summer National Qualifiers

Senior Men's Épée D1, SNR March 19, 2023

Place 10 of 20 Seed 17 Not ranked Rating U Rogue Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 BUISINE Aurélien 18 - U 16 Rogue Fencing Academy 1157 1752 11.4 81%
Pool
D 3:5 ENGLISH William 14 - U 5 Yale University 2177 1763 15.5 26%
Pool
V 5:3 HOWARD Jackson 2 - E23 14 Guilford High School / Shoreline Fencing Club 1589 1748 22.1 60%
Pool
D 1:5 ROBINS Brennan 8 - U 1 Mission Fencing Center / Sacred Heart University 2933 1770 4.4 9%
Pool
V 5:4 PEZZINO Matt 11 - U 13 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1621 1766 22.2 59%
Pool
V 5:2 HSIEN Hong-yu 5 - E22 17 Candlewood Fencing Center 1446 1788 15.7 70%
T16
D 10:15 WARD Carrington 4 - E22 7 Shoreline Fencing Club / North Branford High School 2015 1753 98.1 37%

Nutmeg State Games Open

E & Under Men's Épée D1, E July 31, 2022

Place 11 of 27 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Rogue Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 MILES Ron 7 - E21 14 Rogue Fencing Academy / (none) 2146 1695 58.1 24%
Pool
D 3:5 EANG Brynner 17 - U 17 Olympia Fencing Center 1901 1754 27.6 41%
Pool
V 5:3 SALINAS Yojanan 15 - U 24 Center for Global Studies / Candlewood Fencing Center 2453 1726 42.4 20%
Pool
D 4:5 GOLD Aidan 10 - U 10 Peekskill Fencing Center 2170 1768 15.8 31%
Pool
D 2:5 DJONOUMA Toyohm 2 - E22 5 Portland Fencing Center 1998 1753 21.5 35%
Pool
V 5:1 PEZZINO Matt 26 - U 19 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1498 1731 21.1 64%
T32
V 15:12 HOWARD Jackson 11 - U 22 Guilford High School / Shoreline Fencing Club 2371 1562 234.4 20%
T16
D 12:15 KNIGHT Keith 21 - U 3 Thames River Fencing Club / Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2704 1797 43.9 19%

Nutmeg State Games Open

Senior Men's Épée A2, SNR July 31, 2022

Place 22 of 45 Seed 40 Not ranked Rating U Rogue Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 SENERTH Ian 26 - D19 29 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2160 1529 16.0 17%
Pool
D 3:5 RICHARDS Daniel 12 - C21 5 Unattached / Cobra Fencing Club 2500 1513 9.9 17%
Pool
V 5:2 LUKANYUK Lorence 3 - A19 7 Drew University Ncaa / Candlewood Fencing Center 2576 1503 113.8 4%
Pool
V 5:4 MCCALL Aidan 31 - E22 28 Thames River Fencing Club 2137 1617 63.8 21%
Pool
V 5:3 SOSNICK Samuel 45 - U 32 Half Hollow Hills Fencing Club 1323 1681 22.0 72%
Pool
D 2:4 BUSH Thomas 17 - C20 14 Rhode Island Fencing Academy and Club 2586 1703 7.1 8%
T64
V 15:12 PEZZINO Matt 37 - U 43 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2248 1374 294.9 20%
T32
D 2:15 MARICI Ryan 24 - D21 3 Candlewood Fencing Center 2128 1669 106.7 29%

USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 9, 2022

Place 154 of 155 Seed 154 Not ranked Rating U Rogue Fencing Academy / Fairfield County Fencing Academy AKA Fairfield Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 JOHNSON Jay 31 - D22 66 Heartland Fencing Academy 2350 1673 18.8 15%
Pool
D 1:5 JONES Caleb 123 - E21 23 Fresno Fencing Academy 2440 1654 14.0 11%
Pool
D 2:5 OSTIGUY Cameron 108 - E22 61 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 2036 1640 29.4 26%
Pool
D 2:5 DOWDELL Riley 16 - C22 124 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) 2163 1611 21.1 19%
Pool
D 1:5 GIOVAGNOLI Nolan 62 - D22 76 Northern Colorado Fencers 1957 1590 28.3 28%
Pool
D 4:5 RHEA Eric L. 77 - D19 103 Central Iowa Fencing Academy 1807 1561 32.7 35%

CT Division SN Qualifier Div 2,3/Y14/Vet

Div II Men's Épée None, DV2 May 8, 2022

Place 7 of 11 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Fairfield Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 BELLIVEAU Emmett Sparrow 4 - E22 4 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 2083 1567 122.8 22%
Pool
D 2:5 ZELIN Sam 1 - C19 5 University Of Connecticut Fencing Club / Rogue Fencing Academy 2217 1690 29.7 22%
Pool
V 5:2 TEREB Daniel 9 - U 9 Rogue Fencing Academy 1133 1660 28.0 77%
Pool
V 5:0 TISKA Jack 8 - U 10 Rogue Fencing Academy 930 1688 18.2 85%
Pool
D 2:5 CHESNEY Aiden 5 - E20 6 Rogue Fencing Academy 2094 1707 33.5 27%
T8
D 10:15 BELLIVEAU Emmett Sparrow 4 - E22 4 Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy 1746 1604 229.3 43%

The FFA Turkey Tournament

Div II Men's Épée U, DV2 November 20, 2021

Place 2 of 2 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Fairfield Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 HEKMAT Sina 1 - D21 1 Fairfield Fencing Academy / Fechtclub Offenbach am Main 2371 1588 20.8 11%
T2
D 6:15 HEKMAT Sina 1 - D21 1 Fairfield Fencing Academy / Fechtclub Offenbach am Main 2234 1837 233.7 32%

The FFA Turkey Tournament

Men's Épée U November 20, 2021

Place 2 of 2 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Fairfield Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 HEKMAT Sina 1 - D21 1 Fairfield Fencing Academy / Fechtclub Offenbach am Main 2368 1611 23.3 12%
T2
D 6:15 HEKMAT Sina 1 - D21 1 Fairfield Fencing Academy / Fechtclub Offenbach am Main 2203 2500 662.7 61%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div III Men's Épée C3, DV3 July 12, 2021

Place 114 of 115 Seed 109 Not ranked Rating U Fairfield County Fencing Academy AKA Fairfield Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:4 NIKOLOV Peter 8 - D21 78 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2313 1948 82.9 30%
Pool
D 0:5 LIM Joshua 42 - D20 21 University Of Tennessee Knoxville Fencing Club / Music City Fencing Club 2529 1865 44.2 16%
Pool
D 2:5 MELCHER Charles 61 - E21 62 Portland Fencing Center 2163 1821 69.1 31%
Pool
D 2:5 TAROLLI Alexander 76 - E20 38 Hooked On Fencing 2094 1752 62.9 30%
Pool
D 3:5 LEE Chun Po 95 - U 48 Yang Fencing Club 2110 1689 50.5 26%
Pool
D 0:5 JACKSON James 27 - D21 52 Premier Fencing Alliance 2347 1639 27.3 14%

National Championships, Junior Olympic Championships & July NAC

Div II Men's Épée B3, DV2 July 11, 2021

Place 152 of 166 Seed 154 Not ranked Rating U Fairfield County Fencing Academy AKA Fairfield Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 KENT Dwain 106 - D20 55 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 2431 2500 569.2 53%
Pool
D 2:5 POZOVSKIY Mitchell R. 58 - C19 90 New York Fencing Academy 2366 1931 232.6 31%
Pool
V 5:2 PARK Vincent 135 - E21 152 Penta Olympic Fencing Club 2518 1698 554.7 15%
Pool
D 1:5 ZHAO Luhan 10 - C21 17 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia / Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia North 2474 2253 155.6 38%
Pool
D 2:5 TUMIBAY Noah C. 87 - D21 49 Rockland Fencers Club 2529 2097 95.8 27%
Pool
D 1:5 LEHR William D. 39 - C21 7 Mission Fencing Center 2694 2002 53.2 16%