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David Groothuis

2006
Illinois Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 7 27 9 43
Losses - - 21 39 19 79
Win ratio - - 25.0% 40.9% 32.1% 35.2%
Pool victories - - 6 25 7 38
Pool losses - - 17 29 15 61
Pool win ratio - - 26.1% 46.3% 31.8% 38.4%
DE victories - - 1 2 2 5
DE losses - - 4 10 4 18
DE win ratio - - 20.0% 16.7% 33.3% 21.7%

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† - - 1 7 3 11
Easy wins % - - 14.3% 25.9% 33.3% 25.6%
Close wins‡ - - 3 8 3 14
Close wins % - - 42.9% 29.6% 33.3% 32.6%
Close losses‡ - - 7 9 4 20
Close losses % - - 33.3% 23.1% 21.1% 25.3%
Big losses† - - 6 15 6 27
Big losses % - - 28.6% 38.5% 31.6% 34.2%

† 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 1 3
Victories % - - 0.0% 7.4% 11.1% 7.0%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses % - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Total - - - 2 1 3
Total % - - 0.0% 3.0% 3.6% 2.5%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - - 4 10 5 19
Tournaments - - 3 6 4 13

Competition history

19 competitions, 122 bouts

GLHSFC Championships

Men's Epee U January 27, 2024

Place 13 of 47 Seed 10 Rank 7 Rating None Evanston Township High School

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 STAMPS Caleb Missing ID 42 43 - 45 H-F High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 CUI Franklin 19 14 - 15 New Trier High School 1540 1688 12.0 59%
Pool
V 5:2 MILEN Christopher Missing ID 33 31 - 23 Marian Catholic High School - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 ALLEN Ryder Missing ID 25 23 - 33 Lhs-vhhs Fencing Team- High School - - - -
Pool
D 2:5 SCHECHTER Noah 5 3 - 9 Stevenson High School 1612 1700 16.2 56%
Pool
V 5:2 PIFEL Camden Missing ID 39 38 - 29 Brookfield Academy - - - -
T32
V 15:10 PARKER Joseph Missing ID 22 17 - 21 Culver Military Academy - - - -
T16
D 8:15 NGUYEN Tate 1 1 - 3 University of Chicago Laboratory High School Fencing Club 2932 1118 1.0 < 1%

IL. Division Junior Olympic Qualifier

Junior Men's Épée C1, JNR December 17, 2023

Place 17 of 18 Seed 12 Not ranked Rating U Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 FELICIANO Damien 14 - U 6 Lawrence University Fencing Ncaa 1158 1746 24.5 80%
Pool
D 4:5 HALL Gabriel 7 - D23 8 Fencing Center of Chicago 1694 1722 16.7 52%
Pool
V 5:4 MALEADY Sean 5 - C23 12 H-F High School / Advanced Fencing Academy Salle Stepien 1813 1705 18.1 43%
Pool
D 4:5 LIM-SEIWERT Armand 17 - U 14 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1220 1723 27.1 80%
Pool
D 2:5 ZIEGLER John 2 - C23 1 Windy City Fencing 2114 1696 8.0 24%
T32
D 7:15 COHEN Henry 11 - U 16 Advanced Fencing Academy Salle Stepien 1366 1190 72.0 41%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A October 15, 2023

Place 89 of 92 Seed 88 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 HEIM Bryce 56 - C23 41 2583 1772 3.8 9%
Pool
D 3:5 VAGGALIS Denny 84 - U 85 Lincoln Fencing Club 2082 1768 8.3 36%
Pool
D 4:5 GILLHAM Timothy A. 28 - B23 45 2673 1760 2.9 7%
Pool
D 1:5 JOVANOVIC Jovan 1 86 A23 1 Fencing Center of Chicago 2994 1757 1.1 2%
Pool
D 4:5 SHEPHERD Conner M. 57 - C23 47 Cleveland State Univ. NCAA / Jovanovic Fencing 2790 1756 2.0 4%
Pool
D 3:5 CHIN Dylan A. 29 - B23 21 Alliance Fencing Academy 2216 1754 8.0 22%
T128
D 6:15 LOISEAU Eliott 34 - B23 31 Escrime Du Lac 2685 1194 4.1 1%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR October 14, 2023

Place 49 of 54 Seed 52 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 NGUYEN Tate 4 111 A23 13 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2630 1814 3.9 9%
Pool
D 0:5 VEZMAR Evan H. 20 - B21 14 2538 1810 4.9 11%
Pool
D 2:5 FRANGER Max 13 - B23 30 Escrime Du Lac 1723 1805 19.5 55%
Pool
D 3:5 CURTY Jack 36 - D22 21 Ataba Fencing Club 2027 1785 12.2 35%
Pool
V 5:4 FELICIANO Damien 49 - U 51 1401 1773 8.8 69%
Pool
D 4:5 SERAFYM Damian 29 - C23 6 Advance Fencing 2128 1782 10.0 28%
T64
D 13:15 AGARWAL Adheesh 34 - D23 19 Illinois Fencing Academy 1905 1234 39.3 16%

Junior Olympics

Cadet Men's Épée A4, CDT February 20, 2023

Place 235 of 303 Seed 285 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 SINGHA Orion 19 20 A23 79 Team Touche Fencing Center 2756 1777 2.8 5%
Pool
V 5:3 XIONG Aaron 244 - D22 266 Alliance Fencing Academy 1797 1775 19.6 49%
Pool
V 5:4 KUMAR Aidan 70 82 A23 125 Medeo Fencing Club 2486 1794 38.4 13%
Pool
D 3:5 IRWIN Peter 107 129 B22 75 Florida Fencing Academy 2579 1833 4.8 11%
Pool
D 1:5 ABBOUD Michael 194 - C22 111 Nova Fencing Club 2303 1828 8.5 22%
Pool
D 2:5 MULCAHY Olaf 157 - B22 108 Battle Born Fencing Club 2494 1819 5.6 13%
T256
D 5:15 ZHAO Corey 36 42 A22 36 Olympia Fencing Center 2955 1236 2.0 1%

GLHSFC CHAMPIONSHIPS = Final

Men's Épée U January 28, 2023

Place 18 of 46 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 GREENE Patrick 7 - E22 8 Culver Military Academy 1420 1705 13.1 68%
Pool
V 5:3 WANG Tyler 8 - C22 21 New Trier High School 2270 1718 32.3 20%
Pool
V 5:4 CLAY Joshua Missing ID 35 - U 43 H-F High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 SOSSONG Taso Missing ID 36 - U 36 Marian Central Fencing Team - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 BALCHAN Adam 20 - U 19 Maine West 2110 1751 26.6 29%
T32
D 14:15 ROCKELMANN Colin 27 - U 7 LHS-VHHS Thundercats 2500 1256 20.4 12%

Fencing Center of Chicago RYC/RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée A2, CDT January 22, 2023

Place 19 of 35 Seed 23 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 PETROVICH Alexandar 28 - U 18 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1642 1660 23.3 51%
Pool
V 5:4 SHOUSHA Hamza 9 - D22 21 Peoria Fencing Academy 1938 1637 31.7 31%
Pool
V 5:3 MURAD Humza 18 - U 25 Twin Cities Fencing Club 1316 1669 12.2 70%
Pool
D 3:5 SPINA Joseph B. 3 115 B22 9 Fencing Center of Chicago / Ataba Fencing Club 2353 1681 6.7 13%
Pool
V 5:1 TIMEK Jan 26 - U 30 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1256 1674 11.0 75%
Pool
V 5:2 DAS Roshan 13 - E22 16 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1662 1685 20.1 52%
T32
D 8:15 SOBESHKEVYCH ROMAN 6 - C23 14 Advance Fencing Academy (Salle Stepien) 2163 1285 28.6 10%

Fencing Center of Chicago RYC/RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR January 21, 2023

Place 33 of 48 Seed 45 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 GOHSMAN Maxwell 6 176 C22 13 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2244 1618 9.1 15%
Pool
V 5:4 TASKIRAN Mete 33 - E22 23 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1637 1609 26.4 48%
Pool
D 3:5 RITTERBUSCH Timothy 23 - D23 41 Ataba Fencing Club 1858 1635 18.0 36%
Pool
V 2:1 GREENE Patrick 35 - E22 36 Culver Military Academy 1343 1617 15.9 67%
Pool
V 5:4 DHAL Leon 20 - C22 28 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1891 1633 32.3 34%
Pool
D 2:5 SILVERS Ari 9 - B23 17 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2488 1665 5.1 9%
T64
D 10:15 ZIEGLER John 44 - U 32 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2088 1324 39.5 13%

IL. Div. Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Cadet Men's Épée U, CDT December 18, 2022

Place 3 of 11 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 3:2 SERAFYM Damian 2 - C22 1 Advance Fencing Academy (Salle Stapien) 1977 1551 47.4 24%
Pool
V 5:1 PATEL Aayan 10 - U 11 Illinois Fencing Academy 1165 1598 14.5 76%
Pool
V 5:2 FOGEL Ethan 6 - U 7 New Trier High School / New Trier X-Caliber Fencing Club 1138 1612 12.6 74%
Pool
V 5:2 LEHNER Brian 11 - U 8 Illinois Fencing Academy 1498 1625 19.1 57%
Pool
D 4:5 CHEN Bowen 7 - U 4 Windy City Fencing - Chicago 1654 1644 26.4 49%
T8
V 15:7 LEHNER Brian 11 - U 8 Illinois Fencing Academy 2854 1137 320.6 4%
T4
D 8:15 RICHARDSON Ray 1 - C22 2 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1529 1458 133.9 46%

IL. Div. Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Junior Men's Épée C1, JNR December 18, 2022

Place 11 of 17 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 DHAL Leon 4 - C22 3 Windy City Fencing-chicago 1807 1554 22.9 34%
Pool
V 5:2 BARFORD Giovanni 10 - U 16 Illinois Fencing Academy 1281 1531 19.4 63%
Pool
D 3:5 RICHARDSON Ray 3 - C22 10 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1734 1551 24.1 38%
Pool
V 5:1 WEATHERLY Hugh 15 - U 13 LHS-VHHS Thundercats 1511 1527 24.0 51%
T16
D 10:15 DAS Roshan 8 - U 6 Windy City Fencing 2054 1188 50.8 12%

LHS-VHHS Thundercats Pre-Season Open

Men's Épée U November 5, 2022

Place 11 of 45 Seed 20 Not ranked Rating U Evanston Township High School

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 GRISIUS Julian Missing ID 36 - U 41 Homewood-Flossmoor High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 JEON Kaden 9 - U 31 Stevenson High School 2500 1517 37.1 17%
Pool
V 5:3 DESAI Aadi Missing ID 6 - U 17 Deerfield-Highland Park - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 WEATHERLY Hugh Missing ID 35 - U 6 LHS-VHHS Thundercats - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 DENNY Ian Missing ID 24 - U 28 New Trier High School - - - -
T32
V 15:1 BELUE William Missing ID 23 - U 27 Homewood-Flossmoor High School - - - -
T16
D 12:15 WEATHERLY Hugh Missing ID 35 - U 6 LHS-VHHS Thundercats - - - -

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Cadet Men's Épée B2, CDT October 2, 2022

Place 35 of 35 Seed 29 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 MICKO Fritz K. 1 37 B22 6 Hooked On Fencing 2726 1649 4.7 4%
Pool
D 1:5 GRAVES Lawson 21 - U 13 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1812 1644 31.6 39%
Pool
D 1:5 MITEV Alexander 11 - D22 12 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2004 1612 21.2 26%
Pool
D 4:5 KRZYSIAK David F. 9 - B22 9 Advance Fencing Academy (Salle Stepien) 2206 1591 13.4 16%
Pool
D 3:5 RIECK Brennan 26 - U 21 1691 1578 29.1 43%
Pool
D 1:5 CHEN Bowen 20 - U 24 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1622 1549 31.5 45%
T64
D 5:15 AGARWAL Adheesh 30 - U 30 Illinois Fencing Academy 1579 1357 168.4 39%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Div I-A Men's Épée A4, D1A October 2, 2022

Place 69 of 77 Seed 67 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 HU Anton 66 - E22 70 1827 1661 59.2 40%
Pool
D 0:5 SHAH S Ayush 2 55 A22 11 3132 1720 1.8 1%
Pool
D 3:5 ROBINSON Matthew 53 - C22 26 2162 1718 23.1 24%
Pool
D 4:5 SONN Rohan 21 - B22 31 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2225 1695 19.0 20%
Pool
D 1:5 MICKO Fritz K. 24 - B22 9 Hooked On Fencing 2721 1676 5.4 5%
Pool
D 3:5 ROBBINS Christopher (Chris) W. 43 - B19 57 2081 1671 22.3 26%
T128
D 14:15 BEACH John 39 - B22 60 3015 1368 11.4 2%

Remenyik ROC and RJCC

Junior Men's Épée A2, JNR October 1, 2022

Place 47 of 49 Seed 40 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 SHAH S Ayush 1 21 A22 12 3196 1778 2.4 1%
Pool
D 2:5 TIKHOMIROV Theodore 32 - D22 27 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2093 1775 37.0 31%
Pool
D 1:5 PRABHAKAR Vibhav 16 - B22 9 Advance Fencing Academy (Salle Stepien) 2464 1738 16.2 12%
Pool
D 2:5 SILVERS Ari 17 - B22 13 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2408 1722 17.1 14%
Pool
D 4:5 HU Anton 34 - E22 43 1818 1705 44.3 43%
T64
D 6:15 HEIM Bryce 6 120 C22 6 Ataba Fencing Club / Wayne State University NCAA 2892 1385 17.3 2%

Windy City SYC /RCC #7

Cadet Men's Épée B2, CDT April 2, 2022

Place 23 of 38 Seed 34 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:2 CHIMOSKEY Finn D. 16 - D22 28 New York Fencing Academy 2248 1702 152.7 20%
Pool
D 4:5 NIKOLOV Peter 9 - C22 3 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2331 1855 38.0 23%
Pool
D 2:5 YAO Geoffrey B. 4 - B22 5 True Focus Sports Academy 2547 1817 21.7 13%
Pool
D 4:5 DAS Roshan 27 - U 24 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 1641 1795 82.3 59%
Pool
V 5:2 HU Robert J. 21 - E22 29 Medeo Fencing Club / Wanglei International Fencing Club 1733 1713 64.7 49%
T32
D 7:15 MITEV Alexander 25 - U 7 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2380 1461 75.4 12%

Junior Olympic Championships

Cadet Men's Épée A4, CDT February 18, 2022

Place 220 of 267 Seed 250 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 SLOUGH Sean 174 - D21 172 Apex Fencing Academy 2270 1584 48.4 16%
Pool
V 4:3 ZHOU Justin 140 - C21 94 Kaizen Academy LLC 2343 1536 259.0 12%
Pool
D 3:5 ILYAS Zakariya 217 - E21 145 Cardinal Fencing Academy 2167 1795 61.5 29%
Pool
D 1:5 NEAL John P. 62 73 B21 63 Woodlands International Fencing Club 2650 1733 19.2 8%
Pool
D 2:5 ZHU Max 17 18 A21 31 TeamK Fencing / Yang Fencing Club 2804 1714 11.8 5%

GLHSFC Individual Champs

Men's Épée U January 29, 2022

Place 13 of 49 Seed 29 Rank 28 Rating U Evanston Township High School

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:0 GO Oliver Missing ID 49 33 U 42 University of Chicago Laboratory High School Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
D 4:5 HUANG Xingyuan Missing ID 20 13 U 3 New Trier High School - - - -
Pool
V 5:2 ROBERTSON Declan Missing ID 45 33 U 47 Marian Central Fencing Team - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 ROCKELMANN Colin Missing ID 13 8 U 35 LHS-VHHS Thundercats - - - -
Pool
D 3:5 LI Chenyu (Charlie) 4 2 U 2 Culver Military Academy 2258 1646 61.8 19%
T64
V 15:4 KOCIECKI Kacper Missing ID 48 33 U 48 Marian Central Fencing Team - - - -
T32
V 15:7 RAYMOND Rocco Missing ID 18 11 U 20 Marian Catholic High School - - - -
T16
D 5:15 LI Chenyu (Charlie) 4 2 U 2 Culver Military Academy 2493 1547 86.6 13%

IL. Div. Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Cadet Men's Épée U, CDT December 19, 2021

Place 2 of 2 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 JAMISON Harper 1 - U 1 Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencers Club 1963 1768 121.8 40%
T2
D 11:15 JAMISON Harper 1 - U 1 Evanston Township High School / Illinois Fencers Club 1851 1837 289.7 49%

IL. Div. Junior Olympic Qualifiers

Junior Men's Épée E1, JNR December 19, 2021

Place 7 of 7 Seed 5 Not ranked Rating U Illinois Fencers Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 JAMISON Harper 6 - U 6 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 4:5 PAULSEN Zachary 7 - U 5 1286 2079 670.4 78%
Pool
D 2:5 LEE Daniel J. 2 - C21 3 Fencing Center of Chicago 2327 1409 99.8 14%
Pool
D 0:5 WANG David 4 - E21 4 Thundercats Fencing Club 2200 1309 85.2 13%
Pool
V 5:4 SONN Rohan 3 - D21 2 Windy City Fencing-Chicago 2281 1224 562.7 8%
Pool
D 1:5 MALYSZ Anthony J. 1 - A19 1 Harvard University NCAA 3053 1787 18.9 4%
T8
D 11:15 WANG David 4 - E21 4 Thundercats Fencing Club 2186 2500 662.9 62%