John Sidaras

2008

Win/Loss Statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Victories 4 5 5 6 - 20
Losses 9 7 19 23 - 58
Win Ratio 30.8% 41.7% 20.8% 20.7% - 25.6%
Pool Victories 4 4 4 5 - 17
Pool Losses 7 5 16 19 - 47
Pool Win Ratio 36.4% 44.4% 20.0% 20.8% - 26.6%
DE Victories - 1 1 1 - 3
DE Losses 2 2 3 4 - 11
DE Win Ratio 0.0% 33.3% 25.0% 20.0% - 21.4%

Note: Seasons start on August 1st and end on July 31st.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Easy wins† 3 2 1 1 - 7
Easy wins as % of wins 75.0% 40.0% 20.0% 16.7% - 35.0%
Close wins‡ - 1 1 2 - 4
Close wins as % of all wins 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 33.3% - 20.0%
Close losses‡ 3 - 1 3 - 7
Close losses as % of all losses 33.3% 0.0% 5.3% 13.0% - 12.1%
Big losses† 2 4 13 13 - 32
Big losses as % of all losses 22.2% 57.1% 68.4% 56.5% - 55.2%

† Easy victories or big losses are those with the score difference of 4 or more touches in a pool, 7 or more touches in direct elimination, and 5 or more in veteran and youth direct elimination.
‡ Close bouts are those with the score difference of 1 or fewer touches in a pool, 3 or fewer touches in direct elimination, or 2 or fewer touches in veteran or youth direct elimination.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All Time
Events 2 2 4 4 - 12
Tournaments 1 2 4 3 - 10

Competition History

5th Annual Denison Winter Open

Men's Saber (None), January 17, 2026
Place 13 of 19, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 LIU Logan 9 U 14 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club / Ohio Fencing Center 1057 2500 110.1 92%
Pool D 2:5 LIU Yizhe (Andy) 3 D24 6 2120 2610 684.5 69%
Pool D 4:5 EDDE Carter 16 U 17 Renard Fencing Academy 1426 1926 447.3 72%
Pool D 1:5 EDENFIELD Liam 4 E25 9 1455 1478 229.6 51%
Pool D 2:5 PRATHEEP Ashwath 10 U 7 Denison University Fencing Ncaa 1520 1249 127.5 36%
T16 D 6:15 SCHWIEBERT Harrison 1 D25 1 Center for Blade Arts 2163 2500 676.2 63%

5th Annual Denison Winter Open

Men's Foil (None), January 17, 2026
Place 18 of 31, Seed 30, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:1 DUNLAP Ian 12 C24 23 Ohio Fencing Center 1576 1093 51.8 22%
Pool D 3:5 GNEUHS Sam 9 C25 11 Wayne State University NCAA 1991 1145 6.2 8%
Pool V 5:3 ZHU Qihao 22 E25 31 Western Reserve Academy 1299 1139 32.9 40%
Pool V 5:0 CARELLI Nathaniel 20 E25 27 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1058 1171 23.7 57%
Pool D 2:5 MUNDY Ezra 31 U 9 1667 1195 12.9 22%
Pool D 4:5 GUTH Joseph 1 A25 2 Cleveland Fencing Academy - East 2514 1182 1.3 1%
T32 D 12:15 KIM Yoonsoo 16 D25 15 Pittsburgh Fencers Club 1951 1299 38.3 16%

IFC 2025 Winter Classic

Senior Mixed Foil (C1, SNR), January 19, 2025
Place 11 of 15, Seed 9, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 BAUER Claire 15 U 12 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Pool D 0:5 COPELAND Nigel 3 C24 1 Cyranos Place 1937 1077 6.5 8%
Pool D 2:5 KAROLAK Dale W. 4 C23 9 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2418 1071 1.5 1%
Pool V 5:0 LEVY Ethan 10 U 15 Indianapolis Fencing Club 988 1069 23.8 54%
T16 D 10:15 GOMEZ Leo 11 U 6 1299 1419 120.3 56%

Blue Box Open (Open, Youth, Y8)

Senior Mixed Foil (B1, SNR), November 16, 2024
Place 14 of 23, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 ASHIDA Tomoaki 9 C24 8 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2161 1032 3.4 3%
Pool D 2:5 CHEREDNICHENKO Ihor 8 C24 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2246 1029 2.6 3%
Pool D 0:5 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew N. 1 B24 6 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2524 1026 0.9 1%
Pool V 5:2 SEABLOOM Jack 21 U 19 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 720 1025 21.4 68%
Pool V 5:4 HUGHES Evan 16 U 18 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 1003 1047 30.5 53%
T32 V 15:3 SEABLOOM Jack 21 U 19 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 798 1376 56.0 78%
T16 D 5:15 WOJCIECHOWSKI Matthew N. 1 B24 6 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 2643 1432 12.9 4%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Div III Men's Foil (C3, DV3), July 8, 2024
Place 235 of 238, Seed 212, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 DAFFRON Quintin 2 B24 83 Stoccata Fencing Academy & Club 1619 1115 18.1 21%
Pool D 1:5 JIMENEZ Naveen 72 D24 6 Fencing Academy Of Westchester 2037 1096 6.5 6%
Pool D 0:5 CHEN Brian 209 U 177 Precision Athletics Fencing Club 1736 1090 13.0 15%
Pool D 0:5 BECKER Ethan 141 E24 110 West Berkeley Fencing Club / Golden State Fencing Academy 1468 1077 20.6 26%
Pool D 4:5 SAUCEDO Fernando 139 E24 204 EWA Fencing LLC / Arizona State University Fencing Club 1608 1056 14.8 19%
Pool D 2:5 DAI Christopher 69 D24 19 Space City Fencing Academy 1796 1041 9.3 11%

Denison-Curn Open

Senior Men's Foil (A2, SNR), June 8, 2024
Place 23 of 27, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 BURTE Alexander J. 3 A20 3 Queen City Fencers Club LLC / Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2727 1138 0.9 1%
Pool D 2:5 LEVY Jacob 8 C24 14 AIC Fencing Club 2283 1137 4.0 3%
Pool D 2:5 CHEREDNICHENKO Ihor 13 C24 7 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 2322 1133 3.6 3%
Pool D 1:5 LINDOW Connor 18 D23 16 1735 1130 15.3 17%
T32 D 3:15 BURTE Alexander J. 3 A20 3 Queen City Fencers Club LLC / Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2822 1385 8.8 2%

Founder's Day Open

Mixed Foil (B2), February 10, 2024
Place 14 of 31, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 1:5 PALMA Nathan Anthony 6 C23 3 Columbus Fencing & Fitness / Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2174 1067 5.0 4%
Pool D 3:5 SACCOCCIO Nicholas P. 5 C23 2 5t Fencers Club 3164 1062 0.1 < 1%
Pool V 5:3 RYAN Ben 15 U 19 The Ohio State University Fencing Club / Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 1395 1062 62.2 31%
Pool V 5:0 GEYGAN Rory 27 U 30 Upper Arlington High School Fencing Club
Pool V 5:3 SEABLOOM Jack 16 U 23 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 451 1124 14.5 83%
T32 V 15:14 RYAN Ben 15 U 19 The Ohio State University Fencing Club / Hudson Centers For The Martial Arts 1454 1230 154.8 39%
T16 D 4:15 KENNEDY Elizabeth 8 D24 5 Royal Arts Fencing Academy

IFC 2024 Winter Classic

Senior Mixed Foil (B1, SNR), January 21, 2024
Place 18 of 22, Seed 17, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:3 GOMEZ Leo 16 U 19 1032 1109 48.0 55%
Pool D 1:5 GNEUHS Sam 8 C22 2 1884 1157 15.3 12%
Pool D 1:5 COPELAND Nigel 9 D23 7 Cyranos Place 1835 1142 15.9 14%
Pool D 1:5 LAKAS Darius 21 U 13 Illinois Fencing Academy 1005 1126 54.9 57%
Pool D 1:5 ZHAO Bowen 1 B23 5 The fencers academy 2215 1071 4.5 3%
T32 D 9:15 DUNLAP Ian 12 E23 15 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 1781 1324 93.6 26%

Denison-Curn Open

Men's Foil (B1), June 10, 2023
Place 15 of 20, Seed 19, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 0:5 SMITH Brandon 5 C22 8 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 1798 957 17.1 10%
Pool D 1:5 CHAN Matthew 2 B22 7 Salle Du Lion Fencing Center / Profencing 2526 940 1.7 1%
Pool D 1:5 MCCALLEN Cade 10 E22 11 Denison University Fencing Club 1687 938 20.2 13%
Pool V 5:3 LINDOW Connor 13 U 16 Shaker Heights Fencing Club 1479 918 115.8 19%
Pool V 5:1 MICK Gabriel 18 U 14 West Michigan Fencing Academy 1276 1034 77.6 35%
Pool D 2:5 CHEREDNICHENKO Ihor 8 D23 2 Columbus Fencing & Fitness 2625 1111 2.1 1%
T32 V 15:13 BOWERS Gregory 14 U 18 American Fencing Academy of Dayton 1239 1185 194.5 48%
T16 D 11:15 COPELAND Nigel 7 D23 5 Cyranos Place 2212 1380 55.9 13%

3rd Annual Queen City Cup

Div III Mixed Foil (E1, DV3), April 23, 2023
Place 5 of 8, Seed 6, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool V 5:4 BOWERS Gregory 5 U 8 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton 1817 876 232.0 11%
Pool D 1:5 WANG Jim 2 E23 2 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton / Halberstadt Fencers' Club 1851 1108 32.4 14%
Pool D 4:5 HAAS Zane 4 U 6 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton 745 1075 128.4 68%
Pool D 0:5 LITTLE Kevin 3 E22 1 Queen City Fencers Club LLC 2493 947 3.7 1%
Pool V 5:2 HAMER Andreas 7 U 7 Xavier University Fencing Club 940 943 76.4 50%
Pool D 2:5 DUNLAP Ian 8 U 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 1532 1019 37.3 21%
Pool D 1:5 TOWNE Benjamin 1 D22 3 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1659 982 25.4 15%
T8 D 6:15 DUNLAP Ian 8 U 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness Llc 1722 1361 175.3 32%

3rd Annual Queen City Cup

Y-14 Men's Foil (U, Y14), April 22, 2023
Place 5 of 7, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy Of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 4:5 HAAS Zane 5 U 7 American Fencing Academy Of Dayton 911 1212 290.7 64%
Pool V 5:2 RYAN Nash 6 U 6 Royal Arts Fencing Academy 806 921 169.8 56%
Pool D 0:5 FRASER Rhys 2 U 3 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 1318 1091 125.5 37%
Pool D 1:5 MANDZY Theodor 4 U 1 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 2093 965 20.0 5%
Pool D 1:5 ZHAO Nathan 1 E22 2 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Queen City Fencers Club LLC 2150 945 15.3 4%
Pool D 3:5 HICKEY Connor 7 U 3 Queen City Fencers Club LLC 1536 930 54.5 19%
T8 D 7:15 FRASER Rhys 2 U 3 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 1679 1734 373.6 53%

IFC 2023 Winter Classic

Senior Mixed Foil (C2, SNR), January 21, 2023
Place 25 of 25, Seed 21, Not ranked, Rating U, American Fencing Academy of Dayton
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool D 2:5 CORNETT Sawyer R. 3 C22 1 Eastern Kentucky University Fencing Club 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool D 1:5 CLAYPOOL Conner 6 D22 2 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. 2233 2079 377.4 44%
Pool D 3:5 KOZINSKI Allison E. 11 U 11 Indianapolis Fencing Club
Pool D 3:5 DEMOSS Mercedes 14 U 8 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ.
Pool D 4:5 JAMES John 19 U 23 Miami University Fencing Ohio 1010 1702 490.3 77%
T32 D 4:15 CLAYPOOL Conner 6 D22 2 Purdue Fencing Club-purdue Univ. 1874 2500 765.5 72%