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Gemma Thurston

2011
Grand Rapids Fencing Academy
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 8 3 - 11
Losses - - 18 16 6 40
Win ratio - - 30.8% 15.8% 0.0% 21.6%
Pool victories - - 7 3 - 10
Pool losses - - 14 13 5 32
Pool win ratio - - 33.3% 18.8% 0.0% 23.8%
DE victories - - 1 - - 1
DE losses - - 4 3 1 8
DE win ratio - - 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1%

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 - - 6
Easy wins % - - 75.0% 0.0% - 54.5%
Close wins‡ - - 1 1 - 2
Close wins % - - 12.5% 33.3% - 18.2%
Close losses‡ - - 2 1 1 4
Close losses % - - 11.1% 6.2% 16.7% 10.0%
Big losses† - - 11 11 4 26
Big losses % - - 61.1% 68.8% 66.7% 65.0%

† 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 - - 4 3 1 8
Tournaments - - 3 2 1 6

Competition history

8 competitions, 51 bouts

Motor City SYC

Y-12 Women's Foil U, Y12 April 7, 2024

Place 79 of 86 Seed 86 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 4:5 ZHOU Jolena 38 - U 62 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 737 940 46.4 63%
Pool
D 0:5 PUTHOFF Olivia 15 73 U 5 1708 893 8.3 9%
Pool
D 1:5 JAZWINSKI Ivy 64 - U 31 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 1181 885 23.0 32%
Pool
D 0:5 DONG Iris 12 55 E23 15 1757 862 6.4 7%
Pool
D 2:5 HOM Emma 40 - U 42 Massialas Foundation (M Team) 799 856 36.1 54%
T128
D 7:15 ZHANG Selina 75 - U 52 Renaissance Fencing Club 1433 1201 112.8 37%

GRAFA Winter Cup, D & Under\Youth Epee and Foil

Unrated Y-12 Mixed Foil U, Y12 December 16, 2023

Place 5 of 17 Seed 6 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 VANOOSTERHOUT Allie 16 - U 8 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 910 870 33.7 48%
Pool
V 5:0 ZUIDEMA Harrison 1 - U 11 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 MIKULENAS Leighton 14 - U 16 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 CHASE Crosby 7 - U 2 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
V 5:0 KOZUB Joslyn 11 - U 13 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1187 904 36.0 37%
T16
V 15:1 KOZUB Joslyn 11 - U 13 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 2500 945 255.8 8%
T8
D 14:15 DEHAAN Dalton 17 - U 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -

GRAFA Winter Cup, D & Under\Youth Epee and Foil

Unrated Y-14 Mixed Foil U, Y14 December 16, 2023

Place 12 of 13 Seed 8 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MALONE Ella 1 - E23 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 1439 825 15.4 16%
Pool
V 5:1 VANOOSTERHOUT Allie 10 - U 13 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy 2079 809 60.8 9%
Pool
D 3:5 NI Aaric 5 - U 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 EDWARDS Connor 12 - U 2 West Michigan Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 1:5 ZHAO Jason 4 - U 5 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -
Pool
D 0:5 KOLACKI Gabriel 9 - U 7 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -
T16
D 7:15 NI Aaric 5 - U 3 Grand Rapids Fencing Academy - - - -

GRAFA RYC & Y8\RJCC\ROC\Vet - Third Coast Cup

Y-14 Women's Foil U, Y14 September 22, 2023

Place 17 of 18 Seed 14 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 OWENS Genevieve 9 - U 16 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 612 703 44.1 56%
Pool
D 1:5 AADHI Hansika 3 - D23 5 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1717 748 7.7 6%
Pool
D 2:5 ADLER Zoe 11 - U 9 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1648 740 9.0 7%
Pool
D 1:5 ZOLDAN Gweniveve A. 4 - E23 6 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1638 731 8.7 7%
Pool
V 5:4 BOIKE Lucille 17 - U 3 Renaissance Fencing Club 1557 722 102.4 9%
T32
D 10:15 OWENS Genevieve 9 - U 16 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1122 1131 185.4 50%

Motor City SYC/RCC

Y-12 Women's Foil U, Y12 April 16, 2023

Place 53 of 65 Seed 52 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 LICHTENSTEIGER Megan 11 54 U 3 Columbus Fencing And Fitness LLC 1809 649 6.3 3%
Pool
D 2:5 WASHINGTON KAILYNN ROSE 54 - U 42 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1301 643 21.6 15%
Pool
V 5:4 LIN Kenzie 29 - U 23 Renaissance Fencing Club 1361 621 124.9 12%
Pool
D 0:5 WANG DINA C. 10 53 E23 41 Bluegrass Fencers' Club / Invicta Sports 1356 746 20.6 17%
Pool
D 1:5 FU Pui Lam (Paisley) 31 - U 43 1281 725 22.1 20%
T64
D 2:15 XU Sunia (Tai Yang) 16 70 U 13 1360 1345 214.2 49%

GRAFA Third Coast Cup ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC/RYC

Y-14 Women's Foil U, Y14 March 12, 2023

Place 25 of 32 Seed 27 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 COLLINS Anna 3 147 E22 2 West Michigan Fencing Academy 1824 634 8.4 3%
Pool
D 0:5 JEANBAPTISTE Lauren 8 - U 21 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 1046 625 45.7 26%
Pool
D 0:5 MORSE Katherine 23 - U 6 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 1172 580 31.5 18%
Pool
V 5:2 CLEMMER-BECHT Elise 12 - U 30 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 1079 548 125.6 21%
Pool
D 4:5 LIN Kenzie 18 - U 13 Renaissance Fencing Club 1300 674 24.7 16%
T32
D 3:15 ZOLDAN Gweniveve A. 5 - E23 10 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1728 1625 279.7 45%

GRAFA Third Coast Cup ROC(D1A, DV2, VET) & RJCC/RYC

Y-12 Women's Foil U, Y12 March 11, 2023

Place 27 of 32 Seed 27 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 SMITH Samantha 22 - U 30 Bronzeville Fencing Academy 610 820 115.7 62%
Pool
D 2:5 PARANJAPE Ojasvi 13 - U 20 Queen City Fencers Club LLC 1105 935 106.6 40%
Pool
D 1:5 BOIKE Lucille 7 - U 9 Renaissance Fencing Club 1453 829 46.0 18%
Pool
D 0:5 WANG DINA C. 2 49 U 3 Bluegrass Fencers' Club 1475 783 36.9 15%
Pool
D 0:5 CAI Melody 16 - U 7 Fencing Center of Chicago 1304 746 43.9 21%
Pool
D 2:5 LYNCH Kathryn 12 - U 23 Plymouth/Ann Arbor Fencing Academy 918 702 68.3 38%
T32
D 5:15 BOIKE Lucille 7 - U 9 Renaissance Fencing Club 2041 2079 454.8 52%

GRAFA RJCC/RYC - Third Coast Fencing Cup

Y-10 Women's Foil U, Y10 March 20, 2022

Place 22 of 22 Seed 9 Not ranked Rating U Grand Rapids Fencing Academy

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 MARTIN Sloan 22 - U 2 Ann Arbor Fencing Club 2021 2500 750.2 68%
Pool
D 1:5 BERNDT Camryn 1 45 U 3 Profencing 2181 1750 215.6 31%
Pool
D 1:5 LIANG Jasmine 8 - U 10 Renaissance Fencing Club 1102 1534 389.5 70%
Pool
D 4:5 ZOLDAN Nolabelle 5 - U 13 RedStar Fencing Club Chicago 1787 1145 86.9 23%
Pool
D 0:5 RUSH Tara 16 - U 8 Renaissance Fencing Club 777 1058 238.0 65%
T32
D 7:10 CERMAK Emma 3 - U 14 2500 2500 420.5 50%