Michael Joo

1973

Win/Loss Statistics

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Victories 15 16 - - - 31
Losses 21 24 - - - 45
Win Ratio 41.7% 40.0% - - - 40.8%
Pool Victories 11 11 - - - 22
Pool Losses 17 19 - - - 36
Pool Win Ratio 39.3% 36.7% - - - 37.9%
DE Victories 4 5 - - - 9
DE Losses 4 5 - - - 9
DE Win Ratio 50.0% 50.0% - - - 50.0%

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

Scores

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Easy wins† 7 5 - - - 12
Easy wins as % of wins 46.7% 31.2% - - - 38.7%
Close wins‡ 6 4 - - - 10
Close wins as % of all wins 40.0% 25.0% - - - 32.3%
Close losses‡ 3 4 - - - 7
Close losses as % of all losses 14.3% 16.7% - - - 15.6%
Big losses† 13 11 - - - 24
Big losses as % of all losses 61.9% 45.8% - - - 53.3%

† 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

2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 Before 2021 All Time
Events 5 6 - - - 11
Tournaments 4 5 - - - 9

Competition History

January NAC

Veteran Men's Foil (A2/B3, VET), January 5, 2025
Place 52 of 67, Seed 67, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 GREEN Michael C. 28 C21 15 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 2281 1674 8.4 17%
Pool W 5:4 DUANE Michael 52 U 57 New Jersey Fencing Alliance 1863 1665 26.8 38%
Pool W 5:4 SUAREZ Rolando 49 E23 37 Masters Fencing Club 2169 1692 37.3 22%
Pool L 1:5 JUNCO Carlos 9 B24 8 2802 1730 2.7 5%
Pool L 1:5 CHAN Geoffrey 32 D24 55 Delaware Valley Fencers Club-PA 1382 1727 30.8 71%
Pool L 2:5 WOOD Alexander W. 12 B24 3 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. 2417 1696 6.0 13%
T64 L 4:10 POPOKH Leo 10 B24 18 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2920 2229 20.3 14%

January NAC

Vet-50 Men's Foil (A2, V50), January 3, 2025
Place 38 of 43, Seed 27, Rank 58, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 0:5 ZHANG Jie 41 U 6 2500 1677 6.8 21%
Pool W 5:4 VALENTINE Iain 15 16 C24 29 Salle Auriol Seattle 2141 1670 41.8 22%
Pool L 3:5 SUAREZ Rafael A. 1 1 A24 1 Masters Fencing Club 3229 1712 0.6 1%
Pool L 3:5 BANKS Alex S. 14 B24 21 International Fencing Club 2597 1712 4.6 7%
Pool L 4:5 SCHNEIDERMAN todd 43 U 39 Medeo Fencing Club 1454 1707 31.0 66%
Pool L 0:5 LOPEZ Reynaldo (REY) 30 18 E24 3 Heartland Fencing Academy 2850 1676 2.1 3%
T64 L 4:10 HERNANDEZ Marc A. 24 30 D23 16 Austin Fencers Club 2103 2314 84.7 63%

Fencers Club Veteran Cup - (Epee, Foil, Sabre)

Veteran Mixed Foil (E1, VET), December 29, 2024
Place 1 of 13, Seed 2, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:1 ARANGO PINEDO Catalina 3 E24 10 Fencing Academy of Philadelphia
Pool L 2:5 VASTOLA Gene 10 U 3 Fencers Club Inc. 2648 1655 5.7 15%
Pool W 5:1 CONDIFF Allessandro 11 U 9 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 1274 1649 14.7 73%
Pool W 5:1 SCHIAVONE Oreste 5 U 7 Staten Island Fencing Club / Fencers Club Inc. 1034 1664 8.9 84%
Pool W 5:2 JENKINS Michael 9 U 13 Fencers Club Inc. 754 1673 4.4 93%
T16 W 10:2 JENKINS Michael 9 U 13 Fencers Club Inc. 666 2110 4.3 98%
T8 W 10:4 BERGEN Kevin 6 U 5 Fencing Academy Of Philadelphia - University City 2136 2114 70.9 49%
T4 W 10:8 VASTOLA Gene 10 U 3 Fencers Club Inc. 2675 2185 72.7 31%
T2 W 10:8 WOOD Ben 1 C24 2 Sheridan Fencing Academy / The Fencers Academy 2099 2258 56.5 59%

Freehold Fencing - December Division 2 Foil

Div II Mixed Foil (D1, DV2), December 27, 2024
Place 11 of 21, Seed 5, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 SAMUEL Lucas 19 U 9 PISTE Fencing Academy 1530 1739 39.0 63%
Pool W 5:0 WEISS Zachary 14 U 16 ArtDu Fencing / Randolph HS 878 1700 6.6 91%
Pool L 1:5 SOBON Jason 2 D24 2 Freehold Fencing Academy / Drew University NCAA 1784 1707 25.9 45%
Pool W 5:0 LINGAMPALLI Sashank 21 U 21 Worldwide Fencing Academy 710 1681 5.1 92%
Pool L 4:5 CHINN Callum 7 E24 12 Manchen Academy of Fencing 1305 1686 42.6 73%
Pool W 5:4 D'ALONZO Jake 8 E24 7 Medeo Fencing Club 1138 1643 11.9 79%
T16 L 3:15 ANGELOS Nico 12 E24 6 Medeo Fencing Club 1581 2292 181.8 85%

Neil Lazar Div1/Div2/Veteran ROC

Veteran Men's Foil (B1, VET), September 29, 2024
Place 20 of 22, Seed 15, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 SCHICKER Glenn 16 D23 11 2828 1730 3.9 4%
Pool L 1:5 KREIDMAN Michael J. 8 C24 6 New Jersey Fencing Alliance 2615 1726 6.9 10%
Pool L 0:5 BENNETT Philippe 2 A21 14 Fencers Club Inc. 2731 1720 4.4 5%
Pool W 5:2 BERGER Gregory (Zustrich) 22 U 16 Moe Fencing Club LLC 1630 1715 27.5 55%
Pool L 2:5 TURDO Mark A. 7 C24 9 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2819 1743 3.7 5%
T32 L 9:10 BENNETT Philippe 2 A21 14 Fencers Club Inc. 3059 2323 31.5 14%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-50 Men's Foil (A2, V50), July 4, 2024
Place 35 of 44, Seed 23, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 KENT Dwain 33 E22 17 Louisville Fencing Center, Inc. 1982 1664 24.3 31%
Pool W 5:3 KOEHN Ted 10 10 B24 18 Salle Auriol Seattle 2704 1640 99.9 4%
Pool L 4:5 CHO Michael 5 5 A22 6 Renaissance Fencing Club 2767 1740 4.7 5%
Pool L 3:5 HERNANDEZ Marc A. 20 24 D23 26 Austin Fencers Club 1905 1735 27.6 39%
Pool W 5:3 ALLAN Peter L. 36 39 U 41 Boise Fencing Club / Mile High Fencing Club 1443 1707 23.0 66%
T64 L 5:10 MINOTT Nicolas D. 28 29 E20 30 Valkyrie Fencing Club 2122 2458 135.1 67%

Fencers Club Veteran Cup - (Epee, Foil, Sabre)

Veteran Men's Foil (A2, VET), June 9, 2024
Place 15 of 26, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 4:5 BASARABA Greg 21 U 13 Fencers Club Inc. 1543 1686 50.9 59%
Pool L 2:5 KURCHIN Yury 11 C22 10 Fencers Club Inc. 2500 1636 9.1 9%
Pool W 5:0 DORFMAN Mitchell 18 D23 16 Morris Fencing Club
Pool W 5:2 BRYKCZYNSKI James 26 U 26 Bucks County Academy of Fencing 1720 1626 46.6 44%
Pool L 4:5 CHEN David A 2 A22 3 Zeljkovic Fencing Academy / Bucks County Academy of Fencing-WEST 2947 1673 2.5 2%
Pool L 3:5 TURDO Mark 7 B20 6 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2653 1671 6.4 6%
T32 W 10:9 MCCARTHY Dan 13 C22 19 The Phoenix Center 2554 2288 174.8 35%
T16 L 2:10 WYSZYNSKI Marek 1 A24 1 Fencers Club Inc. 4007 2462 4.2 1%

Premier Challenge ROC(D1A, DV2, VET), RJCC & PARA

Div II Men's Foil (C2, DV2), March 31, 2024
Place 60 of 62, Seed 24, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool L 1:5 NICOLL James 31 D22 26 The Storm King School 1762 2053 92.5 68%
Pool L 1:5 ABRAMKIN Tim 33 E24 49 Star Fencing Academy 1406 1961 108.4 81%
Pool L 2:5 MUNDAHL Brandon 60 U 41 Fencers Club Inc. / Drew University NCAA 1896 1852 47.6 47%
Pool L 2:5 LU Howen 6 C23 5 2153 1805 31.7 29%
Pool L 3:5 GORLOVITZKI Amitai 51 U 55 Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy 1649 1773 55.9 58%
Pool L 0:5 VISHAWADIA Jaimin 11 D24 9 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 2020 1717 30.6 31%
T64 L 1:15 VISHAWADIA Jaimin 11 D24 9 Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club 2110 2540 252.3 73%

Premier Challenge ROC(D1A, DV2, VET), RJCC & PARA

Veteran Men's Foil (C1, VET), March 30, 2024
Place 5 of 22, Seed 8, Not ranked, Rating D23
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:2 BERGER Gregory (Zustrich) 20 U 16 Moe Fencing Club LLC 1483 1926 51.7 73%
Pool W 5:1 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 9 D23 12 Morris Fencing Club 2232 1978 122.6 35%
Pool L 2:5 SIN Steve 15 U 17 1799 2101 106.2 67%
Pool L 2:5 JAN Stephen 1 B21 3 3023 1994 15.5 12%
Pool W 5:3 GREENLEAF John 16 U 20 2011 1979 74.2 48%
T16 W 10:9 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 9 D23 12 Morris Fencing Club 2346 2521 204.6 59%
T8 L 3:10 SANCHEZ Leon D. 4 C23 2 Boston Fencing Club 2786 2726 185.7 47%

Neil Lazar Div1A/Div2/Veteran ROC

Veteran Men's Foil (B1, VET), November 19, 2023
Place 6 of 18, Seed 16, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 DORFMAN Mitchell (Mitch) J. 10 D23 16 Morris Fencing Club 2274 1083 602.9 6%
Pool L 1:5 KISSINGFORD John F. 4 B22 1 Denver Fencing Center 2494 1686 52.2 13%
Pool W 5:3 CROWDER Andrew E. 13 E23 13 Rhode Island Fencing Academy And Club 1923 1633 205.2 34%
Pool W 5:3 MCCARTHY Daniel (Dan) W. 9 C22 14 The Phoenix Center 2128 1838 178.7 34%
Pool L 3:5 FLANAGAN James 3 B22 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2175 2017 90.7 41%
T16 W 10:4 MAHNKEN Thomas G. 14 E23 11 Fencing Sports Academy, Inc. / Redstar Fencing Club Chicago 1783 2810 116.2 87%
T8 L 4:10 FLANAGAN James 3 B22 3 Youth Enrichment League Fencing Club 2701 2926 405.3 60%

NJFA Non-Regional Vet

Veteran Mixed Foil (U, VET), September 16, 2023
Place 1 of 4, Seed 3, Not ranked, Rating U
Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Chance of
Victory
Pool W 5:4 HERAWATI Lili 1 E23 3 Hub City Fencing Academy
Pool L 4:5 LEE Hans 2 U 3 OnTarget Fencing Club 1184 2500 1184.8 90%
Pool L 1:5 MANZON Antonio 4 U 2 Columbia Fencers' Club 1575 1315 232.6 38%
T4 W 10:2 LEE Hans 2 U 3 OnTarget Fencing Club 1152 2500 128.9 90%
T2 W 10:1 MANZON Antonio 4 U 2 Columbia Fencers' Club 1710 2629 181.2 82%