Daryl Homer- Fencer

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2025 Padua World Cup: Silver (Team)
2025 Plovdiv World Cup: Silver (Team)
2023 Algiers World Cup Champion (Team)
2023 Warsaw World Cup Champion (Team)
2022 Pan American Champion (Individual and Team)
2020 Olympian
2019 Pan American Games Champion (Individual and Team)
2019 North American Cup Champion
2018 National Champion
2018 North American Cup Champion
2017 National Champion
2016 Olympic Games: Silver medal – First Individual Saber Silver medalist since 1904
2016 Madrid World Cup: Silver medal
2016 Dakar World Cup: Bronze medal
2015 Tbilisi World Cup Champion
2015 World Championships: Silver medal – First Male Saber Fencer in history to win medal
2014 Madrid World Cup: Silver medal
2012 London Olympic Games: 6^th place – Highest American finish since 1984
2-time NCAA Champion
3-time Cadet and Junior World Championship Medalist

BACKGROUND

Daryl’s interest in fencing started at the age of five after seeing the photo of a masked fencer on the cover of a dictionary and by sixteen he made a promise to himself to become the greatest American fencer in history.

Success came immediately in 2006 when he won his first Cadet World Championship medal and he followed up in 2009 and 2010 winning two Junior World Championship medals. Daryl went on to attend St. John’s University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising and won back-to-back NCAA National Championships.

Finishing sixth at the 2012 London Olympic Games, Daryl became the highest American finisher in fencing since 1984. He again made history in 2015 by becoming the first male Sabre fencer ever to win a Senior World Championship medal. Most recently, Daryl brought home the Silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and became the first U.S. Sabre fencer to medal individually in 112 years.

Growing up in the Bronx and being raised by a single mother had its hardships, but Daryl has never let this define him, not in sport or life. He has said that the word to best describe him would be duality, as Fencing allowed him to be occasionally exposed to a different lifestyle other than the everyday grind in the Bronx. Daryl credits this duality in keeping him grounded, humble, and is also his constant drive to achieve his dreams.

Daryl is currently training with his eyes on the 2028 Olympic Games in LA. He teaches the sport of fencing to inner city youth at the Peter Westbrook Foundation, where he got his start, as well as partners with numerous non-profits with the main focus being to bring sports to the forefront of youth engagement. He travels the world to help bring access to sport, teaches fencing as a restorative justice tool to at risk youth in Africa, was the Athlete Role Model of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, co-hosted the 14+ Foundation Gala, and more.

Outside of sport, his passions include fashion, music, community, and his many philanthropic endeavors.

Daryl Homer- Fencer

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