CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2026 World Championship Bronze medalist
- 2025 World Championship Silver medalist
- 2024 Olympic Bronze medalist (Individual)
- 2023 World Championship Silver medalist
- 2022 World Championship Silver (Team) & Bronze (Individual) medalist
- 2020 Olympic Bronze medalist (Team)
- 25x World Cup medalist
- 10x Zone Championship medalist
- 5x Grand Prix medalist
- 3x Pan American Games Champion
- 5x U.S. National Champion
- 2019 ACC Fencer of the Year
BACKGROUND
Nick came about the sport of fencing in a rather natural way. His father opened a fencing club in Los Angeles in 2003 where Nick still fences today under his father’s direction. Nick received his athletic prowess from his parents, his mother was a Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast, and his father was an elite Ukrainian fencer.
Quickly rising through the ranks, he became the first American fencer to win Junior World, US Fencing Division I and NCAA titles in the same season. At the Tokyo Olympic Games, he was the youngest American fencer and helped Team USA to a Bronze medal. Most recently, he won an individual Bronze at the Olympic Games in Paris and previously won Silver at the World Championships becoming the first American male to win back-to-back medals at World Championships (2022 & 2023).
Nick graduated from the University of Notre Dame where he studied Political Science. He was the second men’s fencer to win back-to-back National Championships in program history. Nick strongly identifies with his Ukrainian background, both his parents and sister are from Lviv, Ukraine. He has run clinics and set up charity donations to help Ukrainian fencers. Nick is fluent in both English and Russian and has a passion for growing the sport, clothing, fitness, and travel. Most recently, he started his own foundation, the Nick Itkin Foundation, to help break down the financial barriers that stand between young athletes and the sport of fencing.
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