Kaveh Shafaie

Foil/Epee Coach

shafaiekaveh@gmail.com

Personal Information

I was brought into fencing at the age of five. I have been competitive in the sport since then and have always been helping at the club! I earned several youth medals at the national level, along with several regional titles. I was blessed to represent the USA at the international level in all 4 Cadet European Cups. I got to travel with a great team and I was even the captain of my team in the Bratislava World Cup, where we placed 2nd. I am so grateful for everything that I have received because of fencing, and my goal now is to help others find the same joy and happiness that I have experienced through this sport. As for my education, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rutgers Business School in January 2024 as a Finance major. I fenced on the Rutgers Collegiate Club team as well in my time there and served as the Foil Squad captain for 2022-2023.

Top Fencing Accomplishments

• Been on the Y10, Y12, Y14, Cadet, Junior, and Senior National Points Lists in my whole Fencing Career!
• Selected as one of 12 Foil Fencers to represent the USA at a Senior World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria!
  • Placed 79th of 200 fencers in the event, ending the day with 5 victories against Hong Kong, Israel, Austria, Chile, and Czech Republic
• Silver Medal at the National Collegiate Club Championships in Individual Men’s Foil – Providence, RI – April 2022
• Bronze Medal in the Team Men’s Foil @ National Collegiate Club Championships (with Rutgers University) – April 2022
• Ranked as high as 19th in the Senior Men’s Foil National Rankings – 2021/22 Season
• 16th Place in Division 1 (Senior) Foil @ 2021 October NAC – St. Louis, MO
• 15th Place in Junior Foil @ 2021 Junior Olympics – Philadelphia, PA
• Silver Medal in Bratislava Team event – January 2019 – Bratislava, Slovakia
• Placed 23rd in Cadet World Cups in Rome, Italy and 27th in Vienna, Austria!
• Member of TEAM USA Cadet Foil Squad for 4 European Cadet Cups
  • Represented top 20 American Foilists for events in:
    • Vienna, Austria
    • Cabries, France
    • Bratislava, Slovakia
    • Rome, Italy
• 10th Place in Cadet Foil @ 2019 Junior Olympics – Denver, CO
• 20th Place in Junior Foil @ 2019 Junior Olympics- Denver, CO
• Cobra Div1A ROC – Bronze Medalist – Jersey City, NJ – 2019
• Member of Freehold Fencing Academy Foil Team – 7th Place in the Nation in 2019 – Columbus, OH
• East Coast RJCC – Silver Medalist – Randolph, NJ – 2019
• 29th Place in Division 1 NAC – Milwaukee, WI – 2018
• 15th Place in Cadet Foil @ Summer Nationals – St. Louis, MO – 2018
• Have a Rating in all 3 Weapons
• Leon Paul Senior Satellite Cup – London, UK – 2017
• Fairfax SYC – 7th Place – 2017 – National Harbor, MD
• December NAC DIV1A Bronze Medalist – 2016 – Richmond, VA
  • Earned “A” rating from this performance
• Thrust Y14 SYC – 6th Place – 2016 – Suffern, NY
• Atlanta Classic Y14 SYC – 6th Place – 2015 – Atlanta, GA
• March NAC Y12 – 7th Place – 2015 – Milwaukee, WI
• Capitol Clash Y12 SYC – Bronze Medalist – 2014 – National Harbor, MD
• April NAC Y10 Bronze Medalist – 2013 – Richmond, VA
  • Earned “E” rating from this performance
• Steve Sobel Y12 SYC – 8th Place – 2013 – Jersey City, NJ
• Ben Gutenberg Y12 SYC – 8th Place – 2013 – Rochester, NY
• Steve Sobel Y10 SYC – Bronze Medalist – 2013 – Jersey City, NJ
• Sword in the Snow Y10 SYC – Bronze Medalist – 2013 – Durham, NH
• Qualified for Junior Olympics at age of 11 – 2013 – Piscataway, NJ
• Mission Y10 SYC – Bronze Medalist – 2012 – Rocky Point, NY
• Arnold Schwarzenegger Y10 SYC – 8th Place – 2012 – Columbus, OH
• Capitol Clash Y10 SYC – 5th Place – 2012 – National Harbor, MD
• Badawi Challenge Y10 SYC – 8th Place – 2011 – Plano, TX