A foil is one of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing, all of which are metal. It is flexible, rectangular in cross section, and weighs under a pound. As with the épée, points are only scored by contact with the tip, which, in electrically scored tournaments, is capped with a spring-loaded button to signal a touch. A foil fencer's uniform features the lamé. The foil is the most commonly used weapon in competition.
The United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing in the United States. The USFA was founded on April 22, 1891, as the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) by a group of 20 New York City fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union, in a dispute over rules for national championships. The AFLA changed its name to the United States Fencing Association in 1981 and again in 2010 to USA Fencing.
Michael Marx is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by their mother, fencing coach Colleen Olney, who is considered by many prominent fencers to be "the mother of fencing in Oregon".
Allan S. Kwartler, born in New York City, was an American sabre and foil fencer. He was Pan-American sabre champion, 3-time Olympian, and twice a member of sabre teams that earned 4th-place in Olympic Games.
Michael Sean McClain is an American foil fencer who attended Stanford University in the 1990s.
Tamir Bloom is an American epee fencer.
Joseph Levis was an American foil fencer. He won nine national fencing championships, and participated in three Olympic Games representing the United States. The Roll of Honor at the US Fencing Hall of Fame (USFA) credits his individual Olympic silver medal in foil (1932) as the finest accomplishment ever by an American fencer and his victory in the 1954 nationals, after a 16-year layoff from competition, as the greatest comeback in the history of American fencing.
Gay Kristine Jacobsen D'Asaro is an American Olympic foil fencer.
Edward Ballinger is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is married to Sally Pechinsky. He is retired from coaching at the Boston Fencing Club. He was elected for induction into the USFA Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012.
Adrian Brooke Makler was an American Olympic foil and épée fencer.
Gregory David Massialas is an American foil fencer and fencing coach.
James-Andrew Davis is a British fencer, European champion in 2014. He competed in men's foil at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Alexander Massialas is an American right-handed foil fencer.
The men's foil competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 7 August at the Carioca Arena 3. The medals were presented by Paul Tergat, IOC member, Kenya and Donald Anthony Jr., Executive Board Member of FIE. There were 35 competitors from 19 nations. The event was won by Daniele Garozzo of Italy, the nation's ninth victory in the men's foil and first since 1996. The silver medalist was American Alexander Massialas, earning the United States' first medal in the event since 1960. Timur Safin of Russia took bronze.
The men's foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 26 July 2021 at the Makuhari Messe. 36 fencers from 18 nations are expected to compete.
The men's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 1 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe. 27 fencers from 9 nations are expected to compete.
Sabrina Massialas is an American fencer. She qualified to represent Team USA in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing as part of the Women's Foil Team, which ranked 4th.
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