Samantha Catantan

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Samantha Catantan
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Catantan in 2024
Personal information
Full nameSamantha Kyle Catantan
Born (2002-02-01) February 1, 2002 (age 22)
Sport
CountryPhilippines
Sport Fencing
Weapon Foil
HandRight-handed
Years on national team2017–present
FIE  ranking Current ranking
Medal record
Women's foil
Representing Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Women's foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Cambodia Women's foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Philippines Women's foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Philippines Team foil

Samantha Kyle Catantan (born February 1, 2002) is a Filipina right-handed foil fencer. Representing the Philippines, she made her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the first Filipino fencer at the Olympics since Barcelona 1992. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Samantha Catantan was born on February 1, 2002 [3] to Jon and Aileen Catantan and has three sisters. [4] [5]

Catantan was a product of the Quezon City Sports Enhancement Program (QCSEP) of Quezon City councilor Joseph Juico. [6] [7] [8] She would first get involved in fencing under QCSEP when she was nine years old. [6]

Catantan studied high school at the University of the East. [9] She graduated from senior high school in November 2020. [10]

She would then move to the United States to attend Pennsylvania State University where she would pursue a master's degree in accounting. [11]

Career

High school

Catantan was part of the high school or junior team of the University of the East (UE). In her final year in 2020, she was named Season 82 MVP for the UE Junior Warriors. [9] [12] She would lead the Junior Warriors' in six of their nine straight championships. [13] At UE, national team coach Rolando Canlas was her mentor. [10]

College

Catantan was recruited to be a fencer of Pennsylvania State University which competes in the U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [14] [15] She would participate in the invitationals and would eventually fence for the Nittany Lions at the competition proper of the 2021 NCAA Fencing Championships, becoming the first homegrown Filipino to do so. [16]

Catantan would end with a third-place trophy and an All-America selection in the women's foil. [17] She was also named Most Valuable Player for her university's fencing team for that season. [4]

Catantan would be eligible to compete until 2025. In 2024, she would clinch a berth in championship rounds after finishing second in the Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals. [18] [19]

National team

Catantan represents the Philippines in international competitions. She would debut for her country at age 15, when she won a silver at the 2017 SEA Games. [5] She would compete in subsequent editions of the regional games with her best result being at the 2021 edition in Vietnam where she clinched a gold medal. [20]

She would win a gold in the 2019 Asian Under-23 Fencing Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. [21] [22]

Catantan qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris through the Asia and Oceania Zonal Qualifying Tournament despite enduring an injury in the final. [23]

Personal life

Her three sisters are fencers; two of which (Ysah and Sophia) are also part of the Philippine national team. [4] [5] She hails from Quezon City. [4]

Medal record

SEA Games

YearLocationEventPosition
2017 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Individual Women's foil2nd [24]
2019 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pasay, Philippines Individual Women's foil3rd [25]
2019 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pasay, Philippines Team Women's foil3rd [26]
2021 Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi, Vietnam Individual Women's foil1st [20]
2021 Flag of Vietnam.svg Hanoi, Vietnam Team Women's foil2nd [27]
2023 Flag of Cambodia.svg Phnom Penh, Cambodia Individual Women's foil2nd [28]

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References

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