Event: Foil
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 185lbs
Birthplace: London, Great Britain
Current Residence: State College, Pa.
High School: The Knox School (2008
College: Junior sports management major at Penn State University
Club: Fencers Club
Coach: Simon Gershon and Emmanuil Kaidanov
Current U.S. Ranking: #3
Current World Ranking: #30
Olympic Teams: 2012
Senior World Championship Teams: 2011, 2010 (Fifth), 2009, 2008
Pan American Games Teams: 2011 (Gold - Team)
Pan American Championship Teams: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 (Gold - Team, Silver - Individual), 2008 (Sixth)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2009, 2008
Personal: Born in London and raised there until age nine, Chamley-Watson will be returning to his home country at his first Olympic Games. After a fifth-place finish at the 2010 Senior World Championships, Chamley-Watson ascended to a #2 world ranking last season and is hoping to return to the podium in front of family and friends in London. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Chamley-Watson also competed on his school's varsity soccer and basketball teams at The Knox School in Long Island. Chamley-Watson's goal is to win Olympic gold and says every day he "trains like its my last" to make his dream come true.
Recent Competition History
2012:
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Fourth - La Coruna World Cup (Team)
- Fifth - Havana World Cup (Team)
- Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- 22nd - St. Petersburg Grand Prix
2011:
- Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Bronze - USA Fencing Division I National Championships
- Sixth - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Seventh - Seoul World Cup (Team)
- Ninth - St. Petersburg Grand Prix
- 10th - Seoul Foil World Cup (Individual)
- 12th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 17th - Bonn World Cup
- 17th - Venice Grand Prix
- 33rd - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- 33rd - Shanghai Grand Prix
- 33rd - La Coruna World Cup
- 36th - Havana World Cup
2010:
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Fifth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- Ninth - Senior World Championships (Team)
2009:
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Silver - Isla de Margarita World Cup
- 10th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
2008:
- Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Fifth - London Junior World Cup
- Sixth - Pan American Championships
- 38th - Montreal World Cup
- 43rd - Paris Grand Prix