Name: Daryl Homer

Sport: Fencing

Discipline(s): Saber Fencing

Event(s): Individual, Team

Height: 5-8

Weight: 185

DOB: 7/16/1990

Birthplace: St. Thomas, VI

Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

High School: Salesian High School (New Rochelle, N.Y.) '08

College: St. John's University '13, Advertising

Team/Club: Manhattan Fencing Center

Coach(es): Yury Gelman

Olympic Experience

• Three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020); one-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 23rd (individual), 8th (team)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, silver (individual)
• Olympic Games London 2012, 6th (individual), 8th (team)
• First U.S. saber fencer to win an individual silver medal at the Olympic Games since 1904

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – 10th (team), 34th (individual)
• Years of participation: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Medals: 1 (silver)
• Silver – 2015 (individual)

Other Career Highlights

• 2015 Pan American Games, gold (team)

Personal: Son of Juliette Smith and Daryl Homer...Has one sibling, D'Meca...Born in the U.S. Virgin Islands and moved to New York with his mother and sister at age 5...Began fencing at age 11 after reading about it in the dictionary...Within fencing, his greatest influence has been Keeth Smart, the first American men’s saber fencer to earn a No. 1 world ranking, and also a former coach and mentor of his...Serves as a brand ambassador for a charity called Fencing in the Schools with the goal of introducing fencing to children all over America...Hobbies include reading, photography, taking long walks, watching movies and listening to music...Four-time NCAA All-American (2009-13)...If he were not an athlete, would pursue a career in marketing.

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