Gerek Meinhardt Class: Sophomore Hometown: San Francisco, CA Height / Weight: 6-0 / 165 Event: Foil Birthdate: 07/27/1990 Club: Massialas Foundation

RECENT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Member of 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in men's foil ... at the Olympics, beat Mostafa Nagaty of Egypt (15-3) in the Round of 32 before falling to Jun Zhu of China (9-15) in the Round of 16 ... 2008 Junior Team World Champion ... gold medalist at the 2007 Madrid Junior World Cup and the 2007 N.A.C. Senior Nationals in Tucson, Ariz. ... won the 2007 U.S. Fencing National Championships in Miami, Fla. and the 2007 Senior Pan American Zonal Championship held in Mont-Tremblant, Canada ... silver medalist at both the Burgsteinfurt Junior World Cup and the Bratislava Junior World Cup in 2007 ... finished 28th at the 2007 World Championships held in St. Petersburg, Russia and fifth at the 2007 Cuba Senior Grand Prix ... gold medalist at the 2006 Junior Pan America Zonal Championships held in San Antonio, Texas, the 2006 U.S. Fencing Junior Nationals held in Atlanta, Ga. and the N.A.C. Junior Nationals held in Houston, Texas ... in 2006, finished third at the Madrid Junior Championship, fifth at the Montreal Junior World Cup and fifth at the Bratislava Junior World Cup.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco, Calif. and UMOHS Online Distance Learning in 2008 ... ranked 11th in the world senior rankings and fifth in the world junior rankings (11/10/2008) ... became the youngest men's foil national champion in U.S. fencing history after outdueling Kurt Getz at the 2007 Summer Nationals ... also was the first male fencer (in any of the three disciplines: foil, epee, sabre) to earn a roster spot on the U.S. senior, junior (U-20) and cadet (U-17) national teams during the same season (06-07) ... trained at the Massialas Foundation under the direction of Greg Massialas (the 1980 U.S. National Champion) ... son of Kurt and Jane Meinhardt ... born July 27, 1990 in San Francisco ... has one sister, Katie, who played basketball at Boston University ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies ... intends to major in Business.