Soren
Thompson

Olympian 2004, 2012

Athlete Bio#

Age

Hometown

San Diego

Event: Epee
Current Residence: New York City, N.Y.
Club: New York Athletic Club
Coach: Self and Sebastien Dos Santos
Education: Bachelor's degree in art and architecture from Princeton University

Olympic Teams: 2012, 2004
Senior World Championship Teams: 2012 (Gold - Team), 2011, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003
Junior World Championship Teams: 2001, 2000, 1999 (Bronze - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 1998

Personal: After an injury kept Thompson out of the 2008 Olympic Games, the Princeton graduate chose to focus on starting a career, but in 2011 he returned to international competition determined to qualify for his second Olympic squad and improve on his seventh place finish at the Athens Games. Within six months, Thompson earned his first Grand Prix medal in Stockholm in May 2011 and solidified his spot on the 2012 team with a gold medal win at the Pan Am Championships and a top-16 finish at the 2011 Senior Worlds.

In April, Thompson made history when he won gold at the World Team Championships where the U.S. Men’s Epee Team became the first U.S. Men’s Fencing Team ever to win gold at a Senior Worlds.

Recent Competition History

2012:

Gold - World Team Championships
Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Silver - Legnano World Cup (Team)
Bronze - Tallin World Cup (Team)
Fourth - Buenos Aires World Cup (Team)
11th - Doha Grand Prix
12th - Paris World Cup
19th - Stockholm Grand Prix
34th - Heidenheim World Cup
38th - Tallin World Cup (Individual)
38th - Legnano World Cup (Individual)

2011:

Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Bronze - Stockholm Grand Prix
Seventh - Pan American Games (Individual)
15th - Senior World Championships (Team)
16th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
31st - Legnano World Cup
39th - Doha Grand Prix

2010:

Bronze - North American Cup A
28th - Caguas World Cup

2008:

14th - Stockholm Grand Prix
29th - Legnano Grand Prix
41st - Kuwait Grand Prix
47th - Doha Grand Prix

2007:

Fifth - Stockholm Grand Prix
10th - Pan American Championships
10th - Sydney World Cup
11th - Tallin World Cup
12th - Buenos Aires World Cup
17th - Senior World Championships (Team)
21st - Lisbon World Cup
23rd - Caguas World Cup
30th - Bogota World Cup
7th - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2006:

19th - Senior World Championships (Team)
26th - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2005:

14th - Senior World Championships (Team)
63rd - Senior World Championships (Team)

2004:

Sixth - Olympic Games (Team)
Seventh - Olympic Games (Individual)

2003:

Fourth - Pan American Games (Team)
Eighth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
18th - Senior World Championships (Team)

2001:

Ninth - Junior World Championships (Team)
29th - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2000:

11th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
13th - Junior World Championships (Team)

1999:

Bronze - Junior World Championships (Team)
21st - Junior World Championships (Individual)

1998:

34th - Cadet World Championships

Olympic Experience

2-time Olympian

Olympic Games London 2012, 19th (Individual Epee - Men)
Olympic Games Athens 2004, 6th (Team Epee - Men), 7th (Individual Epee - Men)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2013 – 10th (Team Epee - Men), 99th (Individual Epee - Men)
Years of participation: Individual Epee - Men 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013; Team Epee - Men 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
Medals: 1 (1 gold)