Colin Heathcock

Colin Heathcock
Personal information
Full nameColin Yang Siqi Heathcock
NationalityAmerican
Born (2005-12-20) December 20, 2005 (age 20)
Beijing, China
Fencing career
SportFencing
Country United States
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
ClubChristian Bauer Academy
Head coachChristian Bauer
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 MilanTeam
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 LimaTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 Rio de JaneiroIndividual
Gold medal – first place2025 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2026 LimaTeam
Silver medal – second place2026 LimaIndividual
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 PlovdivIndividual
Gold medal – first place2023 PlovdivTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 RiyadhTeam
Gold medal – first place2025 WuxiTeam
Representing  Germany
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 DubaiIndividual

Colin Yang Siqi Heathcock (December 20, 2005) is an American right-handed sabre fencer. He represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life and education

Heathcock was born to Virgil Heathcock and Julie Yang in Beijing, China and raised in Palo Alto, California. He has an older brother, Antonio, who is also a fencer. By 13 years old, Heathcock was competing internationally representing Germany, where his father has dual citizenship. In 2019, he moved to Orléans, France where sabre coach Christian Bauer was opening an academy.

Heathcock is currently a sophomore at Harvard University where he is a member of the collegiate fencing team.

Career

Heathcock represented Germany at the 2022 Junior World Championships and won a gold medal in the individual sabre event. In 2022, he decided to switch his national team to the United States.

In April 2023 he represented the United States at the 2023 Junior Fencing World Championships and won a gold medal in the individual and team sabre events. In June 2023 he represented the United States at the 2023 Pan American Fencing Championships and won a gold medal in the team sabre event. In July 2023 he represented the United States at the 2023 World Fencing Championships and won a bronze medal in the men's team sabre, team USA's first ever World Fencing Championships medal in the event. He finished the 2022–23 season as the world's No. 1 ranked junior men's saber fencer.

In January 2024 he won gold at the Tunis Grand Prix. In March 2024 he won gold at the Padua Senior Men's Saber World, his second gold in the last three FIE senior tournaments. At 18 years old, he became the youngest ever men's sabre fencer to win multiple senior level international competitions in a season. In April 2024 he represented the United States at the 2024 Junior Fencing World Championships and won a gold medal in the team sabre event.

In March 2024 he was named to team USA's roster to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. During the men's sabre event, Heathcock was upset by Park Sang-won of Korea in the round of 32.

Medal record

World Championship

Date Location Event Position
2023-07-27 Italy Milan, Italy Team Men's Sabre 3rd

Grand Prix

Date Location Event Position
2024-01-13 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2024-05-04 South Korea Seoul, Korea Individual Men's Sabre 3rd
2024-12-06 France Orléans, France Individual Men's Sabre 2nd

World Cup

Date Location Event Position
2024-03-01 Italy Padua, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2024-03-24 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 1st
2025-01-26 Bulgaria Plovdiv, Bulgaria Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2025-03-30 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 3rd
2025-11-06 Algeria Alger, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2026-01-25 United States Salt Lake City, United states Team Men's Sabre 2nd
2026-05-22 Egypt Cairo, Egypt Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
2026-10-15 Algeria Oran, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre 3rd

Pan American Championship

Date Location Event Position
2023-06-20 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Sabre 1st
2025-06-26 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Individual Men's Sabre 1st
2025-06-29 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Team Men's Sabre 1st
2026-06-15 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Sabre 2nd
2026-06-18 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Sabre 1st

References

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