Education
He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program He attended the University of Notre Dame on a full fencing scholarship.
He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program He attended the University of Notre Dame on a full fencing scholarship.
He is currently ranked third in the Foundation for International Education rankings. Meinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt. Introduced to the sport at age 9 through a program run by Olympic fencer Greg Massialas, Meinhardt began participating in national fencing competitions a year later.
He was the youngest fencer in Beijing and the youngest United States. Olympic fencer of all time.
Olympic Teams: 2008 (Beijing), 2012 (London)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2007–2012
Junior World Championship Teams: 2006–2010
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2006, 2007
2010 Senior World Championship Bronze Medalist
2009 Silver Medalist at Junior World Championships by Team
2009 Bronze Medalist at Junior World Championships Individual
2010 Silver Medalist at Junior World Championships Individual
3-time Senior National Champion (2007, 2008, 2012)
4-time Junior National Champion (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
2009 National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships Runner-up Individual & Team
2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champion Individual, 3rd by Team.
At age 16 he became the youngest men"s national foil champion when he won the tournament at the 2007 United States. Fencing National Championships. At the 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris, he won a bronze medal in the men"s foil event, tying with Yuki Ota of Japan. After his gold medal win at the 2012 United States National Championships, he was selected as an alternate fencer for the 2012 London Olympics United States men"s foil team 2011 Pan American Games Champion (Team) 5-time Senior Pan American Zonal Champion (1x Individual, 4x Team) 2-time Junior World Champion by Team (2008, 2010) 2011 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champion by Team.
He majored in business and finance, and was a member of the school"s fencing team from 2009-2014. Ranked 16th in the world at the time, he participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the United States fencing team
