Education
He graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in United States History and Russian Studies.
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James Williams
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Williams, is a graduate of Columbia University, where he competed on the fencing team In his college freshman year, he posted a record of 18-3. Coming into Columbia he was ranked 8th nationally in Junior men’s sabre, and 19th in Senior men’s sabre.
Williams originally began fencing with the Sacramento Fencing Club.
After graduating from high school, James moved to New York to attend Columbia University. In 2006 in his junior year he received All-American status, after placing 5th at the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.
He placed 1st in sabre at the North American Cup. He also finished 4th at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Regionals, and was named 1st team All Ivy League after winning 14 of 15 Ivy League bouts.
He twice finished 7th in the Junior “A” World Cup.
Finished 5th at the World Cup in Louisville, and was 3rd in Under-19 Junior men’s saber in 2001. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he was a substitute, but played in the gold medal bout against France. He faced Nicolas Lopez (3-5), Julien Pillet (5-5), and Boris Sanson (2-5) in the bout.
The United States overall lost 45 – 37. develop a passable British accent." As well as competing in the team event, which he said was his main goal, he competed in the men"s individual sabre event.
The United States men"s sabre team were knocked out by the Russian team, also featuring Kovalev, in the quarter-final.
Achievements
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In 2003 he finished 2nd in the same event, as well as 17th in Division I. He was National Champion in 2012. He competed on the United States team at the 2012 London Olympics where he hoped to "visit a couple publications.win another medal. In the individual event, he reached the second round where he lost to eventual bronze medal winner, Nikolay Kovalev.
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