{{Short description|American fencer (born 2009)}} {{Infobox fencer | name = Jaelyn Liu | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2009|3|12}} | birth_place = Plano, Texas, U.S. | height = 1.70 m | weight = 60 kg | country = {{USA}} | weapon = Foil | hand = Right-handed | club = Star Fencing Academy | headcoach = | fieranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's foil}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Tbilisi|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Wuxi|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2025 Wuxi|Team}} {{MedalGold|2026 Rio de Janeiro|Individual}} {{Medal|Bronze|2026 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Cadet World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2024 Riyadh|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2025 Wuxi|Individual}} {{MedalGold|2026 Rio de Janeiro|Individual}} }}
'''Jaelyn Liu''' (born March 12, 2009) is an American right-handed foil fencer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaelyn Liu |url=https://fie.org/athletes/57416 |access-date= |website=The International Fencing Federation official website}}</ref> She won gold medals in World Championships and Junior and Cadet World Championships at the same year (2025), becoming the first and youngest American won the world champion in foil history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women’s Foil Makes History With Team Gold and Foil Double |url=https://www.usafencing.org/news/2025/july/28/women-s-foil-makes-history-with-team-gold-and-foil-double |access-date=July 28, 2025 |website=USA Fencing}}</ref> At the 2026 Junior & Cadet World Championships in Rio, Brazil, she once again captured both the Junior and Cadet individual titles, becoming the first fencer in history to win gold in both categories at two separate World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaelyn Liu Makes History With Back-to-Back Cadet and Junior Foil Titles|url=https://www.usafencing.org/news/2026/april/05/2026-junior-cadet-worlds-day-5-jaelyn-liu-makes-history-with-back-to-back-cadet-and-junior-foil-titles-wang-and-calise-also-medal |access-date=April 5, 2026 |website=USA Fencing}}</ref>
==Medal record== ===World Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2025 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|GEO}} Tbilisi, Georgia |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web |title=27 Jul 2025 world championship |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2025/249?tab=results |access-date=July 27, 2025 |website=The International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |}
===World Cup=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2025-01-10 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HKG}} Hong Kong, China |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 Jan 2025 world Cup |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2025/118?tab=results |access-date=January 10, 2025 |website=The International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |- |2025-03-09 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|EGY}} Cairo, Egypt |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web|title=09 Mar 2025 world cup |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2025/563?tab=results|access-date=March 9, 2025|website=International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |- |2025-05-04 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver, Canada |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web |title=04 May 2025 world cup|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2025/201?tab=results |access-date=May 4, 2025 |website=International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |- |2025-11-09 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Palma de Mallorca, Spain |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web |title=09 Nov 2025 world cup|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2026/824?tab=results |access-date=November 9, 2025 |website=International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |- |2025-12-07 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|KOR}} Busan, Korea |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web |title=07 Dec 2025 world cup|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2026/492?tab=results |access-date=December 7, 2025 |website=International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |- |2026-01-11 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HKG}} Hong Kong, China |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=11 Jan 2026 world cup |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2026/755?tab=results|access-date=January 11, 2026|website=International Fencing Federation}}</ref> |}
===Pan American Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Year ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2025 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |Individual Women's Foil | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=26 Jun 2025 zone championships|url=https://www.fie.org/competitions/2025/800?tab=results|access-date=June 26, 2025|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |- |2025 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |Team Women's Foil | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fie.org/competitions/2025/805?tab=results|title=29 Jun 2025 zone championships |website=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION |access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://fie.org/athletes/57416 Jaelyn Liu] at International Fencing Federation * [https://www.usafencing.org/profiles/jaelyn-liu Jaelyn Liu] at USA Fencing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liu, Jaelyn}} Category:2009 births Category:Living people Category:American female foil fencers Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:Sportspeople from Boston Category:World Fencing Championships medalists