{{Short description|American fencer (born 2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox fencer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|12|6}} | birth_place = Ridgewood, New Jersey, U.S. | country = {{USA}} | weapon = Sabre | hand = right-handed | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's sabre}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2023 Milan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2023 Lima|Team}} {{MedalGold|2024 Lima|Team}} {{MedalGold|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Lima|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2025 Rio de Janeiro|Individual}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Verona|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Toruń|Individual}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Toruń|Team}} }}
'''Mitchell Saron''' (December 6, 2000) is an American right-handed sabre fencer. He represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, competing in both the men's individual sabre and men's team sabre events.
== Early life == Saron was born on December 6, 2000, in Ridgewood, New Jersey, to a Filipino mother who moved from Guam at the age of 15, and to a Jewish-American father.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Mitchell Saron |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/mitchell-saron |access-date=October 19, 2025 |website=USA Fencing}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stoltz |first=Marsha |date=May 15, 2024 |title=Olympian from Ridgewood has been fencing since age 9. 'Star Wars' helped get him there |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2024/05/09/ridgewood-fencers-journey-to-the-2024-olympics-began-with-star-wars/73596522007/ |access-date=October 19, 2025 |website=Bergen Record}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Berg |first=Aimee |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Jewish fencers make up nearly a third of the 2024 US Olympic fencing team in Paris |url=https://www.jta.org/2024/07/29/sports/jewish-fencers-make-up-nearly-a-third-of-the-2024-us-olympic-fencing-team-in-paris |access-date=October 19, 2025 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}</ref>
== Education == Saron attended Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Ridgewood Fencer Qualifies For Olympics |url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/ridgewood/ridgewood-fencer-qualifies-for-olympics/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Ridgewood Daily Voice |language=en}}</ref> He studied economics at Harvard University and graduated in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-04 |title=Eight From Harvard Named Elite by USOPC as Potential Olympians |url=https://gocrimson.com/news/2020/9/4/general-eight-from-harvard-named-elite-by-usopc-as-potential-olympians.aspx |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Harvard University |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-24 |title=National Champions! Crimson Capture 2024 NCAA Fencing National Championship |url=https://gocrimson.com/news/2024/3/24/general-national-champions-crimson-capture-2024-ncaa-fencing-national-championship.aspx |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Harvard University |language=en}}</ref>
== Fencing career == In 2019, Saron won a gold medal in the team portion of the National Champion for the U.S. National Championships.<ref name=":1" /> In 2023, he was 14th at the Madrid Men's Sabre World Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-15 |title=Harvard Fencers Earn Silver With USA Fencing at World Cup Events; Scruggs, Hansen Earn National Awards |url=https://gocrimson.com/news/2023/5/15/womens-fencing-harvard-fencers-earn-silver-with-usa-fencing-at-world-cup-events-scruggs-hansen-earn-national-awards.aspx |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=Harvard University |language=en}}</ref>
In 2024, Saron won a gold medal for the Men's Saber World Cup in the team's portion while he was representing Team USA.
Saron represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, finishing 14th in the men's individual sabre event on July 27 and 7th in the men's team sabre event on July 31, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mitchell Saron |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/mitchell-saron |access-date=October 19, 2025 |website=Team USA}}</ref>
==Medal record== ===World Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2023-07-27 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan, Italy |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=27 Jul 2023 world Championship |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2023/252?tab=results|access-date=July 27, 2023|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |}
===World Cup=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2024-03-24 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=24 Mar 2024 world Cup |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2024/827?tab=results|access-date=March 24, 2024|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |- |2025-03-08 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Padua, Italy |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{Cite web|title=08 Mar 2025 world cup|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2025/758?tab=results|access-date=March 8, 2025|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |- |2025-03-30 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest, Hungary |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=30 Mar 2025 world cup|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2025/827?tab=results|access-date=March 30, 2025|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |}
===Pan American Championship=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Date ! style="width:17em" |Location ! style="width:12em" |Event !Position |- |2023-06-20 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|PER}} Lima, Peru |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=20 Jun 2023 zone Championships |url=https://fie.org/competitions/2023/808?tab=results|access-date=June 20, 2023|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |- |2024-06-27 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|PER}} Lima, Peru |Individual Men's Sabre | bgcolor="silver" |2nd<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2024/802?tab=results|title=27 Jun 2024 zone Championships|website=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2024-06-30 | rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|PER}} Lima, Peru |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fie.org/competitions/2024/808?tab=results|title=30 Jun 2024 zone Championships|website=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION|access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref> |- |2025-06-26 |rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |Individual Men's Sabre | bgcolor="caramel" |3rd<ref>{{Cite web|title=26 Jun 2025 zone championships|url=https://www.fie.org/competitions/2025/802?tab=results|access-date=June 26, 2025|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |- |2025-06-29 |rowspan="1" align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |Team Men's Sabre | bgcolor="gold" |1st<ref>{{Cite web|title=29 Jun 2025 zone championships|url=https://www.fie.org/competitions/2025/808?tab=results|access-date=June 29, 2025|website=International Fencing Federation }}</ref> |}
==See also== *List of Filipino American sportspeople *List of select Jewish fencers *List of USFA Division I National Champions
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saron, Mitchell}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American Jews Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:American fencers Category:American male sabre fencers Category:American people of Filipino descent Category:Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Fencers from New Jersey Category:Harvard Crimson fencers Category:Jewish American sportspeople Category:Jewish sabre fencers Category:Olympic fencers for the United States Category:Ridgewood High School (New Jersey) alumni Category:Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey Category:Sportspeople from Ridgewood, New Jersey Category:Sportspeople of Filipino descent Category:World Fencing Championships medalists