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Maia Chamberlain

Chamberlain in 2026
Personal information
Born	Maia Chamberlain (1998-06-05) June 5, 1998 (age 28)[1] Palo Alto, California, U.S.[2]
Home town	New York City, U.S.
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Fencing career
Sport	Fencing
Country	United States
Weapon	Sabre
Hand	Right-handed
Club	Manhattan Fencing Center
Medal record Representing  United States Fencing – Women's sabre Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Championships 2 0 0 Pan-American Games 1 1 0 Grand Prix 0 1 0 Total 3 2 0 Pan American Championships 2025 Rio de Janeiro Individual sabre 2025 Rio de Janeiro Team sabre Pan-American Games 2023 Pan-American Games Team sabre 2023 Pan-American Games Individual sabre Grand Prix 2026 Incheon Individual sabre
Updated on May 2026

Maia Chamberlain (born June 5, 1998)^[1] is an American right-handed sabre fencer. She is the #1-ranked women's sabre fencer in the United States and is ranked 6th in the world by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) as of May 2026.^[1] A 2024 Paris Olympian, Chamberlain is a 6-time senior national champion, a double gold medalist at the 2025 Pan American Championships, a 2023 Pan American Games team gold medalist, and the 2026 Incheon Grand Prix silver medalist.^[1] She was selected for the inaugural World Fencing League (WFL), which premiered on April 25, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.^[3]

She has been referred to by the nickname "The Parry Queen" by media and fencing commentators due to her defensive style.^[4] Chamberlain is a Princeton University alumna (B.A. Architecture, Class of 2022) and is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and French, with conversational Japanese.^[2]

Chamberlain was born on June 5, 1998, in Palo Alto, California, to Warren Chamberlain and Lin Chan.^[2] Her mother is from Malaysia and her father is from Australia. From age five, she attended Silicon Valley International School (INTL) in Palo Alto, where she was enrolled in a Chinese bilingual program, achieving fluency in Mandarin Chinese. She also began studying French in middle school at INTL, graduating from the school in 2012.^[2]

She subsequently attended Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, where she continued her French studies through the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, graduating in 2016.^[2]

Chamberlain began fencing at age nine. She was originally inspired to try the sport due to an interest in the Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean film franchises, practicing during childhood with toy lightsabers with her father.^[4] Following her enrollment in a summer fencing camp, coach Eric Dew recommended she continue training. Within a year, she placed third at the 2008 Summer Nationals held in San Jose, California.^[4]

She later trained at Cardinal Fencing Club, a private club located at Stanford University, under coach Alexander Lepeshinski. In 2013, at age 14, Chamberlain earned her A-rating in sabre, the highest rating category in USA Fencing.^[5] That same year she won two Y14 national titles and finished first on the National Points table. She competed at the 2015 Cadet World Fencing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, finishing 7th.^[5] At the end of the 2015 season, she was ranked second in the country in the Cadet category and committed to join the fencing program at Princeton University.

Chamberlain enrolled at Princeton in the fall of 2016, joining the Princeton Women's Sabre team.^[6] In her freshman year, she earned All-American honors and finished third at the NCAA Championships. In 2018, Chamberlain won the NCAA Women's Saber individual title, defeating Penn State's Zara Moss 15–11 in the final, becoming the fifth Princeton fencer to win an individual NCAA fencing championship.^[6] She also won the Ivy League individual championship and was named First-Team All-Ivy League.

Following her NCAA individual title, Chamberlain took a two-year leave of absence from university competition to pursue qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Her qualification campaign was impacted by an ankle ligament injury sustained at a training camp in Orléans, France, in November 2018. She returned to competitive form prior to the disruption of the Olympic qualification pathway by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, at which point she elected to return to Princeton to finish her undergraduate degree.^[6]

During the 2021–22 collegiate season, she reached the NCAA semifinals and won the NCAA Regional Championship. She graduated from Princeton in 2022 with a degree in Architecture and was named a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.^[7] Following graduation, she committed full-time to the international fencing circuit.^[6]

Chamberlain joined the senior U.S. World Team in 2023. In May 2023, she earned a silver medal with the U.S. team at the World Cup in Batumi, Georgia. She won team gold at the Pan American Regionals in Lima, Peru, and later won team gold and an individual silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.^[5] At the 2023 World Fencing Championships in Milan, Italy, she competed with the U.S. Women's Saber team, which finished 7th.^[5]

In 2024, Chamberlain won two North American Cup (NAC) events, including the National Championship, qualifying for the 2024 Paris Olympics as a member of the U.S. Women's Saber team. At the Paris Games, the U.S. team placed 5th. Her background and introduction to the sport were profiled by The Wall Street Journal during Olympic coverage on July 29, 2024.^[4] She was also featured in a live broadcast interview on CNN alongside teammate Maia Weintraub on July 27, 2024.^[8]

At the Pan American Senior Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 2025, Chamberlain won gold medals in both the individual and team events.^[9] She represented the United States at the 2025 Senior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and won the October NAC event later that year from a field of 213 competitors.

In March 2026, Chamberlain anchored the U.S. team to a silver medal at the Tashkent World Cup.^[10] Following a 6th-place finish at the Athens World Cup, Chamberlain won the Silver Medal at the FIE Incheon Grand Prix in South Korea on May 3, 2026, marking her first individual international medal. She defeated Bulgaria's Yoana Ilieva 15–8 in the semifinals before falling to reigning World Champion Yana Egorian 15–7 in the final, a finish that elevated her FIE world ranking to 6th.^[11]

Chamberlain was selected as one of twelve international athletes to compete in the professional World Fencing League (WFL), founded by Olympic medalist Miles Chamley-Watson. At the league's inaugural event on April 25, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Chamberlain defeated Italy's Michela Battiston 17–9, recording the highest individual score of the event.^[12]

She trains out of the Manhattan Fencing Center under coach Yury Gelman, with additional support from U.S. national team staff coaches Dagmara Wozniak and Mariel Zagunis.^[13]

Team events

World Cup (Team)

Major events

World Cup (Individual)

Grand Prix (Individual)

Key: W/G = Won/Gold; F/S = Final/Silver; SF = Semifinal; QF = Quarterfinal; R16 = Round of 16; A = Did not advance; NH = Did not compete

Chamberlain currently lives in New York City, where she trains full time. Outside of fencing, her interests include food tours and culinary arts, architecture, adventure travel, scuba diving, rock climbing, archery, skiing, and cycling. She serves as a mentor to developing fencers and is a board member of the fencing non-profit DoGood.^[14] Since 2024 she has served as the fencing coach at The Chapin School, a prestigious independent girls' school in New York City, and at Manhattan Fencing Center, a leading fencing club in the country.

In high school, she founded the Global Health Club. From age nine, Chamberlain volunteered at St. Anthony's Church in Redwood City, California, participating in the annual toy drive for many years, and continues to serve as a soup kitchen volunteer at the church during the holidays.^[2]

Chamberlain is widely recognized by the moniker "The Parry Queen", a nickname coined by fencing content creator @CyrusofChaos. She has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and CNN. She was the subject of profiles on CNBC's The Fencing Show (Episodes 1 and 7), which also airs on Willow and TEGNA affiliates. Episode 7, featuring Chamberlain and Team USA at the FIE Saber World Cup in Salt Lake City, aired on April 25, 2026.^[15] The Silicon Valley International School, her alma mater, named her a Rising Star alumna.^[2]

• Maia Chamberlain at the International Fencing Federation
• Maia Chamberlain at USA Fencing
• World Fencing League

Template:Pan American Games Champions in Fencing – Women's individual sabre

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