Personal Information
Residence San Francisco, CA, USA
Occupation Athlete
Languages English, Mandarin
Higher education Environmental Science, Sociology - University of Notre Dame: South Bend, IN, USA
License number 22011997000
Club
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at age seven at the Massialas Foundation in San Francisco, CA, United States of America.
Why this sport? Her father set up the Massialas Foundation fencing club.
Handedness Right
General Interest
Injuries She underwent anterior cruciate ligament surgery in 2022. She returned to competition in December 2022. (Instagram profile, 09 Dec 2022)
She spent a total of seven months out of action with hip and foot injuries between 2016 and 2020. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 14 May 2020)
Famous relatives Her father Greg Massialas represented the United States of America in fencing at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He has worked as a fencing coach and owns the Massialas Foundation club in San Francisco, CA, United States of America. Her older brother Alex has also competed in fencing and won silver in individual foil at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (teamusa.org, 07 Aug 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jul 2015; usfencing.org, 08 Feb 2015)
Other information OCCUPATION
She has worked as an interpretive naturalist at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (Facebook profile, 30 Dec 2019)
HERITAGE
Her father was born in Greece and moved to the United States of America at age 10. Her mother Chen Chwan-Hui grew up in Chinese Taipei. (teamusa.org, 17 Aug 2014; mercurynews.com, 21 Sep 2012)
