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2022-23 Women's Fencing Roster

Paloma Almodovar

  • Position Foil
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Ies Principe Felipe
  • Hometown Madrid, Spain

Biography

2022-23: Seeded No. 19 at the  2023 NCAA Fencing Mid-Atlantic/South Regional hosted by Lafayette College. ...finished 16th in the women's foil competition. ... went 72-43 this season with a 62.61 winning percentage.

2021-22: USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction. ...2022 NCAA Fencing Mid-Atlantic/South All-Region honorable mention. ... In women's foil competition, Almodovar notched a 12th place finish at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals, entering the event seeded No. 16.

2020-21: USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction. ...2021 All-American. ... recorded a 12th place finish at the NCAA Championships, notching 10 wins out of 20 bouts for a .500 winning percentage. ...recorded a 19-10 mark (66%; win percentage).this season.

2019-20: Placed 10th place (seeded No. 15) at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Fencing Championships. ...combined for a 32-16 overall record (67% winning percentage). ...went 14-4 mark at the Eric Sollee Invitational and 10 wins at the Elite Invitational.

2018-19: In her first season for NJIT, she finished the season 44-17, ranking second on the foil squad. ...recorded a perfect mark at the LIU Invitational (12-0), 4-2 mark at the Columbia Invitational, 14-4 mark at the Eric Sollee Invitational, and a 10-6 mark at the FDU Invitational, as well as an perfect mark against FDU (3-0).

Prior to NJIT: Placed 22nd at the European Championships 2017. ... placed 48th at the World Championships 2016. ... placed first at the Spanish Cadet National Championships in 2017. ... placed 5th at the Spanish Senior National Championships 2017.

Personal: Paloma Almodovar Gonzalez. ... daughter of Jose Antonio and Maria del Carmen. ... mathematics major.


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After graduation I want to: Get a job and travel the world

I started fencing in: 2009

Favorite Olympic Fencer: Valentina Vezzali

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    Foil
    5'4"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Foil
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Foil
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Foil
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Foil
    5'4"