New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2022-23: Recorded an 18th place finish in the men's epee at the 2023 NCAA Fencing Mid-Atlantic/South Regional hosted by Lafayette College. ...earned 10th place at the MACFA Championships. ... part of the men's epee team which took home the epee squad title at the MACFA Championships. ... went 52-31 overall for a 62.65 winning percentage. 

2021-22: Placed 31st (seeded No. 24) at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals. ... 36-23 overall; 61% winning percentage.  

2020-21: 2021 All-American. ... placed 3rd at the NCAA Championships, marking the best individual finish for a men's fencer at the NCAA Championships. ...combined for 11 wins (42%; win percentage) on the season.

2019-20: Paced the NJIT men's fencing team, placing ninth in the men's epee event (seeded No. 8) at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Fencing Championships hosted by Duke University. ...Tied for 3rd in men's epee at the 2020 MACFA Championships. ...Overall record (49-24); 67% winning percentage. ...12-6 at the Elite Invitational. ... 13-4 at the Eric Sollee Invitational. ... 7-1 at MACFA B vs. C.

2018-19: Hondor combined for a 39-13 overall mark, ranking second on the Epee squad. He recorded a mark at the Columbia Invitational (6-0) and the MACFA A vs B(4-0), a 14-4 mark at the Eric Sollee Invitational, a 3-1 at the MACFA B Round Robin, and a 8-2 that the MACFA B vs C.

Prior to NJIT: Placed 1st at the 2017 Junior Olympics Cadet. ... placed 14th at the 2017 Bratislava Cadet Circuit. ... took 18th at the 2018 April NAC Div I. ... grabbed 23rd at the 2017 Nationals/July Challenge Div I. ... at the 2018 January NAC Div I came in 24th.

Personal: Robert Daniel Hondor. ... son of Iulia and Daniel Hondor. ... mechanical engineering major.

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After graduation I want to: Find a career in engineering.

I started fencing: When I was eight because my Dad grew up fencing and started coaching at a nearby fencing club.

Favorite Olympic Fencer: Yannick Borel

Unique story about yourself or family: My family comes from Romania and I was the first person in my family to be bor in the US after both of my parents moved.