New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2023-24: Combined for a 63-29 overall record (68.48 winning percentage).

2022-23: Made his second trip to Nationals (2023, 2021), placing 17th in the men's foil competition. This season, Candescu registered a 12th place finish at the 2023 NCAA Regionals on March 11 in the men's foil competition.  A member of the men's foil squad at the 2023 MACFA Championships, the Highlanders earned a third-place team finish. Candescu combined for a 84-38 overall mark for a 68.85 winning percentage. 

2021-22: USFCA All-Academic. ...Finished 14th (Seeded No. 11) at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals. ... 2022 MACFA Conference Individual Foil Champion (second consecutive season; 2020). ... Member of the foil squad that earned gold at the 2022 MACFA Championships. .... 61-28 overall; 69% winning percentage.

2020-21: USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction. ...2021 All-American. ... led the way for NJIT in the men's foil competition, finishing in ninth place, recording 13 wins out of 22 bouts for a .591 winning percentage. ... paced NJIT men with a season best 20 wins (67%; win percentage).

2019-20: Represented NJIT, placing 26th at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Fencing Championships (seeded No. 26). ...captured the men's foil title at the 2020 MACFA Championships. ... overall record (24-15); 62% winning percentage. ... 9-2 at the MACFA B Round Robin. ... 9-1 at the MAFCA B vs. C.

Prior to NJIT: Attended Edison High School. ... placed first at the European Cadet Circuit (individual) in 2015 and sixth at the Cadet European Championships (team) in 2014.

Personal: Cristian Emanuel Candescu. ... son of Constantin Candescu. ... computer science major.