Honor Johnson takes Silver at the Cadet World Cup!

Honor Johnson, the youngest athlete representing Team USA and Capital Fencing Academy at the 2017 European Cadet World Cup sabre fencing tournament held in Konin, Poland,  brought home a silver medal. Honor entered her third cadet international tournament ranked 19th in the world. She went undefeated at 6-0 in the first pool and 3-3 in the second pool in the first day of competition to advance to the table of 64. Based on the pool results, Honor went into the second day of competition ranked 40th, having to defeat higher seeded fencers from Russia, Ukraine and Italy in the direct elimination round before losing by a single touch in the gold medal bout against a fellow American. Bravo!