The first-time Olympian moved to France to pursue his career. Now, he'll be competing in Paris.
It’s the perfect story: American who moved to France to pursue fencing makes the Olympic team and gets to compete in essentially a home game this summer in Paris.OlympicsThis wasn’t the plan for Heathcock, 18, who finds himself not only an Olympian but among the Americans’ best chances for a medal. But really, none of it has been. He started fencing at eight because his father, Virgil, noticed a poster for a class near their home in Palo Alto, Calif.
And it really, really was. Six weeks after his 14th birthday, Heathcock finished 10th at a junior world cup event for fencers up to 20 years old. COVID-19 wiped out his age-15 season; instead he watched the Tokyo Olympics and dreamed of fencing at the Los Angeles Games in 2028. At 16, he dominated the junior circuit so thoroughly—winning four of the five events he entered, including the world championships, and finishing third in the fifth—that he started competing on the senior level.
The U.S. had been recruiting the Heathcocks, and in 2022, they decided to switch their national team. The choice initially might have seemed like a risk: At the time, Germany was ranked ahead of the U.S. But Heathcock says he was sure.
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