Daryl Homer, 26, read about fencing in a dictionary when he was 5-years-old and says he begged his mother to let him take up the sport. A two-time Junior World medalist, Homer finished sixth at the 2012 Olympic Games and made history in 2015 when he won a silver medal at the Senior World Championships — becoming the first U.S. man ever to win a medal in saber at the event.
