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Daniel Gómez

Mexican fencer

다니엘 고메스 타나마치

Born
6 May 1990, Mexico City
Citizenship
Mexico
Sport
fencing
Occupation
fencer
Height
178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
78 kg (172 lb)
Team / club
Penn State Nittany Lions

Daniel Gómez Tanamachi (born 6 May 1990) is a Mexican fencer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men's foil, but was defeated in the second round. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics but was again knocked out in the second round.

Gómez won gold medals at the 2010 and Veracruz 2014, becoming the only Mexican male fencer in history to win two games in a row. He also won back-to-back silver medals in the team events.

Gómez also won two medals at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the individual foil and team foil events.

Gómez is of Japanese descent. He began fencing at the age of 12.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
fencing at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – men's foil
fencing at the 2011 Pan American Games – men's team foil
fencing at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – men's foil3rd place (bronze)
fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games – men's team foil3rd place (bronze)
men's foil at the 2017 World Fencing Championships
fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – men's foil201229th place
fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – men's foil201627th place

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q1393139 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.