Ping Ping Kitsiriboon

Duke Fencing headshots. Durham, NC - October 10, 2019

Position:
Saber
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bangkok, Thailand

Honors: All-America (Saber - 2019, 2020) ... NCAA Championships Qualifier (Saber - 2019, 2020) ... NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Qualifier (Saber - 2018, 2019, 2020) ... ACC Fencer of the Week (2/5/19) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2019) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2019)

2020: 2020 campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Named an All-American honorable mention by the USFCA … Tabbed second team All-Mid Atlantic/South Region honoree … Went 26-22 during 2020 … Placed fifth at the ACC Championships and sixth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional.

2019: Collected the first All-American honor of his career at his first NCAA Championships … Finished in 11th on the national stage … Went 49-23 overall in men’s saber … Won 68 percent of his bouts … Finished in 15th at the individual portion of the ACC Championships … Placed eighth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Selected ACC Fencer of the Week (February 5) … Helped the men’s saber squad to a 19-7 overall ledger … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Concluded his freshman year with a 36-24 overall ledger in men’s saber … Registered the second-best win total on the men’s saber team … Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional as a rookie … Finished 10th during the individual portion of the ACC Tournament and 15th at regionals … Opened the year with 10 victories at the Penn State Duals … Garnered 12 wins at the Northwestern Duals … Helped the men’s saber squad to a nearly perfect 23-4 overall record … Helped the men make history by capturing their first ACC team title.

Prep: Member of the Falcons Fencing Club under Wiradech Kothny … silver medal at the 2017 Thailand Youth Fencing Championships in Junior Men’s Saber … bronze medal at the 2017 Thailand National Youth Games in Junior Men’s Saber … ranked 39th in the FIE World Junior Fencing rankings … 164th in the FIE World Fencing rankings … placed 61st in men’s saber at the 2017 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany … fifth in men’s team saber at the 2017 Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship … sixth in men’s team saber at the 2016 Asian U23 Fencing Championships in Tokoyo, Japan … member of the Thailand Junior National Team … member of the Olympic 2020 National Team Project and Developmental Program … lettered three years in softball … member of the Bangkok Model United Nations … selected by the Children’s International Summer Villages non-profit organization, which works with children from over 100 countries, aiming for a peaceful world.

Personal: Son of Sairung Tantipala and Supong Kitsiriboon … born December 10, 1998.