Completed Event: Fencing at NCAA Championship on March 20, 2025 , , 12th
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2023 Fencing Roster
Buchmann, Vivi
Vivi Buchmann
- Position:
- Saber
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kinnelon, N.J.
Bio
Honors: ACC Bronze Medal (2022), NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Qualifier (2022), ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022)
2022: Finished her freshman year with a bronze medal during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Finished the year 27-11 overall … Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Region and finished 13th … Helped the women’s saber squad play to a 16-3 season record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Born in Nürnberg, Germany but comes to Durham from Kinnelon, N.J., where she attended Kinnelon High School … Represents Germany on the international fencing circuit but has been training in the United States since 2016 … Most of her results were in Germany to ensure her spot on Germany's travel team for World Cups … Earned a top-8 finish at the 2019 Germany Junior Nationals and a top-16 placement in 2019 at the Germany National Senior event … Placed in the top 32 at the 2017 Junior World Cup in Costa Rica … On the United States circuit, attended nearly all of the North American Cups (NACs) since 2017 and earned a top-16 finish at the 2019 July Challenge for juniors … Member of the National Honor Society, was enrolled in AP classes throughout her four years in high school and writes in her school newspaper.
Personal: Born September 12, 2002 … Daughter of Bianca and Christian Buchmann … Has a brother, Finn, and sister, Zoe.
2022: Finished her freshman year with a bronze medal during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Finished the year 27-11 overall … Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Region and finished 13th … Helped the women’s saber squad play to a 16-3 season record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Born in Nürnberg, Germany but comes to Durham from Kinnelon, N.J., where she attended Kinnelon High School … Represents Germany on the international fencing circuit but has been training in the United States since 2016 … Most of her results were in Germany to ensure her spot on Germany's travel team for World Cups … Earned a top-8 finish at the 2019 Germany Junior Nationals and a top-16 placement in 2019 at the Germany National Senior event … Placed in the top 32 at the 2017 Junior World Cup in Costa Rica … On the United States circuit, attended nearly all of the North American Cups (NACs) since 2017 and earned a top-16 finish at the 2019 July Challenge for juniors … Member of the National Honor Society, was enrolled in AP classes throughout her four years in high school and writes in her school newspaper.
Personal: Born September 12, 2002 … Daughter of Bianca and Christian Buchmann … Has a brother, Finn, and sister, Zoe.
| YEAR | RECORD | WIN % | ACC | REGIONAL | NCAA |
| 2022 | 27-11 | .711 | 3rd | 13th | -- |
| TOTAL | 27-11 | .711 |
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