Fencers

Erika CASTANEDA

🇺🇸 USA · Silicon Valley Fencing Center · Right-handed

Women’s Foil, 2015–2025

About this fencer

FIE 52000 · USA 100182609

USA Fencing rating: Épée C2019 · Foil A2023

USA Fencing classifications run from A to E; U means unrated. A year after the letter is the year that classification was earned.

Record and rankings

Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.

Results
281
Podiums
77
Competitions won
25
Fency Elo
1804 Foil, 193rd of 1,723 as of 7 Nov 2026 Standing among established Fency ratings in the same weapon and gender, active this season or last.
FIE ranking
234th Senior Foil · 2021–22
Best finish
1st of 154, Division 1 Championships/April NAC
Where they finished in each field, over time A result A podium

Results

Results: 281

WhenCompetitionEventPlace
3 Oct 2025October NAC, Salt Lake City, UTAskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil152nd of 214
3 Jan 2025January NAC, January 2025AskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil69th of 169
29 Jun 2024National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals), Columbus, OHAskFREDJunior Women’s Foil23rd of 237
29 Jun 2024National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals), Columbus, OHAskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil88th of 125
25 Apr 2024Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NACAskFREDJunior Women’s Foil58th of 136
25 Apr 2024Division 1/Parafencing National Championships + April NACAskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil45th of 112
10 Nov 2023November NAC, November 2023AskFREDJunior Women’s Foil35th of 260
26 Oct 2023October NAC, October 2023AskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil63rd of 201
30 Jun 2023National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)AskFREDJunior Women’s Foil13th of 282
30 Jun 2023National Championships & July Challenge (Summer Nationals)AskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil53rd of 139
2 Jun 2023Raleigh SJCC & Division II North American CupAskFREDJunior Women’s Foil17th of 118
12 May 20232023 Rain City OpenAskFREDSenior Women’s Foil1st of 6
12 May 20232023 Rain City OpenAskFREDSenior Mixed Foil9th of 52
12 May 20232023 Rain City OpenAskFREDSenior Mixed Épée13th of 40
21 Apr 2023Division 1 Championships/April NACAskFREDSenior Division I Women’s Foil26th of 136
21 Apr 2023Division 1 Championships/April NACAskFREDJunior Women’s Foil1st of 154
8 Apr 2023Fortune Fencing ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC & Non-Regional Y8AskFREDJunior Women’s Foil1st of 56
24 Mar 2023Fortune Fencing SYC/RJCC & Non-Regional Y8AskFREDJunior Women’s Foil5th of 56
17 Feb 2023Junior Olympics, February 2023AskFREDJunior Women’s Foil3rd of 228
4 Feb 2023The Battle of the BayAskFREDSenior Division IA Women’s Foil3rd of 43

Head to head

Against left-handers 1–1 · right-handers 11–8, where the FIE says which hand they fence with. Left and right

Everyone they’ve met in events whose bouts are kept here, the most met first. Each goes to their bouts together.

AgainstWonLostLast met
Delphine DEVORE0226 Jan 2020
Maria Jose FIGUEREDO SIERRA203 Oct 2021
Cristiana JIMENEZ103 Oct 2021
Cruz Maria RODRIGUEZ103 Oct 2021
Georgina BARRATT1014 May 2022
Everyone they’ve met (14 more)
AgainstWonLostLast met
Hanna ANDREYENKA013 Oct 2021
Hiyori NAKADE0114 May 2022
Katherine KIM0126 Jan 2020
Kim KIRSCHEN0114 May 2022
Kimberley Vanessa CHEUNG0114 May 2022
Kiyeun KIM0114 May 2022
Nok Sze Daphne CHAN1026 Jan 2020
Rafaela SANTIBANEZ1026 Jan 2020
Salma GONZALEZ1026 Jan 2020
Sara Ann MARTOS0126 Jan 2020
Valeria SUAREZ103 Oct 2021
Veronica TORRES103 Oct 2021
Veronika KRALIKOVA1026 Jan 2020
Victoria Maria Isabel MEZA OCEGUERA103 Oct 2021

Figures

rating, ranking and how they fence

Over time

Their rating each season Épée Foil
190016501400
Their FIE ranking each season, 1st at the top Senior Foil
1st10th100th
As a table
SeasonWeaponRatingFIE ranking
2025–26Foil1,804
2024–25Foil1,804
2023–24Foil1,806
2022–23Foil1,813
2022–23Épée1,536
2021–22Foil1,768234th Senior
2020–21Foil1,746
2020–21Épée1,526
2019–20Foil1,751
2019–20Épée1,566
2018–19Foil1,693
2018–19Épée1,556
2017–18Foil1,652
2017–18Épée1,517
2016–17Foil1,598
2015–16Foil1,531
2014–15Foil1,490

How ratings work · the best now

How they fence

StageWon–lostAn average boutBy one touch
Pools10–7 59%3.6–2.91–1
Tables2–2 50%13.5–11.81–0