USA FENCING BIO/RESULTS | INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
- 2023 NCAA Silver Medalist (2022)
- Two-time NCAA Championships Bronze Medalist- Men's Foil (2018, 2019)
- Three-time First Team All-American (2018, 2019, 2022)
- Two-time NCAA Northeast Regional Medalist (2018 Bronze, 2019 Gold)
- Three-time All-Ivy League honoree (2018, 2019, 2020)
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
| Season |
Dual Record |
Ivy League |
Northeast Regional |
NCAA Championship |
| 2017-18 |
50-16 |
10-5 |
16-7, 3rd place |
17-5, 3rd place |
| 2018-19 |
34-7 |
11-3 |
17-6, 1st place |
19-4, 3rd place |
| 2019-20 |
34-9 |
9-4, 5th place |
15-8, 4th place |
Qualified-Canceled |
| 2020-21 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 2022-23 |
37-10 |
9-3, 2nd place |
15-8, 6th place |
18-5, 2nd place |
| Career |
155-42 |
39-16 |
63-29 |
54-14 |
2021-22
Made championship bout of NCAA Championships, falling to teammate Ashton Daniel … Placed sixth at NCAA Northeast Regional … Individual runner-up at Ivy League Round Robins, finishing behind Daniel … Went 10-3 at Western Invitational.
2020-21
Did not enroll at Columbia … Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-20
As a junior, earned USFCA First Team All-America honors … Also earned First Team All-Northeast Region accolades … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in foil … Finished in fourth place with a 15-8 record at NCAA Northeast Regional … Second Team All-Ivy League honoree after placing fifth in foil at Ivy League Round Robins … Finished Ivy League Round Robins with a 9-4 record … Named to the Winter Academic All-Ivy League team.
2018-19
As a sophomore, named First Team All-American … Qualified for NCAA Nationals, where Kumbla finished third in men's foil competition with a 19-4 overall record (Mar. 22) … Earned a Gold Medal in men's foil at Northeast Regionals with 17-5 overall record an 9-2 finals pool record (Mar. 10) ... Started the season winning 11 straight bouts, including bouts against opponents from Harvard, St. John's and Penn State ... Defeated Nick Itkin from Notre Dame at the Philly Invite (Jan. 20) ... Marked a 9-4 record at the Ivy League Championships, helping the Columbia men’s squad to another Ivy League title (Feb. 10) ... Named Second Team All-Ivy League honoree ... Won the last 11 bouts of the regular season to finish with a 34-7 season record ... Named to the Winter Academic All-Ivy League team.
2017-18
As a first-year, named First-Team All-American … Finished in third place finish with a 17-5 overall record at first NCAA Championship appearance (March 22-25) ... NCAA Northeast Regional Bronze Medal winner with 16-7 overall record … First Team All-Ivy League selection with a 10-5 record at Ivy League Championships (Feb 10) … Tallied a 12-3 record at the Penn State Invitational (Jan 14) ... Finished dual matches with an outstanding 50-16 record for a first-year.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Coached by Aleksei Murugin at the Silicon Valley Fencing center … 2018 Junior World Bronze Medalist ... Currently ranks No. 4 in the US in Junior Men’s Foil … Member of gold medal men’s foil team at 2017 Junior World Championships alongside teammate Sam Moelis and silver medal team at 2018 Junior Worlds … 2017 Pan American Team Champion … 2016 Men’s Foil Pan American Individual Champion … 2016 Division 1 National Champion.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 Graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif. … Four time US Fencing All-Academic First-Team … National Honor Society Scholar … Central Coast Section Scholar … NBA forward Aaron Gordon and Olympic figure skater Polina Edmunds also attended Mitty High School.
PERSONAL
Born Sidarth Kumbla on Sept. 27, 1998 in San Jose, Calif. … Son of Smitha Bolar and Kishan Kumbla … Younger brother Samarth also fences … Volunteered for over 100 hours at Sacred Heart in San Jose … Hopes to work on Wall Street … Plays the violin … Favorite singer is Kanye West … Favorite athlete is Roger Federer … Enjoys playing soccer… Best friend Geoffrey Tourette fences at Harvard … Chose Columbia over offers from Princeton, Penn, Harvard, Notre Dame, Penn State, Brown and UCSD … Chose Columbia because he wanted to pursue a good education and join “the best college fencing team and win an NCAA title” … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics.
