Gerek Lin Meinhardt (/ˈɡɛrɪk ˈmaɪnhɑːrt/ GHERR-ik MYNE-hart; born July 27, 1990)[1] is an American right-handed foil fencer.

Introduced to the sport at age 9 through a program run by Olympic fencer Greg Massialas, Meinhardt began participating in national fencing competitions a year later.

[7] Ranked 16th in the world at the time, he participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as a member of the United States fencing team.

[5] At the 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris, he won a bronze medal in the men's foil event, tying with Yuki Ota of Japan.

[8] After his gold medal win at the 2012 U.S National Championships, he was selected as an alternate fencer for the 2012 London Olympics U.S men's foil team.