[8][9][10] His father emigrated from Ukraine to the United States, and opened up a fencing club in Los Angeles.

[12] At the 2018 Junior World Fencing Championships in Verona, Italy, Itkin won the gold medal in foil.

[17][18] In 2019 he also won a team gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Fencing Championships in Toronto, Canada.

[22] Itkin won an individual bronze medal in men's foil at the 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo, Egypt.

With the 2023 championship, Itkin moved into fourth place on the all-time list of men's foil fencers with the most U.S. national indoor titles.

[27][28] At the Foil Grand Prix held in Washington, D.C. in 2024, Itkin secured the gold medal in front of a home crowd.

[29] En route to his victory, Itkin defeated two-time Olympic individual medalist Daniele Garozzo of Italy by a score of 15-9 and fellow Italian and world No.

9 Filippo Macchi 15-6 before defeating Enzo Lefort of France 15-12 in the gold medal match, which was his closest bout of the tournament.

He won a bronze medal in the individual foil competition, defeating Japanese fencer and World No.