Team USA’s Men’s Foil Fencers Aim To Parry Their Way To Gold: “Together, We Are Unstoppable”
All told the foursome each owns at least one Olympic medal, plus a combined 25 world championships medals.
Athlete Bio#
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Height
5'9"
Age
24
Hometown
Portland, OR
Education
Oregon Episcopal School (Portland, Ore.), ‘18 Princeton University, Molecular Biology
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Shirley Fox and Chuck Gitomer
- Has one sister, Francesca
- Began fencing through an after-school class in kindergarten
- Hobbies include baking, painting, drawing, skiing and being outside
- Also enjoys hiking and swimming
- Volunteered at a needle exchange program while in high school
- Speaks Chinese and is learning Japanese.
Career Highlights
- Pan American Games, Lima, 2019 (Team Sabre - Women, Individual Sabre - Women)
- World Junior Championships, Torun, 2019 (Team Sabre - Women, Individual Sabre - Women)
- World Junior Championships, Verona, 2018 (Team Sabre - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 67th (Individual Sabre - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Sabre - Women 2018, 2019; Team Sabre - Women 2018
- Top finish: 5th – 2018 (Team Sabre - Women)
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