Doris
Willette

Olympian 2008, 2012

0
GOLD

1
SILVER

0
BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Age

Hometown

Lafayette

Event: Foil

Club: Massialas Foundation at Halberstadt
Education: Bachelor's degree from Penn State University
Current U.S. Ranking: #2
Current World Ranking: #25

Olympic Teams: 2012
Senior World Championships Teams : 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2005
Pan American Games Teams : 2011 (Gold - Team)

Personal: Willette traveled to Beijing as a replacement athlete for the 2008 Olympic Games and went on to compete at the next three Senior World Championships. This spring, Willette advanced to her first individual quarter-final at a Grand Prix when she finished seventh in Marseille in April.

Recent Competition History

2012:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Fifth - St. Petersburg World Cup (Team)
Sixth - Olympic Games
Seventh - Pan American Championships
Seventh - Marseilles Grand Prix
11th - Shanghai World Cup
17th - Seoul Grand Prix
22nd - St. Petersburg World Cup
28th - Budapest World Cup
54th - Torino World Cup
57th - Gdansk Grand Prix

2011:

Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
Bronze - NCAA Championships
Sixth - World University Games (Team)
Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
14th - World University Games (Individual)
15th - Seoul Grand Prix
30th - Shanghai World Cup
44th - Gdansk Grand Prix
44th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
51st - St. Petersburg World Cup
53rd - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2010:

Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
Silver - North American Cup A (Division I)
Silver - North American Cup F (Division I)
Bronze - Pan American Championships
10th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
17th - North American Cup D (Division I)
22nd - Seoul Grand Prix
36th - Gdansk Grand Prix
40th - Senior World Championships
48th - New York World Cup
49th - Torino Grand Prix
51st - St. Petersburg Grand Prix

Olympic Experience

2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)

Olympic Games London 2012, 6th (Team Foil - Women)
Olympic Games Beijing 2008, silver (Team Foil - Women)

World Championships Experience

Most recent: 2011 – 7th (Team Foil - Women), 53th (Individual Foil - Women)
Years of participation: Individual Foil - Women 2003, 2004, 2005, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011; Team Foil - Women 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Top finish: 7th – 2009 (Team Foil - Women), 2011 (Team Foil - Women)