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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Age
44
Hometown
Fairport
Event: Foil
Olympic Teams: 2000
Senior World Championship Teams: 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001 (Bronze - Team), 1999 (Bronze - Individual), 1997
Competition History
2007:
- 10th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 55th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2006:
- 15th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 55th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2005:
- 10th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 24th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2002:
- Fifth - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 21st - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2001:
- Bronze - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 20th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2000:
- Fourth - Olympic Games (Team)
- 11th - Olympic Games (Individual)
1999:
- Bronze - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
1997:
- Fifth - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 40th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Sydney 2000, 4th (Team Foil - Women), 11th (Individual Foil - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2007 – 10th (Team Foil - Women), 55th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Foil - Women 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; Team Foil - Women 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
- Medals: 2 (2 bronze)
- Bronze – 2001 (Team Foil - Women); 1999 (Individual Foil - Women)
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