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.
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Height
5'6"
Age
36
Hometown
New York, NY
Education
Columbia Preparatory School (New York, N.Y.) '07 Columbia University ’13, Art History; The New School, MA candidate in Psychology
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Aimee and David Ross
- Began fencing at age 9
- Was inspired to learn the sport after watching the movie “The Princess Bride”
- Tore her ACL at a qualifying event in December of 2020, but returned to compete on the World Cup circuit in January before undergoing reconstructive surgery in May of 2020
- Currently serves as a volunteer assistant coach at Harvard and previously as an assistant coach at Cornell
- Served as a program coordinator for Win4Youth, Adecco Group North America's social and philanthropic organization
- Speaks French
- Began pursuing her master’s in psychology at The New School
Career Highlights
- 2010 NCAA Fencing Championships, 1st (individual women’s foil)
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (Team Foil - Women), 12th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Olympic Games London 2012, 6th (Team Foil - Women), 25th (Individual Foil - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – bronze (Team Foil - Women), 21th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Foil - Women 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; Team Foil - Women 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Medals: 3 (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Gold – 2018 (Team Foil - Women)
- Silver – 2017 (Team Foil - Women)
- Bronze – 2019 (Team Foil - Women)
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