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#
Height
5'9"
Age
30
Hometown
Houston, TX
Education
Awty International School (Houston, Texas) ‘12 Princeton University '17, Geoscience
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Gayle and Christopher van Brummen
- Started fencing when she was 8
- . Hobbies include reading, watching TV and playing the viola
- Speaks French and Russian
- .Works as an environmental scientist in Santa Barbara
- Favorite television shows are ‘The Office’, ‘Parks and Recreation’, and ‘Arrested Development’
- Helped win gold at the 2017 Pan American Championships (Team)
Career Highlights
- 2017 Pan American Championships (Team), gold
- 2017 NCAA Championships, gold
- 2016 Suzhou World Cup, gold
- 2016 July Challenge (Division I), gold
- 2016 December North American Cup (Division I), bronze
- 2015 NCAA Championships, bronze
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (Team Epee - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2022 – 5th (Team Epee - Women), 49th (Individual Epee - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Epee - Women 2011, 2014, 2017, 2022; Team Epee - Women 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022
- Top finish: 5th – 2011 (Individual Epee - Women), 2022 (Team Epee - Women)
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