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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Athlete Bio#
Height
5'7"
Age
39
Hometown
Maplewood, NJ
Education
Columbia High School (Maplewood, N.J.) ‘04 Duke University '07, International Relations, African and African-American Studies
Personal
Daughter of Eugene Muhammad and Denise Garner...Has five siblings...Began fencing at age 13...Aspires to be the first U.S. athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in a hijab...According to her father, Fencing was a sport that was uniquely accommodating to her religion, which requires her body to be fully covered...Interests include working out, camping, photography, politics and traveling...Three-time NCAA All-American...Muslim Sportswoman of the Year in 2012...Serves on the U.S. Department of State’s Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport Initiative...In 2014, launched her own fashion brand, Louella by Ibtihaj Muhammad, which she manages with her siblings...Works with the Peter Westbrook Foundation, an organization founded by Olympian Peter Westbrook to mentor inner-city kids through Fencing...Growing up, she found inspiration from the Williams sisters and their confidence playing tennis.Career Highlights
- 2015 Pan American Games, gold (team)
- 2011 Pan American Games, gold (team)
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze (Team Sabre - Women), 12th (Individual Sabre - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2017 – 7th (Team Sabre - Women), 36th (Individual Sabre - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Sabre - Women 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017; Team Sabre - Women 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
- Medals: 5 (1 gold, 4 bronze)
- Gold – 2014 (Team Sabre - Women)
- Bronze – 2015 (Team Sabre - Women); 2013 (Team Sabre - Women); 2012 (Team Sabre - Women); 2011 (Team Sabre - Women)
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