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
5'9"
Age
30
Hometown
Riverdale, NJ
Education
Columbia University
Personal
- Began fencing at age 8 because it was a sport that worked for her “awkwardly lanky self”
- Coached by her fiancé, Brian Kaneshige who also competed on the World Cup circuit
- Three-time first-team All-American, won three NCAA tournament medals and two team NCAA titles
Olympic Experience
- 2-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 gold)
- Olympic Games Paris 2024, gold (Team Foil - Women), 18th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (Team Foil - Women), 21th (Individual Foil - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 4th (Team Foil - Women), 12th (Individual Foil - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Foil - Women 2011, 2019, 2022, 2023; Team Foil - Women 2019, 2022, 2023
- Medals: 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Silver – 2022 (Team Foil - Women)
- Bronze – 2019 (Team Foil - Women)
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