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
36
Hometown
San Antonio, TX
Education
Earl Warren High School (San Antonio, Texas) ‘06 University of Notre Dame ’10, Art/Pre-Med
Personal
Daughter of Tracy and Bob Hurley...Has one younger sister, Courtney, who also qualified to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020...Coached by her father...Qualified for her first U.S. Olympic Team in 2008 as the only women's epee fencer from the U.S. to do so...Member of the first U.S. Women’s Epee Team to win a medal at the Olympic Games (2012)Career Highlights
- 2011 Pan American Games, gold (individual, team)
Olympic Experience
- 4-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (Team Epee - Women), 12th (Individual Epee - Women)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 5th (Team Epee - Women), 24th (Individual Epee - Women)
- Olympic Games London 2012, bronze (Team Epee - Women)
- Olympic Games Beijing 2008, 20th (Individual Epee - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2019 – 5th (Team Epee - Women), 21th (Individual Epee - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Epee - Women 2003, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019; Team Epee - Women 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Medals: 2 (2 gold)
- Gold – 2018 (Team Epee - Women); 2005 (Individual Epee - Women)
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