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
6'0"
Age
35
Hometown
Matawan, NJ
Education
Matawan Regional High School (Matawan, N.J.) '08 Penn State University ’16, Kinesiology
Quick Facts
- Daughter of Peter Aksamit and Marzena Kaminska
- Has one sister, Olivia
- Began fencing at age 9
- Won team silver medal at the 2008 FIE Junior World Championships as an 18-year-old
- Two-time NCAA team champion
- Three-time All-American
- Hobbies include reading, running, yoga, baking and watching movies.
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 bronze)
- Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze (Team Sabre - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2018 – 38th (Individual Sabre - Women)
- Years of participation: Individual Sabre - Women 2007, 2009, 2017, 2018; Team Sabre - Women 2009, 2017
- Top finish: 6th – 2009 (Team Sabre - Women)
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