Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
She did compete for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in foil at the age of 42 (she was knocked out by Italian silver medalist Laura Chiesa, 15–13), and in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in épée at the age of 50 (the second-oldest female US Olympic fencer ever, after Maxine Mitchell).
not included in the Olympic program: 2008 Beijing details Russia (RUS) Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Viktoria Nikishina Yevgeniya Lamonova United States (USA) Emily Cross Hanna Thompson Erinn Smart Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Giovanna Trillini Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori: 2012 London details Italy (ITA) Valentina Vezzali Elisa Di ...
Julia Jones Pugliese, first U.S. women's intercollegiate fencing champion (1929), founded the Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (with Dorothy Hafner and Elizabeth Ross), first woman coach of an international U.S. fencing team, coached NYU women's team 1932–1938, and Hunter team 1956–1992
Dorothy "Tommy" Dermody [4] (26 April 1909 – 10 April 2012) was an Irish fencer from County Tipperary. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. [5] When she died she was, at age 102, Ireland's oldest living Olympian and the oldest living Olympic fencer in the world. [1] [6]
Mariel Leigh Zagunis (born March 3, 1985) is an American sabre fencer. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the individual sabre (2004 and 2008) [2] [3] and the first American woman to win a gold medal in fencing at the Olympics (which happened in 2004). [4] She was Team USA flag bearer in the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. She has ...
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American former sabre fencer, writer, and fashion designer.She is best known for being the first woman to wear hijab while competing for the United States in the Olympics Games, [1] and for being part of the sabre team that won a bronze medal in the Olympics.
Elek was the first woman to win two Olympic gold medals in the individual foil competition. [2] Elek's first Olympic competition was at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 29. [6] [10] She won the gold medal in the foil event
As a child, she was first trained in fencing by her father, and then by the sword master Ezio Triccoli. [4] Vezzali was the first fencer in Olympic history to win three individual foil gold medals at three consecutive Olympics – Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. Vezzali won nine Olympic medals in all: five in individual foil (three ...