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212 fencing quota places, with an equal distribution between men and women, were available for Paris 2024, similar to the Tokyo 2020 roster size. Qualified NOCs could enter a maximum of eighteen fencers (nine per gender), with each consisting of a trio, whether men's or women's, across all weapon-based team events (foil, épée, and sabre).
She won the 2019 and 2023 USA Fencing Women's Foil National Championships, was ranked second in the world in 2021 in women's foil in the juniors, and won the 2022 NCAA national women's foil championship. Weintraub represented the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Women's team foil, where she won a gold medal.
Team USA's Lee Kiefer reacts as she competes in the women's foil team gold medal bout between Italy and USA during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on Aug. 1, 2024.
Dubrovich represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she won the gold medal with her team in Women's Team Foil. [8] [9] This medal was the first time a USA Fencing team has won an Olympic gold medal in the history of the sport.
At least 193 out LGBTQ athletes are competing in the 2024 Summer Games, according to Outsports, surpassing the previous record set by the Tokyo Olympics, where at least 186 out athletes competed.
Star fencer Lauren Scruggs knew that she would be making history heading into her gold medal matchup against fellow American Lee Kiefer in the women's individual foil final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
At the 2023 Pan American Fencing Championship, she tied for third. [16] At the 2024 Coupe de Monde, she again took third. She will represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, at the Grand Palais in the Women's sabre and Women's team sabre on July 29 and August 3, 2024. [17] [18]
The U.S. men's fencing team ranks 16th overall in the world with 20 medals since the first Olympic games in 1896. They've earned seven silver medals, 12 bronze medals and only one gold by an ...