Mariel Zagunis - Citizendia

Women's Fencing
Olympic medal record
Gold	2004 Athens	Individual Sabre

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Fencing career

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Her hometown is Beaverton, Oregon, and she entered the University of Notre Dame in 2004 on an athletic scholarship. The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in

Zagunis is the daughter of Olympians as well. Her parents, Robert and Cathy Zagunis, were collegiate rowers (at Oregon State and Connecticut College, respectively) before competing with the U. Oregon State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research[[ university]] located in Corvallis, Oregon, United Connecticut College is a selective coeducational private liberal arts college located in New London Connecticut. S. rowing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec Both of her brothers also fence sabre.

Zagunis has numerous unique accomplishments. She was the first American fencer to hold the Jr. World Cup Champion title (2002), and she did so 3 years in a row (2002, 2003, 2004). She is the youngest fencer ever to win the coveted Federation International d'Escrime (FIE) World Championship gold, and the youngest fencer to win 3 FIE medals in one season. Ms. Zagunis won the FIE over-all medal 3 years in a row. She was the first fencer in the history of the sport to hold more than 2 World Champion titles in one season (2001: Cadet, Jr. and Jr. Team titles). Rebecca Ward repeated this feat in 2006. Rebecca "Becca" Ward (born February 7, 1990) is an American sabre fencer.

In October 2005 Zagunis captured her 7th World Champion title at the Leipzig, Germany World Championships, in the Women's team event. This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong A year later at the 2006 World Fencing Championships she won the silver, after losing the final to Rebecca Ward. The 2006 World Fencing Championships were held at the Oval Lingotto in Turin, Italy. Rebecca "Becca" Ward (born February 7, 1990) is an American sabre fencer.

Zagunis is currently ranked number one in the world in both Official and World Cup rankings for senior women sabre fencers, and is the second US fencer in history to have won the World Cup total-points Title from the FIE.

Both of her brothers also fence; older brother Marten and younger brother Merrick.

Fencing career

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