Mariel Zagunis
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) and the first American to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She was Team USA flag bearer in the 2012 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. She has two Olympic bronze team medals (in 2008 and 2016) and is a five-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020). Biography Zagunis' parents, Robert and Cathy (née Menges) Zagunis, were collegiate rowers at Oregon State University and Connecticut College, respectively. They both competed with the U.S. rowing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Her older brother Marten and younger brother Merrick also fence sabre. She grew up in Oregon and attended Valley Catholic from kindergarten to 12th grade, and the University of Notre Dame where she majored in anthropology. Zagunis is of Lithuanian descent on her paternal side and was raised in the Catholic faith. Early career Zagunis w ...
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United States Olympic Committee
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee for the United States. It was founded in 1895 as the United States Olympic Committee, and is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The USOPC is one of only four NOCs in the world that also serve as the National Paralympic Committee for their country. The USOPC is responsible for supporting, entering and overseeing U.S. teams for the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Youth Olympic Games, Pan American Games, and Parapan American Games and serves as the steward of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in the United States. The Olympic Movement is overseen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC is supported by 35 international federations that govern each sport on a global level, National Olympic Committees that oversee Olympic sport as a whole in their respective nations, and national federations that administer each sport at the nat ...
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Women's Team Sabre At The 2014 World Fencing Championships
The Women's team sabre event of the 2014 World Fencing Championships was held on 20–21 July 2014. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Placement rounds 5–8th place 9–16th place 13–16th place Final classification References BracketFinal classification {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Team Sabre At The 2014 World Fencing Championships 2014 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only. Competitive fencing is one of the five activitie ...
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Women's Team Sabre At The 2015 World Fencing Championships
The Women's team sabre event of the 2015 World Fencing Championships was held on 16–17 July 2015. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Placement rounds 5–8th place 9–16th place 13–16th place Final classification References Bracket {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Team Sabre At The 2015 World Fencing Championships 2015 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

2015 World Fencing Championships
The 2015 World Fencing Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia from 13 to 19 July 2015. Schedule The schedule of the competition. Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events References External links Official website {{World championships in 2015 2015 World Fencing Championships World Fencing Championships The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE; ''International Fencing Federation'' in English). Contestants may participate in foil, épée, and sabre events. Hi ... 2015 World Fencing Championships International fencing competitions hosted by Russia July 2015 sports events in Russia 2015 in Moscow ...
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Women's Team Sabre At The 2013 World Fencing Championships
The Women's team sabre event of the 2013 World Fencing Championships was held on August 12, 2013. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Placement rounds 5–8th place 9–16th place 13–16th place Final classification External links Bracket {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Team Sabre At The 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

2013 World Fencing Championships
The 2013 World Fencing Championships were held at Budapest, Hungary from 5–12 August. Schedule Medal summary Medal table Men's events Women's events Participating nations 827 fencers from 101 countries competed. * (1) * (13) * (18) * (4) * (5) * (1) * (13) * (4) * (1) * (2) * (23) * (1) * (8) * (1) * (24) * (6) * (21) * (7) * (11) * (1) * (7) * (1) * (15) * (10) * (4) * (2) * (10) * (3) * (8) * (9) * (26) * (10) * (25) * (11) * (14) * (1) * (1) * (24) * (Host) (25) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (9) * (16) * (25) * (25) * (17) * (7) * (4) * (4) * (2) * (1) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (19) * (2) * (1) * (8) * (3) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (5) * (1) * (2) * (1) * (24) * (7) * (1) * (15) * (24) * (2) * (8) * (20) * (4) * (9) * (3) * (24) * (14) * (1) * (5) * (8) * (2) * (4) * (1) * (4) * (13) * (5) * (1) * (26) * (24) * (2) * (8) * (23) * (1) External links * F ...
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Women's Team Sabre At The 2012 World Fencing Championships
The Women's team sabre event of the 2012 World Fencing Championships took place in Kyiv. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Placement matches 5–8th place 9–12th place 13–16th place Final classification External links Official resultsBracket {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Team Sabre At The 2012 World Fencing Championships 2012 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

2012 World Fencing Championships
The 2012 World Fencing Championships was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from 13–14 April. The only events were the women's team sabre and men's épée team, as these events are not included in the program of the 2012 London Olympics. Results Men Women Medal table External links FIEOfficial websiteDifferent materials in Ukrainian {{World Fencing Championships World Fencing Championships W World Fencing Championships World Fencing Championships The World Fencing Championships is an annual competition in fencing organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE; ''International Fencing Federation'' in English). Contestants may participate in Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and S ... International sports competitions hosted by Ukraine Sports competitions in Kyiv 2010s in Kyiv Fencing competitions in Ukraine ...
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Women's Team Sabre At The 2011 World Fencing Championships
The Women's team sabre event of the 2011 World Fencing Championships took place on October 15, 2011. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Bottom half Placement matches 5–8th place 9–12th place 13–16th place External links Bracket {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Team Sabre At The 2011 World Fencing Championships 2011 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Women's Sabre At The 2014 World Fencing Championships
The Women's sabre event of the 2014 World Fencing Championships was held on 18 July 2014. A qualification was held on 15 July. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 Final classification References BracketFinal classification {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Sabre At The 2014 World Fencing Championships 2014 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

Women's Sabre At The 2011 World Fencing Championships
The Women's sabre event of the 2011 World Fencing Championships took place on October 12, 2011. Medalists Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External links Bracket {{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Sabre At The 2011 World Fencing Championships 2011 World Fencing Championships World In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...