Eleanor Harvey (born January 14, 1995) is a

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. Harvey won the gold medal at the

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in the women's team foil event. She is also a former world junior silver medallist in the women's individual foil event.

Early life

Harvey became interested in becoming an Olympian while watching 2000 Sydney Games. She began training for long distance running before turning to karate at eight years ago. She trained karate for two years before realizing that karate was not an

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at that time. Harvey changed to practice fencing after a family friend heard a radio interview with Sherraine Schalm.

Career

Harvey qualified to represent Canada at the

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by being ranked in the top two in the Americas outside the top 14 rankings. She was coached by Paul ApSimon. At the 2016 Summer Olympics Harvey defeated world number one

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to reach the quarterfinals. Ultimately she finished in seventh place, the highest finish for a Canadian fencer in Olympic history.Harvey upsets world number one, achieves Canadian fencing best ever
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. She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.

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* 1995 births Living people Canadian female fencers Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Olympic fencers for Canada Pan American Games medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario Fencers at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-fencing-bio-stub

Early life

Career

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