Ester Schreiber (born 1997) is a Swedish

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fencer, who won the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

in the

2013–14 Fencing World Cup The 43rd FIE Fencing World Cup began in October 2013 and concluded in July 2014 at the 2014 World Fencing Championships held in Kazan. The World Cup medals were awarded during the FIE's gala dinner in Rome at Palazzo Colonna on 22 November 2014. Se ...

. In 2014 and 2015, Schreiber was a Swedish Senior Fencing National Champion.

Biography

Schreiber is from

Gothenburg, Sweden Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a ...

. She attended high school at the

Sigrid Rudebecks Gymnasium Sigird Rudebecks Gymnasium, often called Rudebecks, is a private high school that was founded 1869 by reform educator, Sigrid Rudebeck. It is along with Göteborgs Högre Samskola, one of Gothenburg's most esteemed high schools with high academic ...

. Schreiber is enrolled at

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

(2020) and fences on the Columbia Lions fencing team of

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

.''Columbia University Athletics website''
"2018-19 Fencing Roster"
Retrieved 17 July 2019. In the 2019 season, Schreiber helped her team achieve an undefeated record and win the woman's

Ivy League Fencing Championships The Ivy League Fencing Championships (officially, the Ivy League Fencing Round-Robins) is an annual tournament to determine the Ivy League standings in men's and women's fencing. Unlike at the NCAA Fencing Championships, the men's and women's even ...

References

1997 births Living people Barnard College alumni Columbia Lions fencers Sportspeople from Gothenburg Swedish female foil fencers 21st-century Swedish women European Games competitors for Sweden Fencers at the 2023 European Games {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub