Hanna Thompson (born November 1, 1983 in

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) is an American foil fencer who was a member of the

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U.S. Women's foil team, which won the

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. A 2006 graduate of

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, Thompson was a four-time

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All-America and helped the Buckeyes capture the 2004 NCAA National Championship. Thompson also placed third individually at the NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2004 and helped Ohio State capture four consecutive Midwest Championship titles. Thompson has also competed with six national teams and two junior squads, earning a third-place team medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani, Italy. In 2005, she won a Senior National Championship with the Rochester Fencing Club and also helped that squad bring in five senior team titles. Thompson served as a volunteer assistant coach at Ohio State from 2005–07 and assistant coach at Duke from 2009-2010. She graduated from

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law school and passed the State Bar of California in 2013, and the State Bar of Hawaii in 2015. She currently works as a litigator.

Competition record

* 2008 - Member of the U.S. Olympic Team, Beijing, China * 2007 - Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - silver medal individual * 2005 - National Champion

References

* * * American female foil fencers Fencers at the 2007 Pan American Games Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in fencing Sportspeople from Rochester, New York 1983 births Living people Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in fencing Golden Gate University School of Law alumni Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century American women American female sabre fencers {{US-fencing-bio-stub