Isabella Isaksen (born November 20, 1993) is a

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from the

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who competed at the

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. Isaksen is the younger sister of

Margaux Isaksen Margaux Isaksen (born October 7, 1991) is a Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete from the United States who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China, China, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, a ...

, who competed in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and competed in 2016. Isabella trains with Margaux at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Isaksen qualified for the 2016 Olympics after the re-allocation of unused quota places on June 16, 2016. Isaksen is married to the Egyptian-born American Olympic modern pentathlete

Amro El Geziry Amro Abdulrahman Ali El-Geziry (born 19 November 1986) is an American modern pentathlete. He competed for Egypt at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and placed 32nd, 33rd and 25th, respectively. His brothers, Emad and Omar, are also Olympic pent ...

Early life

Isaksen was born in

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. She has one sibling, older sister Margaux Isaksen, who made the United States Olympic Team in modern pentathlon in 2008, 2012, and 2016. Isaksen's father was the captain of a cruise ship. He died of

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when his daughters were 2 and 6 months old, respectively. Isabella actually took up fencing before her older sister Margaux did. Isabella was a fencer first, before taking up modern pentathlon, of which fencing is one of the five components.

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USA Pentathlon profile
1993 births Living people American female modern pentathletes Modern pentathletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic modern pentathletes for the United States Sportspeople from Fayetteville, Arkansas Modern pentathletes at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 21st-century American women 21st-century American people {{US-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub