Jason Rogers (born April 14, 1983) is an American

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fencer.

Fencing career

Rogers was born in

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. At the urging of his parents, he began to learn fencing at the Westside Fencing Center under the tutelage of his coach, Daniel Costin. He currently fences for the Los Angeles International Fencing Center. Rogers graduated from

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in 2001. He signed with

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, where he was the

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sabre bronze medalist in 2002 and 2003. He graduated

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with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology ın 2006. He competed in Athens and fenced in the Beijing Olympics for both the team and individual tournaments in

Sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he helped the USA sabre team win the quarterfinals against Hungary and semifinals against Russia. His substitute, James Williams, was called into a fence in Roger's place in the gold medal bout. Some of hıs career highlights include bronze in the individual saber at the 2003 Pan Am Games and beıng a member of gold-medal U.S. team as well as winning a bronze medal at the Grand Prix World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 2007.

Awards and honors

*2004, 2008

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Member *2008 Grand Prix in Las Vegas, Nev., Sixth Place Team *2007 Grand Prix World Cup in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Bronze Medal *2007 U.S. National Championships, Gold Medal Team *2004 Grand Prix World Cup in New York, N.Y., Gold Medal Team *2003 Pan American Men's Sabre, Bronze Medal *2003 Senior "A" World Cup ın Madrid, SPA, Eighth Place

Miscellaneous

In 2009, Jason Rogers and

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were on the cover of the New York Post as two of New York City's Most Eligible Bachelors.

References

External links

Team USA Website: Jason Rogers

U.S. Fencing Media: Jason Rogers
1983 births Living people American male sabre fencers Sportspeople from Houston Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in fencing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2003 Pan American Games Brentwood School (Los Angeles) alumni Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{US-fencing-bio-stub