William Jedediah "Jed" Dupree (born October 7, 1979) is an American men's foil fencer. He was the 2001

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Champion in individual men's foil, and the 2002 and 2005 National Champion in individual foil. He represented the United States at the

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and won a

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in team foil at the

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. He is currently a head foil coach at

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in New York, NY. On August 12, 2013,

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announced that Dupree had been hired as an assistant coach. He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. Dupree graduated from

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in 2001.

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1979 births Living people American male foil fencers Columbia Lions fencers Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of the United States People from Hanover, New Hampshire Sportspeople from New Hampshire Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in fencing Fencers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{US-fencing-bio-stub