Michael Sean McClain (born September 13, 1975) is an American
foil
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Materials
* Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine
* Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal
* Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food
* Tin foil, metal foil ...
fencer who attended
Stanford University in the 1990s.
He moved out of his home in
Round Rock, Texas
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, at the age of 14 to train in New York to pursue his dreams.
He fenced for Stanford University in the 1990s and is one of only two fencers to win a
USFA Division I National Championship title in two weapons in recent history.
Sean McClain profile at Museum of American Fencing
He was a fencing coach at the Fencing Academy of Westchester, and is now coaching at Empire United Fencing, in New York City
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, which he founded along with 2004 Olympian Jed Dupree.
Accomplishments
*1994 U.S. Men's Épée Champion
*1995 NCAA
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Division
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Mathematics
*Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication
*Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division
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I Men's Foil Champion
*1995 Pan-Am Games Silver Medal, Men's Foil
*2001 US Men's Foil Champion
See also
* Fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...
* List of American foil fencers
* USFA
References
American male foil fencers
1975 births
Living people
Pan American Games medalists in fencing
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Fencers at the 1995 Pan American Games
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