Sherraine Schalm, formerly Sherraine Schalm-MacKay (born June 21, 1975), is a former top-ranked

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épée fencer. She is a World Cup medal winner, elementary school

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and author. She is a graduate of the

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. At the

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she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. The next season, in 2005–06, she won the overall

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title. Born in

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, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the

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and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games. She has competed at four Summer Olympics. In

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she finished 19th in the individual event. In 2004 she finished 18th in the individual event, and fourth in the team event. Schalm published a

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, ''Running With Swords'' (under the name Sherraine MacKay), in 2005. In the 2008 Olympic Games, Schalm was widely expected to challenge for a medal, but lost in the second round. She was seeded 9th. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the last 32 but lost to Shin A-lam. She retired in 2013.

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* Sherraine has also won two individual world championship medals at the senior level. The four-time Olympian from Brooks, Alta., captured Canada's first world championship fencing medal – a bronze in individual épée in 2005. She topped that in 2009, claiming a silver.

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