Shelley Steiner, also known as Shelley Steiner-Wetterberg (born 23 October 1961) is a Canadian fencer, who fenced in three Olympic Games and won a gold medal in the

1981 Maccabiah Games The 11th Maccabiah Games brought 3,450 athletes to Israel from 35 nations. The Opening Ceremony was held on July 7, 1981, before a crowd of 53,000 and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Ramat Gan Stadium, with 3,500 Jewish athletes parading ...

in Israel.

Biography

Steiner was born in Toronto, Canada. She lives in

Montigny-sur-Loing Montigny-sur-Loing (, literally ''Montigny on Loing'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Montigny-sur-Loing station has rail connections to Montargis, Melun and Paris. Inhabitants ...

, France. She competed in the women's team

foil Foil may refer to: 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 ma ...

events at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

(coming in 9th), the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

(coming in 9th), and the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

(coming in 12th). Steiner won a gold medal in foil at the

in Israel."''The Jerusalem Post Magazine'', 1981, Israel"
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* 1961 births Living people Canadian female fencers Olympic fencers for Canada Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Toronto Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish foil fencers Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing {{Canada-fencing-bio-stub