Zain Shaito is an American Olympic Fencer who competed in the individual fencing event at the
2012 Olympic Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
held in London, losing to Chinese fencer
Zhu Jun.
Shaito, who was on the national
Ohio State
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best public ...
fencing team, won the individual title in men’s foil at the NCAA Fencing Championships in 2012.
He was named the 2011-12 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the second fencer in OSU history to earn the title.
Shaito also helped anchor the United States men's junior foil team in 2007 to the first ever World Championship victory.
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Living people
Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic fencers for Lebanon
1990 births
American people of Lebanese descent
American people of Palestinian descent
American male foil fencers
Lebanese male foil fencers
Sportspeople of Lebanese descent
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