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 {{Lebanon-fencing-bio-stub