Sherraine Schalm

Sherriane Shalm

Personal information
Born	June 21, 1975 (1975-06-21) Brooks, Alberta, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Achievements and titles
World finals	2nd Women's Individual Sabre 2009 Turkey

Sherraine Schalm, formerly Sherraine Schalm-MacKay (born June 21, 1975), is a top-ranked Canadian Olympic épée fencer, World Cup medal winner, elementary school teacher and author. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa. At the 2005 FIE World Championships in Fencing she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. A year later, in 2006, she won the overall World Cup title.

Born in Brooks, Alberta, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the Olympic Games and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games. She has competed at three Summer Olympics. In 2000 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 memoir, 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 first round.

Books

• Sherraine MacKay (2005). Running with Swords: The Adventures and Misadventures of an Irrepressible Canadian Fencing Champion. Don Mills, Ont: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. ISBN 1-55041-982-X.