Zain Shaito
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 19, 1990 |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Sport | Fencing, Modern Pentathlon |
| Event | Individual Foil |
| Coached by | Yury Molchan and Vladimir Nazlymov |
| Achievements and titles | |
| World finals | Two time Junior World Champion (Team)[citation needed] |
| Regional finals | 10 time U.S National Medalist[citation needed] |
| National finals | Silver U.S National Championships, 2012 NCAA National Champion[citation needed] |
| Highest world ranking | 4[citation needed] |
| Updated on 24 September 2014 | |
Zain Shaito is an American Olympic Fencer who competed in the individual fencing event at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, losing in the first round to Chinese fencer Zhu Jun. [1][2]
Shaito, who was on the national Ohio State fencing team, won the individual title in men’s foil at the NCAA Fencing Championships in 2012.[3] He was named the 2011-12 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the second fencer in OSU history to earn the title.[4] In 2011, Shaito was a Second Team All-American and a first-place finisher at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships.[citation needed] Shaito also helped anchor the United States men's junior foil team in 2007 to the first ever World Championship victory.[5]
References
- ^ "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual Round One | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "News Archives".
- ^ "US Men Win Gold in Junior Team Foil - Fencing.Net". www.fencing.net. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
