Zain Shaito
Appearance
Personal information | |
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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 |
Event | Individual Foil |
Coached by | Yury Molchan and Vladimir Nazlymov[citation needed] |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | 2012 NCAA National Champion |
Updated on 27 March 2021 |
Zain Shaito is an American Olympic Fencer who competed in the individual fencing event at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, losing 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] 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.
- ^ "Ohio State fencer named Buckeyes Male Athlete of the Year, headed to London Olympics - Sports - the Lantern - Ohio State University". www.thelantern.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "News Archives".
- ^ "US Men Win Gold in Junior Team Foil - Fencing.Net". www.fencing.net. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
External links
- Zain Shaito at the International Fencing Federation
- Zain Shaito at Olympics.com
- Zain Shaito at Olympedia
Categories:
- 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
- Asian fencing biography stubs
- Lebanese martial arts biography stubs