Nicole Ross
Nicole Ross | |
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Personal information | |
Born | New York, United States | January 15, 1989
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Foil |
Hand | right-handed |
Club | Fencers Club New York |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Nicole Ross (born January 15, 1989) is an American female fencer.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the Women's foil but was defeated 8–15 in the second round.[3] At the 2017 World Championships, she, Lee Kiefer, Margaret Lu and Nzingha Prescod won the silver medal in the women's team event.
Career
She won silver at the 2015 and 2016 Pan American Fencing Championships, bronze at the 2009 and 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships.[4][5][6][7] She was part of the USA's medal winning 2009 Junior World Championship team.[8] She won an NCAA title in 2010.[8]
She took up fencing at the age of 9, inspired by the Princess Bride.[9] She is an assistant coach at Cornell University and graduated with a degree in Art History from Columbia University in 2013.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ London2012.com Archived July 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nicole Ross Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "Women's Individual Foil Results". BBC Sport. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
- ^ "Result: overal ranking, pools, tablo 64, quarterfinal – Championnats Panaméricains – Santiago – 26.04.15 – FIE – International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "Result: overal ranking, pools, tablo 64, quarterfinal – Championnats Panaméricains – Panama – 23.06.16 – FIE – International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "Result: overal ranking, pools, tablo 64, quarterfinal – Championnats Panaméricains – San Salvador – 09.07.09 – FIE – International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "Result: overal ranking, pools, tablo 64, quarterfinal – Championnats Panaméricains – Montreal – 15.06.17 – FIE – International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "2012 Olympian Nicole Ross To Join Cornell Fencing Staff". Cornell University. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "Fencer – ROSS Nicole – USA – FIE – International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "AitN: July 30, 2018". Columbia College Today. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Nicole Ross - Fencing". Columbia University Athletics. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
External links
- Nicole Ross at the International Fencing Federation
- Nicole Ross at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- American female fencers
- American foil fencers
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Olympic fencers of the United States
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Sportspeople from New York City
- Fencers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Columbia Lions fencers
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- American fencing biography stubs