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Eloise Smith (fencer)

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Eloise Smith
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1978-01-02) 2 January 1978 (age 46)
EducationHaberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Sport
SportFencing

Eloise Smith (born 2 January 1978) is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1][2] She was Commonwealth fencing champion in Individual Women's Foil in 1998 and 2002.[3][4] From 1997 to 2004, she represented Great Britain at every World Fencing Championships and was British Individual Women's Foil No. 1. She was coached by Ziemowit Wojciechowski at Salle Paul.[5]

She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, before studying English Literature and Language at St Edmund Hall, Oxford,[6] where she graduated in 1999.[7]

Eloise was an Executive Creative Director in advertising before becoming a children's author.

International competitions

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Competition[8] Year Location Results
World Fencing Championships 2003 Cuba Havana
Commonwealth Fencing Championships 2002 Australia Newcastle Individual Gold
Team Bronze
World Fencing Championships 2002 Portugal Lisbon
World Fencing Championships 2001 France Nîmes
Olympic Games 2000 Australia Sydney
World Fencing Championships 1999 South Korea Seoul
Commonwealth Fencing Championships 1998 Malaysia Shah Alam Individual Gold
Team Gold
World Fencing Championships 1998 Portugal Lisbon
Junior World Fencing Championships 1997 Spain Tenerife
Junior World Fencing Championships 1996 Belgium Tournai
Junior World Fencing Championships 1995 France Paris
Junior World Fencing Championships 1994 Mexico Mexico City

Writing

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Eloise's debut middle-grade fiction title, Sister To A Star,[9] was published by Chicken House Books in May 2022.[10] Her second book, Winner Takes Gold[11] was released in Jan 2024. The Times awarded it Children's Book of the Week, describing it as "a gymnastics thriller with a twist . . . a lively whodunnit set in an elite training camp for young gymnasts."[12]

Education

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Eloise attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, before studying English Literature and Language at St Edmund Hall, Oxford,[6] where she graduated in 1999.[7] In 2001, she studied at West Herts College for a diploma in Copywriting and Art Direction for Advertising.[13]

Advertising career

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Eloise began her career in advertising at marketing and communications company RKCR/ Y&R in 2001 as a creative. In 2004, she moved to St Luke's Communications, followed by digital agency AKQA and digital and social marketing agency Work Club as a creative lead.[14] Here she created The Carte Noire Readers featuring Dominic West, Joseph Fiennes and more.[15]

In 2010, she moved to advertising agency Havas London as a creative director. Notable clients included Citroën, Kraft and evian.

In January 2014, she was appointed Executive Creative Director at digital marketing agency MullenLowe Profero, [16] [17] becoming joint Executive Creative Director at MullenLowe London in 2016,[18] before becoming Group Creative Director of Amazon EU until 2023.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Eloise Smith Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Eloise Smith Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ http://www.commonwealthfencing.org/events/open_commonwealth_champions.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ Design, White Gauntlet. "Commonwealth Fencing 2002 - About Commonwealth Fencing 2002". www.ausfencing.org. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  5. ^ "zfw-fencing-club - Ziemek Wojciechowski". zfw-fencing-club. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Notable Alumni". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Eloise Smith | LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Fencer - SMITH Eloise - GREAT BRITAIN - FIE - International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  9. ^ Smith, Eloise (5 May 2022). Sister to a Star. Chicken House. ISBN 978-1912626717.
  10. ^ "Chicken House Books website".
  11. ^ Smith, Eloise (2024). Winner Takes Gold (1st ed.). Chicken House (published 4 January 2024). ISBN 978-1915026309.
  12. ^ Bannerman, Lucy (22 February 2024). "Winner Takes Gold by Eloise Smith review — a gymnastics thriller with a twist". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  13. ^ "CAMPAIGN FOR BEGINNERS: LADIES WHO PUNCH - It takes balls to be an advertising creative". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  14. ^ "5 Minutes With… Eloise Smith - LBBOnline". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Observations: Joseph Fiennes is the new face of Carte Noire Readers". The Independent. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  16. ^ "School Reports 2014: Profero". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Profero appoints Eloise Smith as executive creative director | Design | The Drum". The Drum. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Missing Car - MullenLowe London". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  19. ^ Crook, Charlotte (31 March 2022). "Cogs Agency - The Global Talent Agency". Cogs Agency. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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