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Zain Shaito

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Zain Shaito
Personal information
Born (1990-10-19) October 19, 1990 (age 34)
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportFencing
EventIndividual Foil
Coached byYury Molchan and Vladimir Nazlymov[citation needed]
Achievements and titles
National finals2012 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, 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

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  1. ^ "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual Round One | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ^ "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 June 28, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "News Archives".
  5. ^ "US Men Win Gold in Junior Team Foil - Fencing.Net". www.fencing.net. April 10, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
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