Mariel Zagunis is an American sabre fencer who grew up in Oregon and became the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in fencing, taking the individual sabre title at the 2004 Athens Games, where women's sabre was contested at the Olympics for the first time. She defended that title at the 2008 Games and added team bronze medals in 2008 and 2016, competing in five Olympics from 2004 to 2020. She also won individual world titles in 2009 and 2010, and she carried the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Games. She studied at the University of Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship.
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Zagunis won her seventh World Champion title at the Leipzig, Germany World Championships
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is an American sabre fencer
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She is a two-time Olympic champion in the individual sabre (2004 and 2008)
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She has two Olympic bronze team medals (in 2008 and 2016)
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is an American sabre fencer
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She has two Olympic bronze team medals (in 2008 and 2016) and is a five-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020).
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Born 3 March 1985 in Portland, Oregon USA
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