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Katharine Holmes '17 (top left), Eliza Stone '13 (top right), Holmes and rising senior Kasia Nixon (first two from left in bottom-left photo), and rising sophomore Chloe Fox-Gitomer and Stone (left and right in bottom-right photo) all won gold medals at the Pan American Games. (Photos: Team USA & Lima 2019)
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Gold Medal Sweep! Tigers Current and Former Win Individual, Team Pan Am Titles
July 27, 2019 | Women's Fencing
Make it a gold medal sweep for Princeton fencers current and former as the fencing competition at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, came to a close Saturday.
Between Tuesday and Saturday, saber Eliza Stone '13, épée Katharine Holmes '17, rising senior épée Kasia Nixon and rising sophomore saber Chloe Fox-Gitomer all claimed gold medals, with Stone and Holmes winning their respective individual weapon competitions, Stone and Fox-Gitomer helping Team USA to the team saber title Friday, and Holmes and Nixon helping the Americans to the team épée title Saturday.
The wins began Tuesday with Stone, the 2013 NCAA saber champ, going undefeated in individual saber, winning all five of her pool-round five-touch bouts before getting a bye into the direct-elimination quarterfinals. There, she beat Argentina's Maria Alicia Perroni 15-5 before defeating Canada's Gabriella Charl Page 15-10 in the semis. Stone went on to beat Maria Belen Perez Maurice, the bronze medalist four years ago in Toronto, 15-13 in the final to secure the gold.
Also in the individual saber competition, Fox-Gitomer went 2-3 in pool bouts and fell 15-13 to Perez Maurice in the round of 16. Stone and Fox-Gitomer will return for the team saber competition on Friday.
In Wednesday's individual épée competition, Holmes went 4-1 in pool bouts, earning a bye to the quarterfinals where she defeated Yamika Ramirez Quesada of Cuba 15-12. Holmes then defeated Nathalie Moellhausen of Brazil 15-9 in the semis and Venezuelan Patrizia Piovesan Silva 14-10 in the finals. Nixon, the 2018 NCAA épée champ, went 3-2 in pool bouts before a round-of-16 loss to eventual finalist Piovesan Silva, 15-9.
Friday, Stone and Fox-Gitomer helped the Americans roll past Peru 45-15 in the quarterfinals, then Mexico 45-37 in the semis and the Dominican Republic 45-31 in the finals, earning Stone's second gold of the week and Fox-Gitomer's first.
It was Holmes' and Nixon's turn Saturday in the team épée competition, as the U.S. defeated Peru 45-30 in the quarterfinals, Venezuela 45-26 in the semifinals, and Cuba 45-29 in the final, earning Holmes' second gold of the week, Nixon's first, and the fifth and sixth golds for the current and former Tiger fencers.
Complete results are available here.
Between Tuesday and Saturday, saber Eliza Stone '13, épée Katharine Holmes '17, rising senior épée Kasia Nixon and rising sophomore saber Chloe Fox-Gitomer all claimed gold medals, with Stone and Holmes winning their respective individual weapon competitions, Stone and Fox-Gitomer helping Team USA to the team saber title Friday, and Holmes and Nixon helping the Americans to the team épée title Saturday.
The wins began Tuesday with Stone, the 2013 NCAA saber champ, going undefeated in individual saber, winning all five of her pool-round five-touch bouts before getting a bye into the direct-elimination quarterfinals. There, she beat Argentina's Maria Alicia Perroni 15-5 before defeating Canada's Gabriella Charl Page 15-10 in the semis. Stone went on to beat Maria Belen Perez Maurice, the bronze medalist four years ago in Toronto, 15-13 in the final to secure the gold.
Also in the individual saber competition, Fox-Gitomer went 2-3 in pool bouts and fell 15-13 to Perez Maurice in the round of 16. Stone and Fox-Gitomer will return for the team saber competition on Friday.
In Wednesday's individual épée competition, Holmes went 4-1 in pool bouts, earning a bye to the quarterfinals where she defeated Yamika Ramirez Quesada of Cuba 15-12. Holmes then defeated Nathalie Moellhausen of Brazil 15-9 in the semis and Venezuelan Patrizia Piovesan Silva 14-10 in the finals. Nixon, the 2018 NCAA épée champ, went 3-2 in pool bouts before a round-of-16 loss to eventual finalist Piovesan Silva, 15-9.
Friday, Stone and Fox-Gitomer helped the Americans roll past Peru 45-15 in the quarterfinals, then Mexico 45-37 in the semis and the Dominican Republic 45-31 in the finals, earning Stone's second gold of the week and Fox-Gitomer's first.
It was Holmes' and Nixon's turn Saturday in the team épée competition, as the U.S. defeated Peru 45-30 in the quarterfinals, Venezuela 45-26 in the semifinals, and Cuba 45-29 in the final, earning Holmes' second gold of the week, Nixon's first, and the fifth and sixth golds for the current and former Tiger fencers.
Complete results are available here.
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