Francesca Russo
Appearance
![]() Francesca Russo at the 2019 Women’s Sabre Fencing NAC in Charlotte | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | November 27, 1995 |
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
College team | Notre Dame |
Francesca Russo (born November 27, 1995) is an American fencer. She qualified to represent Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing as part of the Women's Sabre team.[1][2]
Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Russo attended Wayne Valley High School.[3]
Career highlights
[edit]- Four-time NCAA Champion[citation needed]
- World Team Champ[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fencing - RUSSO Francesca". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ Henneman, Kristen (May 25, 2021). "Road to Tokyo: 21 Questions with Francesca Russo". USA Fencing. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
- ^ Schweich Handler, Cindy. "Francesca Russo has an Eye on the Olympics", Wayne Magazine, Fall 2017. Accessed August 4, 2021. "Since fencing for Wayne Valley and Bergen Fencing Club, Francesca Russo has scored some memorable victories – among them, winning the sabre competition for the University of Notre Dame as a freshman, and a second National Collegiate Fencing Individual championship in the women’s sabre last spring."
External links
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Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- American female sabre fencers
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencers
- People from Wayne, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Passaic County, New Jersey
- Wayne Valley High School alumni
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American fencing biography stubs