Zain Shaito

Zain Shaito is an American Olympic Fencer who competed in the individual fencing event at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, losing in the first round to Chinese fencer Zhu Jun. [1][2]

Zain Shaito
Personal information
Born (1990-10-19) October 19, 1990
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportFencing, Modern Pentathlon
Event(s)Individual Foil
Coached byYury Molchan and Vladimir Nazlymov
Achievements and titles
World finalsTwo time Junior World Champion (Team)
Regional finals10 time U.S National Medalist
National finalsSilver U.S National Championships, 2012 NCAA National Champion
Highest world ranking4
Updated on 24 September 2014.

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] In 2011, Shaito was a Second Team All-American and a first-place finisher at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships. Shaito also helped anchor the United States men's junior foil team in 2007 to the first ever World Championship victory.[5]

References
  1. "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual Round One | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  2. "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
  4. "News Archives".
  5. "US Men Win Gold in Junior Team Foil - Fencing.Net". www.fencing.net. 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
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