Iris Zimmermann (born January 6, 1981) is an American
fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team
foil
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events at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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and she won a bronze medal at the
1999 World Fencing Championships
The 1999 World Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea
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Her sister is
Felicia Zimmermann
Felicia Zimmermann (born August 16, 1975) is an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
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, an Olympic fencer for the United States in 1996 and 2000. In 2009, the sisters purchased the
Rochester Fencing Club in
Rochester, New York
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1981 births
Living people
American female foil fencers
Olympic fencers of the United States
Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Rochester, New York
Pan American Games medalists in fencing
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Fencers at the 1999 Pan American Games
21st-century American women
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