Jedediah Dupree
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William Jedediah "Jed" Dupree (born October 7, 1979) is an American men's
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fencer. He was the 2001
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Champion in individual men's foil, and the 2002 and 2005 National Champion in individual foil. He represented the United States at the
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and won a
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in team foil at the
2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games, officially the XIV Pan American Games () and commonly known as Santo Domingo 2003, were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the Games was made in the mid-1990 ...
. He is currently a head foil coach at
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in New York, NY. On August 12, 2013,
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announced that Dupree had been hired as an assistant coach. He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. Dupree graduated from
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in 2001.


See also

* List of NCAA fencing champions


References

1979 births Living people American male foil fencers Columbia Lions fencers Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for the United States Sportspeople from Hanover, New Hampshire Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing Fencers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-fencing-bio-stub