Michael Sean McClain
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Michael Sean McClain (born September 13, 1975) is an American
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fencer who attended
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in the 1990s. He moved out of his home in
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, at the age of 14 to train in New York to pursue his dreams. He fenced for Stanford University in the 1990s and is one of only two fencers to win a USFA Division I National Championship title in two weapons in recent history.Sean McClain profile at Museum of American Fencing
He was a fencing coach at the Fencing Academy of Westchester, and is now coaching at Empire United Fencing, in
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, which he founded along with 2004 Olympian Jed Dupree.


Accomplishments

*1994 U.S. Men's Épée Champion *1995
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Division I Men's Foil Champion *1995 Pan-Am Games Silver Medal, Men's Foil *2001 US Men's Foil Champion


See also

* List of American foil fencers * List of NCAA fencing champions * USFA *
List of USFA Hall of Fame members This is a list of the members of the United States Fencing Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame itself is on display at the Museum of American Fencing, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 1963–1978 ''Note:'' The USFA Hall of Fame Committee was disbanded in 197 ...


References

American male foil fencers 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Round Rock, Texas Fencers from New York City Stanford Cardinal fencers Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing Fencers at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-fencing-bio-stub