Nicole Ross (born January 15, 1989) is an American foil fencer. Fencing for the Columbia Lions fencing team, she won the 2010

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individual women's foil title, and was a three time All-American. At the

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she competed in individual women's foil, coming in 25th, while in the team event she and her teammates came in sixth. At the 2018 World Championships, she and Team USA won the

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in the women's team foil event. She represented the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

Early and personal life

Ross was born in

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in New York City, and was raised on the

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Team USA. She graduated Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in 2007 and then completed a B.A. in Art History from

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in 2013. As of 2022, she is studying for her master’s in psychology at

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, and hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.

Fencing career

Ross took up fencing at the age of 9, inspired by ''

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''. She was part of the USA's gold medal-winning 2009 Junior World Championship team in Belfast. She fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, Ross was a first team All-American. She won the

individual women's foil title in 2010. In 2011, Ross had a kidney ailment, but recovered in time to make Team USA. At the

, Ross competed in the women's foil, and reached the second round where she was defeated 8–15, and came in 25th in the individual event. In the team event, she and Team USA came in sixth. Ross won silver medals at the

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and

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, and bronze medals at the 2009 and 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games team championship. As of 2017, she credited two-time Olympian

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, coach Simon Gershon, and USA Fencing women’s foil coach Buckie Leach for her achievements. At the 2017 World Championships,

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, Margaret Lu, Nzingha Prescod, and Ross won the

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in the women's team foil event. At the 2018 World Championships she and Team USA won the gold medal in team foil, and at the 2019 World Championships they won the bronze medal. In December 2019 she tore her ACL at a qualifying event. Ross nevertheless competed on the World Cup circuit in January 2020, before undergoing ACL reconstructive surgery in May 2020. She fences for the

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, and is coached by Jimmy Moody. She has been the U.S. Fencing Senior National Team Captain since 2012. She was the head fencing coach at

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in 2012-13, was an assistant coach at

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from 2016–18, and since 2020 has been an assistant coach at

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for the Harvard Crimson fencing team. Ross represented the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. She became the 12th fencer in Columbia University history to participate in two or more Olympic Games.

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Early and personal life

Fencing career

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