Eleanor Harvey

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Eleanor Harvey
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Personal information
Nickname(s)E.Harv, Yeleanor
Nationality Canadian
Born (1995-01-14) January 14, 1995 (age 28) [1]
Hamilton, Ontario
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Fencing
College teamOhio State
ClubCanadian Fencing Academy
Coached byAlice Lu, Josh McGuire
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Individual foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Individual foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Lima Team sabre
Pan American Fencing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 AscuncionIndividual foil
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asuncion Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 TorontoTeam foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2017 MontrealTeam foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2016 Panama CityTeam foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 SantiagoTeam foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 TorontoIndividual foil
Junior World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2015 TashkentIndividual foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2014 PlovdivIndividual foil
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 PonceIndividual foil
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2013 PonceTeam foil
Updated on 7 May 2016.

Eleanor Grace Harvey (born January 14, 1995) is a Canadian foil fencer from Hamilton, Ontario. [1] Harvey won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the women's team foil event. [2] She is also a former world junior silver medallist in the women's individual foil event. [3] [4]

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Early life

Harvey became interested in becoming an Olympian while watching 2000 Sydney Games. She began training for long distance running before turning to karate at eight years ago. She trained karate for two years before realizing that karate was not an Olympic sport at that time. Harvey changed to practice fencing after a family friend heard a radio interview with Sherraine Schalm. [5]

Career

Harvey qualified to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics by being ranked in the top two in the Americas outside the top 14 rankings. [6] She was coached by Paul ApSimon. [7] At the 2016 Summer Olympics Harvey defeated world number one Arianna Errigo to reach the quarterfinals. Ultimately she finished in seventh place, the highest finish for a Canadian fencer in Olympic history. [8]

Harvey represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [9]

She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eleanor Harvey". Canadian Olympic Committee. 11 June 2015.
  2. Pecoskie, Teri (27 July 2015). "Fencer Eleanor Harvey clinches gold, must now fight teammates". Hamilton Spectator . Hamilton, Ontario. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "Eleanor Harvey – Silver Medallist at2 Fencing Junior World Championships". Canadian Fencing Federation. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. 2019 Pan American Games profile
  5. Harvey, Eleanor (July 17, 2022). "Blink and you'll miss it: The fine art of fencing". CBC Sports.
  6. Athletes qualified for the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
  7. https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20160601/282037621418129 . Retrieved 2017-03-14 via PressReader.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. Harvey upsets world number one, achieves Canadian fencing best ever
  9. Awad, Brandi (20 May 2021). "Nine fencers en garde for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 20 May 2021.