Eloise Smith (fencer)

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Eloise Smith
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Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1978-01-02) 2 January 1978 (age 46)
Education Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree
St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Sport
Sport Fencing

Eloise Smith (born 2 January 1978) is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. [1] [2] She was Commonwealth fencing champion in Individual Women's Foil in 1998 and 2002. [3] [4] From 1997 to 2004, she represented Great Britain at every World Fencing Championships and was British Individual Women's Foil No. 1. She was coached by Ziemowit Wojciechowski at Salle Paul. [5]

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She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, before studying English Literature and Language at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, [6] where she graduated in 1999. [7]

Eloise was an Executive Creative Director in advertising before becoming a children's author.

International competitions

Competition [8] YearLocationResults
World Fencing Championships 2003 Flag of Cuba.svg Havana
Commonwealth Fencing Championships 2002 Flag of Australia (converted).svg NewcastleIndividual Gold
Team Bronze
World Fencing Championships 2002 Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon
World Fencing Championships 2001 Flag of France.svg Nîmes
Olympic Games 2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney
World Fencing Championships 1999 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul
Commonwealth Fencing Championships 1998 Flag of Malaysia.svg Shah AlamIndividual Gold
Team Gold
World Fencing Championships 1998 Flag of Portugal.svg Lisbon
Junior World Fencing Championships 1997 Flag of Spain.svg Tenerife
Junior World Fencing Championships 1996 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tournai
Junior World Fencing Championships 1995 Flag of France.svg Paris
Junior World Fencing Championships 1994 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City

Writing

Eloise's debut middle-grade fiction title, Sister To A Star, [9] was published by Chicken House Books in May 2022. [10] Her second book, Winner Takes Gold [11] was released in Jan 2024. The Times awarded it Children's Book of the Week, describing it as "a gymnastics thriller with a twist . . . a lively whodunnit set in an elite training camp for young gymnasts." [12]

Education

Eloise attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, before studying English Literature and Language at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, [6] where she graduated in 1999. [7] In 2001, she studied at West Herts College for a diploma in Copywriting and Art Direction for Advertising. [13]

Advertising career

Eloise began her career in advertising at marketing and communications company RKCR/ Y&R in 2001 as a creative. In 2004, she moved to St Luke's Communications, followed by digital agency AKQA and digital and social marketing agency Work Club as a creative lead. [14] Here she created The Carte Noire Readers featuring Dominic West, Joseph Fiennes and more. [15]

In 2010, she moved to advertising agency Havas London as a creative director. Notable clients included Citroën, Kraft and evian.

In January 2014, she was appointed Executive Creative Director at digital marketing agency MullenLowe Profero, [16] [17] becoming joint Executive Creative Director at MullenLowe London in 2016, [18] before becoming Group Creative Director of Amazon EU until 2023. [19]

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