Jessica Guo

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Jessica Guo
Born (2005-06-23) June 23, 2005 (age 19)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryCanada
Weapon Foil
HandLeft-handed
ClubJinko Fencing Club
Head coachJin Ko
Medal record
Women's fencing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Santiago Team foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Individual foil
Pan American Fencing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asuncion Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Lima Team foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Asuncion Foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Lima Foil
Junior World Fencing Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cairo Foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Cairo Foil

Jessica Zi Jia Guo (born 23 June 2005) [1] is a Canadian left-handed foil fencer.

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Career

In 2019, Guo won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. [2] [3] [4] In the final, she lost against American Lee Kiefer. [4] [5] [6]

Guo represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. [7] She competed in the women's foil and women's team foil events. She advanced to the Table of 16 in individual foil, and helped Canada to a fifth-place finish in team foil.

In 2021, Guo won the Cadet Women's Foil World Championship in Cairo, Egypt.

On 6 April 2022, Guo successfully defended her Cadet Women's Foil World Championship title in Dubai. In the final match of women's foil, Guo faced Great Britain's Carolina Stutchbury, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Stutchbury won against Japan's Rino Nagase, 15-10, while Guo defeated Italy's Matilde Molinari, 15-11. [8]

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