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Full name | Susannah Scanlan | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
Born | St. Paul, Minnesota, USA | June 4, 1990||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 130 lb (59 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | United States of America | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | individual epee, team epee | ||||||||||||||
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Susie Scanlan (born June 4, 1990, in St. Paul, Minnesota [1] ) is an American epee fencer. Scanlan was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's epee individual and team competitions, and won a bronze medal in the team event. [1] [2] Scanlan took time off from her studies at Princeton University to train for and compete in the 2012 Olympics. [1]
Scanlan was eliminated in the individual epee round of 64 by Olena Kryvytska of Ukraine by a score of 15–13. [3] She won a bronze medal in the women's team épée alongside Maya Lawrence, Courtney Hurley, and Kelley Hurley.
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