Zain Shaito

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Zain Shaito
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Personal information
Born (1990-10-19) October 19, 1990 (age 35)
Dallas, Texas
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SportFencing
Event
Individual Foil
Coached byYury Molchan and Vladimir Nazlymov [ citation needed ]
Achievements and titles
National finals2012 NCAA National Champion; Two time World Champion
Updated on 27 March 2021

Zain Shaito is an American Olympic fencer who competed in the individual fencing event at the 2012 Olympic Games, losing to Chinese fencer Zhu Jun. [1] [2]

Shaito, who was on the national Ohio State fencing team, won the individual title in men’s foil at the NCAA Fencing Championships in 2012. [3] He was named the 2011-12 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the second fencer in OSU history to earn the title. [4] Shaito also helped anchor the United States men's junior foil team in 2007 to the first ever World Championship victory. [5] After his Olympic career, he joined the military. [6] Shaito competed in Soldier of the year for Ft. Huachuca and was later attached to JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command). [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual Round One | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Ohio State fencer named Buckeyes Male Athlete of the Year, headed to London Olympics - Sports - the Lantern - Ohio State University". www.thelantern.com. Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "News Archives". Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ "US Men Win Gold in Junior Team Foil - Fencing.Net". www.fencing.net. April 10, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ https://www.army.mil/article/197700/platoon_sergeant_nco_and_soldier_of_the_quarter_competition
  7. ↑ "Zain Shaito". linkedin.com.


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