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Susannah Scanlan

HOME:
St. Paul, Minn.

BIRTH YEAR:
1990

BIRTHPLACE:
St. Paul, Minn.

OLYMPIC TEAMS:
2012 (Bronze)

Event: Epee
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minn.
Current Residence: St. Paul, Minn.
Height: 5’8”
Coach: Roberto Sobalvarro
Club: Twin Cities Fencing Club
Education: Bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University

Olympic Teams: 2012 (Bronze - Team)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2009
Junior World Championship Teams: 2009 (Bronze - Team), 2008 (Gold - Team), 2007
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2007, 2006

Personal: At 20-years-old, Scanlan took the second semester of her junior year at Princeton in 2011 to return to Minnesota and train with the goal of qualifying for London. What many considered to be a long shot turned out to be one of Scanlan’s best decisions as she broke through the World Cup Circuit with a top-16 finish at the Budapest Grand Prix in February of 2012 and secured her position as one of the youngest members of the women’s epee team. Scanlan and her U.S. teammates won bronze in the team event at the 2012 Olympic Games, becoming the first U.S. Women's Epee Team to win a medal at the Games. 

Recent Career Highlights

2014:

  • Bronze - NCAA Championships 

2013:

  • Gold - NCAA Championships (Team)
  • Silver - NCAA Championships (Individual)

2012:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Bronze - Olympic Games (Team)
  • Fourth - Leipzig World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Fifth - January North American Cup (Division I) 
  • 16th - Budapest Grand Prix
  • 17th - November North American Cup (Division I)
  • 22nd - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • 26th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • 30th - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • 34th - Olympic Games (Individual)

2011:

  • Silver - World University Games (Team)
  • Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I) 
  • 14th - World University Games (Individual)
  • 17th - December North American Cup (DIvision I)
  • 25th - North American Cup C (Division I)
  • 61st - Sydney World Cup
  • 62nd - Nankin Grand Prix

2010:

  • Silver - USA Fencicng National Championships (Division I)
  • Bronze - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • 21st - North American Cup A
  • 29th - Havana World Cup

2009:

  • Bronze - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • 16th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
  • 22nd - Montreal World Cup

2008:

  • 28th - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2007:

  • 22nd - Cadet World Championships