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Margaret Lu

Athlete Bio#

Margaret Lu

Height

5'1"

Age

30

Hometown

Greenwich, CT

Education

Columbia University

Birthplace: Manilla, Philippines 
Club: New York Athletic Club
Coach: Aladar Kogler 
Hobbies: Music and playing drums, yoga, walking on the beach.
Favorite Moment in Fencing: The thrill of tricking my opponent and scoring a touch, also standing on the podium to receive a medal.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 13
Current World Ranking: No. 111
Honors:
  • Six-time USA Fencing Division I National Champion
  • 2015 NCAA First-Team All-American
  • Three-time First-Team All-Ivy (2013, 2014, 2015)

Senior World Championship Teams: 2018, 2017 (Silver - Team), 2015, 2014, 2013
Pan American Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold - Team), 2017 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual), 2015 (Gold - Team), 2014, 2013 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2014 (Gold - Team), 2013 (Silver - Team), 2012 (Silver - Team), 2011 (Silver - Team, Bronze - Individual), 2010
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2011, 2010, 2009
Personal
Lu's brother took up fencing 'because he wanted to be a Star Wars Jedi' and she says she tagged along at first and later fell in love with the sport. By age 16, Lu won the first of her six Division I National Championship titles (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). In 2011, Lu took bronze in the individual event at her first Junior Worlds and won silver in team -- a feat she would repeat in 2012 and 2013 before winning gold in the team event at the 2014 Junior Worlds during her final year of eligibility.
Results

2019:

  • Fourth - Cairo World Cup (Team)
  • Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • 27th - St. Maur World Cup
  • 38th - Torino Grand Prix 
  • 45th - Cairo World Cup 
  • 58th - Katowice World Cup

2018:

  • Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Silver - July Challenge (Division I)
  • Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • Fourth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual) 
  • 12th - Algiers World Cup 
  • 18th - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • 19th - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Anaheim 
  • 36th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 40th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup 
  • 41st - Shanghai Grand Prix
  • 45th - Katowice World Cup

2017:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Silver - Bratislava Satellite Tournament
  • Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Bronze - Cancun World Cup (Team)
  • Fourth - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
  • Fourth - Gdansk World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
  • Seventh - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Long Beach 
  • 29th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 34th - Cancun World Cup
  • 37th - Shanghai Grand Prix
  • 41st - Torino Grand Prix
  • 45th - St. Maur World Cup
  • 50th - Gdansk World Cup 

2016:

  • Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Silver - July Challenge (Division I)
  • Silver - December Division I Foil North American Cup (Division I)
  • Silver - Cancun World Cup (Team)
  • Bronze - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
  • Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • 13th - Cancun World Cup
  • 25th - Gdansk World Cup
  • 25th - St. Maur World Cup
  • 39th - Torino Grand Prix
  • 49th - Havana Grand Prix 
  • 60th - Alger World Cup

2015:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Gold - NCAA Championships (Team)
  • Silver - NCAA Championships (Individual)
  • Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
  • Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Ninth - July Challenge (Division I)
  • Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • 12th - Cancun World Cup 
  • 24th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Individual)
  • 33rd - Shanghai Grand Prix 
  • 35th - Havana Grand Prix
  • 35th - St. Maur World Cup  

2014:

  • Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
  • Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • Sixth - July North American Cup (Division I)
  • Ninth - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • 12th - Pan American Championships 
  • 13th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
  • 22nd - Senior World Championships
  • 24th - Torino Grand Prix
  • 31st - Torino World Cup
  • 39th - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 40th - St. Maur World Cup
  • 43rd - Marseille Grand Prix
  • 44th - Shanghai World Cup
  • 53rd - Cancun World Cup

2013:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Gold - July North American Cup (Junior)
  • Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Fifth - November North American Cup (Division I)
  • 13th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
  • 15th - Bratislava Junior World Cup
  • 21st - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 34th - Marseille Grand Prix
  • 44th - Senior World Championships
  • 47th - Seoul Grand Prix
  • 54th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
  • 58th - Torino World Cup

2012:

  • Gold - Bratislava Junior World Cup
  • Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
  • Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Bronze - January North American Cup (Junior)
  • Fifth - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • Ninth - November North American Cup (Division I)
  • 17th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
  • 18th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
  • 45th - Seoul Grand Prix
  • 49th - Gdansk Grand Prix

2011:

  • Gold - Bratislava Junior World Cup
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Divsion I)
  • Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • Bronze - Junior World Championships (Individual)
  • Bronze - North American Cup C (Junior)
  • Bronze - November North American Cup (Junior)
  • Fifth - North American Cup F (Junior)
  • Fifth - Zagreb Junior World Cup
  • Fifth - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Sixth - North American Cup C (Division I)
  • Ninth - Cadet World Championships 
  • 18th - Bochum Junior World Cup
  • 32nd - Budapest World Cup
  • 41st - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 47th - Seoul Grand Prix
  • 49th - Tauberbischofscheim World Cup

2010:

  • Gold - Budapest Cadet European Cup
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
  • Bronze - Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
  • Bronze - North American Cup F (Division I)
  • Bronze - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Bronze - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
  • Bronze - Budapest Junior World Cup
  • Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • Sixth - Waldkirch Junior World Cup
  • Eighth - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
  • Ninth - North American Cup B (Junior)
  • 11th - North American Cup A (Division I)
  • 12th - Lyon Junior World Cup
  • 13th - North American Cup D (Division I)
  • 15th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
  • 16th - Cadet World Championships
  • 19th - Waldkirch Junior World Cup
  • 45th - St. Petersbourg World Cup
  • 54th - New York World Cup

2009:

  • Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
  • Gold - Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
  • Gold - North American Cup B (Junior)
  • Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
  • Silver - North American Cup B (Cadet)
  • Silver- North American Cup C (Division I)
  • Bronze - Cabris Cadet European Cup
  • Bronze - Bochum Junior World Cup
  • 12th - Cadet World Championships
  • 20th - Dallas World Cup
  • 23rd - Budapest Junior World Cup
  • 62nd - Lyon Junior World Cup

2008:

  • 12th - Lignano Junior World Cup
  • 14th - Las Vegas World Cup
  • 27th - Bratislava Junior World Cup

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