Mariel Zagunis

Birthplace:  Portland, Ore.
Current Residence: Beaverton, Ore.
High School: Graduate of Valley Catholic High School (2003)
Club: Oregon Fencing Alliance
Coach: Ed Korfanty
Hobbies: Cooking, Playing tennis and soccer, relaxing bike rides and anything that has to do with the outdoors, including volunteering in environmental preservation activities.
Web Site: www.marielzagunis.com
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 1
Current World Ranking: No. 9
Honors:

• Most decorated athlete in the history of USA Fencing
• Only woman from any nation to win two individual Olympic titles in women's saber

• Five-time Senior World Champion – Two-time individual gold medalist (2009, 2010), Three-time team gold medalist (2000, 2005, 2014)

• Inducted into FIE Hall of Fame in 2013
• First U.S. fencer to medal at three Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2016)
• 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2005 FIE Senior World Cup Champion
• 2004, 2003 and 2002 FIE Junior World Cup Champion
• Youngest U.S. fencer to win a gold medal at a Senior World Championships (age 15 in 2000)
• Only U.S. fencer to win four World Championship titles in one season
• First U.S. fencer to have win four Senior World Championship gold medals
• 2009 FIE Chevelier Feyerick Trophy recipient for sportsmanship and fair play
• Secret/U.S. Women's Sports Foundation Oregon Athlete of the Year in 2002
• 2004 and 2005 Bill Hayward Award recipient as Oregon's #1 amateur athlete of the year
• Named Oregon's No. 1 Women's Professional Athlete of the Year in 2009
• Named Notre Dame's Athlete of the Decade in 2010

Olympic Teams: 2020 (Qual. - Ind. & Team), 2016 (Bronze - Team), 2012, 2008 (Gold - Individual, Bronze - Team), 2004 (Gold - Individual)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2019, 2018, 2015 (Bronze - Team), 2014 (Gold - Team, Silver - Individual), 2013 (Bronze - Team), 2012 (Bronze - Team), 2011 (Silver - Individual, Bronze - Team), 2010 (Gold - Individual), 2009 (Gold - Individual), 2007, 2006 (Silver - Individual and Team), 2005 (Gold - Team), 2004 (Silver - Team), 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 (Gold - Team)
Pan American Games Teams: 2015 (Gold - Team), 2011 (Gold - Individual and Team)

Junior World Championship Teams: 2005 (Gold - Individual and Team), 2004 (Gold - Team, Silver - Individual), 2003, 2002 (Silver - Team), 2001 (Gold - Individual and Team), 2000 (Silver- Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2002, 2001 (Gold), 2000 (Bronze)
Now the most decorated fencer in the history of the sport in the United States, Zagunis won her fourth career Olympic medal at the Rio Olympic Games, where she led the United States to a bronze medal finish in the team event. The win made her the first U.S. fencer in history to win medals at three Olympic Games.
An all-around athlete who still enjoys playing tennis in her spare time, Mariel competed on her high school's varsity soccer team for three years and began her career as a Notre Dame fencer just weeks after winning gold at the 2004 Olympic Games. After winning the 2006 NCAA Individual Championship, Zagunis took time off from school to focus on preparing for the Beijing Olympic Games. 
In October 2017, Zagunis became a mother, giving birth to her daughter, Sunday Swehla. Exactly one year after her final competition, Zagunis returned to the strip, placing eighth at the Seoul Grand Prix in March 2018 and adding a bronze medal at the Moscow Grand Prix in May. 
Mariel says that her parents are her role models as "they have been through so much [good and bad] in their lives and have dedicated so much to their children that has enabled us to achieve greatness on many different levels.  They have made me the person I am today and I never could have learned so much about life or how to work as hard as I do from any other two people.  Through them I have been able to grow and understand what is truly important in life and how to reach any goal I set for myself.  No matter how daunting a task may be, I know my family will always be there to support me and help me." through it."

Personal

Zagunis made history as a 19-year-old in 2004 when she became the first U.S. fencer to win an Olympic gold medal in 100 years after originally qualifying for the team as a replacement athlete. She is also in the history books as the first Olympic gold medalist for women's saber, which made its Olympic debut at the 2004 Olympic Games. The four-time Senior World Champion defended her Olympic title in Beijing. The daughter of Robert and Cathy Zagunis who were both rowers on the 1976 U.S. Olympic Team, Mariel was the top-ranked fencer in the world at the conclusion of the 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Results

2021:

• Ninth - Budapest World Cup (Team)
• 11th - Budapest World Cup (Individual)

2020:

• Bronze - Athens World Cup (Individual)
• 11th - Athens World Cup (Team) 
• 14th - Montreal Grand Prix 

2019:

• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold  - October North American Cup 
• Silver-  Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Bronze - Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup (December / Team)
• Fourth - Athens World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Absolute Fencing Gear Salt Lake City World Cup (January / Team)
• Fifth - Gent World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Senior  World Championships (Team)
• Ninth - Orleans World Cup (Team) 
• 14th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• 22nd - Seoul Grand Prix 
• 25th - Orleans World Cup (Individual)
• 27th - Cairo World Cup 
• 29th - Athens World Cup (Individual)
• 39th - Tunisia World Cup (Individual)
• 41st - Salt Lake City World Cup 
• 44th - Gent World Cup (Individual) 

2018:

• Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• Bronze - Moscow Grand Prix
• Fourth - Orleans World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Eighth - Seoul Grand Prix
• 15th - Orleans World Cup (Individual)

2017: 

• Sixth - Seoul Grand Prix
• Bronze - Yangzhou World Cup

2016:

• Gold - Athens World Cup (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Silver - Moscow Grand Prix
• Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Bronze - Olympic Games (Team)
• Bronze - Foshan World Cup (Individual)
• Fourth - Athens World Cup (Team)
• Fourth - Foshan World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Gent World Cup (Individual)
• Sixth - Gent World Cup (Team)
• Ninth - Olympic Games (Individual)
• 10th - Seoul Grand Prix

2015:

• Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold - Caracas World Cup (Individual)
• Silver - Gent World Cup (Individual)
• Bronze - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Bronze - Seoul Grand Prix 
• Bronze - Beijing World Cup (Individual)
• Bronze - Beijing World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Gent World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Athens World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Moscow Grand Prix
• Eighth - Pan American Games (Individual)
• Ninth - Athens World Cup (Individual)
• 10th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• 11th - Caracas World Cup (Team)
• 17th - Orleans World Cup
• 33rd - Boston Grand Prix

2014: 

• Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold - Absolute Fencing Gear Korfanty World Cup (Individual)
• Gold - Bolzano World Cup (Individual)
• Gold - Antalya World Cup (Team)
• Gold - Margarita Island World Cup (Team)
• Gold - October North American Cup (Division I Individual)
• Gold - October North American Cup (Senior Team)
• Silver - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Silver - Gent World Cup (Individual)
• Silver - Absolute Fencing Gear Korfanty World Cup (Team)
• Silver - Orleans World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Absolute Fencing Gear New York Grand Prix 
• Bronze - Margarita Island World Cup (Individual)
• Bronze - Orleans Grand Prix 
• Fourth - Dakar World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Moscow Grand Prix 
• Fifth - Gent World Cup (Team)
• 10th - Orleans World Cup (Individual)
• 17th - Beijing Grand Prix 
• 17th - Dakar World Cup (Individual)
• 17th - Antalya World Cup (Individual)

2013:

• Gold - Absolute Fencing Gear Korfanty World Cup (Team)
• Gold - Bologna World Cup (Individual)
• Gold - Gent World Cup (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships
• Silver - Antalya World Cup (Individual)
• Silver - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Bronze - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Bronze - Orleans Grand Prix
• Bronze - Gent World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Antalya World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Bologna World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - Moscow Grand Prix
• Fifth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Fifth - London World Cup (Individual)
• Fifth - World Combat Games 
• Sixth - Absolute Fencing Gear Korfanty World Cup (Individual)
• Ninth - London World Cup (Team)

2012:

• Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold - Orleans Grand Prix
• Gold - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Gold - Korfanty World Cup (Team)
• Gold - Gent World Cup (Team)
• Silver - Korfanty World Cup (Individual)
• Silver - Antalya World Cup (Team)
• Silver - Bologna World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - World Team Championships 
• Bronze - Gent World Cup (Individual)
• Bronze - Bologna World Cup (Individual)
• Bronze - Moscow World Cup (Individual)
• Bronze - Antalya World Cup (Individual) 
• Fourth - Olympic Games 
• Seventh - London World Cup (Team)
• Ninth - London World Cup (Individual)

2011: 

• Gold - Orleans Grand Prix
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold - Pan American Games (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
• Silver - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Silver - New York World Cup (Individual)
• Silver - Moscow Grand Prix
• Bronze - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Bronze - New York World Cup (Team)
• Bronze - London World Cup
• Bronze - Istanbul World Cup (Team)
• Fifth - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Fifth - Gent World Cup (Team)
• Eighth - Bologna World Cup (Team)
• Ninth - Bologna World Cup (Individual)
• Ninth - Istanbul World Cup (Individual)
• 17th - Gent World Cup (Individual) 

2010: 

• Gold - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships
• Gold - New York World Cup
• Gold - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Gold - London World Cup
• Silver - Tunisia Grand Prix
• Silver - Moscow Grand Prix
• Silver - Orleans Grand Prix
• Bronze - Havana World Cup
• Fourth - Senior World Championships (Team) 
• Ninth - Lamezia Grand Prix

2009:

• Gold - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships 
• Gold - Dallas World Cup
• Gold - Havana World Cup
• Gold - Foggia Grand Prix
• Gold - Orleans Grand Prix
• Silver - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Bronze - London World Cup
• Fifth - Moscow Grand Prix
• Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)

2008:

• Gold - Olympic Games (Individual)
• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Silver - Havana World Cup
• Silver - London World Cup
• Bronze - Olympic Games (Team)  
• Bronze - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Bronze - Madrid World Cup
• Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• Fifth - Klagenfurt World Cup
• Fifth - Alger Grand Prix
• Fifth - North American Cup D (Division I)
• 10th - Lamezia Terme Grand Prix
• 17th - Budapest World Cup
• 33rd - Orleans Grand Prix
• 33rd - Las Vegas Grand Prix

2007:

• Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
• Gold - Havana World Cup
• Gold - Alger World Cup 
• Gold - London World Cup
• Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
• Bronze - Hanoi Grand Prix
• Bronze - Foggia Grand Prix
• Bronze - North American Cup D (Division I)
• Fifth - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Fifth - Las Vegas Grand Prix
• Fifth - Tianjin Grand Prix
• Fifth - Klagenfurt World Cup
• Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Ninth - Orleans World Cup
• 14th - North American Cup C (Division I)
• 17th - Budapest Grand Prix

2006: 

• Gold - NCAA Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Las Vegas Grand Prix
• Silver - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Silver - Budapest Grand Prix
• Silver - Orleans World Cup
• Bronze - Vancouver World Cup
• Bronze - Klagenfurt World Cup
• Sixth - North American Cup D (Division I)
• 10th - Hanoi Grand Prix
• 10th - Lamezia Terme World Cup

2005:

• Gold - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Gold - NCAA Championships (Team)
• Gold - Louisville Junior World Cup
• Gold - Klagenfurt World Cup
• Silver - NCAA Championships (Individual)
• Silver - Las Vegas Grand Prix
• Bronze - North American Cup C (Division I)
• Fifth - London World Cup
• Sixth - Welkenraedt World Cup
• Sixth - Budapest Junior World Cup
• Sixth - Arricia Junior World Cup
• Ninth - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2004:

• Gold - Olympic Games
• Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Gold - Louisville Junior World Cup
• Gold - Montreal Junior World Cup
• Gold - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
• Silver - World Team Championships
• Silver - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• Silver - North American Cup B (Division I)
• Bronze - Havana World Cup
• Bronze - Lamezia Terme Grand Prix
• Bronze - North American Cup C (Division I)
• Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• Fifth - North American Cup C (Division I)
• Sixth - Orleans Grand Prix
• Sixth - Ariccia Junior World Cup
• Seventh - Goppingen Junior World Cup
• 10th - Budapest World Cup
• 10th - New York Grand Prix
• 15th - Moscow Grand Prix

2003: 

• Gold - Louisville Junior World Cup
• Gold - Ariccia Junior World Cup
• Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
• Gold - North American Cup E (Division I)
• Silver - Budapest Junior World Cup
• Silver - Goppingen Junior World Cup
• Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
• Silver - North American Cup G (Division I)
• Fifth - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Sixth - North American Cup B (Division I)
• Seventh - Senior World Championships (Individual)
• Seventh - Foggia Grand Prix
• 10th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• 11th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
• 18th - Moscow Grand Prix
• 19th - New York Grand Prix
• 20th - Orleans Grand Prix
• 22nd - Havana World Cup 
• 40th - Budapest World Cup

2002:

• Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Bronze - Frascati Junior World Cup
• Fifth - Cadet World Championships
• Sixth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• Seventh - North American Cup C (Division I)
• Ninth - Senior World Championships (Team)
• 18th - Moscow Grand Prix
• 35th - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2001:

• Gold - Cadet World Championships
• Gold - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Fifth - Senior World Championships (Team)
• 11th - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2000:

• Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
• Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
• Bronze - Cadet World Championships
• 13th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
• 31st - Senior World Championships (Individual)