Tuesday, 24 May 2011

My Competitions and Results

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UPCOMING FENCING COMPETITIONS/2011
Hungarian Circuit/April 16th & 17th - 6th place finish - top Canadian
Was injured by a Canadian fencer at a training camp in Hungary.  Have been still competing in the following competitions with an injured hand.  Would like to thank the Chinese Team for their acupuncture treatments to my hand and their patches which helped to keep me training while I was in Nanjing, China. And a thank you to the Italian Team for their expert taping of my hand while I was training in Shanghai, China.
Rio De Janiero
Havana, Cuba/May 21st
Nankin, China/June 11th
Sydney, Australia/June 25th
 
Hand is now healing well, when injured, I always head to the ocean for healing and started back training Oct/2011.

Saskatoon, Canada - National Competition - November 19th 2011
 Upcoming Olympic Qualifiers in the New Year. 
FENCING: 2009
Competed in World Cups: 
Havana, Cuba
Budapest, Hungary
Rome, Italy
St. Maur, France
Barcelona, Spain
Canadian Elite National Competition - Gold

Fencing Highlights:
 January/97
Senior North American Cup, Louisville, KY . Gold.  First Canadian woman to win a Senior North American Cup-91 competitors, defeated the entire American Olympic Team.   Was a junior fencer at the time. 

November/96-Fort Lauderdale, FL-Senior North American Cup-Bronze

Dec/97-Senior North American Cup, Palm Springs, CA-Bronze Medal

Team Canada-Gold, World Cup, Havana Cuba-June/97

World Championships  Cape Town, South Africa/July/97(finished top Canadian woman)

Junior World Championships - Canary Islands, Spain

Northern California Open Championships -17 men and myself - Bronze medal - lost by one point - defeated by the winner a male fencer from Stanford University 14-15
March/97-Ranked #1 Junior and Senior in Canada

FENCING RESULTS: 2008

Quebec Championships - Gold
Terres des Hommes - Gold
Pan Ams - Silver (Team)
World Team Championships - Beijing
World Cup Montreal
 
FFENCING RESULTS: 2007
ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIPS - June 17/07
  • Gold  for Individual Women's Epee
  • Gold for Women's Epee Team Event
  • Governor General's -Ottawa - April 15/07
1st place out of pools - finished 1st place
  • League of Champions - April 1/07
6th place -first woman
  • Ottawa Shield - February 11/07
1st place after pools, dropped to 3rd place

FENCING RESULTS: 2005-2006
World  Cup  in Vancouver- July 8-10/05
  • Won five out of six bouts in the pool portion of the competition. Received a bye to move on to the top 32.
  • Final Result: 22nd
League of Champions  February 17/06
  • Men and women competing against each other.  Placed 6th, first woman, 
  • Winner:  Igor Tikhomirov, a former World Champion and Olympic medallist.
League of Champions March 3/06
  • Placed fourth, first woman
  • Competed in four out of six League of Champions competitions. Currently ranked 5/23. First woman
League of Champions-March 24/06
  • Came out of my pool in 2nd place, then fell to 4th-first woman.
  • Ranked 5/23-first woman
League of Champions-March 31/06
Currently ranked 4/23-first woman
League of Champions-April 23/06
Currently ranked 5/21-first woman
League of Champions-Finals-May 14/06
  • 4th-lost 14/15 to male fencer who finished 2nd.
  • first woman
League of Champions - November 5/06
  • Placed 2nd overall - first woman
League of Champions - November 26/06
  • Placed 5th - first woman

SURFING HIGHLIGHTS

Three time Ladies East Coast Surfing Champion
Represented Canada at World Surfing Championships in Portugal and Brazil

Snowboarding Competition 2000
January 2000:  Big Air competition in Hamilton, Ontario at Chedoke Ski Centre,  made finals and  finished 4th in a field of 23 men. This is the only snowboarding competition I entered.