Eleanor Harvey

Eleanor Harvey
Personal information
Nickname(s) E.Harv, Yeleanor
Nationality Canadian
Born (1995-01-14) January 14, 1995[1]
Hamilton, Ontario
Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Fencing
College team Ohio State
Club Canadian Fencing Academy
Coached by Alice Lu, Josh McGuire
Medal record
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto Team foil
Junior World Fencing Championships
2015 TashkentIndividual foil
2014 PlovdivIndividual foil
Pan American Junior Fencing Championships
2013 PonceIndividual foil
2013 PonceTeam foil
Updated on 7 May 2016.

Eleanor Harvey (born January 14, 1995) is a Canadian foil fencer from Hamilton, Ontario.[1] Harvey won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the women's team foil event.[2] She is also a former world junior silver medalist in the women's individual foil event.[3]

Harvey qualified to represent Canada at the 2016 Summer Olympics by being ranked in the top two in the Americas outside the top 14 rankings.[4] She was coached by Paul ApSimon.[5] At the 2016 Summer Olympics Harvey defeated world number one Arianna Errigo to reach the quarterfinals. Ultimately she finished in seventh place, the highest finish for a Canadian fencer in Olympic history.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eleanor Harvey". Canadian Olympic Committee.
  2. ↑ Pecoskie, Teri (27 July 2015). "Fencer Eleanor Harvey clinches gold, must now fight teammates". Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton, Ontario. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Eleanor Harvey – Silver Medallist at2 Fencing Junior World Championships". Canadian Fencing Federation. Canadian Fencing Federation. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Athletes qualified for the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
  5. ↑ "PressReader.com – Connecting People Through News". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  6. ↑ Harvey upsets world number one, achieves Canadian fencing best ever


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