Monica Aksamit

Monica Aksamit was born in New York City, New York, and lives in Matawan, New Jersey. Her mother and father are divorced, and she has a half sister, Olivia.[3][4][5] She is of Polish descent and spent some of her younger years living in Poland with her grandparents.[6] She attended Matawan Regional High School in New Jersey.[7][8]

Aksamit attended Pennsylvania State University on a fencing scholarship, majoring in kinesiology, and graduated in 2012.[9][6] She taught fencing at Brookdale Community College and teaches fencing at St. John Vianney High School.[10]

Monica Aksamit started fencing when she was nine years old.[9][5] She began fencing at the Polish American Fencing School, under Janusz Mlynek.[11] Her fencing club is the Manhattan Fencing Center, and her coach is Yury Gelman.[9]

She won a team silver medal at the 2008 Junior World Championships.[9][7] In 2009, she won a team gold medal and an individual bronze medal at the Pan American Championships.[9]

During her college fencing career as a Penn State Nittany Lion, she won two NCAA Team Championships and was the runner-up NCAA Champion in 2012.[9]

She helped Team USA win the team gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Championships.[9]

As part of Team USA, Aksamit won a bronze medal representing the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's team saber event.[12][13][14]

• List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians