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)

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