Foil

Nicole Ross

Olympian 2012, 2021

Athlete Bio#

Nicole Ross

Height

5'6"

Age

36

Education

Columbia University

Club: NYAC
Coaches: Jimmy Moody and Daria Schneider
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 3
Current World Ranking: No. 14
Olympic Teams: 2020 (Qual. - Ind. & Team), 2012
Senior World Championship Teams: 2019 (Bronze - Team), 2018 (Gold - Team), 2017 (Silver - Team), 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010
Pan American Games Teams: 2019 (Gold - Team)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2009 (Gold - Team), 2008
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2006
Personal: 
A member of the first U.S. Women's Foil Team to win a Junior World Championship title in 2009, Nicole went on to qualify for her first Olympic Team in 2012 and has become a keystone of the squad, helping lead the team to three straight medals at the Senior World Championships from 2017-2019, including the team's first ever Senior World title in 2018. 
As a college fencer, Nicole won NCAAs in 2010 for Columbia and has brought her experience to coaching roles in the NCAA ranks, including serving as an assistant coach at Cornell University from 2016-2018 and now serves as a volunteer assistant at Harvard.
At the end of the Olympic qualifying period in December of 2019, Nicole tore her ACL in competition, but returned to the international circuit in January, competing in three international events before the COVID-19 shutdown. In May of 2020, Nicole underwent reconstructive surgery and began rehabilitation in preparation for Tokyo, earning her qualificationwhen competition resumed in March of 2021.
Results

2021:

  • 36th - Doha Grand Prix 

2020:

  • 11th - Kazan World Cup 
  • 17th - Torino Grand Prix 
  • 36th - Katowice World Cup 

2019:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
  • Silver - Katowice World Cup (Team)
  • Bronze - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Fourth - Cairo World Cup (November - Team)
  • Fourth - Cairo World Cup (March - Team)
  • Fourth - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
  • Fourth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup 
  • Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • 17th - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • 21st - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 37th - Cairo World Cup (Individual, November)
  • 38th - Cairo World Cup (Individual, March)

2018:

  • Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team) 
  • Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Seventh - Algiers World Cup (Team)
  • Ninth - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Anaheim 
  • 10th - Shanghai Grand Prix
  • 17th - Katowice World Cup 
  • 18th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup 
  • 34th - Algiers World Cup 

2017:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Fifth - St. Maur World Cup
  • Fifth - Shanghai Grand Prix
  • Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
  • Fifth - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Long Beach
  • Sixth - Cancun World Cup
  • 10th - Gdansk World Cup
  • 17th - Torino Grand Prix 
  • 33rd - Senior World Championships (Individual)

2016:

  • Silver - Torino Grand Prix
  • Silver - St. Maur World Cup 
  • Silver - Pan American Championships
  • Bronze - Cancun World Cup
  • Sixth - Tauberbsichofsheim World Cup
  • Sixth - Havana Grand Prix
  • 11th - Algiers World Cup
  • 22nd - Gdansk World Cup
  • 35th - Shanghai Grand Prix

2015:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Silver - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Silver - Gdansk World Cup (Team)
  • Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Fourth - Algers World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
  • 16th - Shanghai Grand Prix 
  • 20th - Algers World Cup (Individual)
  • 22nd - Gdansk World Cup (Individual)
  • 32nd - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Individual)
  • 41st - Havana World Grand Prix 

2014:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • Silver - July North American Cup (Division I)
  • Fourth - Cancun World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • Sixth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Sixth - St. Maur World Cup (Indi
  • Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Ninth - Torino World Cup (Team)
  • 12th - Cancun World Cup (Individual)
  • 15th - Torino World Cup (Individual)
  • 19th - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 19th - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • 21st - Marseille Grand Prix
  • 23rd - St. Maur World Cup (Individual) 
  • 28th - Seoul Grand Prix
  • 29th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 37th - Budapest World Cup
  • 37th - Shanghai World Cup

2013:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Silver - November North American Cup (Division I)
  • Bronze - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Fourth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • 11th - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • 12th - Torino World Cup (Individual)
  • 15th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 20th - Seoul Grand Prix
  • 21st - Budapest World Cup
  • 23rd - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 30th - St. Petersburg World Cup
  • 35th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Individual)

2012:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
  • Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Bronze - November North American Cup (Division I)
  • Fifth - St. Petersburg World Cup (Team)
  • Fifth - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • Sixth - Olympic Games (Team)
  • Seventh - Torino World Cup (Team)
  • Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Eighth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
  • Eighth - Budapest World Cup (Team)
  • 12th - October North American Cup (Division I)
  • 22nd - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 24th - St. Petersburg World Cup (Individual)
  • 25th - Olympic Games (Individual)
  • 30th - Seoul Grand Prix (Individual)
  • 36th - Budapest World Cup
  • 39th - Shanghai World Cup (Individual)
  • 40th - Torino World Cup
  • 41st - Marseilles Grand Prix

2011:

  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Fifth - Torino World Cup (Team)
  • Sixth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Seventh - Senior World Championships (Team)
  • Ninth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • 10th - North American Cup C (Division I)
  • 14th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 26th - St. Petersburg World Cup
  • 49th - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 50th - Seoul Grand Prix

2010:

  • Gold - NCAA Championships 
  • Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
  • Fifth - North American Cup A (Division I)
  • Fifth - North American Cup D (Division I)
  • Sixth - December North American Cup (Division I)
  • 18th - North American Cup F (Division I)
  • 28th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
  • 29th - Torino Grand Prix
  • 40th - New York World Cup 
  • 44th - Seoul Grand Prix
  • 53rd - Gdansk Grand Prix
  • 57th - St. Petersburg Grand Prix

2009:

  • Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
  • Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
  • Sixth - North American Cup C (Division I)
  • Ninth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
  • 25th - Dallas World Cup

2008:

  • Eighth - Junior World Championships (Team)
  • 21st - Las Vegas World Cup
  • 30th - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2007:

  • 23rd - Buenos Aires World Cup
  • 42nd - Las Vegas World Cup

2006:

  • 24th - Cadet World Championships

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