Zain Shaito Explained
Residence: | Dallas, Texas |
Birth Date: | 19 October 1990 |
Weight: | 88kg (194lb) |
Sport: | Fencing |
Event: | Individual Foil |
Coach: | Yury Molchan and Vladimir Nazlymov |
Nationals: | 2012 NCAA National Champion |
Updated: | 27 March 2021 |
Zain Shaito is an American Olympic fencer who competed in the individual fencing event at the 2012 Olympic Games, losing to Chinese fencer Zhu Jun.[1] [2]
Shaito, who was on the national Ohio State fencing team, won the individual title in men’s foil at the NCAA Fencing Championships in 2012.[3] He was named the 2011-12 Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the second fencer in OSU history to earn the title.[4] Shaito also helped anchor the United States men's junior foil team in 2007 to the first ever World Championship victory.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual Round One | Olympics at . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162312/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/FEN/mens-foil-individual-round-one.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . Sports-reference.com . 2020-03-23.
- Web site: Fencing at the 2012 London Summer Games: Men's Foil, Individual | Olympics at . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2012/FEN/mens-foil-individual.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . Sports-reference.com . 2020-03-23.
- Web site: Ohio State fencer named Buckeyes Male Athlete of the Year, headed to London Olympics - Sports - the Lantern - Ohio State University . www.thelantern.com . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120628122119/http://www.thelantern.com/sports/ohio-state-fencer-named-buckeyes-male-athlete-of-the-year-headed-to-london-olympics-1.2878386#.UAJ-V46hDzI . 28 June 2012 . dead.
- Web site: News Archives.
- Web site: US Men Win Gold in Junior Team Foil - Fencing.Net. www.fencing.net. en-US. 2018-08-16. 2010-04-10.