Amanda Sirico wins her first international medals at cadet fencing tournament in Austria
Amanda Sirico (left) on the podium at the Cadet epee tournament in Klagenfurt, Austria
November 1, 2012
DC Fencers Club member Amanda Sirico (Bowie, MD) won her first two international medals with silver medal wins in Cadet (under 17) Women's Individual and Team Epee events at the Klagenfurt Cadet European Epee Cup in Austria on October 27-28, 2012. Sirico went into this event with the #1 U.S. rank among Cadet Women's Epee (Under 17) fencers.
Only two weeks earlier, Sirico won the gold medal in Cadet (U17) women's epee at the October North American Cup in St. Louis, MO.
This was the first European epee event of the 2012-2013 season. Later this fall, Sirico will compete in tournaments in Bratislava, Slovakia, and Grenoble, Switzerland. She also will compete in the 2012-13 national tournament season, which includes five more North American Cups and the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, which take place in Baltimore, MD in February 2013. The season culminates with USA Fencing Summer National Championships in Columbus, Ohio next July.
At the Klagenfurt Cadet Cup, Sirico finished 36th in the pools after posting a 4-2 result in the round robin. Sirico won her next four bouts and defeated teammate Signe Ferguson (New York City, N.Y.), 15-9, to advance to the quarter-finals, where she defeated Alessandra Bozza (ITA), 15-10, in the quarters and Anna Hornischer (GER), 15-14, in the semifinals to set up a gold medal final against Stahlberg. Sirico finished the day with a silver medal after the German won their bout, 15-11.
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