Three medals in five days. Just a regular week for #1 ranked Amanda Sirico
6/30/14
Amanda Sirico at the 2014 Summer Nationals and July NAC. Photo by David Ruskin.
Amanda Sirico takes gold in the Junior Women’s Epee event at the U.S. Fencing National Championships and July North American Cup. With this win, she maintains her rank as the #1 Junior Women’s Epee fencer in the United States.
In a feat of endurance as well as skill, Amanda fenced in seven grueling direct elimination bouts to take gold, competing in a field of 227 fencers. In the gold medal match, she served a coup de grace to Emma Von Dadelszen with a definitive 15-6 win.
Only two days ago, Sirico took the #6 spot in the Senior Women’s Epee event, competing alongside London Olympians Courtney and Kelley Hurley.
And on Thursday (6/26), Amanda anchored the DCFC team which took bronze in the Senior Women’s Team Epee, a championship event at Summer Nationals.
From L-R: DCFC club mate Rachel Kraft with the bronze-medal winning DCFC Senior Women’s Epee Team Amanda Sirico, Katherine Sizov, Rebecca Chimahusky, and Brooke Sirico. Joining them, referee Marek Stepien. Photo by Sally Gifford
Sirico is competing alongside 61 other fencers from DC Fencers Club at the 2014 US Fencing National Championships and July North American Cup. This is the largest fencing event in the world, bringing together more than 4,000 fencers of all ages and ability levels to compete in an array of events, both Championship events, which culminate the 2013-2014 season and North American Cup events which kick off the 2014-2015 season.
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