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2006-2007 Season Highlights

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Sr. USA Women's Results

Sept. 28-29, 2007 - St. Petersbourg, Russia - World Championships: Mariel Zagunis #5, Sada Jacobson #6, Rebecca Ward #17, Dagmara Wozniak #24

August 28, 2007 - Montreal, Canada - Pan American Zonal Championships: Team USA GOLD (Jacobson, Ward, Wozniak, Zagunis). Individual: GOLD - Rebecca Ward, SILVER - Sada Jacobson, BRONZE - Mariel Zagunis.

June 21 - 24, 2007 - Las Vegas, USA World Cup Grand Prix: Team USA GOLD (Jacobson, Ward, Wozniak, Zagunis)
GOLD: Rebecca Ward, #5 Mariel Zagunis, #6 Sada Jacobson.

June 16, 2007 - Havana, Cuba World Cup: GOLD Mariel Zagunis, BRONZE Sada Jacobson, #5 Rebecca Ward,#15 Emma Barratta, #18 Caitlin Thomson, #19 Dagmara Wozniak, #23 Eileen Grench, #24 Sarah Borrmann, #34 Eileen Hassett, #51 Caroline Vloka, #52 Diamond Wheeler.

June 3, 2007 - Tianjin, China World Cup TEAM EVENT: USA BRONZE (Jacobson, Ward, Wozniak, Zagunis).

June 1, 2007 - Tianjin, China World Cup: #5 Mariel Zagunis, #6 Rebecca Ward, #11 Caitlin Thomson, #12 Dagmara Wozniak, #17 Sada Jacobson.
May 25, 2007 - HANOI World Cup - Rebecca Ward -SILVER, Mariel Zagunis - BRONZE, Sada Jacobson - BRONZE
TEAM EVENT - Team USA - BRONZE
Oct. 2006 - USA Women's Sabre Squad sweeps World Championships in Torino: Rebecca Ward - GOLD, Mariel Zagunis - SILVER, Sada Jacobson - BRONZE. Becca makes history by winning her 5th World Cup Title in one season. Team USA wins the SILVER medal in the team event.

Mariel Zagunis wins 2006 Overall World Cup Series title.

Las Vegas WC Grand Prix June 16-17: Mariel Zagunis GOLD Click here to see the semi-final w/Zagunis and Touya of France
Team USA GOLD Click here to see the Team interview video, Click here to see the final Team event video

Vancouver WC June 9-10: Rebecca Ward GOLD, Sada Jacobson BRONZE, Mariel Zagunis BRONZE.

Congratulations Team USA for the medal sweep in Austria June 3-4, 2006
GOLD (Becca) -SILVER (Sada) -BRONZE (Mariel). This is Becca's first individual Sr. Women's WC gold medal.

Hanoi Vietnam WC Grand Prix May 25-26: Sada Jacobson GOLD, Team USA GOLD

Jr. Women's Results

Jr. World Championships, Korea, April 12-17: Rebecca Ward GOLD, Caroline Vloka BRONZE
Team USA (Ward, Vloka,Wozniak, Jacobson) GOLD

Cadet World Championships, Korea, April 9-11: Rebecca Ward GOLD, Caroline Vloka SILVER, Jackie Jacobson BRONZE

photo of Gold medal win at 2005 Germany World Championships
photo courtesy of www.fencingphotos.com

2005 Sr. Women World Champions - Team USA 2006 Jr. World Champions - Team USA
from Left to right - Caitlin Thompson, Sada Jacobson, Rebecca Ward, Mariel Zagunis

photo of team USA spelling out USA after winning the gold at the 2005 World Championships in Leipzeig Germany
After winning the Gold, the girls spell out USA. From L-R, Mariel, Caity, Sada and Becca
photo courtesy of Beth Ward

The United States Olympic Committee names the U.S. Women's Sabre team as its October 2005 USOC Team of the Month after their stellar performance at the World Championships. Read the article here.

2006 - 07 Women's Sabre Designated Tournaments

Cadet World Cups (Best one of three)
Konin, Poland
Godollo, Hungary
Meylan, France

Junior World Cups
Odessa, Ukraine
Sosnowiec, Poland
Ariccia, Italy
Dormagen, Germany
Budapest, Hungary

Senior World Cups
TBD

August 9-19, 2006: National Sabre Training Camp, more details to come
Download the pre-registration form here

2006 - 07 Women's Sabre Designated Tournaments

Selection criteria for the 2006-2007 Cadet, Junior and Senior U.S. National teams will be posted as soon as approved by the U.S.F.A

Cadet World Cups (Best one of two)
Konin, Poland
Godollo, Hungary

Junior World Cups
Sosnowiec, Poland
Frascati, Italy
Budapest, Hungary
Dourdan, France

Senior World Cup
Orleans, France
Budapest, Hungary (GP with Team)
Lamezia Terme, Italy
Alger, Algeria (GP with team)
Hanoi, Vietnam (GP with team)
Klagenfurt, Austria
Vancouver, Canada
Las Vegas, NV (GP with team)

August 2007: National Sabre Training Camp, more details to come
Download the pre-registration form here

The Senior women's team consists of:

Sada Jacobson Caitlin Thompson Rebecca Ward Mariel Zagunis
photo of Sada Jacobson in 2004 photo of Caitlin Thompson US saber team member in 2005 photo of US Saber team fencer Rebecca Ward in 2005 photo of 2005 US Saber team member Mariel Zagunis, Athens Olympic champion

U.S. National Women's Saber Coach: Ed Korfanty

photo of U.S National Women's Saber coach Ed Korfanty in 2005

Email: ekorfanty@comcast.net or oregonfencing@aol.com
Telephone: 503-452-8267
Mailing address: Ed Korfanty c/o Oregon Fencing Alliance
4840 SW Western Ave. Suite 80
Beaverton, OR 97005

We are happy to announce Leon Paul will be one of the Official Sponsors of the USA Women's Sabre Team. Leon Paul will support the team with competitive apparel of the highest quality. Leon Paul has produced cutting edge fencing equipment for almost 100 years. Located in the UK where all manufacturing takes place on site, the Paul family has been competitive fencers for many, many years. Members of the family have competed in 20 Olympic Games and 30 World Championships and have been a cornerstone of British fencing. Today the fourth generation of this family of fencers continue to make innovations for their top of the line fencing equipment. In partnership with the USA Sabre Foundation we are proud to have Leon Paul as part of our team. Visit their website at: http://www.leonpaulusa.com/

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Federation Internationale D'escrime
U. S. Olympic Team

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