SCHENKEL Eli

Personal Information

Family Partner Eleanor Harvey

Occupation Athlete, Coach

Languages English, Spanish

Higher education Economics - St. John's University: New York, NY, USA

License number 11091992000

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Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? He began fencing at age 10.

Why this sport? He stumbled across a fencing club while he was on his way to a shopping centre. "I had tried a bunch of activities like piano, tennis, and different team sports but nothing really resonated quite the way that fencing did. I happened to be walking by a fencing club as my mum was telling my brother and I, 'You're getting out of shape, you need to start doing an extra-curricular activity in order to get into university'. So my brother and I saw this facility, we saw the weird location. There were metal strips on the ground and a bunch of wires on the ceiling. So we were like, 'I wonder what kind of a room this is'. We gave it a shot and we stuck with it."

Handedness Right

General Interest

Most influential person in career His older brother Joseph. (redstormsports.com, 2014)

Sporting philosophy / motto "Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." [Arthur Schopenhauer] (olympic.ca, 11 Jun 2015)

Famous relatives His partner Eleanor Harvey represented Canada in fencing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 05 Apr 2022; Instagram profile, 28 Feb 2022)

Other information OCCUPATION
He has worked as creative director for a festival marketing and advertising app. He also served as creative director and talent acquisition for True Athelite, a sports apparel and fashion company, between 2014 and 2016. He has worked as an executive assistant for Startup Boost, a global tech startup pre-accelerator programme, and has founded an online fencing platform offering tips, coaching, and equipment. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020; sclass.ca, 01 Jan 2020; Twitter profile, 26 Feb 2016)

COACH
He has worked as a coach for Empire United Fencing at a number of schools in New York, NY, United States of America. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)

EDUCATION
In addition to his degree in economics from St. John's University in New York, he has studied for a certificate in performance athletic footwear from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, NY, United States of America. He also studied for a master's degree in entrepreneurial studies from Durham University Business School in England. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)