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GUO Jessica Zi Jia

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Rank6
Pts80.000
Age19
HandL

Personal Information

Occupation Student

Languages English

License number 23062005000

Club

GoldSilverBronzeTotal
World Cup--22
Novi Sad (SERBIA), 2023-12-08
Paris (FRANCE), 2024-01-11
Zone Championships-134
Toronto (CANADA), 2019-06-27Asunción (PARAGUAY), 2022-06-05
Lima (PERU), 2023-06-17
Lima (PERU), 2024-06-27
-112
Mexico City (MEXICO), 2019-09-29Barcelone (SPAIN), 2019-10-26

Sport Specific Information

When and where did you begin this sport? She began fencing at about age eight.

Why this sport? She followed her brother into the sport. "I think what really hooked me was because it's kind of a one-on-one person sport and it's very competitive."

Club / Team Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, USA

Name of coach Jed Dupree [club, national], USA; Alex Martin [national], CAN

Training Regime She trains for three hours a day, five days a week.

General Interest

Most influential person in career Her family. (thestar.com, 17 Mar 2019)

Hero / Idol US fencer Lee Kiefer. (thestar.com, 17 Mar 2019)

Awards and honours In July 2020 she was named Senior Athlete of the Year and Junior Athlete of the Year by the Canadian Fencing Federation [CFF]. (Ontario Fencing Association Facebook page, 04 Jul 2020; Huahua Fencing Facebook page, 03 Jul 2020)

Famous relatives Her sister Zi Shan Guo has represented Canada in fencing. She won individual bronze and team silver at the 2018 Pan American Championships in Havana, Cuba. (SportsDeskOnline, 22 Feb 2021; fencing.ca, 12 Apr 2019; thestar.com, 17 Mar 2019)

Ambitions To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (thecrimson.com, 20 Mar 2024)

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