Jessica Guo
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| Born | June 23, 2005 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weapon | Foil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Jinko Fencing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Jin Ko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jessica Zi Jia Guo (born 23 June 2005)[1] is a Canadian left-handed foil fencer.
Career[edit]
In 2019, Guo won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[2][3][4] In the final, she lost against American Lee Kiefer.[4][5][6]
Guo represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She competed in the women's foil and women's team foil events. She advanced to the Table of 16 in individual foil, and helped Canada to a fifth-place finish in team foil.
In 2021, Guo won the Cadet Women's Foil World Championship in Cairo, Egypt.
On 6 April 2022, Guo successfully defended her Cadet Women's Foil World Championship title in Dubai. In the final match of women’s foil, Guo faced Great Britain’s Carolina Stutchbury, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Stutchbury won against Japan’s Rino Nagase, 15-10, while Guo defeated Italy’s Matilde Molinari, 15-11.[8]
She competes for the Harvard Crimson fencing team.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jessica Guo". Team Canada.
- ^ Pavitt, Michael (August 6, 2019). "Rubén Limardo beats brother to claim third straight Pan American Games épée title". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Strong, Gregory (August 5, 2019). "Teenage Toronto fencer Jessica Guo nabs Pan Am silver". The Star. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Woods, David (December 16, 2019). "Brownsburg cyclist Chloe Dygert Owen honors late teammate after winning gold". IndyStar. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "Fencing Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
- ^ "Kiefer Lee, Fencer information". FIE Official Website. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (May 20, 2021). "Nine fencers en garde for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ Hong Kong China’s Cheng, Canada’s Guo Win Men’s and Women’s Cadet Foil Gold at 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai, FIE
- ^ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/3/20/guo-olympic-fencing-team/
External links[edit]
- Jessica Zi Jia Guo at the International Fencing Federation
- Jessica Zi Jia Guo at Olympedia
- Jessica Zi Jia Guo at the Canadian Olympic Committee
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- Living people
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- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Canadian female foil fencers
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers for Canada
- World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships medalists
- 21st-century Canadian women
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