Jacqueline Dubrovich ( ; born July 18, 1994) is a two-time Olympic foil fencerJackie Dubrovich, Team USA. Accessed July 22, 2019. for the United States. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in Women's Foil and won a historic gold medal as part of Team USA in Women's Team Foil.Zimmer, David M. "Jackie Dubrovich of Riverdale wins gold medal with U.S. women's fencing team", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 1, 2024. Accessed August 1, 2024. "New Jersey's Jackie Dubrovich is bringing home an unprecedented Olympic gold medal in team fencing. A Riverdale native now living in Maplewood, Dubrovich, 30, joined fellow Team USA foil fencers Lee Kiefer, Lauren Scruggs and Maia Weintraub on Thursday in winning the gold medal match over Italy."
In fall 2024, Jackie opened up Polaris Fencing Center in Orange, New Jersey, alongside her fiancé, Brian Kaneshige. She has been a resident of Maplewood, New Jersey.
Early life Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Dubrovich was raised in Riverdale, New Jersey, and attended Pompton Lakes High School. She traveled the world at a young age, competing in fencing and making multiple Cadet and Junior National Teams. Her parents emigrated to the United States from Belarus in the late 1980s, and she comes from Jewish descent.Berg, Aimee. "Jewish fencers make up nearly a third of the 2024 US Olympic fencing team in Paris", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, July 29, 2024. Accessed October 21, 2024.
She graduated from Columbia University in 2016 with degrees in psychology, Human Rights, and Russian Literature and Culture.
In her time at Columbia University, she was a two-time captain of the fencing team, four-time All-American (2 silvers and 1 bronze individually), four-time All-Ivy and two-time NCAA Team Champion in 2015 and 2016.
Fencing career Dubrovich represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she won the gold medal with her team in Women's Team Foil."Jacqueline Dubrovich," olympics.com."Olympic Fencing Results," WTOP News. This medal was the first time a USA Fencing team has won an Olympic gold medal in the history of the sport.
She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and her team finished 4th.
Dubrovich competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt, where she won a Team Silver medal.
Dubrovich participated in the 2019 World Fencing Championships, winning a Team Bronze medal.
Dubrovich has won three career Individual World Cup Medals—a Bronze at the 2021 St. Maur, France World Cup, a Bronze at the 2024 Cairo, Egypt World Cup and a Bronze at the Hong Kong World Cup.
Medal record Olympic Games YearLocationEventPosition2024 Paris, FranceTeam Women's Foil1st
World Championship YearLocationEventPosition2019 Budapest, HungaryTeam Women's Foil3rd2022 Le Caire, EgyptTeam Women's Foil2nd
World Cup DateLocationEventPosition2022-12-09 Belgrade, SerbiaTeam Women's Foil2nd2023-02-23 Cairo, EgyptTeam Women's Foil2nd2024-02-24 Cairo, EgyptIndividual Women's Foil3rd2024-05-02 Hong Kong, ChinaIndividual Women's Foil3rd
Pan American Championship YearLocationEventPosition2022 Asunción, ParaguayIndividual Women's Foil3rd2022 Asunción, ParaguayTeam Women's Foil2nd2023 Lima, PeruTeam Women's Foil2nd2024 Lima, PeruIndividual Women's Foil3rd2024 Lima, PeruTeam Women's Foil1st
See also List of select Jewish fencers List of Jewish Olympic medalists
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Jacqueline Dubrovich Interview on Shop Morris County