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Eight fencing legends were inducted at the prestigious ceremony on July 5 during Summer Nationals in Phoenix:
Sam Cheris, former USA Fencing president and current treasurer whose contributions to fencing over more than 60 years included the introduction of age group fencing, the debut of the junior/cadet national circuit, and the development of an objective points system for team selection and tournament seeding.
Ed Donofrio, 1976 Olympian, two-time national champion and five-time national championship finalist.
Kamara James, 2004 Olympian and a consistently successful epee fencer. James, who died in 2014, was a junior world championship medalist, a grand prix medalist and the winner of multiple national titles.
Sean McClain, one of just three fencers ever to win Division I national titles in both foil (2001) and epee (1994).
John Moreau, two-time Olympian (1984 and 1988) who went on to win the 2003 Division I epee individual national championship at age 52, becoming the oldest fencer to win a Division I title.
Chris O’Loughlin, 1992 Olympian who has been an individual national champion at the junior, NCAA, senior and veteran levels.
Charlotte Remenyik, who served as the women’s fencing coach at Northwestern before joining the coaching staff at Ohio State. She made OSU history by becoming the first woman to coach a men’s varsity team. Remenyik, who died in 2011, coached 16 All-Americans.
Hanna Thompson, member of the women’s foil team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and a six-time member of the Senior World Team.
Video by Serge Timacheff. Learn more at www.usafencing...