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2021-22 Women's Fencing

Cindy Gao (she/her/hers)

  • Position EPEE
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool University of Toronto Schools
  • Hometown Toronto, Ontario

Biography

Senior (2020-21): 
Team co-captain.

Junior (2019-20):
Recorded a record of 63-41 on the season with a plus-51 touch differential...Went 12-11 at NCAA Northeast Regionals and placed in the top-10...Qualified for NCAA Championships...Named All-American Honorable Mention and Second Team Northeast All-Region. 

Sophomore (2018-19):
Named to All-Ivy second team…Finished ninth at NCAA Regionals… Tabbed +7-touches on eight victories at the Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10)… Aided the Crimson women to its 13th straight Beanpot title (Feb. 13).

First-year (2017-18):
Claimed bronze at the NCAA Championships with a 17-6 mark and plus-23 touch differential ... Earned All-America first team honors ... Tallied a 17-6 record with a plus-26 touch differential at the NCAA Regionals ... Named to the All-Ivy first team ... Registered a 15-3 record record and team-high plus-42 touch differential at the Ivy League Championships ... Went 4-1 against Tufts and Wellesley with a plus-14 touch differential ... Posted a perfect 15-0 record at the Tradition Tournament with a plus-40 touch differential ... Finished in ninth at the Penn State Open. 

Before Harvard: 
Named National Fencing Athlete of the Year during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons … Senior National Champion in 2017 … Finished third at the 2017 Junior Pan American Games … At the 2017 Pan American Games, finished first … Won the Cadet North American Cup in 2016 and finished sixth at the Cadet World Championships that same year … Earned Dr. T.M. Porter Memorial Scholarship for highest average in 2014-15

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First-Year

    Epee
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2019-20Junior

    Epee
  • 2021-22Senior

    EPEE