Hanna Thompson

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Hanna Thompson (born November 1, 1983, in Rochester, New York) is an American foil and sabre fencer who was a member of the 2008 Olympics U.S. Women's foil team, which won the silver medal.

A 2006 graduate of Ohio State University, Thompson was a four-time NCAA All-America and helped the Buckeyes capture the 2004 NCAA National Championship. Thompson also placed third individually at the NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2004 and helped Ohio State capture four consecutive Midwest Championship titles.

Thompson has also competed with six national teams and two junior squads, earning a third-place team medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani, Italy. In 2005, she won a Senior National Championship with the Rochester Fencing Club and also helped that squad bring in five senior team titles.

Thompson served as a volunteer assistant coach at Ohio State from 2005–07 and assistant coach at Duke from 2009-2010.

She graduated from Golden Gate University law school and passed the State Bar of California in 2013, and the State Bar of Hawaii in 2015. She currently works as a litigator.

Competition record

  • 2008 - Member of the U.S. Olympic Team, Beijing, China
  • 2007 - Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - silver medal individual
  • 2005 - National Champion

See also

References

  • {{Cite web|url= http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204798923 |title= Hanna Thompson (assistant coach) |publisher= Duke University}}
  • {{Cite web|url= http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/c-fenc/spec-rel/102908aaa.html |title= Fencing: Ohio State Hosts OSU Duals Saturday |publisher= Ohio State University}}
  • {{Cite web|url= http://usfencing.org/athletes/hanna-thompson |title= Hannah Thompson |publisher= USA Fencing |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120213174754/http://usfencing.org/athletes/hanna-thompson |archive-date= February 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

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Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:American female foil fencers

Category:Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in fencing

Category:Sportspeople from Rochester, New York

Category:Golden Gate University School of Law alumni

Category:Fencers at the 2007 Pan American Games

Category:Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games

Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing

Category:21st-century American sportswomen

Category:American female sabre fencers

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