Becca Ward win Cadet and Junior and Seniour World Championships!
Leon Paul team member Rebecca Ward has won the Cadet and junior world Championships in Korea and the World Championships in Torino. Everyone here at Leon Paul USA would like to congratulate Becca.
In October 2006, Ward became the new world champion of women’s sabre at the World Fencing Championships in Italy. She defeated the 2004 Olympic gold medalist and club mate Mariel Zagunis, 15 -11, in the final to win. This win earned her the USOC Female Athlete of the Month for October. At the age of 16, she became the youngest fencing world champion and became the first fencer in history to hold the cadet, junior and senior world championship titles in a single season. Her win also made her the first U.S. fencer to win the individual women’s sabre world championship medal. In May 2007, Ward won the silver medal in the sabre event, at both the Hanoi Women’s World Cup and the England World Cup. Also in the month of May, she won the gold medal at the Klagenfurt Women’s World Cup. At the Las Vegas Grand Prix in June, Ward won the gold medal defeating 2000 Olympic silver medalist Xue Tan. Her win at Las Vegas made her the World Cup Champion for the 2006-2007 season. Ward is also ranked No. 1 in the world in the saber by the International Fencing Federation (FIE) ranking list.
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