Maya Lawrence (born 1980)[1] is an American fencer and was part of the United States Fencing Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she competed in the individual and team épée events in the fencing competition. She won a bronze medal in the women's team épée alongside Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hurley, and Susie Scanlan.
 Lawrence at the 2013 World Fencing Championships | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Princeton University | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Michel Sebastiani | ||||||||||||||
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Biography
editLawrence grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School, where she took up fencing as a sophomore before graduating in 1998. Her parents are Pat Lawrence, Teaneck High School's fencing coach, and Reginald Lawrence, who has been a sports official in New Jersey.[2]
In 2002, Lawrence graduated with honors from Princeton University with a double major in political science and African-American studies. A member of Princeton's fencing team, she was selected as an All-American and earned Ivy League honors during all four years of her attendance there. While at Princeton and after graduating, she was coached by Michel Sebastiani.[3]
She earned a Master's degree in English as a Second Language instruction in 2007 from Teachers College, Columbia University.[2] While studying for her degree, she continued to fence.[3]
Lawrence competed as part of the United States Fencing Team at the 2012 London Olympics in the individual and team épée events in the fencing competition. She won a bronze medal in the women's team épée, alongside Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hurley, and Susie Scanlan.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Maya Lawrence, USA Fencing. Accessed April 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Staff. "Teaneck's Maya Lawrence to represent USA fencing at Olympics", The Record (Bergen County), April 17, 2012. Accessed April 17, 2012.
- ^ a b c David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, and Mark Dyreson (2023). Black Mercuries; African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 217-18.
