Vanessa Dib • Junior Canadian National Team 2020 • Left-Handed Coach: Peter Ho Academic Honor: • Recipient of 2020 Academic All-Ivy (1 out of 80 students selected across 8 Ivy League Institutions)

Rating: A18Handedness: RightCadet National Team: 2018, 2019Junior National Team: 2018, 2019Cadet RankingCanada: 1stUS: 3rdJunior RankingCanada: 2ndUS: 18thInternational: 15th– 1st Junior: Pan American Championships 2019– 2nd Cadet: October NAC 2018– 2nd Senior: Canada Cup 2019– 3rd Junior Canada Cup 2019– 6th Cadet: 2018 November NAC– 11th Division 1: December NAC 2018– 12th Cadet: Klagenfurt Cadet Euro Circuit 2018– 15th Cadet Team: Bratislava Cadet European Circuit 2018– 16th Junior Team: Sabac Junior World Cup 2018– 20th Junior: November NAC 2018– 23rd Junior: January NAC 2019– 52nd Junior: Luxembourg Junior World Cup 2018– 54th Division 1: January NAC 2018

Rating: A18, Handedness: Left25th 2018 Bratislava European Cadet Circuit1st 2018 Cadet Canada Cup3rd 2018 Cadet Pan American Championships52nd 2018 Cadet World Championships2nd 2018 Cadet Canadian National Championships6th 2018 Cadet November North American Cup14th 2018 Havana Junior Wold Cup3rd 2019 Junior Pan American Championships (Teams)

It took Cindy Gao eight years to earn bragging rights as Canada’s top female fencer. The 18-year-old who calls Toronto home finished third at the 2017 Junior Pan American Championship in Havana, Cuba and won the Senior National Championship title that same year. Gao was named the National Fencing Athlete of the year twice – for the 2016-2017 and 2015-2016 seasons. At the age of 16, Gao won the Junior Pan American Championship title in Cancun, Mexico. Gao did double duty in that competition, also competing in the Cadet category where she placed second. She won the North American Cup in 2016 and finished sixth at the Cadet World Championships that same year. “I started fencing in Grade 5 because my mom wanted me to…

Date of Birth: October 4, 2000 Club: Toronto Fencing Club Grade 10 average: 92.2 Rank: B16 Results and Achievements Member of the Canadian cadet foil national team 3rd CMF at Canadian national championships (Vancouver, BC) 2014 1st U15 MF at Canadian national championships (Vancouver, BC) 2014 1st team MF at Canadian national championships (Kitchener, Ontario) 2015 3rd Div II MF at Daugherty Cup (St. Louis, Missouri) 2015 3rd CMF at Canadian national championships (Gatineau, Quebec) 2015 Best Canadian Men’s Result at International European cadet circuit (Bratislava, Slovakia) 2016 Best Canadian Men’s Result at International European cadet circuit (Budapest, Hungary) 2016 9th team MF at International European cadet circuit (Bratislava, Slovakia) 2016 2nd team MF at Canadian national championships (Longueil, Quebec) 2016 3rd CMF, 2nd JMF,…

Alex Cai loves to outwit, outplay, and outlast, but he’s not playing Survivor – he’s fencing. Each time Alex Cai walks onto the piste and stands in the en garde position, he’s competing to become the sole survivor. The 17-year-old Grade 12 Toronto student won the Vancouver Canada Cup Junior Championship in January, 2017 and the Canadian National Championship in Men’s Seniors in April, 2017. At the Copenhagen Satellite World Cup in May, 2017, Cai finished 13th in Senior Men’s foil and in October, 2016 he placed 6th in Men’s Cadets at the North American Cup in Detroit. “I love the independence of the sport and enjoy the sense of competing, but not just the hitting: I like trying to outwit your opponent,” says Cai,…

Date of Birth: May 11th, 2001 Club: Toronto Fencing Club American Ranking: A16 Results and Achievements: Member of the Canadian Cadet and Junior foil national team (2015-2016) Member of the Cadet National Team (2016-2017) 3rd in SWF at Canadian National Championships (2014) 1st in CWF at Canadian National Championships (January 2015) 1st in CWF & SWF and 2nd in JWF at Ontario Championships (2015) 3rd in CWF and SWF at Canada Cup (May 2015) 1st in JWF and 2nd in CWF at Canadian National Championships (September 2015) 2nd in SWF and 3rd in CWF at Canadian National Championships (November 2015) 3rd for teams at International European Cadet Circuit in Cabrès, France (2015) Best team result Canada has ever gotten at a Cadet European Circuit 3rd…