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Kelleigh Ryan

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Kelleigh Ryan
Ryan in 2014
Personal information
Born (1987-01-15) January 15, 1987 (age 37)
Ottawa, Ontario
Sport
CountryCanada
WeaponFoil
Medal record
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asuncion Team foil
Silver medal – second place 2008 Querétaro Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 San Salvador Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 San José Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Reno Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 Cancún Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cartagena Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 San José Individual
Silver medal – second place 2014 San José Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Santiago Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Panama City Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Montréal Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Havana Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Havana Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Toronto Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Panama City Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Toronto Individual

Kelleigh Ryan (born January 15, 1987)[1] is a Canadian Olympic fencer.

Career

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Ryan won a silver medal at the 2011 Pan American Games[1] and a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, both in the team event.[2]

She has also participated in the Pan American Fencing Championships where she won silver medals in the foil team event every year from 2008 to 2019, silver medals in the individual event in 2014 and 2018 and bronze medals in the individual event in 2016[1][3][4] and 2019.[5]

Ryan represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6]

She competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kelleigh Ryan". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Canada wins fencing gold". CBC. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Canada Finishes with Eight Medals at the 2018 Pan Am Fencing Championships". Canadian Fencing Federation. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Fencer - RYAN Kelleigh - CANADA - FIE - International Fencing Federation". fie.org. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Canada Wins Four Medals on Day One of the 2019 Senior Pan American Fencing Championships". Canadian Fencing Federation. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. ^ Awad, Brandi (20 May 2021). "Nine fencers en garde for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 May 2021.