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Home stadium
  
Malkin Athletic Center

Rivalries
  
Columbia Lions fencing

Conference
  
Ivy League

League
  
Division I (NCAA)

First season
  
1888

National Titles
  
2006

All-Americans
  
73

Mascot
  
Harvard Crimson

Ground
  
Malkin Athletic Center

Colors
  
Crimson, White, Black

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Head coach
  
Peter Brand 14th year, 306–111  (.734)

Location
  
Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Harvard Crimson fencing team is the intercollegiate fencing team for Harvard University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The team competes in the Ivy League within the NCAA Division I. The university first fielded a team in 1888. The team is currently coached by Peter Brand.

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History

Harvard founded the first collegiate fencing team in the United States in 1888. The team has captured six individual NCAA titles and produced seven Olympians, including one medalist, Emily Cross.

Harvard's Athlete of the Year Recipients

  • Emily Cross, 2006 Female
  • Benji Ungar, 2006 Male

    • Harvard's Athlete of the Year Runner-Ups

  • Tim Hagamen, 2007 Male
  • Caroline Vloka, 2010 Female

    • Other

  • Eli Dershwitz, Under-20 World Saber Champion, and US Olympic saber fencer

    • NCAA Championships Individual Winners

  • 1987 - Jim O'Neill '88 in épée.
  • 1994 - Kwame van Leeuwen '94 in foil.
  • 2005 - Emily Cross '09 in foil.
  • 2006 - Benji Ungar ’09 in épée.
  • 2007 - Tim Hagamen '07 in saber.
  • 2010 - Caroline Vloka '12 in saber.
  • 2011 - Alexandra Kiefer '14 in foil.
  • 2014 - Adrienne Jarocki '17 in saber.

    • NCAA Championships Overall

  • 2006 Champions

    • IFA Championships Individual Winners

  • 2009 - Benji Ungar ’09 in épée.
  • 2009 - Caroline Vloka '12 in saber.

    • References

    Harvard Crimson fencing Wikipedia
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