Rafael Suárez (fencer)

Rafael Suárez
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1972-03-23) 23 March 1972
Caracas
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportFencing
ClubMasters Fencing Club
Coached byOrlando Suárez
Now coachingHead Coach Masters Fencing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1996, 2000
Highest world rankingCurrent Vets World Ranking 3
Medal record
Men's Fencing
Representing  United States
World Championships
2024 Dubai Individual Vets Foil
2024 Dubai Team Vets Foil
World Championships
2022 Zadar Individual Vets Foil
World Cups
2010 Margarita Individual Foil
Representing  Venezuela
World Cups
1997 Valencia Team Senior Foil
1989 Hamburg Individual Junior Foil
World Championships
1989 Lisboa Individual Cadet Foil
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Individual Foil
1999 Winnipeg Team Foil
1995 Mar de Plata Individual Foil
Pan American Championships
1992 Merida Individual Junior Foil
1992 Merida Team Junior Foil
1991 New York Individual Junior Foil
Central American and Caribbean Games
1998 Maracaibo Team Foil
1993 Ponce Individual Foil
1993 Ponce Team Foil
1990 Mexico Individual Foil
1990 Mexico Team Foil
Central American and Caribbean Championships
1992 Cali Individual Foil
1992 Cali Team Foil
1991 Barquisimeto Individual Foil
1991 Barquisimeto Team Foil
Sur American Championships
1990 São Paulo Individual Junior Foil
1990 São Paulo Team Foil
1989 Porto Alegre Individual Junior Foil
1989 Porto Alegre Team Foil
1989 Porto Alegre Individual Cadet Foil
1988 Buenos Aires Individual Cadet Foil
1987 Caracas Individual Cadet Foil

Rafael Suárez (born 23 March 1972) is a Venezuelan Olympian fencer and USA International Team fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1996 Summer Olympics[1] and individual at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He is a former United States Fencing Association Athlete Representative of Men's Foil [4] and member of the Scholastic/Collegiate Task Force Committee.[5] He hold the Athlete Representative position from 2010 until 2016. Suárez is the current Chairman of the Gold Coast Florida Division of the US Fencing.

In June 2010 Suárez competed in the Senior World Cup for the US Team winning a bronze medal in the individual event. [6]

Suárez is a world class coach. He was an Olympics Coach in the Men's Foil event in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

References

  1. ^ "Sunshine State Games". Miami Herald, 28 June 2014
  2. ^ "Rafael Suárez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Rafael Suárez Fencing". mastersfencingclub.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Rafael Suárez Athlete Representative". usfencing.org/. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Rafael Suárez Committee". usfencing.org/. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  6. ^ "A Look Back at the 2010 Sunshine State Games". Florida Sports. 2010.