Jessica Guo Explained

Jessica Guo
Birth Date:23 June 2005
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height:1.64 m
Country:Canada
Weapon:Foil
Hand:Left-handed
Club:Jinko Fencing Club
Headcoach:Jin Ko

Jessica Zi Jia Guo (born 23 June 2005)[1] is a Canadian left-handed foil fencer.

Career

In 2019, Guo won the silver medal in the women's foil event at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.[2] [3] [4] In the final, she lost against American Lee Kiefer.[4] [5] [6]

Guo represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] She competed in the women's foil and women's team foil events. She advanced to the Table of 16 in individual foil, and helped Canada to a fifth-place finish in team foil.

In 2021, Guo won the Cadet Women's Foil World Championship in Cairo, Egypt.

On 6 April 2022, Guo successfully defended her Cadet Women's Foil World Championship title in Dubai. In the final match of women’s foil, Guo faced Great Britain’s Carolina Stutchbury, winning with a 15-7 score. In the semifinal round, Stutchbury won against Japan’s Rino Nagase, 15-10, while Guo defeated Italy’s Matilde Molinari, 15-11.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jessica Guo. Team Canada.
  2. News: Pavitt. Michael. Rubén Limardo beats brother to claim third straight Pan American Games épée title. 6 August 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. April 16, 2020.
  3. News: Strong. Gregory. Teenage Toronto fencer Jessica Guo nabs Pan Am silver. August 5, 2019. The Star. April 18, 2020.
  4. News: Woods. David. 16 December 2019. Brownsburg cyclist Chloe Dygert Owen honors late teammate after winning gold. IndyStar. 24 May 2020.
  5. Web site: Fencing Results Book. 2019 Pan American Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200306144947/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/FE_Results_Book_1.0.pdf. 6 March 2020. 24 May 2020.
  6. Web site: Kiefer Lee, Fencer information. FIE Official Website . April 1, 2021.
  7. News: Awad. Brandi. Nine fencers en garde for Team Canada at Tokyo 2020. Canadian Olympic Committee. 20 May 2021. 20 May 2021.
  8. https://fie.org/articles/1174 Hong Kong China’s Cheng, Canada’s Guo Win Men’s and Women’s Cadet Foil Gold at 2022 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai