Sherraine MacKay
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Sherraine Schalm, formerly Sherraine Schalm-MacKay (born June 21, 1975), is a top-ranked Canadian
Olympic
épée fencer
, World Cup medal winner, elementary school
teacher and author. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa
. At the 2005 FIE World Championships in Fencing
she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. A year later, in 2006, she won the overall World Cup title.
Born in Brooks, Alberta
, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the Olympic Games
and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games
. She has competed at three Summer Olympics. In 2000
she finished 19th in the individual event. In 2004
she finished 18th in the individual event, and fourth in the team event.
Schalm published a memoir
, Running With Swords (under the name Sherraine MacKay), in 2005.
In the 2008 Olympic Games, Schalm was widely expected to challenge for a medal, but lost in the first round.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Olympic
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
épée fencer
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, World Cup medal winner, elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
teacher and author. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
. At the 2005 FIE World Championships in Fencing
FIE World Championships in Fencing
The World Championships in Fencing is an annual competition organized by the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime or FIE, . The world championships are, after the Olympic Games, the most prominent international competition in the sport of fencing...
she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. A year later, in 2006, she won the overall World Cup title.
Born in Brooks, Alberta
Brooks, Alberta
Brooks is a city in southeast Alberta, Canada surrounded by the County of Newell. It is located on Highway 1 and the Canadian Pacific Railway, approximately southeast of Calgary, and northwest of Medicine Hat. The city has an elevation of .- History :The area that is now Brooks was originally...
, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the Olympic Games
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games
Pan American Games
The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
. She has competed at three Summer Olympics. In 2000
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
she finished 19th in the individual event. In 2004
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
she finished 18th in the individual event, and fourth in the team event.
Schalm published a memoir
Memoir
A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable. Memoir is autobiographical writing, but not all autobiographical writing follows the criteria for memoir set out below...
, Running With Swords (under the name Sherraine MacKay), in 2005.
In the 2008 Olympic Games, Schalm was widely expected to challenge for a medal, but lost in the first round.