18-year-old Magda Skarbonkiewicz will be the youngest members of the U.S. saber fencing team.
PORTLAND, Oregon — 18-year-old Magda Skarbonkiewicz is living a dream. She’s part of the U.S. saber fencing team going to the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris in July.
Fencing is in her blood.
“From the very beginning I was sort of born into fencing family,” Skarbonkiewicz said. “My dad almost made the Olympics in 1996. He didn’t have his citizenship in time so he couldn’t compete because he originally came from Poland.”
She has been fencing since she was six, training at the Oregon Fencing Alliance in Portland and coached by her dad. When she was 13-years-old, he gave her a choice: compete nationally or go all in and try to make it to the biggest stage.
“So that’s when I was like ok, I’m going to take that route because there’s potential there. I wanted to see how far it could get me. It’s a different …
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