Anne-Elizabeth Stone

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Anne-Elizabeth Stone
Anne-Elizabeth Stone podium 2013 Fencing WCH SFS-EQ t215609.jpg
Stone at the 2013 World Fencing Championships
Personal information
Full nameAnne-Elizabeth Leigh Stone
Born (1990-12-31) December 31, 1990 (age 31)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
NationalityAmerican
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachEd Korfanty
ClubPrinceton University
Head coach
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Wuxi Individual
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Cartagena Individual

Anne-Elizabeth Stone, commonly known as Eliza Stone, (born December 31, 1990) is an American sabre fencer.[1] Her results include an individual bronze medal at the 2018 World Fencing Championships and a team gold medal in the 2014 World Championships.

Career[]

Stone grew up fencing with her younger brother and sister in Chicago. She first took ballet lessons. She switched to fencing at the age of ten after her father saw a flier for a fencing club at a pizza parlor and thought it would be a good sport for his children.[2] All three ended up fencing for Princeton University.

Stone joined the US national team in the 2012–13 season, during which she took the silver medal in the Pan American Championships after being defeated in the final by two-time Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis. In the 2013 World Championships at Budapest, she was stopped in the second round by of Poland. In the team event, the United States defeated Belarus and Azerbaijan before being stopped in the semi-finals by Russia. They then topped Italy to earn the bronze medal.

The next season, Stone climbed her first World Cup podium in Dakar.[3] A second bronze followed in the Moscow Grand Prix. In the 2014 World Championships at Kazan, Stone was stopped in the third round by Poland's Aleksandra Socha. In the team event, the United States prevailed over Kazakhstan, China, then Ukraine and met France in the final. They won 45-39 to take the gold medal.[4]

At the 2018 World Fencing Championships in Wuxi, Stone finished with a bronze medal for her best individual result to date, falling in the semi-finals to eventual champion Sofia Pozdniakova.[5] In January 2019, she achieved the No. 1 individual ranking in the United States for Women's Saber.[6] In June 2019 she won her first gold medal at the Pan-American Games, and as a result achieved a career high ranking of 5th in the world.[7]

In 2013 Stone obtained a BA in political science from Princeton University.

She qualified to represent the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She competed individually and in the team event alongside teammates Mariel Zagunis, Dagmara Wozniak, and Francesca Russo.

References[]

  1. ^ "Eliza Stone". Team USA. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Philip Hersh (May 3, 2013). "Saber-rattling fits the family Stone". The Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ US Fencing (ed.). "Eliza Stone wins first Individual medal at Dakar senior World Cup".
  4. ^ Philip Hersh (July 21, 2014). "Chicago fencer Stone wins world team gold". The Chicago Tribune.
  5. ^ "Eliza Stone wins first U.S. Women's Individual Sabre World Championship Medal since 2014".
  6. ^ "Eliza Stone Earns 9th place finish in Salt Lake City".
  7. ^ Henneman, Kristen (2019-06-30). "Eliza Stone Clinches First Pan Am Title". USA Fencing. Retrieved 2019-06-30.

External links[]

  • Profile at the US Fencing Federation


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