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Sharon Monplaisir

Sharon Monplaisir
Personal information
Born (1960-11-03) November 3, 1960 (age 64)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Sport
SportFencing

Sharon Monplaisir (born November 3, 1960) is an American foil fencer. She competed at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] She was also on the gold-winning United States fencing team at the 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games, and was a four-time NCAA All-American fencer.[2]

Monplaisir is the subject of children's non-fiction chapter book, Sword of a Champion by Doreen and Michael Greenberg, in the Anything You Can Do... series from Wish Publishing.[3] She is also the model/subject for the exercise book, Get a Gold Medal Butt by Gary Guerriero and Mary Leonard.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sharon Monplaisir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
  2. ^ Lamb, Yanick Rice (January 1996). "Olympic legends". Essence. 26 (9): 90. ISSN 0014-0880 – via EBSCOhost MasterFile Premier.
  3. ^ Greenberg, Doreen L.; Greenberg, Michael A. (2000). Sword of a champion : the story of Sharon Monplaisir. Terre Haute, Ind.: Wish Pub. ISBN 1930546394. OCLC 46896834.


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