Rafael Suárez

For persons of a similar name, see Rafael Suárez (disambiguation).

Rafael Suárez

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1972-03-23) 23 March 1972 (age 52) Caracas
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
Country	USA
Sport	Fencing
Club	Masters Fencing Club
Coached by	Orlando Suárez
Now coaching	Head Coach Masters Fencing Club
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	1996, 2000
Medal record Men's Fencing Representing  United States World Championships 2022 Zadar Individual Vets Foil World Cups 2010 Margarita Individual Foil Representing  Venezuela World Cups 1997 Valencia Team Senior Foil 1989 Hamburg Individual Junior Foil World Championships 1989 Lisboa Individual Cadet Foil Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Individual Foil 1999 Winnipeg Team Foil 1995 Mar de Plata Individual Foil Pan American Championships 1992 Merida Individual Junior Foil 1992 Merida Team Junior Foil 1991 New York Individual Junior Foil Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo Team Foil 1993 Ponce Individual Foil 1993 Ponce Team Foil 1990 Mexico Individual Foil 1990 Mexico Team Foil Central American and Caribbean Championships 1992 Cali Individual Foil 1992 Cali Team Foil 1991 Barquisimeto Individual Foil 1991 Barquisimeto Team Foil Sur American Championships 1990 São Paulo Individual Junior Foil 1990 São Paulo Team Foil 1989 Porto Alegre Individual Junior Foil 1989 Porto Alegre Team Foil 1989 Porto Alegre Individual Cadet Foil 1988 Buenos Aires Individual Cadet Foil 1987 Caracas Individual Cadet Foil

Rafael Suárez (born 23 March 1972) is a Venezuelan Olympian fencer and USA International Team fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1996 Summer Olympics[1] and individual at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He is a former United States Fencing Association Athlete Representative of Men's Foil [4] and member of the Scholastic/Collegiate Task Force Committee.[5] He hold the Athlete Representative position from 2010 until 2016. Suárez is the current Chairman of the Gold Coast Florida Division of the US Fencing.

In June 2010 Suárez competed in the Senior World Cup for the US Team winning a bronze medal in the individual event.[6]

References

1. "Sunshine State Games". Miami Herald, 28 June 2014
2. "Rafael Suárez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
3. "Rafael Suárez Fencing". mastersfencingclub.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. "Rafael Suárez Athlete Representative". usfencing.org/. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
5. "Rafael Suárez Committee". usfencing.org/. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
6. "A Look Back at the 2010 Sunshine State Games". Florida Sports. 2010.

External links

• Rafael Suárez at Olympedia