Nicole Ross

Nicole Ross (born January 15, 1989) is an American foil fencer. Fencing for the Columbia Lions fencing team, she won the 2010 NCAA individual women's foil title, and was a three time All-American. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in individual women's foil, coming in 25th, while in the team event she and her teammates came in sixth. At the 2018 World Championships, she and Team USA won the gold medal in the women's team foil event.

She represented the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

Early and personal life Ross was born in Manhattan in New York City, and was raised on the Upper West Side, and is Jewish. She graduated Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School in 2007 and then completed a B.A. in Art History from Columbia University in 2013. As of 2022, she is studying for her master's in psychology at The New School, and hopes to pursue a PhD in clinical psychology.

Fencing career

Team USA (from left: Nzingha Prescod, Sabrina Massialas, Nicole Ross, and Lee Kiefer) in 2015. Ross took up fencing at the age of 9, inspired by The Princess Bride. She was part of the USA's gold medal-winning 2009 Junior World Championship team in Belfast. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Ross competed in the women's foil, and reached the second round where she was defeated 8–15, and came in 25th in the individual event. In the team event, she and Team USA came in sixth. She won a gold medal at the 2019 Pan American Games team championship.

At the 2017 World Championships, Lee Kiefer, Margaret Lu, Nzingha Prescod, and Ross won the silver medal in the women's team foil event. At the 2018 World Championships she and Team USA won the gold medal in team foil, and at the 2019 World Championships they won the bronze medal.

Ross represented the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.