2025-26 Fencing Roster
Klaire Gieleghem
- Year:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Gales Ferry, Conn.
Prior to Ohio State
Personal
- Trained with Sword in the Scroll Fencing Academy
- CT Junior Olympic Qualifiers (2024–2025)
- Placed first in the 2024 Junior Olympics
- Earned gold and bronze medals at Connecticut Summer National Qualifiers and competed in both national events in 2024 and '25; finished sixth at 2025 Summer Nationals
- Champion at the 2024 Winter Classic and 2025 Eastern Connecticut Conference Tournament.
- Named Connecticut Fencer of the Year for the 2024–2025 school year
- Also was a rower and won Eastern Connecticut Conference title in 2023; also played soccer and futsol, participated in aerial gymnastics/circus and simming and diving
- President of National Art Honor Society and involved in National Honor Society
- Graduated with Highest Honors and Presidential Academic Recognition
- Earned AAPPL Seal of Biliteracy
Personal
- Parents are Ryan and Elizabeth
- Sister Kathryn is a pole valuter at UConn and has two younger sisters, Khloe and Keira
- Art and technology major and plans to pursue a career in the animation industry, with a focus on 2D animation and storyboarding
- Illustrator for Alphabittles picture book series
- Enjoys being on the water, especially rowing or kayaking; loves listening to music; passion in all forms of art, especially painting and drawing
- Got into fencing in 2021 when exploring a sport to compete in a the start of high school
- Has lived in California, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Canada
- Part of Cirque du Soleil while living in Canada and would occasionally perform; learned to ride a unicycle during that time
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