Monique Kavelaars

Monique Kavelaars

Monique Kavelaars (born March 20, 1971 in Appin, Ontario) is a Canadian fencer. She was part of Team Canada's women's epée team who finished fourth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. She is the only Canadian woman to ever win an individual match, in Epée Fencing, at an Olympic Event on August 15, 2004. She trains and lives in Toronto. She belong to the Toronto Fencing Club.

She was Miss Teen Canada in 1989. She has a twin sister named Ingrid Kavelaars who was runner-up in 1987 at that same pageant, but won Miss Teen London Ontario in 1987 and is currently an actress. They also have an older sister named Annette Kavelaars who won the Miss London Ontario pageant in 1984 and competed in the Miss Canada pageant. In total there are five siblings - four daughters and one son, Monique and Ingrid being the youngest. Monique's eldest sister, Marycatherine Kusch, is an accountant. Her brother, JJ Kavelaars is an astronomer. Their father John is a farmer and mother Anne is a homemaker. They live in Appin, Ontario.

Her sister Ingrid was a main character on the TV show Jeremiah, which aired from 2002 to 2004. In one episode, Ingrid taught Luke Perry how to fence, alluding to a shared childhood in fencing training.

Monique is married to Andreas Karlsson on June 30, 2004 and lives in Toronto and Sweden.

Monique graduated high school from the Regina Mundi College in London, Ontario and York University in Toronto.

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