Sherraine Schalm

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datebirth= June 21, 1975
placebirth= Brooks, Alberta, Canada
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Sherraine Schalm, formerly Sherraine Schalm-MacKay (born June 21 1975), is a top-ranked Canadian Olympic épée fencer, World Cup medal winner, elementary school teacher and author. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa. At the 2005 FIE World Championships in Fencing she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. A year later, in 2006, she won the overall World Cup title.

Born in Brooks, Alberta, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the Olympic Games and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games. She has competed at two Olympic games, finishing 19th in individual épée in 2000. In 2004 she finished 18th in the individual event, and fourth in the team event. [cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/olympians/story/2008/08/01/f-olympics-fencing-sherraine.html |title=Sherraine Schalm’s wit sharp as her sword|author=Randi Druzin|accessdate=2008-08-02|date=2008-08-01|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]

Schalm published a memoir, "Running With Swords" (under the name Sherraine MacKay), in 2005.

In the 2008 Olympic Games, Schalm was widely expected to challenge for a medal, but lost in the first round. [cite web |url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=18408366-1639-45b1-a70b-53b94aecaafd |title=Fencer Schalm out in first bout |publisher=Canada.com |date=Wednesday, August 13, 2008]

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