Rafael Suárez

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] Suárez is the current Chairman of the Gold Coast Florida Division of the US Fencing.

For the Venezuelan composer, conductor, and arranger, see Rafael Suárez (composer).

Rafael Suárez
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1972-03-23) 23 March 1972
Sport
SportFencing
ClubMasters Fencing Club
Coached byOrlando Suarez
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1996, 2000
Medal record
Men’s Fencing
Representing  Venezuela
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Foil
1995 Mar de Plata Foil
1991 La Havana Foil
Central American and Caribbean Games
1993 Ponce Foil
1993 Ponce Team foil
1990 Mexico Foil
1990 Mexico Team foil

In June 2010 Suárez competed in the 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.


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