Emily Cross
Emily Ruth Cross is a U.S. foil fencer who was a member of the 2008 Olympics U.S. Women's foil team. She is best known for helping win the team foil silver medal for the U.S. at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, along with teammates Erinn Smart and Hanna Thompson.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Cross attended the Brearley School in New York City and fenced first at Metropolis Fencing Club and then at the NY Fencers Club. Her coach is Michael Petin.
She graduated from Harvard College and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently a pediatrics resident at Boston Children's Hospital.
At Harvard she was Academic All-Ivy League in 2004-05, and 2005-06.
She was also a co-recipient of the Radcliffe Prize as Harvard's top female athlete, and as its top female scholar-athlete she received the Harvard-Radcliffe Foundation for Women's Athletics Prize.
In 2001 she won a bronze medal at the USA Fencing National Championships. She won a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. In 2004, she won gold medals in both the U19 Foil and U19 Epee at the USA Fencing National Championships. In 2005, she won gold medals at the Junior World Championships, NCAA Championships, and USA Fencing National Championships. In 2006, she won gold medals at the NCAA Championships and the Junior World Championships. In 2007, she won a bronze medal in the Pan American Championships. In 2008, in addition to her Olympic performance, she won a gold medal at the Pan American Championships.Career
Cross competed in her first national tournament at age 11.Miscellaneous
Cross has stated that her favorite person to fence is Italian foil superstar Giovanna Trillini.
