Lauren Scruggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Queens, New York, U.S. | January 27, 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weapon | Foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hand | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Peter Westbrook Foundation, Fencers Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Sean McClain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIE ranking | 4 (women's foil, August 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lauren Scruggs (born January 27, 2003) is an American left-handed foil fencer.[1] Scruggs won a silver medal in women's individual foil at the 2024 Summer Olympics, making her the first Black American woman to win an individual fencing medal.[2] She also won a gold medal in women's team foil at the same Olympics, along with Lee Kiefer, Jackie Dubrovich, and Maia Weintraub. Scruggs competes for the Harvard Crimson team in collegiate fencing. She has won an NCAA championship and is one of two black fencers from the United States to have won an individual world championship.[3]