Completed Event: Fencing at NCAA Championship on March 20, 2025 , , 12th
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Final
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2024-25 Fencing Roster
Olsen, Natalie
Natalie Olsen
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bethesda, Md.
Bio
Honors: NCAA Qualifier (2024) ... USFCA first team All-Region (2024) ... USFCA All-Academic Team (2024) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2025) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2024)
2025: Experienced action in four regular-season events with a 33-19 record … Booked a 17-9 record during the Philly Invitational ... Earned a season second-best nine victories at the Elite Invitational ... Helped Duke to a 15-12 upset at No. 1 Harvard with a 2-1 mark, including a third round victory as Duke broke a 3-3 saber tie with the final three wins ... Turned in a 9-8 overall record during the ACC Championship to help the women advance to the team gold medal match versus Notre Dame ... Placed fifth during the individual portion of the ACC event and earned the No. 4 seed for the quarterfinals ... Competed at regionals and took 17th ... A member of the All-ACC Academic Team ... Earned a place on Duke's Spring 2025 Dean's List.
2024: Qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championship as a freshman and finished 24th overall … Competed in all six regular-season events and compiled a 37-13 regular-season record … Captured a 17-3 ledger at the Philadelphia Invitational … Finished fifth at regionals to earn USFCA first team All-Region honors … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Comes to Durham from Bethesda, Md., where she attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School ... Member of the Nazlymov Fencing Club under Fikrat Valiyev and Vitali Nazlymov ... Placed in the top eight at the 2023 Junior Olympics ... Finished top 16 in Division I at the 2022 January North American Cup ... Gold Medalist at the 2020 Baltimore SJCC ... Earned top 16 finishes in juniors at the 2022 Summer Nationals, April North American Cups and Junior Olympics ... Member of the National Honor Society and is an AP Scholar. Â
Personal: Daughter of Cathy and Bill Olsen ... Born October 14, 2004 ... Dad was on the Columbia soccer team (1987-90).
2025: Experienced action in four regular-season events with a 33-19 record … Booked a 17-9 record during the Philly Invitational ... Earned a season second-best nine victories at the Elite Invitational ... Helped Duke to a 15-12 upset at No. 1 Harvard with a 2-1 mark, including a third round victory as Duke broke a 3-3 saber tie with the final three wins ... Turned in a 9-8 overall record during the ACC Championship to help the women advance to the team gold medal match versus Notre Dame ... Placed fifth during the individual portion of the ACC event and earned the No. 4 seed for the quarterfinals ... Competed at regionals and took 17th ... A member of the All-ACC Academic Team ... Earned a place on Duke's Spring 2025 Dean's List.
2024: Qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championship as a freshman and finished 24th overall … Competed in all six regular-season events and compiled a 37-13 regular-season record … Captured a 17-3 ledger at the Philadelphia Invitational … Finished fifth at regionals to earn USFCA first team All-Region honors … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Comes to Durham from Bethesda, Md., where she attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School ... Member of the Nazlymov Fencing Club under Fikrat Valiyev and Vitali Nazlymov ... Placed in the top eight at the 2023 Junior Olympics ... Finished top 16 in Division I at the 2022 January North American Cup ... Gold Medalist at the 2020 Baltimore SJCC ... Earned top 16 finishes in juniors at the 2022 Summer Nationals, April North American Cups and Junior Olympics ... Member of the National Honor Society and is an AP Scholar. Â
Personal: Daughter of Cathy and Bill Olsen ... Born October 14, 2004 ... Dad was on the Columbia soccer team (1987-90).
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