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Fencing Scholars

Fencing Scholar

Francesca Sparrowhawk

Academic courseLaw LLB

Hometown: London, UK

Best sporting achievement/personal best: 

Securing promotion of the women’s 1 fencing team to premiership, as Women’s Captain, at the end of last season Individually, winning my first medal at an open level competition last season.

What is your number one sporting or academic goal this year on the Sports Scholarship Scheme? 

To break into the top 50 for women’s foil.

What was your favourite moment from the Paris Olympics this summer? 

Lee Kiefer’s gold medal match against Lauren Scruggs in the Women’s Foil Final. It was a firm, skilled and decisive victory and showed why she is a two time Olympic champion and world no.1.