Jacqueline Dubrovich


Jacqueline Dubrovich is a two-time Olympic foil fencer for the United States. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France in Women's Foil and won a historic gold medal as part of Team USA in Women's Team Foil.
In fall 2024, Jackie opened up Polaris Fencing Center in Orange, New Jersey, alongside her fiancé, Brian Kaneshige. She has been a resident of Maplewood, New Jersey.

Early life

Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Dubrovich was raised in Riverdale, New Jersey, and attended Pompton Lakes High School. She traveled the world at a young age, competing in fencing and making multiple Cadet and Junior National Teams.
Her parents emigrated to the United States from Belarus in the late 1980s, and she comes from Jewish descent.
She graduated from Columbia University in 2016 with degrees in Psychology, Human Rights, and Russian Literature and Culture.
In her time at Columbia University, she was a two-time captain of the fencing team, four-time All-American, four-time All-Ivy and two-time NCAA Team Champion in 2015 and 2016.

Fencing career

Dubrovich represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she won the gold medal with her team in Women's Team Foil. This medal was the first time a USA Fencing team has won an Olympic gold medal in the history of the sport.
She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and her team finished 4th.
Dubrovich competed at the 2022 World Fencing Championships held in Cairo, Egypt, where she won a Team Silver medal.
Dubrovich participated in the 2019 World Fencing Championships, winning a Team Bronze medal.
Dubrovich has won three career Individual World Cup Medals -- a Bronze at the 2021 St. Maur, France World Cup, a Bronze at the 2024 Cairo, Egypt World Cup and a Bronze at the Hong Kong World Cup.