Caira Moreira-Brown
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Caira Moreira-Brown (born June 11, 1996) is an American épée fencer who was a member of the United States fencing team for the junior Pan American Games where she took home a bronze in individuals and gold in teams in 2015 in Toronto, Canada. Moreira-Brown was born and raised in New York City. She began fencing at the age of 15 after being introduced to it by her cousins, Keeth and Erinn Smart, both Olympic Silver medalist, in different weapons. Before taking up fencing, she had taken ballet, ice skating, tennis and track. Similar to both of her cousins she began and has continued fencing at The Peter Westbrook Foundation. Whose founder, Olympic saber bronze-medalist Peter Westbrook, was one of her mentors.
Moreira Brown graduated from an all girls private school on the Upper East Side in 2014 where she went to continue on as a Division I athlete at St. John's University in Queens. The next year Moreira Brown transferred to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and continues as a Division I athlete.[1]
References
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- ^ "MOREIRA-BROWN Caira - Biography | European Fencing Confederation". www.eurofencing.info. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
- ^ "March 3, 2016 - Junior Pan American Fencing Championships - Cancun, Mexico". Olympian Fencing Club. March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Vanessa Lacas-Warrick of Canada fences against Caira Moreira-Brown of..." Getty Images. June 14, 2017.