Special Edition Commemorative Olympic Poster Signing at Summer Nationals
Sacramento, Calif. -- This Summer Nationals in Sacramento, California, on July 2, the U.S. Fencing Association and FencingPhotos.com will release a special edition art poster celebrating the historic gold and bronze medals earned by Mariel Zagunis and Sada Jacobson at the 2004 Olympic Games.
The poster features Zagunis and Jacobson together on the medals podium in Athens, heads donned with the olive wreaths, historic medals in hand. The gold and bronze were the first Olympic fencing medals ever won by any U.S. women. In addition, Zagunis’s gold medal was the first for any American fencer in 100 years.
Proceeds from the poster will go to the U.S. Fencing Association’s High Performance program, to fund travel and training grants to U.S. Fencing athletes, helping them travel around the globe and continue to achieve record-setting results looking toward the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008.
The poster will be sold for $20 at the Championships, which will be held in the Sacramento Convention Center July 1-10. Zagunis and Jacobson will also be on hand for a special celebration commemorating their achievement, and will be signing a number of the limited-edition posters which will be available for the special price of $40 in Sacramento.
“That was such a proud moment for United States. I want everyone in U.S. Fencing to be able to continue to remember and share this incredible accomplishment. This poster achieves that, and will help enable others to follow in Mariel's and Sada's footsteps,” says Serge Timacheff, official FIE photographer and owner of FencingPhotos.com, which in association with Legacy Artists produced the poster.
After Summer Nationals, the poster will be available either signed or unsigned through U.S. Fencing. For more information on future orders, please contact Cynthia Bent Findlay at
USFencingMedia@earthlink.net.
The presentation of the poster and kickoff of the poster signing will be on Saturday, July 2, just before the finals of the Division I Women’s Saber event.
Summer Nationals is a festival of fencing, the final major tournament culminating a season filled with competition. More than 2,900 fencers will contest Championship titles in 78 individual events and 18 team competitions. For more information on the commemorative poster, celebration, or Summer National Championships, please contact:
Cindy Bent Findlay
US Fencing Media Relations
USFencingMedia@earthlink.net <mailto:USFencingMedia@earthlink.net>
614.746.6733 * 614.340.7299 fax
www.usfencing.org
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