For Immediate Release
18 July 2005
Special Edition Commemorative Olympic Poster
The U.S. Fencing Association, FencingPhotos.com, and Fencing.Net announce the distribution of the special edition art poster celebrating the historic gold and bronze medals earned by Mariel Zagunis and Sada Jacobson at the 2004 Olympic Games that was recently unveiled at the Summer National Championships in Sacramento.
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.
The poster is now available for purchase online through a special arrangement with
www.fencing.net.
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 retails for $20. A very limited number of posters personally signed by Zagunis and Jacobson will be available for the special price of $40. Grab your slice of Olympic history, support US Fencing athletes, and get a beautiful poster for your home or salle today.
For More Information Please Contact:
Cynthia Bent Findlay
US Fencing Media Relations
USFencingMedia@earthlink.net * 614.746.6733
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