Tim Morehouse    (Bronx, NY)

Event: Men’s Saber
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 200
Birthdate: July 29, 1978
College: Brandeis Class of ’00 (History)
Pace University Class of ’03 (Masters in Education)
Club: Fencer’s Club
Coach: Yury Gelman
Website: http://www.timmorehouse.com/

Career Highlights:

Team Silver Olympic medal Beijing 2008
National Champion in Men’s Saber Team, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004
21st, Senior “A” World Cup, Padua, ITA, May 2003
7th, 2003 National Championships
2nd, North American Cup Columbus, Ohio, December 2002

Fencing Flash: Tim is a replacement athlete on this year’s Olympic team. He was a three-time All-American in college and is currently ranked no. 4 in the United States.

"How I Started Fencing" In seventh grade, Tim started fencing because it allowed him to get out of gym class. He began fencing foil, but in the eighth grade decided to switch to saber and never looked back.

Did You Know:
· Unlike most of his Olympic teammates Tim wasn’t highly touted coming out of high school. Recruited for fencing by just one school, Brandeis University, Tim quickly surprised everyone by becoming one of the top fencers in the NCAA by his sophomore year.

· Tim has one older sister named Liz and recently became an uncle.

· The last three years, Tim has been involved in Teach for America, a program that places recent college grads in under-resourced rural and inner city schools.

· He has been teaching 7th grade at Intermediate School 90 in Washington Heights, N.Y. and coaching fencing at Riverdale Country School.

· Tim has taken off this year from teaching, but looks forward to returning after the Olympic games.

· Four years ago, Tim believes no one would have expected him to go to the Games.

· Tim credits his high school coach Martin Schneider with giving him his love for the sport; his college coach Bill Shipman with showing him what he could achieve; and his current coach Yury Gelman for helping him realize his potential.