Lauren Scruggs
USA Olympic Fencing Team
About Lauren Scruggs
Lauren Scruggs won two medals for Team USA in women’s foil at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, taking silver in the individual event and gold with the team. The individual silver made her the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic fencing medal. A Queens, New York, native, Scruggs won the 2023 NCAA women’s foil title for Harvard University and added a team gold medal at the 2025 World Championships. She is a six-time junior and cadet world champion, with three individual titles and three team titles. Scruggs came up through the Peter Westbrook Foundation and trains at Fencers Club in New York.