2021-22 Fencing
Roster
Solène Watson 2020-21 Fencing Roster
Foil
Height
5'5''
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Arbonne-la-Forêt, France
High School
Lycée François 1er
PREP & PERSONAL
- Graduated from Lycée François 1er in July 2018
- Member and captain of Melun Val de Seine fencing club
- Earned team gold medal at U15 French National Championship (2014-15)
- Earned individual bronze medal at U15 French National Championship (2014-15)
- Earned individual silver medal at U20 Division 2 French National Championship (2014-15)
- Earned team gold medal at U17 French National Championship (2015-16)
- Placed 12th in the U17 World Championship (2015-16)
- Placed eighth in the U17 European Circuit in Poznan, Poland (2015-16)
- Placed sixth in the U17 European Championships (2016-17)
- Earned team gold medal in the U17 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned individual bronze medal at the U17 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned team bronze medal in the U20 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned gold in the Senior Division 2 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned team bronze medal in the U20 French National Championship (2017-18)
- Earned team silver in the senior Division 2 French National Championship (2017-18)
- Selected for french national representation in the 2018 World Cups
- Has placed on the national Ministry of Sport’s list of national high-level athletes for five consecutive years
- Participated in the Model United Nations held in Fontainebleau, France, in 2016, 2017 and 2018
- Daughter of Bill and Marie Jo Watson
- Has an older sister, Alicia, and two younger brothers, Pierre and Guillaume
- Will enroll in the First Year of Studies program with the intent to major in business