Janice-Lee York Romary was a US women's Olympic foil fencer who was the first woman to appear at six Olympic Games.
10 Facts About Janice Romary
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Janice Romary attended the University of Southern California from 1946 to 1949, where she fenced at the University of Southern California Fencing Club.
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In recognition of her extraordinary streak of Olympic appearances, Janice Romary was honored at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968 by being the first woman to carry the flag for the United States.
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Janice Romary won the 1967 Worldwide Sportsman's Award, and in August 1968, became the only fencer to ever win the Helms Foundation Athlete of the Month Award.
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Janice Romary won a silver and a bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1963, and a gold in 1967.
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Janice Romary's husband, Charles Janice Romary, was an epee and sabre fencer, sports that did not exist at the Olympic level for women until the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
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Janice Romary took up the sport after marrying Janice in 1953.
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Janice Romary was women's administrator for the United States Olympic Committee for the 1976 Montreal Olympics and was responsible for all US women competitors.
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Janice Romary was inducted into the United States Fencing Association Hall of Fame in the 1970s.
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Janice Romary died in Klamath Falls on May 31,2007, of complications from Alzheimer's disease.