Jason Pryor is an American épée fencer. He earned two individual bronze medals and a team gold medal at the Pan American Fencing Championships in 2014 and 2015, as well as an individual bronze medal and a team silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. He represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Jason’s first sport was soccer. He took up fencing when he was 11 after hearing about the sport from a friend. He was taught by coach Bill Reith at the Alcazar Fencing Club. He was later recruited by the Ohio State University, winning a team title in his junior year and earning twice All-American honors.

 During this episode Jason dives into many topics ranging from: 

-       The road to the Olympics

-       Fencing in college: Ohio State University

-       Making the world team

-       Competing in the World Cup

-       The unglamorous full-time fencing “job”

-       Fencing in college: Ohio State University

-       The decision: Train full time v. join the real world

-       Dealing with failure and setbacks and learning resilience

-       Finding your “win condition”

-       What makes you your best self?

-       Athlete turned coach

-       Life lessons from fencing

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