Jason Rogers

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Jason Rogers (born April 14, 1983) is a U.S. saber fencer

[edit] Fencing career

Rogers was born in Houston, Texas. At the urging of his parents, he began to learn fencing at the Los Angeles International Fencing Center, whose founder, Vladimir Nazlymov and Daniel Costin, were his mentors. He is the youngest U.S. man to achieve an "A" rating, at the age of 14, in 1997.

Rogers graduated from Brentwood School in Los Angeles, California in 2001, followed by Ohio State University, where he was the NCAA sabre bronze medalist in 2002 and 2003.

He competed in Athens and will fence in Beijing Olympics