Catherine Bouwkamp

Catherine Bouwkamp (born 1996) is an American wheelchair fencer.

Catherine Bouwkamp
Born	February 13, 1996 Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality	United States
Height	5’2”
Weight	125 lb (57 kg)[1]
Medal record Athletics U.S. Fencing National Wheelchair Championship 2011 U.S. Fencing National Wheelchair Championship Women's épée fencing 2012 U.S. Fencing National Wheelchair Championship Women's foil fencing 2012 U.S. Fencing National Wheelchair Championship Women's épée fencing Parapan American Games 2011 Parapan American Games Women's épée fencing 2011 Parapan American Games Women's foil fencing North American Cup 2010 North American Cup Women's épée fencing 2010 North American Cup Women's foil fencing 2010 North American Cup Women's sabre fencing 2011 North American Cup Women's épée fencing 2011 North American Cup Women's foil fencing 2012 North American Cup Women's foil fencing 2012 North American Cup Women's sabre fencing Other 2009 Warsaw Wheelchair World Cup Women's sabre fencing 2010 Montreal Wheelchair World Cup Women's épée fencing

Biography

Bouwkamp was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1996 with a condition called fibular hemimelia.^[1] She started competing in 2009. That is when she won her first medal at Warsaw Wheelchair World Cup. In 2010, she won her first gold medal at Montreal Wheelchair World Cup. In 2010 and 2011 respectively she won 5 bronze medals at North American Cup and in 2012 added gold 2 ones from the same place for foil and sabre fencing. She also participated at U.S. Fencing National Wheelchair Championships where she won a silver medal in 2011 and 2 golds in 2012. On Parapan American Games in 2011 she also won a silver medal for épée and a gold one for foil.^[2]