 Name: Jason Rogers
Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Current Residence: New York, New York
Parents: Chuck and Kathleen
DOB: April 14, 1983
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 175
Sport: Fencing
Discipline: Sabre
Coach: Daniel Costin
Favorite Results:
Olympic Silver Medal (2008) in Men's Team Sabre,
Junior World Champion (2001) in Men's Team Sabre and
National Champion (2007) in Men's Team Sabre
Jason Nicholas Rogers is an Olympic Silver Medalist and 2-time Olympian in fencing…
- Rogers graduated from Brentwood School in Los Angeles, Calif. in June 2001 as a Brentwood Scholar and Bank of America Math/Science award winner…
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude from The Ohio State University in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology…
- Competed in four years of varsity fencing for Ohio State…
- Was a Rhodes Scholarship Finalist in 2005…
- Was a 3-time individual bronze medalist at the NCAA Championships…
- Was awarded the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor, the top academic/athletic honor for Ohio State graduating seniors…
- Was named a three-time Academic All-American (two first teams and one second team)…
- When not fencing, Jason enjoys playing the guitar and catching up on his reading…
- Enjoys keeping up with his long-lost hobby, skateboarding, which he gave up many years ago when he decided to focus on fencing…
- Also has a fondness for DJ-ing, golf, soccer, surfing and snowboarding…
- Is left-handed [with a splash of ambidexterity]…
- Was the youngest U.S. man ever to achieve an "A" rating, at the age of 14, in 1997…
- Jason also speaks some French (only in life threatening situations so as to avoid revealing his inadequate knowledge of French grammar)…
- Jason is an avid Scrabble player, a skill honed in many an airport on the way to/from the 30 countries he has traveled to…
- On his bookshelf you will find an eclectic mix including anything from Ayn Rand and J.D. Salinger to Daniel Silva and Ben Mezrich…
- On his i-Pod you will find old hip-hop that makes him think of high school (Common, Mos Def. A Tribe Called Quest); new hip-hop (Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z); random rock (Paramore, Blink 182, Led Zeppelin) and a small slice of techno (BT, DJ Teisto)…
- His favorite movie is The Fifth Element and his favorite sports moviee is Miracle…
- His favorite television show is Mad Men for its period accuracy and sublime acting…
- He lists Roger Federer as his role model because of his inhuman "cool" under pressure, maturity in the limelight and indefatigable passion for excellence…
- Jason says that what makes him unique is that he really enjoys the process of training. "Every day is a new day to figure out something new that can make you just a little bit better. I donít think enough people truly relish in the process because they get too caught up in the results"…
- Additionally he prides himself on his academic success, given the difficulty of juggling his myriad of activities in college…
- He also looks forward to pursuing another degree upon his retirement from fencing after a few years in the working world.
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