Katharine Holmes

American fencer

凯瑟琳·霍姆斯 · 캐서린 홈스

Born

15 July 1993, Washington, D.C.

Citizenship

United States

Sport

fencing

Occupation

fencer

Height

181 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Weight

79 kg (174 lb)

Katharine (Kat) Holmes (born July 15, 1993) is an American fencer. She competed in the women's épée event at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. She was a world champion in the women’s epee team event (Wuxi, China 2018), which was the first World Championship medal won by an American women’s epee team. Holmes anchored the team, defeating Korea in overtime in the finals. She also anchored the United States women’s epee team to its first World Cup gold medal (Dubai 2018), defeating Russia in overtime in the finals. She was the back-to-back gold medalist in both the individual and team events at the Pan American Games in Lima in 2019 and Toronto in 2015.

Competitions

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q20731009 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.