Bridgewater Native Selected To Referee Fencing Games At Paris 2024 Olympics

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — Another Bridgewater native is headed to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Laura Decker, who graduated from Bridgewater-Raritan High School in 2007 and Caltech in 2011, was selected to referee fencing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Decker, 34, was named as the only North American Fencing referee from the United States of America.

She was also the lone American referee at the 2022 Junior and Cadet Worlds in Dubai, the 2022 Senior Worlds in Egypt, the 2023 Junior and Cadet Worlds in Bulgaria and the 2023 Senior Worlds in Italy, according to USA Fencing.

"I’m proud of the work I've done over the past several years and incredibly honored to be selected to referee at the highest level of this sport," Decker said in an interview with USA Fencing. "Refereeing is demanding and often stressful, but I find it so fulfilling to contribute to the sport I love."

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