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Donning a real sword for Halloween, junior Kwame van Leeuwen, a world championship fencer, appropriately chose to be Zorro, the master of drape swinging and savior for those in distress...
...else could come close to filling the masked avenger's shoes. After lunging with his first foil at age eight, van Leeuwen knew he had found his calling. At the ripe age of 12, the half Haitian half Dutch Kwame won his first international fencing championship in Germany. Just out of high school, van Leeuwen was ranked 13th internationally...
Between bites of pizza and chocolate chip cookies, van Leeuwen, in a hybrid American-European accent, explains what it takes to be a successful fencer...
...Leeuwen's eyes, however, are already centered on the national championships is Detroit over spring break. He hasn't forgotten his close loss to Stanford's Nick Bravin in the last year's finals...
...been my focus all year," van Leeuwen said...