Christopher Stuart O'Loughlin (born December 13, 1967) is an American Olympic épée fencer.
[1] His father was actor Gerald S. O'Loughlin, known for the 1970s ABC television drama police procedural series The Rookies.
[2] His mother, Meryl Abeles O'Loughlin was vice president of casting for Columbia Pictures Television.
[3] While he initially had an interest in pursuing acting, O'Loughlin noted: "One of the things that I really like about fencing is that you get out of it what you put into it.
[1] While a freshman member of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers fencing team, O'Loughlin won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship in épée in 1986.
[6] In 1986 he received Penn's Peter K. Riley Award, as the outstanding freshman athlete.
[4] He won a bronze medal with the United States épée team at the 1991 Pan American Games.
[4] In 2018, he placed ninth in the USA Fencing National Championships, veteran age 50 to 59 category.
[3] That same year, he helped team USA win a gold medal at the 2018 Veteran World Championships in Livorno, Italy.
But I never had the luck or good fortune to stand on the podium while they play the national anthem and raise the American flag.