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| DOUGLAS Sholto |
| NOC |
Australia
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| Gender | Men |
| Born |
24 Feb 1996
in Sydney, AUS
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Further Personal Information |
| Residence |
Sydney, NSW, AUS |
| Higher education |
Commerce, Engineering - University of Sydney: Australia |
Sport Specific Information |
| Why this sport? |
"I tried it out because I hadn't yet found a sport I loved. What initially drew me to it was the whole mental game of working out your opponents. [When I started training] with [coach] Antonio Signorello at the end of 2009 is when I really fell in love with the sport." |
General Interest |
| Hero / Idol |
Italian fencer Andrea Cassara. (rio2016.olympics.com.au, 11 Dec 2015) |
| Ambitions |
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (corporate.olympics.com.au, 01 Aug 2017) |
| Awards and honours |
He was named the 2015 Fencer of the Year in New South Wales, Australia. (sydneyacademyoffencing.net, 25 Jan 2016) |
Sport Specific Information |
| Handedness |
Left |
| When and where did you begin this sport? |
He began fencing at school in 2008. |
Further Personal Information |
| Occupation |
Analyst |
| Languages |
English, French, Mandarin |
General Interest |
| Other information |
OCCUPATION
As a student he spent a semester studying artificial intelligence and machine learning at Tsinghua University in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He graduated in 2019 and began working as a business analyst at McKinsey Digital in Australia. "I want to help build Australia's artificial intelligence ecosystem, and a big focus will be trying to take that energy in China and spark some of it back here." (LinkedIn profile, 01 Aug 2020; dfat.gov.au, 23 May 2019; corporate.olympics.com.au, 14 Dec 2017) |
| Sporting philosophy / motto |
"Two things cripple Australian fencing, the fact that we aren't professional athletes like most competitors who train essentially full-time, and have their travel and training expenses fully covered. And it's hard to find strong opponents to improve against due to our geographic isolation. I can't help these, but I can ensure that I try and train harder and smarter in the time I do have. In the end, the fact that I love what I'm doing, while others treat it like a job, may end up making the difference." (corporate.olympics.com.au, 06 Nov 2015) |
| Asian Championships |
| 2019 |
6 |
Team Foil |
Tokyo, Japan |
| 2018 |
4 |
Team Foil |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2017 |
Final 5-6 |
Team Foil |
Hong Kong, China |
| 2015 |
5 |
Team Foil |
Singapore, Singapore |
| 2015 |
8 |
Individual Foil |
Singapore, Singapore |
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