I won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. I had to fund my dream myself, and started a GoFundMe to pay my debt.

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American Olympic fencer Monica Aksamit faces the media during a press conference

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I watched my daughter win Olympic gold. There's a lot no one sees on TV, but it was the experience of a lifetime.

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The author, second from left, posing with her family after her daughter's Olympic gold medal win.
I supported my daughter at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, where she won a gold medal.

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