Harriet King (born September 22, 1935) is an American fencer: a four-time Olympian, gold and silver medalist at the Pan American Games, four-time US National Individual Foil Champion, and five-time National Team
Champion. She competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics. She won silver
individual medals at the
1963
and
1967
Pan American Games and gold team medals at the
1959,
1963,
1967, and
1971
Pan Ams.
She was National Women’s Foil Champion in 1963, 1967, 1970, and 1971. She has been elected to the USA Fencing Hall of Fame
and the Hunter College Athletic Hall of Fame.
Harriet King was born and raised in New York City and graduated from Hunter College
High School and Hunter College, Phi Beta Kappa. After graduation, she moved to San
Francisco, where she became a copywriter, copy chief, and creative director at major
ad agencies. In 1990, she moved to San Diego to co-found two publications, San Diego Bride and Groom and San Diego This Week, both the most-read in their fields.
She continued as Publisher until retiring in 2009.
In retirement, King raises champion Scottish Deerhounds and also Borzoi.