Being one point ahead at the end - that's all that matters.

She outpointed sisters Iris and Felicia Zimmerman to earn a spot on the United States team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Greece. Before taking up fencing Erinn Smart had taken ballet ice skating tennis and track. Smart was selected as an alternate for the United States team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia but did not participate in competition.

Erinn Smart (born January 12 1980) is an American fencer who was a member of the United States Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where Erinn Smart competed in the women's individual and team foil events. Smart's brother Keeth is also a nationally ranked competitive fencer who also started fencing with the Peter Westbrook Foundation. Smart is 5 feet 7 inches tall weighs 145 pounds and is coached by Buckie Leach.