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Lee Kiefer

Lee Kiefer
Kiefer in 2014
Personal information
Born (1994-06-15) June 15, 1994 (age 30)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportFencing
WeaponFoil
HandRight-handed
ClubBluegrass Fencers Club
Head coachAmgad Khazbak
FIE ranking1 (women's foil, August 2024)
Medal record
Women's foil
Representing the  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 0
World Fencing Championships 1 2 4
Pan American Games 7 1 0
Pan American Championships 22 3 0
Total 33 6 4
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wuxi Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Leipzig Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cairo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Catania Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Budapest Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Cairo Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Milan Individual
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 San José Individual
Gold medal – first place 2010 San José Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Reno Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Reno Team
Gold medal – first place 2012 Cancún Individual
Gold medal – first place 2012 Cancún Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena Individual
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 San José Individual
Gold medal – first place 2014 San José Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Individual
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Panama City Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Panama City Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal Individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Havana Individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Lima Team

Lee Kiefer (/ˈkiːfər/ KEE-fər; born June 15, 1994)[1] is an American right-handed foil fencer[2] and three-time Olympic champion in women's foil, having won the individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and the individual and team events at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the most decorated women's foil fencer in American history.[3]

Kiefer is an NCAA team champion, a four-time NCAA individual champion, a 12-time team Pan American champion, a 13-time individual Pan American champion, and the 2018 team world champion. A four-time Olympian, Kiefer is a 2020 and 2024 individual Olympic champion. She is the first American foil fencer in history to win an individual Olympic gold medal.[4]

Kiefer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in women's foil and women's team foil (with Jackie Dubrovich, Lauren Scruggs, and Maia Weintraub), winning gold medals in both.

  1. ^ "KIEFER Lee". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "Kiefer, Lee". The International Fencing Federation official website. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Kudialis, Chris (July 28, 2024). "Notre Dame's Lee Kiefer repeats as Olympic champion with blowout win over fellow American". Notre Dame Insider. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Cindy Boren. "An American medical student from a fencing family wins a historic gold medal". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
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