Lee Kiefer
Lee Kiefer | |
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![]() Kiefer in 2014 | |
Personal information | |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio,U.S. | June 15, 1994
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | ![]() |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Foil |
Hand | Right-handed |
Club | Bluegrass Fencers Club |
Head coach | Amgad Khazbak |
FIEranking | 1 (women's foil, August 2024) |
Medal record |
Lee Kiefer(/ˈkiːfər/KEE-fər;born June 15, 1994)[1]is an American right-handedfoilfencer[2]and three-time Olympic champion in women's foil, having won theindividualevent at the2020 Summer Olympics,and theindividualandteamevents at the2024 Summer Olympics.She is the most decorated women's foil fencer in American history.[3]
Kiefer is anNCAAteam 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-timeOlympian,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]Her foil fencing victory at the Olympics made her the first non-European woman to do so.[clarification needed]
Kiefer competed in the2012 London Olympic Games,the2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games,and the2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.She represented theUnited Statesat the2024 Summer Olympicsin Paris, France, inwomen's foilandwomen's team foil(withJackie Dubrovich,Lauren Scruggs,andMaia Weintraub), winning gold medals in both.
Fencing career
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/United_States_St_Maur_2015_eq_t093058.jpg/300px-United_States_St_Maur_2015_eq_t093058.jpg)
Kiefer was born inCleveland, Ohioand grew up inLe xing ton, Kentucky.[5]Her mother Teresa, a psychiatrist, was born inPilar,Capiz,Philippines and immigrated to the U.S. as a child, and her father Steve, a neurosurgeon, once captained theDuke Universityfencing team. She graduated fromPaul Laurence Dunbar High Schoolin 2012. She attended theUniversity of Notre Dame,where she fenced for theFighting Irishand graduated in 2017.[6]She is now a medical student at theUniversity of Kentucky College of Medicine.
Her sister is former Harvard foil fencer and 2011 NCAA champion Alex Kiefer, who is now a doctor.[7]Kiefer also has a younger brother, Axel, who was the 2015 USA Fencing National Championships Junior Gold Medalist, and who also attended and fenced foil for the University of Notre Dame, coming in second in the 2019 NCAA Championship.[8]
Kiefer earned a bronze medal inwomen's foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships.[9]She placed 5th at the 2012 London Olympic Games, after losing to eventual silver medalistArianna Errigoin the quarter final, 15–10. In the2014–15 seasonshe climbed her firstWorld Cuppodium with a silver medal inSaint-Maur.[10]She went on to win the Algiers World Cup in early 2015 after defeating world No.1Arianna Errigo,who had prevailed over her in Saint-Maur. By winning at the 2014 NCAA Fencing National Championships, she joined her future husband, male fencerGerek Meinhardtand swimmerEmma Reaneyas part of the 2ndNotre Dame Fighting Irishtrio to be named individual national champion in a single year and the 4th to be either individual national champion or national athlete of the year in a single year.[11]
Following her win at the Long Beach Grand Prix on March 18, 2017, she moved into #1 in FIE world rankings, becoming the first American woman to hold the #1 position. She qualified to represent theUnited States in fencing at the 2020 Olympicsin Tokyo in 2021 and reached the final in the individual foil.[12]In the final, she defeatedInna Deriglazova,the defending champion from Russia, with a score of 15–13 to win gold,[13][14]becoming the first American, male or female, to win the gold medal in Olympic individual foil.[15]
She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in thewomen's foilandwomen's team foil,winning gold medals in both.[16]Kiefer defended her gold medal in the individual foil, defeatingLauren Scruggsin the all-USA final.
Personal life
[edit]Lee and fellow foil fencerGerek Meinhardtbegan dating in January 2012. They were engaged in January 2018 and married in September 2019.
Medal record
[edit]Olympic Games
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2021 | ![]() |
Women's individual foil | 1st[17] |
2024 | ![]() |
Women's individual foil | 1st[18] |
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Women's team foil | 1st[19] |
World Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
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2011 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[20] |
2017 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 2nd[21] |
2018 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[22] |
2019 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 3rd[23] |
2022 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[24] |
2022 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 2nd[25] |
2023 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[26] |
Grand Prix
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2016-03-11 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[27] |
2016-06-03 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[28] |
2016-12-02 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[29] |
2017-03-17 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[30] |
2018-03-17 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[31] |
2019-05-17 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[32] |
2020-02-07 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[33] |
2022-05-14 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[34] |
2023-03-17 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[35] |
2023-05-19 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[36] |
2024-02-10 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[37] |
2024-03-17 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[38] |
2024-05-18 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[39] |
World Cup
[edit]Date | Location | Event | Position |
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2014-11-07 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[40] |
2015-02-06 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[41] |
2015-11-06 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[42] |
2016-05-20 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[43] |
2017-02-03 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[44] |
2017-04-28 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[45] |
2017-10-13 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[46] |
2018-01-12 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[47] |
2018-04-27 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[48] |
2019-01-11 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[49] |
2019-03-01 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[50] |
2019-12-13 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[51] |
2020-01-10 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[52] |
2021-12-10 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[53] |
2022-02-25 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[54] |
2022-04-15 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[55] |
2022-04-29 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[56] |
2022-12-09 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[57] |
2022-12-09 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 2nd[58] |
2023-01-12 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[59] |
2023-02-23 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 3rd[60] |
2023-02-23 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 2nd[61] |
2023-05-05 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[62] |
2023-12-09 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[63] |
2024-02-24 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[64] |
Pan American Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[65] |
2010 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[66] |
2011 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[67] |
2011 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[68] |
2012 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[69] |
2012 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[70] |
2013 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[71] |
2013 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[72] |
2014 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[73] |
2014 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[74] |
2015 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[75] |
2015 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[76] |
2016 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[77] |
2016 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[78] |
2017 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[79] |
2017 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[80] |
2018 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[81] |
2018 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[82] |
2019 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[83] |
2022 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 2nd[84] |
2022 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 2nd[85] |
2023 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[86] |
2023 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 2nd[87] |
2024 | ![]() |
Individual Women's Foil | 1st[88] |
2024 | ![]() |
Team Women's Foil | 1st[89] |
NCAA Championship
[edit]Year | Location | Event | Position |
---|---|---|---|
2013 | San Antonio, Texas | Individual Women's Foil | 1st[90] |
Team Fencing | 2nd[91] | ||
2014 | Columbus, Ohio | Individual Women's Foil | 1st[92] |
2015 | Columbus, Ohio | Individual Women's Foil | 1st[93] |
Team Fencing | 3rd[94] | ||
2017 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Individual Women's Foil | 1st[95] |
Team Fencing | 1st[96] |
See also
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External links
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American female foil fencers
- American sportspeople of Filipino descent
- Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing
- Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Le xing ton, Kentucky) alumni
- People from Cleveland
- Sportspeople from Cleveland
- Sportspeople from Le xing ton, Kentucky
- University of Kentucky College of Medicine alumni
- World Fencing Championships medalists
- Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics