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Lee Kiefer unmasked: Why the Olympic champ feels 'brave and fearless'
There's something about her fencing mask that makes Olympic champion Lee Kiefer feel invincible. "Honestly, I love wearing my mask," she told Olympics.com recently. "I would wear it all day if I could because it makes me feel brave and fearless. "But it's important to also take it off and show people I'm human - and vulnerable," she added.
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Olympic champ Lee Kiefer congratulates Catantan
Filipino American fencer and Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Lee Kiefer of the US congratulated Filipino counterpart Samantha Catantan on her successful campaign in the Asian & Oceania Olympic Qualification Tournament (OQT) that secured her spot in this year's Paris Olympics in France.
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Lee Kiefer (born June 15, 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer. [1] Kiefer is a four-time NCAA champion, ten-time team Pan American champion, nine-time individual Pan American champion, and 2018 team world champion.
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- 49 kg (108 lb)
- 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
2 days ago · Lee Kiefer: Paris will be 'an intense scene' Life has moved at varying paces since Kiefer's Olympic triumph some three years ago, when Meinhardt also helped the U.S. men to a bronze in team foil for a second consecutive Games.
Jul 26, 2021 · Lee Kiefer became the first American to take an Olympic gold medal in individual foil fencing after her victory in Tokyo on Sunday. And the 27-year-old, who hails from Kentucky, did it all while ...
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- Sakshi Venkatraman
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Jul 25, 2021 · The US fencer, who has a medical degree and a fencing family, beat Russia's Inna Deriglazova in the gold medal match of the individual foil event. She and her husband, Gerek Meinhardt, a former Olympian, built their own fencing strip in her parents' basement to practice during the pandemic.
Learn how Lee Kiefer balances training, competing and studying medicine as she prepares for her fourth Olympic Games in Paris 2024. The Kentucky-born fencer won gold at Tokyo 2020 and is married to fellow Team USA fencer Gerek Meinhardt.
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Jul 25, 2021 · Lee Kiefer became the third U.S. fencer to earn gold in history by defeating defending champion Inna Deriglazova of Russia in women's foil. She is a medical student and married to another U.S. fencer who won bronze in 2016.
Jul 26, 2023 · Lee Kiefer, a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, won her third individual world championships medal in foil at worlds in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday. She tied her bronze medals from 2011 and 2022 and moved into solo second place in U.S. history with seven medals. She also has four team medals from worlds.
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