1. Lee Kiefer is an American right-handed foil fencer 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.
16 Facts About Lee Kiefer
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Lee Kiefer is the most decorated women's foil fencer in American history.
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Lee Kiefer is the first American foil fencer in history to win an individual Olympic gold medal.
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Lee Kiefer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
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Lee Kiefer represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in women's foil and women's team foil, winning gold medals in both.
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Lee Kiefer was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Lee Kiefer's mother Teresa, a psychiatrist, was born in Pilar, Capiz, Philippines and immigrated to the US as a child, and her father Steve, a neurosurgeon, once captained the Duke University fencing team.
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Lee Kiefer graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in 2012.
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Lee Kiefer attended the University of Notre Dame, where she fenced for the Fighting Irish and graduated in 2017.
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Lee Kiefer is a medical student at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.
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Lee Kiefer's sister is former Harvard foil fencer and 2011 NCAA champion Alex Kiefer, who is a doctor.
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Lee Kiefer has a younger brother, Axel, who was the 2015 USA Fencing National Championships Junior Gold Medalist, and who attended and fenced foil for the University of Notre Dame, coming in second in the 2019 NCAA Championship.
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Lee Kiefer earned a bronze medal in women's foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships.
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Lee Kiefer went on to win the Algiers World Cup in early 2015 after defeating world No 1 Arianna Errigo, who had prevailed over her in Saint-Maur.
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Lee Kiefer represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in the women's foil and women's team foil, winning gold medals in both.
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Lee Kiefer defended her gold medal in the individual foil, defeating Lauren Scruggs in the all-USA final.