Lee Kiefer is an American right-handed foil fencer who grew up in Kentucky and won the individual women's foil at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first American, male or female, to win Olympic gold in individual foil. At the 2024 Paris Games she won both the individual and the team foil events. She is also a world champion, with team titles in 2018 and individual and team titles in 2025. She fenced for the University of Notre Dame, and in 2017 she became the first American woman to hold the number one position in the world rankings of the international federation. She has won many Pan American titles.
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A 16-time individual and 16-time team Pan American champion
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is an American right-handed foil fencer
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having won the individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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the individual and team events at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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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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Born 15 June 1994 in Cleveland, Ohio USA
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