Lee Kiefer

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Lee Kiefer
File:Lee Kiefer 2014 Saint-Maur WC teams t104554.jpg
Personal information
Country represented USA
Born (1994-06-15) June 15, 1994 (age 30)
Cleveland, OH, United States
Residence Lexington, KY, United States
Weapon(s) Foil
Hand Right-handed
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 45 kg (99 lb)
Head coach(es) Amgad Khazbak
FIE Ranking current ranking

Lee Kiefer (born June 15, 1994 in Cleveland[1]) is a Filipino American foil fencer.

She grew up in Lexington, Kentucky and her father once captained the Duke University fencing team. She attends the University of Notre Dame, where she fences on the team. Her sister is Harvard foil fencer and NCAA champion Alex Kiefer. Kiefer also has a younger brother, Axel, who has fenced in a number of junior and cadet world cups and posted a number of high results both domestically and internationally, even defeating Miles Chamley Watson.

Kiefer earned a bronze medal in Women's foil at the 2011 World Fencing Championships.[2] She placed 5th at the 2012 London Olympic Games, after losing to eventual silver medalist Arianna Errigo in the quarter final, 15-10. In the 2014–15 season she climbed her first World Cup podium with a silver medal in Saint-Maur.[3] She 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.

References

  1. US Fencing profile
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External links

  • Profile at the United States Fencing Federation

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