Lee Kiefer Medals

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Lee Kiefer Medals
Lee Kiefer (Image Credits: @Leetothekiefer )

Lee Kiefer is an American Professional Fencer. She competes in the Foil Fencing category and is a right-hand fencer. Kiefer was born on June 15, 1994, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was raised in the town of Lexington, Kentucky. Her mother is Teresa Kiefer, a Philippines-born psychiatrist and her father is Steve Kiefer, a neurosurgeon and a former fencer where he captained the fencing team of Duke University.

Kiefer attended the University of Notre Dame, one of the most famous Universities for Fencing. Later, she enrolled in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, following in the footsteps of her parents who have both made careers in the medical discipline. Kiefer stands at 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) and weighs around 49 kg (108 lb).

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Lee Kiefer Olympic Gold Medals Wins

Lee Kiefer Medals
Lee Kiefer (Image Credits: @LeetotheKiefer )

Lee Kiefer won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the Individual Women’s Foil category. She scored 96 points in the category, while the silver medalist Inna Deriglazova from Russia scored 78 points. Kiefer became the first American, male or female, to clinch the top spot on the Olympic podium in Individual Foil Fencing.

Lee Kiefer Medal Breakdown

Olympic Games

Event NameMedalsYear
Tokyo OlympicsGold2021

World Championship

Lee Kiefer first competed at the World Championships in 2008, where she failed to win any medal. Since then, Kiefer has gone on to win a total of eleven medals at the World Championships including two gold, four silver, and five bronze medals.

YearCategoryMedal
2018Team Foil Gold
2010Individual FoilGold
2022Team FoilSilver
2017Team FoilSilver
2011Individual FoilSilver
2009Individual FoilSilver
2023Individual FoilBronze
2022Individual FoilBronze
2019Team FoilBronze
2011Individual FoilBronze
2008Individual FoilBronze

Grand Prix

YearHost CountryCategoryMedal
2016CubaIndividual FoilSilver
2016ChinaIndividual FoilSilver
2016ItalyIndividual FoilGold
2017United StatesIndividual FoilGold
2018United StatesIndividual FoilBronze
2019ChinaIndividual FoilBronze
2020ItalyIndividual FoilSilver
2022United StatesIndividual FoilGold
2023United StatesIndividual FoilGold
2023ChinaIndividual FoilBronze
2024ItalyIndividual FoilGold
2024United StatesIndividual FoilGold
2024ChinaIndividual FoilBronze

World Cup

YearHost CountryMedal
2015AlgeriaGold
2017GermanyGold
2017MexicoGold
2022GermanyGold
2023BulgariaGold
2014FranceSilver
2018PolandSilver
2021FranceSilver
2022MexicoSilver
2023FranceSilver
2023SerbiaSilver
2024EgyptSilver
2015FranceBronze
2016GermanyBronze
2017PolandBronze
2018Germany Bronze
2019PolandBronze
2019EgyptBronze
2019FranceBronze
2020PolandBronze
2022SerbiaBronze
2022SerbiaBronze
2023EgyptBronze

Pan American Championship

YearHostEventMedal
2010Costa RicaIndividual FoilGold
2010Costa RicaTeam FoilGold
2011United StatesIndividual FoilGold
2011United StatesTeam FoilGold
2012MexicoIndividual FoilGold
2012MexicoTeam FoilGold
2013ColombiaIndividual FoilGold
2013ColombiaTeam FoilGold
2014Costa RicaIndividual FoilGold
2014Costa RicaTeam FoilGold
2015ChileIndividual FoilGold
2015ChileTeam FoilGold
2016PanamaIndividual FoilGold
2016PanamaTeam FoilGold
2017CanadaIndividual FoilGold
2017CanadaTeam FoilGold
2018CubaIndividual FoilGold
2018CubaTeam FoilGold
2019CanadaTeam FoilGold
2022ParaguayIndividual FoilSilver
2022ParaguayTeam FoilSilver
2023Peru Individual FoilGold
2023Peru Team FoilSilver
2024Peru Individual FoilGold
2024Peru Team FoilGold

NCAA Championships

YearHostEventMedal
2013San Antonio, TexasIndividual FoilGold
2013San Antonio, TexasTeam FencingSilver
2014Columbus, OhioIndividual FoilGold
2015Columbus, OhioIndividual FoilGold
2015Columbus, OhioTeam FencingBronze
2017Indianapolis, IndianaIndividual FoilGold
2017Indianapolis, IndianaTeam FencingGold

Lee Kiefer Olympic Apperances

Lee Kiefer has represented the USA in the 2012 London Olympics, the 2016 Rio Olympics, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and is set to represent the country again in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In 2012, she finished fifth in Individual fencing and sixth in the Team Fencing category. In 2016, she did not qualify for Team Fencing and finished tenth in Individual Fencing. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Team USA finished fourth in Women’s Foil Team Fencing but Kiefer brought home a gold medal in the Women’s Foil Fencing Individual category.

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FAQ's On Lee Kiefer Medals

A. Teresa Kiefer and Steve Kiefer are the parents of Lee Kiefer. 

A. Lee Kiefer won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

A. Born on June 15, 1994, Lee Kiefer is 30 years old. 

A. Lee Kiefer stands at 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in). 

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