Lee Kiefer
Kiefer in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 15, 1994 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) |
| Fencing career | |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Country | United States |
| Weapon | Foil |
| Hand | Right-handed |
| Club | Bluegrass Fencers Club |
| Head coach | Amgad Khazbak |
| FIE ranking | 1 (women's foil, May 2025) |
Medal record | |
Lee Kiefer (/ˈkiːfər/ KEE-fər; born June 15, 1994) is an American right-handed foil fencer, 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 and World champion in women's foil, having won the individual and team event at the 2025 World Championships and team events at the 2018 World Championships. She is the first American foil fencer in history to win an individual Olympic gold medal and most decorated women's foil fencer in American history.
Kiefer is a four-time Olympian, included 2020 individual and 2024 individual & team Olympic champion, three time World champion, included 2025 individual and team & 2018 team events, six time World medalists, included two silver and four bronze. A 16-time individual and 16-time team Pan American champion, included Pan American Games and Pan American Championships. A four-time NCAA individual and team champion.
Kiefer competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in women's foil and women's team foil (with Jackie Dubrovich, Lauren Scruggs, and Maia Weintraub), winning gold medals in both.