What is Lee Kiefer known for?

What is Lee Kiefer known for?

A three-time Olympian, Kiefer is a 2021 individual Olympic champion. Kiefer is the first American foil fencer in history to win an individual Olympic gold medal.

What did Lee Kiefer win?

Kiefer is the first U.S. woman to win gold in individual foil, and she won only the third fencing gold by an American woman; Mariel Zagunis won the individual sabre events at the 2004 and 2008 Games. Fencing took Kiefer to two previous Olympics and to becoming the first U.S. female foil fencer to earn the No.

Is fencing still in the Olympics?

Olympic History Fencing was included for the first time at the 1896 Games in Athens, and has remained on the Olympic programme since then.

When did Olympic fencers start?

Fencing started in 1896 with men’s foil and men’s sabre events, with men’s epee joining the programme in 1900. Women’s foil made its Olympic debut in Paris, during the 1924 Olympic Games, followed by Women’s epee in 1996 and Women’s sabre in 2004.