Against all odds you did it again and made history; for the second time you clinched the gold medal in women’s foil at the 2024 Olympics in Paris – Lee Kiefer. Kiefer who has been juggling her rigorous academic schedule both medicine and a full time athletic carrier made the victory mark her as one of the most successful fencer of all time in the United States.
In the year 2024 Paris Olympics, Kiefer again demonstrated her prowess couped with a good spirit by powerfully beating her competitor from the U. S. Lauren Scruggs with a 15-6 in the final round. It came shortly after she set another record as the first US fencer to win gold in the women’s individual foil event at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Kiefer was introduced to fencing at the age of six by her father who was a collegiate fencer and has been backed by her family where many of her relations have been both medical practitioners and fencers. Kiefer is a graduate of the University of Notre dame where she was a four time NCAA champion , currently on leave from University of Kentucky college of Medicine to pursue her fencing.
Kiefer has been seen to propel the fencing sport in the United States and it has achieved much success hence encouraging generations of athletes. The thirty-years-old participant from Lexington, Kentucky, shared her feelings said that she is glad and relieved at the win and then compared it to wedding. “Getting a medal was sort of like getting married”, said she, this indicating that like marriage, the Bronze was something she did not really expect and therefore when came the time to win it, she just could not believe it.
This shows and proves Kiefer’s talent and dedication and such triumph in Paris that accompanied with previous victories, prove her as a force to reckon with in the fencing piste as well as in her academic achievements.