6'1"
31
Brooklyn, NY
Dwight School (New York, N.Y.) '11
Hollywood actors wielding swords have ignited many a childhood dream of fencing. Some of those kids grow up to be Olympians.Mitchell Saron, a member of the 2024 U.S. Olympic men’s saber team, was entranced by the light saber battles of the Star Wars mo...
Lee Kiefer is at the height of her athletic career. She’s also at the height of her medical studies.Three years agoat the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Kiefer won gold in foil fencing, the first U.S. win ever in that discipline. A three-time Olympian, she ...
The 29-year-old is on a leave of absence from medical school to fully focus on defending her Olympic gold medal.
When he was growing up in Los Angeles, Nick Itkin had a predictable daily routine. After school, he would go to his father’s gym, where he’d watch fencers parry while doing his homework.“Our family spent all our days in that gym,” Itkin recalled. “We’r...
SANTIAGO, Chile — It didn’t take long for Lee Kiefer, the reigning Olympic champion in women’s individual foil fencing, to make a statement in Santiago. Carrying a streak of three straight Pan American Games gold medals into the Pan American Games Sant...
July 26-August 11, 2024 | Paris, France
