Fencing

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

Gerek MEINHARDT

Gerek

Elite athletes dedicate their lives to working their way to the top and competing amongst the best athletes in the world. But being great requires balance.
For many, that balance comes in the form of an education somewhere along the way to the top.
Ahead of the Olympic Games Paris

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

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Team USA’s Olympic champions returning to the classroom after Paris 2024

Lee Kiefer spent the last decade living a double life of sorts, splitting her precious time between fencing and studying medicine. Unfortunately, success in both fields came with unintended consequences.
Faced with the prospect of sacrificing one career for the other, Kiefer found a compromise: put her medical studies on

Fencer Lee Kiefer (USA) poses for a portrait during the 2024 Team USA Media Summit.

Fencer Lee Kiefer (USA) poses for a portrait during the 2024 Team USA Media Summit

Lee Kiefer: the med student with surgical precision

The city of love will host the majority of competitions at Olympic Games Paris 2024, with athlete couples no doubt eyeing some iconic locations at which to take some romantic selfies. Or, perhaps, even add another type of Olympic ring to their lives...
Athlete couples will be competing in myriad

Katie Boulter of Great Britain and partner Alex De Minaur of Australia set to play at Paris 2024

Love is in the air: Meet the Olympic couples competing at Paris 2024

At the helm of Team USA’s most experienced fencing team bound for Paris 2024 is four-time Olympian and two-time medallist Gerek Meinhardt, who has his eyes on turning his two bronze medals into an Olympic gold later this year.
USA teammates Miles Chamley-Watson, Nick Itkin and Alexander Massialas will step

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 16: Fencer Gerek Meinhardt poses during the Team USA Paris 2024 Olympic Portrait Shoot at NBC Universal Studios Stage 16 on November 16, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

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Exclusive: Fencing veteran Gerek Meinhardt declares golden goal for Paris

The U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic foil fencing team will take on their final Grand Prix ahead of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in Shanghai later this week from 17-19 May.
USA Fencing made their official full-roster announcement for Paris on 1 May and this Grand Prix will highlight the

Bronze medalists Team United States celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Foil Team Team Fencing Gold Medal Match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Team USA men's foil fencing bronze, Tokyo 2020

FIE Fencing Grand Prix Foil - Shanghai: Team USA preview

Once she's wrapped her fourth Olympic Games, life will not get any less hectic for fencer Lee Kiefer \-\- even if she puts the foil down for good.
The Olympic women's foil champion from Tokyo 2020 has managed to combine training with her studies at the University of Kentucky School

American fencer Lee Kiefer is looking forward to defending her foil title at Paris 2024

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