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Lee Kiefer shares her experience as first American to win Olympic gold in individual foil fencing

Posted at 2:01 PM, Aug 27, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-27 14:04:13-04

It has been one month since Lee Kiefer made history at the Tokyo Olympics by becoming the first American to win a gold medal in individual foil fencing. The University of Kentucky Medical School student is back home in Lexington with her husband, Gerek Meinhardt. He won a bronze medal in fencing and is also a UK Medical School student. Lee Kiefer joins Jennifer Palumbo to look back on her amazing accomplishment and ahead to her future.