Tag: Eleanor Harvey

Photos of former Notre Dame fencer Lee Kiefer winning second gold

Back-to-back for Lee!

[autotag]Lee Kiefer[/autotag] made history at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She became the first U.S. fencer, male or female, to win a medal in the individual foil, taking the gold. A few years later at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, she’s proven she’s not ready to give that gold medal up.

Kiefer won her second individual foil gold medal in as many Olympics. The former Notre Dame fencer did so by defeating fellow U.S. fencer Lauren Scruggs, 15-6. Scruggs is the first U.S. fencer to win a silver in this event. The bronze went to Canada’s Eleanor Harvey.

Kiefer became the second U.S. fencer to win two individual Olympic golds, joining two-time sabre gold medalist Mariel Zagunis. And she did in front of husband and fellow former Notre Dame fencer [autotag]Gerek Meinhardt[/autotag] 24 hours ahead of his own quest for an individual foil medal.

If you missed Kiefer’s historic day, take a look at these photos:

Former Ohio State fencer wins Olympic medal in Paris

Another former Buckeye wins a medal in Paris. #GoBucks

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics are now in full swing, and we’ll continue to stay on top of any of the notable news with former Ohio State athleters. In fact, on Saturday, former Buckeye swimmer Hunter Armstrong took home a gold medal as a part of the United States’ 4×100-meter freestyle relaty team, and now we have another former Buckeye that is taking home a medal.

Eleanor Harvey, a member of Canada’s fencing team, took home the bronze medal in the women’s foil on Sunday, marking the Canadians’ first ever medal in the event.

Harvey competed for Ohio State from 2013-2017 and beat Italy’s Alice Volpi, 15-12, in the bronze medal match. She finished in third behind the American duo of Lee Kiefer (gold) and Lauren Scruggs (silver).

If you’re keeping count by the way, that’s two medals in two days for former OSU athletes. We’re not saying that former Buckeyes are set to win 16 medals, we’re just telling you that it’s been a fantastic start.

We’ll stay on top of former Buckeye athletes and how their doing in Paris, so stay with us.

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