[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 125 (Friday, July 16, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E763]
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                         IN HONOR OF LEE KIEFER

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                             HON. ANDY BARR

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 16, 2021

  Mr. BARR. Madam Speaker, I would like to honor a special Kentuckian 
and a member of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team, Lee Kiefer, from Lexington, 
Kentucky.
  At the age of 5, Ms. Kiefer began the sport of fencing. She 
participated in World Championships beginning in 2009, earning a team 
gold medal in 2018, a team silver medal in 2017, a team bronze medal in 
2019, and an individual bronze medal in 2011. Ms. Kiefer competed in 
the Pan-American Games in 2011, earning gold team and individual 
medals, and in 2015, earning gold individual medal and a silver team 
medal. Ms. Kiefer was the youngest member of the 2009 U.S. Senior World 
Foil Team. In 2011, she was the only athlete in the world to have 
earned individual podium finishes at the senior, junior, and cadet 
world championships.
  Representing the United States of America, Ms. Kiefer competed in the 
London Olympic Games in 2012, the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, and is 
currently on the team that will compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
  Ms. Kiefer is the daughter of Steve and Teresa Kiefer. Her husband is 
also a member of Team USA, fellow fencer, Gerek Meinhardt. She is a 
graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, the 
University of Notre Dame, and is currently a student at the University 
of Kentucky College of Medicine.
  I wish all the best to this accomplished Kentucky athlete as she 
competes in Tokyo representing the United States. It is my honor to 
recognize Lee Kiefer before the United States Congress.

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