May Lee Tieu
Tieu in 2018
Sport
Country United States
SportFencing
Medal record
Fencing
Representing  United States
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2018 Buenos AiresGirls' foil
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 CairoIndividual foil
Silver medal – second place2021 CairoTeam foil

May Lee Tieu is a Chinese-American olympic fencer.[1] She participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the fencing competition, being awarded the bronze medal in the girls' foil event.[2] At the 2021 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships she won the gold medal in the individual foil, and bronze in the team foil.[3][4] In 2019 she received the Jack Kelly Fair Play Award.[5] As of April 2023, she has retired from competitive fencing.

References

  1. ↑ Ghosh, Sreesha (April 7, 2021). "Tieu earns third career World Fencing Championship medal". The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (October 8, 2018). "Fencer earns first U.S. medal of Youth Olympics after sportsmanship act". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Junior-Cadet World Championships Cairo 2021 Results". Fencing Time. April 3, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ Houston, Michael (April 6, 2021). "Kozlov and Tieu win junior foil world titles in Cairo". Inside the Games. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ Jomantas, Nicole (September 13, 2019). "May Tieu Honored with Jack Kelly Fair Play Award". United States Fencing Association. Retrieved June 22, 2022.


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