May Tieu

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May Lee Tieu
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Tieu in 2018
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Women's foil
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Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Buenos Aires Girls' foil
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Verona Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cairo Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Cairo Team
Cadets World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Verona Individual

May Lee Tieu is a Chinese-American Olympic foil fencer. [1] She participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the fencing competition, winning 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.

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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.