Gerek Meinhardt

Personal

• Son of Kurt and Jane Meinhardt

• Has one older sister, Katie
• Married to fellow Team USA fencer Lee Kiefer
• Began fencing at age 9
• Was introduced to the sport after taking piano lessons from fencing coach Greg Massialas’ wife
• Hobbies include reading, sports and traveling
• Became the first U.S. men's fencer ever to qualify for the cadet, junior and senior world teams all in the same year (2007)
• Was the youngest athlete ever to compete on a U.S. Olympic Fencing Team in 2008 and youngest member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in any sport
• Four-time NCAA All-American
• Two-time individual NCAA Champion (2011, 2014)
• First U.S. men’s foil fencer to earn World No. 1 (2014)
• Began first year of medical school during the COVID-19 shutdown in the summer of 2020

Olympic Experience

• 5-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (2 bronze)
• Olympic Games Paris 2024, 4th (Team Foil - Men), 13th (Individual Foil - Men)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, bronze (Team Foil - Men), 17th (Individual Foil - Men)
• Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, bronze (Team Foil - Men), 5th (Individual Foil - Men)
• Olympic Games London 2012, 4th (Team Foil - Men)
• Olympic Games Beijing 2008, 10th (Individual Foil - Men)

World Championships Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – 4th (Team Foil - Men), 33th (Individual Foil - Men)
• Years of participation: Individual Foil - Men 2006, 2007, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023; Team Foil - Men 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
• Medals: 7 (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
• Gold – 2019 (Team Foil - Men)
• Silver – 2022 (Team Foil - Men); 2018 (Team Foil - Men); 2017 (Team Foil - Men); 2013 (Team Foil - Men)
• Bronze – 2015 (Individual Foil - Men); 2010 (Individual Foil - Men)