Clubs: Premier Fencing Club and Princeton University
Coach: Szilvia Gyore
Family: Mother Hok Chun Lee; sisters Kathy, Mindy and Elizabeth; and cats Maumau and Muimui
Hobbies: Piano, drawing, playing with her cat, baking with her sister, finding dessert spots, napping and reading
How She Started Fencing: She followed her sister into the sport
Who Has Influenced Her Fencing Career: Her sisters, who inspire her to work hard and to keep pushing, despite setbacks
Favorite Fencing Memory: Cheering for her teammates during the 2018 Junior World team event
Something People Would be Surprised to Know: She enjoys embroidering
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 2 (Junior), No. 10 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 8 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021 (Gold - Individual, Silver - Team), 2020, 2019, 2018 (Gold - Team)
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2018 (Silver - Individual), 2017
Youth Olympic Games Teams: 2018 (Bronze - Individual and Mixed Team)

Results

2021:

Gold - Junior World Championships (Individual)
Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
43rd - Doha Grand Prix

2020:

Gold - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Individual)
Gold - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Team)
Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
Gold - Ivy League Championships (Individual)
Bronze - Ivy Leauge Championships (Team)
39th - Bocum Junior World Cup
49th - Kazan World Cup

2019:

Gold - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Team)
Silver - July Callenge (Division I)
Silver - July Challenge (Junior)
Bronze - January North American Cup (Division I)
Fifth - November North American Cup (Junior)
Sixth - Saint Maur World Cup (Team)
Sixth - December North American Cup (Division I)
Seventh - Junior World Championships (Team)
Eighth - Zagreb Junior World Cup (Individual)
Ninth - Junior World Championships (Individual)
Ninth - London Junior World Cup
12th - October North American Cup (Division I)
17th - Moedling Junior World Cup
21st - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
29th - Cairo World Cup
45th - Saint Maur World Cup (Individual)
45th - Katowice World Cup
48th - Anaheim Grand Prix
48th - St. Maur World Cup
50th - Cairo World Cup
52nd - Shanghai Grand Prix

2018:

Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
Gold - Junior Pan American Championships (Team)
Gold - London Junior World Cup
Gold - Sofia Junior World Cup (Team)
Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
Silver - Cadet World Championships
Silver - Sofia Junior World Cup (Individual)
Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
Bronze - Youth Olympic Games (Individual)
Bronze - Youth Olympic Games (Mixed Team)
Fifth - Junior Pan American Championships (Individual)
Fifth - July Challenge (Junior)
Seventh - Rome Cadet European Cup
12th - July Challenge (Division I)
16th - Zagreb Junior World Cup
16th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
19th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
19th - Moedling Junior World Cup
25th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
28th - January North American Cup (Division I)

2017:

Gold - Tauberbischofsheim Cadet European Cup
Gold - Timisoara Junior World Cup (Team)
Gold - Moedling Junior World Cup (Team)
Gold - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Gold - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
Silver - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Team)
Bronze - Budapest Cadet European Cup (Individual)
Bronze - Pisa Cadet European Cup
Seventh - July Challenge (Cadet)
Eighth - November North American Cup (Junior)
10th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
10th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
14th - December North American Cup (Division I)
15th - July Challenge (Division I)
18th - Timisoara Junior World Cup (Individual)
18th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
20th - October North American Cup (Division I)
29th - Moedling Junior World Cup (Individual)
33rd - Cadet World Championships
35th - Bochum Junior World Cup
36th - July Challenge (Junior)
38th - January North American Cup (Junior)

2016:

Gold - March North American Cup (Y14)
Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Gold - Cabries Cadet European Cup (Team)
Bronze - July Challenge (Division I)
Bronze - July Challenge (Cadet)
Fifth - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Sixth - December Division I Foil North American Cup (Division I)
Eighth - July Challenge (Junior)
Ninth - Budapest Cadet European Cup
Ninth - January North American Cup (Junior)
11th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
11th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
12th - Cabries Cadet European Cup (Individual)
13th - January North American Cup (Division I)
13th - November North American Cup (Junior)
19th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
25th - Lyon Junior World Cup
25th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
28th - Pisa Cadet European Cup
29th - Zagreb Junior World Cup
45th - Bochum Junior Woorld Cup
56th - October North American Cup (Division I)

2015:

Gold - April North American Cup (Y14)
Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division IA)
Bronze - July challenge (Cadet)
Bronze - November North American Cup (Cadet)
Seventh - July Challenge (Junior)
11th - Budapest Cadet European Cup
12th - Tauberbischofsheim Cadet European Cup
17th - December North American Cup (Division I)
21st - October North American Cup (Division I)
23rd - January North American Cup (Junior)
25th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
25th - November North American Cup (Junior)
42nd - October North American Cup (Cadet)
51st - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
54th - Montecatini Terme Cadet European Cup
58th - Timisoara Junior World Cup
61st - July Challenge (Division I)

2014:

Gold - Pan American Youth Championships (Youth B)
Gold - July North American Cup (Y12)
Silver - March North American Cup (Y14)
Fifth - March North American Cup (Y12)
Ninth - November North American Cup (Cadet)
10th - July North American Cup (Cadet)
12th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
12th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
13th - November North American Cup (Y14)
16th - Gyor Cadet European Cup
26th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
41st - Tauberbischofsheim Cadet European Cup
41st - November North American Cup (Junior)
42nd - July North American Cup (Division I)
57th - October North American Cup (Division I)
58th - December North American Cup (Division I)

2013:

23rd - April North American Cup (Y12)
25th - July North American Cup (Y12)
35th - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
40th - October North American Cup (Y14)
43rd - July North American Cup (Cadet)

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