Weston Kelsey
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| Birth name | Weston Kelsey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Seth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 24, 1981 Santa Monica, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Weston "Seth" Kelsey (born August 24, 1981 in Santa Monica, California) is an American épée fencer and three time Olympic fencer.[1] He competed at three Olympiads: 2004, 2008 and 2012. He finished 4th in the individual competition at the 2012 London Olympics.
Career
[edit]He finished 17th in the individual competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He has competed at the World Fencing Championships since 2003. His best results were seventh at the 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris, France.[2] He was a member of the American team that won the silver medal in team épée at the 2010 World Championships and a member of the American épée team that won the 2012 World Championships in Kiev, Ukraine.[3] He competed in the 2012 Olympics at London, losing his semi-final 5 - 6 to eventual champion Ruben Limardo.[4] He went on to compete against Korean épée fencer Jung Jin-Sun in the bronze medal match, losing 11 - 12 in the sudden death priority minute.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Weston Kelsey Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
- ^ "Fencer". Fie.ch. 1981-08-24. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "KELSEY WESTON at FIE.org" (PDF). www.fie.org. FIE. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ a b "London 2012 - Fencing - Men's Epee". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
External links
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- American male épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Fencers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Santa Monica, California
- United States Air Force Athlete of the Year
- Fencers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in fencing
- 21st-century American sportsmen