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Axel KIEFER

🇺🇸 USA · Bluegrass Fencers' Club · Left-handed

Men’s Foil, 2005–2019

About this fencer

FIE 29614 · USA 100066717

USA Fencing rating: Foil B2023

USA Fencing classifications run from A to E; U means unrated. A year after the letter is the year that classification was earned.

Record and rankings

Counts cover published results recorded here. Verified source copies count once; other source records remain separate.

Results
111
Podiums
37
Competitions won
20
FIE ranking
193rd Senior Foil · 2017–18
Best finish
1st of 184, USFA National Championships & NAC F
Where they finished in each field, over time A result A podium
Winner1stTop quarter¼Halfway½LastLast 2nd of 426, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC, January 2019, 2019-01-04 7th of 159, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, December NAC, December 2018, 2018-12-14 79th of 170, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2018, 2018-05-19 47th of 170, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Anaheim 2018, 2018-03-17 11th of 256, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC, January 2018, 2018-01-05 39th of 67, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, 2017 DV1/TM & CHR Natl CHM & April NAC (DV2/3, VET/TM), 2017-04-21 5th of 236, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, Senior Team & WCH, 2017-01-06 23rd of 233, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, October NAC (DV1, DV2, CDT & WCH), 2016-10-07 53rd of 142, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Grand Prix, Shanghai 2016, 2016-06-03 67th of 157, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Bourges 2016, 2016-04-07 71st of 161, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Aix-en-Provence 2016, 2016-01-30 1st of 173, Junior Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, CHR, STM), January 2016, 2016-01-08 17th of 196, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, CHR, STM), January 2016, 2016-01-08 3rd of 152, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, December NAC (DV1, DV2, VET), December 2015, 2015-12-04 19th of 203, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Bratislava 2015, 2015-11-29 6th of 233, Junior Men’s Foil, November NAC (JR, CDT, Y14), November 2015, 2015-11-13 9th of 161, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Leszno 2015, 2015-10-10 3rd of 111, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Györ 2015, 2015-09-26 41st of 113, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior and Cadet World Championships, Tashkent 2015, 2015-04-07 7th of 229, Junior Men’s Foil, 2015 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, 2015-02-13 12th of 133, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Aix-en-Provence, January 2015, 2015-01-31 117th of 232, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, Paris, January 2015, 2015-01-16 37th of 161, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, CHR, STM), January 2015, 2015-01-09 2nd of 153, Junior Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, CHR, STM), January 2015, 2015-01-09 5th of 126, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, December NAC (DV1, DV2, VET), December 2014, 2014-12-05 71st of 182, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Bratislava 2014, 2014-11-22 6th of 246, Junior Men’s Foil, November NAC (JR, CDT, Y14), November 2014, 2014-11-07 120th of 198, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE World Cup, San Francisco 2014, 2014-10-17 13th of 147, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Leszno 2014, 2014-10-11 35th of 133, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Budapest, September 2014, 2014-09-28 28th of 345, Junior Men’s Foil, 2014 USFA National Championships & July NAC, 2014-06-22 43rd of 241, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, 2014 USFA National Championships & July NAC, 2014-06-22 1st of 174, Junior Men’s Foil, 2014 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, 2014-02-14 6th of 130, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Terrassa, February 2014, 2014-02-01 12th of 173, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, STM), 2014-01-17 24th of 173, Junior Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, JR, STM), 2014-01-17 1st of 87, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Udine 2014, 2014-01-05 13th of 157, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, December NAC (DV1, CDT, VET), 2013-12-13 30th of 179, Senior Men’s Foil, FIE Satellite, London 2013, 2013-12-01 35th of 140, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, London 2013, 2013-11-30 14th of 182, Junior Men’s Foil, FIE Junior World Cup, Bratislava 2013, 2013-11-17 9th of 174, Junior Men’s Foil, November NAC (DV1, JR, STM), 2013-11-08 13th of 193, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, November NAC (DV1, JR, STM), 2013-11-08 21st of 288, Junior Men’s Foil, 2013 USFA National Championships & July NAC, 2013-06-28 26th of 43, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, 2013 DVI/CHR National Championships & April NAC (Youth), 2013-04-12 24th of 212, Junior Men’s Foil, January NAC (U20, U17, Y14), 2013-01-18 3rd of 197, Cadet Men’s Foil, January NAC (U20, U17, Y14), 2013-01-18 24th of 114, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, December NAC (DV1, DV2, VET, CHR), December 2012, 2012-12-07 34th of 161, Junior Men’s Foil, November NAC (DV1, U20, STM), 2012-11-09 35th of 178, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, November NAC (DV1, U20, STM), 2012-11-09 1st of 172, Cadet Men’s Foil, October NAC (DV1, DV2, U17), 2012-10-12 25th of 191, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, October NAC (DV1, DV2, U17), 2012-10-12 45th of 251, Junior Men’s Foil, 2012 USFA National Championships & July NAC, 2012-06-29 3rd of 193, Cadet Men’s Foil, 2012 USFA National Championships & July NAC, 2012-06-29 11th of 42, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, 2012 DVI/CHR National Championships & April NAC (Youth), 2012-04-13 33rd of 7, Cadet Men’s Foil, 2012 Cadet World Championships, Moscow RUS, 2012-03-31 3rd of 171, Junior Men’s Foil, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, February 2012, 2012-02-17 1st of 183, Cadet Men’s Foil, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, February 2012, 2012-02-17 13th of 15, Cadet Men’s Foil, Cadet Men's Foil, Pisa ITA, 2012-02-11 131st of 169, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, U20), 2012-01-13 30th of 149, Junior Men’s Foil, January NAC (DV1, U20), 2012-01-13 17th of 131, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, December NAC (DV1, DV2, VET, CHR), December 2011, 2011-12-09 1st of 143, Cadet Men’s Foil, November NAC (Y14, U17, U20), 2011-11-11 5th of 186, Junior Men’s Foil, November NAC (Y14, U17, U20), 2011-11-11 2nd of 160, Cadet Men’s Foil, October NAC (CDT, DV2, DV3), 2011-10-21 9th of 201, Y14 Men’s Foil, USFA National Championships & NAC F, 2011-07-01 106th of 236, Junior Men’s Foil, USFA National Championships & NAC F, 2011-07-01 1st of 184, Cadet Men’s Foil, USFA National Championships & NAC F, 2011-07-01 26th of 46, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, DVI, DVI TM, Wchr National Championships & NAC E (Y14, Y12, Y10, Y14TM), 2011-04-15 3rd of 123, Y14 Men’s Foil, DVI, DVI TM, Wchr National Championships & NAC E (Y14, Y12, Y10, Y14TM), 2011-04-15 31st of 198, Cadet Men’s Foil, Junior Olympic Fencing Championship (U20, U17, U20TM), 2011-02-18 58th of 182, Junior Men’s Foil, Junior Olympic Fencing Championship (U20, U17, U20TM), 2011-02-18 17th of 128, Cadet Men’s Foil, North American Cup C (DVI, U20, U17), 2011-01-14 54th of 189, Junior Men’s Foil, North American Cup C (DVI, U20, U17), 2011-01-14 35th of 194, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, North American Cup C (DVI, U20, U17), 2011-01-14 21st of 191, Junior Men’s Foil, North American Cup B (U20, U17, Y14), November 2010, 2010-11-19 10th of 168, Cadet Men’s Foil, North American Cup B (U20, U17, Y14), November 2010, 2010-11-19 3rd of 108, Y14 Men’s Foil, North American Cup B (U20, U17, Y14), November 2010, 2010-11-19 9th of 208, Y14 Men’s Foil, Summer National Championships, 2010-07-03 15th of 143, Cadet Men’s Foil, Summer National Championships, 2010-07-03 131st of 168, Senior Division I Men’s Foil, North American Cup F (DV1, Y14, Y12, Y10), 2010-04-23 12th of 132, Y14 Men’s Foil, North American Cup F (DV1, Y14, Y12, Y10), 2010-04-23 60th of 204, Junior Men’s Foil, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, February 2010, 2010-02-12 26th of 195, Cadet Men’s Foil, Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, February 2010, 2010-02-12 1st of 6, Junior Mixed Foil, New Year Open, Louisville, KY, 2010-01-02 3rd of 44, Y14 Men’s Foil, KY Division SYC - December 2009, 2009-12-11 3rd of 43, Y14 Men’s Foil, Super Youth Circuit 4, 2009-12-11 3rd of 41, Open Mixed Foil, Ky Div Bourbon Open 2009 - Sectional Event, 2009-11-14 54th of 143, Cadet Men’s Foil, North American Cup B (U20, U17, Y14), November 2009, 2009-11-06 17th of 87, Y14 Men’s Foil, North American Cup B (U20, U17, Y14), November 2009, 2009-11-06 39th of 116, Cadet Men’s Foil, North American Cup A (DV2, DV3, U17), 2009-10-09 2nd of 9, Open Mixed Foil, Ky Div Derby Open/ SN Qualifier, May 2009, 2009-05-09 1st of 33, Y12 Men’s Foil, Kentucky Division SYC - 2009, 2009-04-10 1st of 42, Y14 Men’s Foil, Kentucky Division SYC - 2009, 2009-04-10 1st of 4, Cadet Mixed Foil, Derby Open/Summer National Qualifier 08, 2008-04-19 1st of 33, Y12 Men’s Foil, Kentucky Division SYC - 2008, 2008-02-08 2nd of 32, Y14 Men’s Foil, Kentucky Division SYC - 2008, 2008-02-08 1st of 11, Y14 Mixed Foil, Kentucky Division - RYC, 2007-12-15 1st of 16, Y12 Mixed Foil, Kentucky Division - RYC, 2007-12-15 1st of 4, Y10 Mixed Foil, Great Lakes Regional - KY RYC, #1, 2006-12-16 3rd of 9, Y12 Mixed Foil, Great Lakes Regional - KY RYC, #1, 2006-12-16 1st of 9, Y12 Mixed Foil, Bourbon Open, November 2006, 2006-11-18 1st of 3, Y10 Men’s Foil, Great Lakes Regional Youth Circuit Event, February 2006, 2006-02-25 1st of 6, Y12 Men’s Foil, Great Lakes Regional Youth Circuit Event, February 2006, 2006-02-25 3rd of 13, Open Men’s Foil, New Year's Open/Jr Olympic Qualifier, 2006-01-07 7th of 22, Open Mixed Foil, New Year's Open/Jr Olympic Qualifier, 2006-01-07 1st of 5, Y10 Men’s Foil, Great Lakes Regional Youth Circuit Event, December 2005, 2005-12-17 1st of 5, Y12 Men’s Foil, Great Lakes Regional Youth Circuit Event, December 2005, 2005-12-17 6th of 20, Open Mixed Foil, The Bourbon Open, 2005-12-03 26th of 27, Open Mixed Foil, Wright Memorial 2005, 2005-02-05 5th of 16, Y12 Mixed Foil, Wright Memorial 2005, 2005-02-05

Results

Results: 111

WhenCompetitionEventPlace
31 Jan 2015FIE Junior World Cup, Aix-en-Provence, January 2015FIEJunior Men’s Foil12th of 133
16 Jan 2015FIE World Cup, Paris, January 2015FIESenior Men’s Foil117th of 232
9 Jan 2015January NAC (DV1, JR, CHR, STM), January 2015AskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Foil37th of 161
9 Jan 2015January NAC (DV1, JR, CHR, STM), January 2015AskFREDJunior Men’s Foil2nd of 153
5 Dec 2014December NAC (DV1, DV2, VET), December 2014AskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Foil5th of 126
22 Nov 2014FIE Junior World Cup, Bratislava 2014FIEJunior Men’s Foil71st of 182
7 Nov 2014November NAC (JR, CDT, Y14), November 2014AskFREDJunior Men’s Foil6th of 246
17 Oct 2014FIE World Cup, San Francisco 2014FIESenior Men’s Foil120th of 198
11 Oct 2014FIE Junior World Cup, Leszno 2014FIEJunior Men’s Foil13th of 147
28 Sept 2014FIE Junior World Cup, Budapest, September 2014FIEJunior Men’s Foil35th of 133
22 Jun 20142014 USFA National Championships & July NACAskFREDJunior Men’s Foil28th of 345
22 Jun 20142014 USFA National Championships & July NACAskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Foil43rd of 241
14 Feb 20142014 Junior Olympic Fencing ChampionshipsAskFREDJunior Men’s Foil1st of 174
1 Feb 2014FIE Junior World Cup, Terrassa, February 2014FIEJunior Men’s Foil6th of 130
17 Jan 2014January NAC (DV1, JR, STM)AskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Foil12th of 173
17 Jan 2014January NAC (DV1, JR, STM)AskFREDJunior Men’s Foil24th of 173
5 Jan 2014FIE Junior World Cup, Udine 2014FIEJunior Men’s Foil1st of 87
13 Dec 2013December NAC (DV1, CDT, VET)AskFREDSenior Division I Men’s Foil13th of 157
1 Dec 2013FIE Satellite, London 2013FIESenior Men’s Foil30th of 179
30 Nov 2013FIE Junior World Cup, London 2013FIEJunior Men’s Foil35th of 140

Videos

Head to head

Against left-handers 17–14 · right-handers 64–22, where the FIE says which hand they fence with. Left and right

Everyone they’ve met in events whose bouts are kept here, the most met first. Each goes to their bouts together.

AgainstWonLostLast met
Alessandro GRIDELLI2010 Oct 2015
Daiki FUJINO113 Jun 2016
Daniel DOSA0216 Jan 2015
Erwann AUCLIN1131 Jan 2015
Guillaume BIANCHI1126 Sept 2015
Everyone they’ve met (102 more)
AgainstWonLostLast met
Kolja DAHLIN207 Apr 2016
Maxim LOVYAGIN1130 Jan 2016
Maximilien CHASTANET0226 Sept 2015
Petar FILES2029 Nov 2015
Yoshiki ABE1119 May 2018
Adam CMIEL1010 Oct 2015
Adrian WOJTKOWIAK1022 Nov 2014
Alessandro BERTOLAZZI0122 Nov 2014
Alex STRZELECKI1031 Jan 2015
Alexander LLOYD1010 Oct 2015
Alexander SIROTKIN0117 Mar 2018▶ Watch
Alexander Tiu BECK1028 Sept 2014
Alexander TSORONIS0116 Jan 2015
Alexandre EDIRI1026 Sept 2015
Anatolii SENIC1017 Mar 2018
Andrea BALDINI1016 Jan 2015
Andrea CAMBURSANO1011 Oct 2014
Andrzej RZADKOWSKI0117 Mar 2018
Antoine SCHVARTZ1022 Nov 2014
Balazs NEMETH1010 Oct 2015
Bartosz CEGIELSKI1028 Sept 2014
Bartosz ZURAWSKI1029 Nov 2015
Benjamin FRUHAUF0128 Sept 2014
Benoit HECHER1030 Jan 2016
Bjoern-Erik WEINER0130 Jan 2016
Brian HOWARD1017 Oct 2014
Carlos LLAVADOR1017 Mar 2018
Daniel OLSZOWSKI1010 Oct 2015
Dmitry RIGIN013 Jun 2016
Dmitry TROFIMOV1019 May 2018
Dominik SCHOPPA0131 Jan 2015
Edward FITZGERALD017 Apr 2016
Elisha YUNO1022 Nov 2014
Engin Batuhan MENKUER107 Apr 2016
Enguerrand COLIN ANDREZ0128 Sept 2014
Erwann LE PECHOUX013 Jun 2016
Felix KLEIN1031 Jan 2015
Francesco SALVO1010 Oct 2015
Guillaume SOLIVELLAS0130 Jan 2016
Hamad AL-ASMI107 Apr 2015
Heitor SHIMBO1017 Oct 2014
Henrique MARQUES1017 Mar 2018
Hyeonjun YANG017 Apr 2015
Hyun Woo KIM017 Apr 2015
Jean-Paul TONY HELISSEY0117 Oct 2014
Johannes POSCHARNIG013 Jun 2016
Junhyuk KWAK0117 Oct 2014
Kamal MINOTT1031 Jan 2015
Khaled YOUSEF107 Apr 2015
Kwanghyun LEE1019 May 2018
Kyle CHAN1019 May 2018
Laurence HALSTED0116 Jan 2015
Luka STARC107 Apr 2016
Lukas TETERIS107 Apr 2015
Marat BAKIROV1011 Oct 2014
Marc-Antoine BRODEUR1017 Mar 2018
Marcus MEPSTEAD0119 May 2018
Marius BRAUN013 Jun 2016
Mark PERELMANN1016 Jan 2015
Markus FELNER1016 Jan 2015
Mateu COLL1026 Sept 2015
Maxime PAUTY0116 Jan 2015
Maxime TARASIEWICZ1029 Nov 2015
Maximilian ETTELT1028 Sept 2014
Mazen ELMIKATY1011 Oct 2014
Mihaly MERO1026 Sept 2015
Mikhail SWEET017 Apr 2016
Minkyu KIM103 Jun 2016
Mohamed HAMZA1029 Nov 2015
Nikita SOKOLOV0110 Oct 2015
Patryk CHOINSKI1011 Oct 2014
Pavel KORMIN1031 Jan 2015
Philipp OBERHUBER1022 Nov 2014
Phillip CRIPWELL1026 Sept 2015
Pierre Antoine MATERNE1011 Oct 2014
Piotr SOBCZAK1011 Oct 2014
Quentin THIVEL0130 Jan 2016
Rajan RAI107 Apr 2016
Rastislav SIMEUNOVIC1028 Sept 2014
Raul ARIZAGA1017 Oct 2014
Riccardo DI TOMMASO1029 Nov 2015
Roger GARCIA-ALZORRIZ107 Apr 2015
Saifeldin HELMY1031 Jan 2015
Sander VAN GIJSEL1030 Jan 2016
Saverio SCHIAVONE0117 Oct 2014
Sidarth KUMBLA0119 May 2018
Siu Lun CHEUNG103 Jun 2016
Stef DE GREEF1026 Sept 2015
Stef VAN CAMPENHOUT1029 Nov 2015
Takuma ITO1031 Jan 2015
Tamas MESZAROS1026 Sept 2015
Theo SEBBAN1029 Nov 2015
Tobias GRASNEK1029 Nov 2015
Tom GOMBOS1010 Oct 2015
Victor GHEORGHE0122 Nov 2014
Viktor HALADEJ1026 Sept 2015
Vincent MINDELOF1017 Mar 2018
Wei Yu CHAN1030 Jan 2016
Yiming HAN1019 May 2018
Youssef EID1010 Oct 2015
Yudai NAGANO1031 Jan 2015
Zhile ZHOU103 Jun 2016

Figures

rating, ranking and how they fence

Over time

fency ELO each season Foil
190016501400 Foil 1489, 2004–05 Foil 1584, 2005–06 Foil 1614, 2006–07 Foil 1680, 2007–08 Foil 1705, 2008–09 Foil 1745, 2009–10 Foil 1778, 2010–11 Foil 1811, 2011–12 Foil 1840, 2012–13 Foil 1878, 2013–14 Foil 1775, 2014–15 Foil 1796, 2015–16 Foil 1811, 2016–17 Foil 1834, 2017–18 Foil 1850, 2018–19
Their FIE ranking each season, 1st at the top Senior Foil
1st10th100th Senior Foil 276th, 2013–14 Senior Foil 521st, 2014–15 Senior Foil 225th, 2015–16 Senior Foil 193rd, 2017–18
As a table
SeasonWeaponfency ELOFIE ranking
2018–19Foil1,850
2017–18Foil1,834193rd Senior
2016–17Foil1,811
2015–16Foil1,796225th Senior
2014–15Foil1,775521st Senior
2013–14Foil1,878276th Senior
2012–13Foil1,840
2011–12Foil1,811
2010–11Foil1,778
2009–10Foil1,745
2008–09Foil1,705
2007–08Foil1,680
2006–07Foil1,614
2005–06Foil1,584
2004–05Foil1,489

How fency ELO works · the best now

How they fence

StageWon–lostAn average boutBy one touch
Pools67–21 76%4.5–2.65–7
Tables14–15 48%12.3–11.50–1