Weston Kelsey

Weston Kelsey (2012)

Weston "Seth" Kelsey (born August 24, 1981 in Santa Monica ) is an American sword fencer and world champion. He has a bachelor's degree in behavioral research .

successes

Weston Kelsey entered the 2004 Olympic Games for the first time and took sixth place with the epee team and 19th place in the epee singles. In 2007 he won silver in singles at the Pan American Championships in Montreal, and in 2008 he was Pan American Champion in Querétaro . When he took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing , he finished 17th. In 2009 he won the bronze medal at the Pan American Championships in San Salvador . In 2010 Kelsey won a silver medal at the World Championships in Paris with the team behind the French team. In 2011 he won the US fencing championship in singles, at the Pan-American Games in Guadalajara with the team and in Reno (Nevada) the US team was with him Pan American champion, in the individual he won bronze here. In 2012 Kelsey won the World Championships in Kiev with the team , silver at the Pan American Championships in Cancún - in individual he got bronze at the Pan American Championships. In his third participation in the Olympic Games in London , Kelsey finished fourth in the individual, which is the highest ranking of an American epee fencer at the Olympic Games to date.

Hit against Seth Kelsey (left) by Jung Jin-sun in sudden death for third place at the 2012 Olympics

Web links

Commons : Weston Kelsey  - Collection of Images

• Profile Seth Kelsey at USA FENCING (English)
• Seth Kelsey - Rankings and Results in the database of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (English / French)
• Seth Kelsey in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )