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Kelley Hurley (born April 4, 1988) is an American
épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...
fencer. She won the bronze medal in the women's team
épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...
event at the
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. A standout at the
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, she was a 4-time
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. Coached by their father, Bob Hurley, Kelley and her younger sister Courtney have competed on World Teams together since Kelley was 17. Kelley qualified for her first Olympic Team in 2008 as the only women's épée fencer from the United States to do so. In 2012, Hurley qualified for her second team as a replacement athlete. Hurley won bronze in the team event as a member of the first U.S. Women's Épée Team ever to earn an Olympic medal. Hurley went into the Rio 2016 Olympics ranked 18th in the world in the individual épée, and finished 24th in Rio. She competed for the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, finishing 12th in the Women's Épée Individual. Along with her sister, she was also a member of the USA's 5th place entry in the Women's Épée Team event.


See also

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List of USFA Division I National Champions This is a list of USA Fencing (USFA) Division I national champions. The Division I National Championship in each weapon was contested at Summer Nationals until recently, when it started taking place during the April North American Cup. Men's Fen ...
* List of NCAA fencing champions


References

1988 births Living people Fencers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in fencing American female épée fencers Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in fencing FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States Fencers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing 21st-century American sportswomen Left-handed fencers Fencers at the 2011 Pan American Games {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub