Notre Dame has seven Heisman Trophy winners. It won’t be long until it has that many fencing gold medals.
The third came Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics, where Lee Kiefer beat defending champion Inna Deriglazova of Russia 15-13 in the women’s foil final.
The Lexington native ripped off her mask after the final point and shouted, “Oh my God!”
Mariel Zagunis, also a Notre Dame graduate, is the only other American fencer to earn gold, winning women’s saber events at Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008.
Kiefer's gold is the first in Tokyo by an athlete with an Indiana connection.