May Lee Tieu is a Chinese-American

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fencer. She participated at the

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in the fencing competition, being awarded the

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in the girls' foil event. At the 2021 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships she won the

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in the individual foil, and

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in the team foil. In 2019 she received the Jack Kelly Fair Play Award. As of April 2023, she has retired from competitive fencing.

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* Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American female foil fencers Fencers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships medalists 21st-century American women {{US-fencing-bio-stub