Kelley Hurley (born April 4, 1988) is an American

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fencer. She won the bronze medal in the women's team

event at the

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. A standout at the

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, she was a 4-time All-American. She has qualified to represent the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021. Coached by their father, Bob Hurley, Kelley and her younger sister

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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.

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

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