Gerek Meinhardt
@GerekMeinhardt
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5x Olympian, 2x Medalist | Notre Dame MBA, Entrepreneur | @leetothekiefer’s husband | Inquiries: [email protected]
Lexington, KY
Joined April 2011
Officially headed to my fifth Olympics!. Couldn’t be prouder to represent my country another time at the Games. Been a long journey and so appreciative of my friends, family, and everyone that’s supported and cheered for me through the ups and the downs that come with fencing.
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MY INCREDIBLE WIFE IS A BACK-TO-BACK OLYMPIC CHAMPION!!!! . Words can’t express how proud I am of her. I knew she could do it. She knew she could do it. But actually doing the damn thing, and moreover, doing it two times, in two completely different environments…
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My wife just made my #Olympics dream complete @leetothekiefer 🥇GOLD. Words can’t describe how bad she wanted this, how hard she worked, or how proud of her I am. Thank you ALL for the incredible words of support. We felt each one of them. @TeamUSA @USAFencing HISTORY!!!
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Just so proud and grateful to be a part of it. Thank you for all the messages of encouragement and congratulations sent to me on her behalf. I apologize for not getting back to everyone between cheering for her today and preparing for my own event tomorrow. Wow.
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A R I G A T O 🎌🗼.Japan, Miraitowa, Someity, volunteers, and everyone that made our incredible Tokyo 2020 experience possible.
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Made it to the Olympic Village!. Day 1 so far:. - hit up the dining hall. - took mandatory photos with the Rings. - stopped by the @Paris2024 merch shop. Scroll to check out @leetothekiefer’s huge poster in the athlete lounge 👀. Can’t wait to explore more!. #TeamUSA #Olympics
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Wanted to let you all know I’m doing okay and have appreciated the encouragement ❤️ . Just didn’t feel it on the strip. Excited to cheer on @nick_itkin and get ready for team @amassialas @race_imboden 🇺🇸 🤺 👊🏼. Here’s another photo with my hero and her new stylish accessory 🤩
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OLYMPIC BRONZE 🥉🇺🇸🤺. So proud of our team’s resilience in earning this hard fought medal. Love these guys! . Thank you all for the outpouring of support and for the many late nights watching fencing the past couple weeks. ❤️ Left it all on the strip!
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The Team USA Welcome Experience aka getting all that 🔥 gear. Thanks @teamusa and all the brands for spoiling us all! #paris2024 #olympics #bts
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@StephenCurry30 @KlayThompson While walking through the tunnels at the Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremonies, my wife @leetothekiefer asked Klay for a photo…of her and me. After realizing what she asked, he of course took our picture bc he’s that kind of guy. Can’t wait for his return tomorrow. #KlayDay
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Ready to cheer on @leetothekiefer!! .#Olympics #USA. Watch her and @TeamUSA @usfencing @FIE_fencing from the states at 8:55pm ET on @NBCOlympics!
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So proud of this girl and this team ☘️🤺 #LeeKieFour #NCAAChamps @NDMonogram @NDFencing @FightingIrish @NCAA
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Far from the result we wanted but love these guys and proud of our preparation and fight. Thank you all for cheering us on and supporting us throughout the Games and all that led up to them. We were honored to represent our nation. Thank you @paris2024 and all the fans that
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RIP Buckie. The fencing world and many outside it mourn so heavily for your loss because you had a gift of making people feel special and loved. I consider myself extremely lucky to have gotten to know you and to have felt that. You are terribly missed.
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34! Couldn’t ask for a better way to celebrate this birthday. What an incredible night, @paris2024 👏
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Irish Pride ☘️ . Grateful for an amazing weekend back at #NotreDame to celebrate our incredible Olympic and Paralympic teammates. While a student at ND, I had two knee surgeries and a whole lot of growing up to do outside of fencing. Our head coach…
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HAPPY OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC DAY to all past, present and future athletes, and to all who love sport!. @olympics: “When we move together, we stand together” ☮️. #olympicparalympicday #olympicday #moveforpeace #teamUSA #fencing
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As a kid, I never would have imagined winning back-to-back Grand Prix titles, least of all with a year-long hiatus in between. Result aside, it felt great to be back on the strip and to see familiar faces (albeit under face masks) again. After.
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Happy New Year! 🎊 Excited for married life with my gorgeous, funny, incredible fiancée #thedream
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Awesome night cheering on @UKFootball! .🐎 4th year living in KY.🩺 2nd year med student.🏈 1st time at Kroger Field. Loved the #BBN energy! #WeAreUK
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BRONZE!!! 🇺🇸🥉So proud of my team for our fight all day, especially after our rough individual event. Felt amazing to put out some good fencing and to feel the rush of competing at a high level again. Merci Paris for another incredible event! Can’t wait to be back.
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New season, same goal. Back to work with the fellas. 🥇
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRONZE for @leetothekiefer!! 😍🥉 Caps off an incredible season winning the ‘22 World Cup title for finishing with the #1 world ranking 🏆. Congrats to coach @amgadkhazbak and all of @usfencing and @TeamUSA for their part in the milestone 🇺🇸
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The dream is alive and well! #roadtoparis2024. Thank you @teamusa and @nbcolympics for including us in your incredible promo shoot 🇺🇸
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Thanks for the fun week, @teamusa and @whitehouse 🇺🇸 . #TeamUSA #Olympic #Paralympic #Tokyo and #Beijing teams
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🥇Gold at the first national of the season! Ecstatic! Congrats to all my fellow finalists 👏
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A successful weekend in Paris to start off 2023 🥈🥈🥈. Team: double silvers for 🇺🇸!.Individual: silver for Lee and 16th for Gerek. Thank you @ffescrime for another incredible CIP! 🇫🇷 No other tournament quite compares. #BizziTeam #TeamUSA
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Congratulations to this beautiful woman on winning silver at the first World Cup of the season. Couldn’t be prouder of how Lee battled throughout the day. Coming off a big win like Olympic gold is never easy because of the pressure and expectation, and …
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Grateful 🏆. 1. Gold at the Turin Grand Prix this weekend! Thank you all for supporting me through the tough times and the good. Sure to be more of both, but let’s enjoy this!.2. Congrats to the other medalists! So much respect 🫡
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Pumped and thankful for 18 years and counting in this amazing sport ❤️ 🤺 Happy World #FencingDay
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Anyone else up to see that late @USAWGoalball score to send this #Paralympics semifinal to overtime?!! Go @TeamUSA!! Watching on @NBCOlympics.
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💭 “please work”. Who knows the look? Hard to imagine that sometimes a bout is decided by whether your equipment works. I do my best to have them in tip top shape for competition but despite your best efforts, you sometimes have to pray to the fencing gods for some help.
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𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗥 at the first national of the season!🥈Tried to bring the intensity each and every touch, and happy with my fencing on the day. 1: thanks to my amazing wife/armourer/do-it-all support who makes it all possible for me
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Enjoying 32 in Greece 🇬🇷 Thanks for all the bday wishes!
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Ready for Paris!. Finished our last practice at Bluegrass this morning. Flying to France tomorrow!. - Photo 1: Selfie recreation of >>. - Photo 2: Our last practice before the Tokyo Olympics
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PASSED my first medical board exam 🙏🏼. Those close to me know how grueling of a year this has been, particularly the two-month dedicated study period leading up to this exam. Everybody’s process preparing for Step 1 is a little different but it typic…
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9.1.19.The best day of my life. Thank you to our parents, friends, and family who made it the perfect weekend for my stunning wife and me. #kieferstolemeinhardt .📷 Bradley Quinn Photography
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Back to school, again! One semester in the books- many more to come 🤓
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🎉 WORLDS BRONZE 🎉 . @leetothekiefer inspires me every day with her drive and love for fencing. Amazing end to another great season, finishing with the World #1 ranking for a second year. Couldn’t ask for a better early birthday present! 🫶
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Olympic Qualifiers here we go 🇺🇸 . Individual qualification will be a year-long, hard-fought process that kicks off for me tomorrow here in Acapulco, Mexico 🇲🇽 Team qualification starts this Sunday. Let’s go!
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Grateful to travel and train around the world with this one. Enjoying a week in Frascati 🇮🇹. Appreciative of the opportunity we have to train more with great international fencers and experience some wonderful places and cultures during our leave of absence from medical school.
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Fresh baguettes and croissants baked daily on site in the @Paris2024 @Olympics Athlete Lounge 🥖 🥐 . #Paris2024.#Olympics
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Happy 2-years to my amazing wife. Grateful for each day with you and lucky to be your partner through all the highs and lows of life. 9.1.19
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Cairo World Cup this weekend 🇪🇬 . Lee and I both compete tomorrow in individuals and Sunday in team. Will post links to live results/potential video stream in our stories!. Thanks to [IG:slicersabre] for the cool graphic! Let’s hope that praying pose helps 🙏🏼
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Look at those teeth @mchamleywatson 🤩. ・・・.Back-to-back World Cup Champs and No. 1️⃣ in the World! 🇺🇸 🏆
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3 years of cake-eating with my best friend as my wife 🤍🖤. ft. our wedding cake foil cutter 👰♀️🤵♂️🍰🤺🔪. #wedding #anniversary
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🏆🇺🇸Gold and bronze in Busan!! 🇺🇸🏆. Had an incredible time in South Korea and relishing this moment. Thanks to our coaches and all our teammates! And everyone at home who loses sleep cheering for us each and every tournament 😴. Ready to head back to the states for some R&R.
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Merry Christmas! Sending love to our fam, friends, and fencing community. Swipe for more pictures of our foil tree. Ain’t she a beaut?
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Squad takes 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 🇺🇸 . An incredible day of gutsy fencing from the team. During the individual event, I got a small puncture in my hand that required stitches and was told not to compete in team for risk of worsening it. My guys stepped up.
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3. Have you ever screamed so hard.4. that you get lightheaded?.5. The one whose belief in me never wavers and inspires me to strive for growth every day.6. Where am I going
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Had fun fencing with Mark Zuckerberg and @leetothekiefer in mixed reality earlier this month #metaverse 🤺 🤺 🤺 . @usfencing @TeamUSA @FIE_fencing
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In good spirits after hand surgery this morning!. This surgery has been much anticipated and something I have been looking forward to getting done after dealing with the injury for over a year. I initially tore a ligament in my index finger in competition May 2023, and it
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Nearly lost my voice last weekend 😤 Between screaming on the strip and cheering for Lee and my teammates, I put my vocal cords through a lot. Reminiscing on an incredibly fun weekend of fencing in Paris this #fencingfriday
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Quick preview of our #TeamUSA out-of-Village training center for several sports including fencing for the #Paris2024 #Olympics
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Running toward the Olympic Qualification period 🏃🏻⌛️. In fencing, qualification occurs over a whole year and includes about 8 international competitions and for Americans, 3 domestic tournaments. The first of these will be one month from now in Acapulco, Mexico. Can’t wait!
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Some highs during a challenging season. Individual 5th and Team bronze in Plovdiv 🇧🇬 . Everyone faces ups, downs, and plateaus- keep your head up and continue putting in the work. And do it because you love it. Sports involves a lot of defeat, and that’s a part of the process.
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From your biggest admirer and fan, happy anniversary ❤️ I am so lucky and proud to be your fiancé and soon-to-be husband this September.
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Yes the #Paris2024 #Olympics Village is stocked with enormous quantities of condoms to promote safe sex.
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