Two years after learning epee fencing, Nhi Lan Le, who was born in Nha Trang, Vietnam, has reached the pinnacle of her sport as a member of the women's fencing team.
The 32-year-old Le finished third in the Division 1 tournament in 1995, after placing 12th in the same event two years earlier. She was 17th in foil, another event in fencing, and seventh in epee at the Canada championship this year.
Le was 12th in the A section of the World Cup championship in Sweden this year. She has been a member of the national team since 1989.
A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Le works at a brokerage company in Atlanta. She speaks fluent Vietnamese and French. She learned fencing in a physical education class