Event: Epee
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 225 lbs.
Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif.
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Coach: Benoit Bouysset and Sebastien Dos Santos
Education: Bachelor's degree in behavioral science from the U.S. Air Force Academy
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 225 lbs.
Birthplace: Santa Monica, Calif.
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Coach: Benoit Bouysset and Sebastien Dos Santos
Education: Bachelor's degree in behavioral science from the U.S. Air Force Academy
Hobbies: Reading, cooking and sailing.
Favorite Movie: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Favorite TV Show: House
Role Model: Meriweather Lewis because he journeyed to places unknown and them came back to tell the world.
Family: Parents are Morton and Susan Kelsey. He has one sister, Holly.
Favorite Movie: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Favorite TV Show: House
Role Model: Meriweather Lewis because he journeyed to places unknown and them came back to tell the world.
Family: Parents are Morton and Susan Kelsey. He has one sister, Holly.
Olympic Teams: 2012, 2008, 2004
Senior World Championship Teams: 2011, 2010 (Silver - Team), 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002
Personal: Weston "Seth" Kelsey is one of Team USA's all-time most accomplished epee fencers. A two-time Olympian, Kelsey was a member of the first U.S. Men's Epee Team ever to earn a medal at a Senior World Championships -- a silver at the 2010 Worlds in Paris.
A high school fencer for four years in Oregon, Kelsey continued fencing at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he received the Athletic Achievement Award and was a three-time fencing MVP. Kelsey is now a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force who competes as a part of the World Class Athlete Program and is fluent in Spanish.
Recent Competition History
2012:
- Gold - World Team Championships
- Silver - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Fourth - Olympic Games
2011:
- Gold - Pan American Games (Individual)
- Gold - Pan American Games (Team)
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Gold - December North American Cup
- Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- 10th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- 15th - Senior World Championships (Team)
2010:
- Gold - Sydney World Cup
- Silver - Montreal World Cup
- Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
- Seventh - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2009:
- Bronze - Lignano World Cup (Individual)
- Bronze - Lignano World Cup (Team)
- 14th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 34th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2008:
- 17th - Olympic Games
2007:
- 10th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- 17th - Senior World Championships (Team)
2006:
- 19th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 39th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2005:
- 14th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 36th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2004:
- Sixth - Olympic Games (Team)
- 19th - Olympic Games (Individual)
2003:
- 18th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 56th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
2002:
- 13th - Senior World Championships (Team)
- 45th - Senior World Championships (Individual)