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Karen Lieu

1974
Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - 13 6 3 - 22
Losses - 19 9 2 - 30
Win ratio - 40.6% 40.0% 60.0% - 42.3%
Pool victories - 9 4 3 - 16
Pool losses - 15 7 1 - 23
Pool win ratio - 37.5% 36.4% 75.0% - 41.0%
DE victories - 4 2 - - 6
DE losses - 4 2 1 - 7
DE win ratio - 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% - 46.2%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - 9 1 - - 10
Easy wins % - 69.2% 16.7% 0.0% - 45.5%
Close wins‡ - 3 2 1 - 6
Close wins % - 23.1% 33.3% 33.3% - 27.3%
Close losses‡ - 2 2 1 - 5
Close losses % - 10.5% 22.2% 50.0% - 16.7%
Big losses† - 10 5 1 - 16
Big losses % - 52.6% 55.6% 50.0% - 53.3%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Bouts with time expired

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories - - 4 1 - 5
Victories % - 0.0% 66.7% 33.3% - 22.7%
Losses - - - - - -
Losses % - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% - 0.0%
Total - - 4 1 - 5
Total % - 0.0% 26.7% 20.0% - 9.6%

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events - 5 2 1 - 8
Tournaments - 3 2 1 - 6

Competition history

8 competitions, 52 bouts

Division 1/Para Championships + April NAC

Veteran Women's Saber C2, VET April 14, 2025

Place 32 of 44 Seed 34 Not ranked Rating U Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 JOHNSON Laura S. 19 - C21 14 Nellya Fencers / DC Fencers Club 2517 2500 533.7 49%
Pool
V 5:1 FREYRE Rebecca R. 5 - C25 31 Fencing Academy Of Denver / Denver Fencing Center 2045 1966 397.1 46%
Pool
D 0:5 WILLEMSE Jamie 10 - C24 3 PDX Fencing / LA International Fencing 2158 2363 324.9 60%
Pool
D 1:5 GORDON Sharon 24 - E25 37 Manhattan Fencing Center 1756 2039 267.2 65%
Pool
D 4:5 PEIN Annette 38 - U 18 Zeta Fencing 1694 1771 172.7 54%
T64
V 10:9 KIM Nam Heui 13 - C23 33 2436 2500 513.1 52%
T32
D 1:10 ENOCHS Liz 16 - C23 6 United Fencers of Oakland 2557 3013 539.0 70%

Division 1/Para Championships + April NAC

Vet-50 Women's Foil A1, V50 April 12, 2025

Place 11 of 17 Seed 13 Rank 22 Rating E25 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 DREYER Nadia S. 8 12 C24 6 Nova Fencing Club 2282 2252 126.0 48%
Pool
D 4:5 THURMAN Allison L. 10 24 D25 10 2086 2126 118.4 52%
Pool
V 5:1 HERAWATI Lili 12 13 E23 17 Hub City Fencing Academy 1042 2008 18.5 93%
Pool
D 0:5 CARTER Jane P. 1 1 A24 5 Marx Fencing Academy / Tanner City Fencers Club 3315 2026 7.4 3%
Pool
V 5:0 LONG OKURA Rebecca 16 - U 14 Valkyrie Fencing Club / Salt City Swords Fencing Club 1704 2019 54.6 65%
T16
D 3:10 KERR Margaret E. 6 8 C24 7 Worcester Fencing Club 2619 2804 247.1 60%

Division 1/Para Championships + April NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée A2, V50 April 11, 2025

Place 29 of 33 Seed 27 Rank 54 Rating U Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 WOLF Lisa A. 5 5 B24 3 Riverside Fencing Club 2331 2007 37.5 30%
Pool
D 2:5 TOBY Charmaine 25 31 U 27 ArtDu Fencing 1455 1970 93.9 79%
Pool
V 5:3 PAINE Cheryl A. 15 13 C22 14 Fencing Institute Of Texas 2198 1876 74.4 30%
Pool
D 0:5 DREYER Nadia S. 16 19 C24 13 Nova Fencing Club 1885 1950 52.1 54%
Pool
D 2:5 CHANG Heidi 6 6 B25 2 Academy Of Fencing Masters (AFM) / NEMA Fencing Center 2574 1898 14.7 14%
T32
D 2:10 MARX Leslie M.
12 - B21 5 Marx Fencing Academy 2785 2014 45.7 17%

January NAC

Vet-50 Women's Foil B1, V50 January 5, 2025

Place 8 of 19 Seed 19 Not ranked Rating U Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 CHAPMAN Lesley F. 6 7 C24 6 Ludus Fencing Studio 2713 3062 489.6 66%
Pool
D 2:5 CARTER Jane P. 1 1 A24 2 Marx Fencing Academy / Tanner City Fencers Club 3294 2572 100.6 18%
Pool
D 1:5 LYTLE Darby A. 12 - D22 5 Lincoln Fencing Club 2494 2471 215.4 49%
Pool
V 5:1 SELTZER Eve 18 26 U 17 Sheridan Fencing Academy / The Fencers Academy 1800 2256 98.7 74%
Pool
V 5:1 HERAWATI Lili 13 12 E23 18 Hub City Fencing Academy 1033 2355 13.8 97%
Pool
D 3:5 DRESSEL Pamela (Pam) A. 8 9 C21 10 OnTarget Fencing Club 2580 2368 116.4 38%
T16
V 10:4 DE LA FOSCADE-CONDON Celine 7 14 B21 9 Moe Fencing Club LLC 2836 2857 376.2 51%
T8
D 1:10 GRANHOLM Carolyn N. 10 19 C24 3 2725 3233 428.9 74%

Fortune ROC/RJCC/RYC

Veteran Women's Foil U, VET August 31, 2024

Place 1 of 4 Seed 3 Not ranked Rating U Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:1 AGGASID Janette 2 - U 3 Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC) 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
V 5:0 CHRISS Rhonda 4 - U 3 Hangtown Saber Club / Heartland Fencing Academy 1168 2921 43.2 96%
Pool
V 5:4 ECKSTEIN Harriet A. 1 - E24 2 Presidio Fencing Club 1773 2964 97.8 90%
T4
V 10:0 CHRISS Rhonda 4 - U 3 Hangtown Saber Club / Heartland Fencing Academy 1308 2500 165.0 85%
T2
V 10:8 ECKSTEIN Harriet A. 1 - E24 2 Presidio Fencing Club 1805 2665 192.1 81%

National Championships and July Challenge (Summer Nationals)

Vet-50 Women's Épée A2, V50 July 1, 2024

Place 35 of 49 Seed 38 Rank 36 Rating U Avant Garde Fencers Club, Inc (CA) (AGFC)

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 PROKOP Jeannine A. 5 5 A23 20 Nova Fencing Club 2432 2075 60.0 29%
Pool
V 4:2 HUTCHINSON Valerie A. 10 9 B22 7 Denver Fencing Center 2322 2015 125.8 32%
Pool
V 5:3 GERRISH Joanne 21 38 C24 41 Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Connecticut) / Rogue Fencing Academy 1568 2141 33.1 81%
Pool
D 3:5 KELLY Diane A. 32 52 E22 34 Riverside Fencing Club 1475 2174 149.7 86%
Pool
D 4:5 CHERNIS Sabina 19 25 C24 2 Alliance Fencing Academy 2233 2024 49.6 37%
Pool
V 2:0 TOBY Charmaine 48 - U 31 ArtDu Fencing 1550 1974 33.1 74%
T64
D 4:10 KUHN April 42 - U 30 1504 2330 315.5 86%

January NAC

Vet-50 Women's Épée A2, V50 January 5, 2024

Place 16 of 36 Seed 33 Not ranked Rating U Beverly Hills Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 3:2 SHICK Klaudia 16 14 C23 29 Bucks County Academy Of Fencing - West 2364 2475 190.3 56%
Pool
D 1:5 LLOYD Melanie 28 15 U 25 Wasatch Fencing 2057 2665 306.6 80%
Pool
D 1:5 ZAFFT Sharrie A. 4 4 A23 10 Marx Fencing Academy 2693 2359 90.3 31%
Pool
D 4:5 MARCHANT Sandra M. 9 9 A23 1 Rogue Fencing Academy / The Phoenix Center 2584 2269 81.4 32%
Pool
D 2:5 BARJAK CARDENAS Claudine C. 21 - D23 7 Olympian Fencing Club 2121 2187 112.4 54%
T64
V 10:2 LEWIS Sandra 30 44 U 35 Rocky Mountain Fencing Academy / Denver Fencing Center 1327 1677 242.6 65%
T32
V 9:8 LORENTSON Dawn M. 7 7 A23 17 Shoreline Fencers Club / Riverside Fencing Club 2765 1920 566.0 15%
T16
D 1:10 CHERNIS Sabina 22 - D23 8 Alliance Fencing Academy 2672 2486 155.7 41%

Fortune Fencing ROC(DV1A, DV2, VET), RJCC

Veteran Women's Épée E1, VET April 8, 2023

Place 5 of 10 Seed 7 Not ranked Rating U Beverly Hills Fencers' Club

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 FRANEK Lisa 6 - U 8 LA International Fencing 1910 2500 318.6 72%
Pool
V 5:3 SEIFI Ati 5 - U 7 Gryphon Fencing / South Coast Fencing Center 1917 2819 151.0 83%
Pool
V 4:3 OSTRIKOFF Michelle 4 - D22 3 1807 2970 77.3 91%
Pool
D 4:5 CAREY Michele S. 1 - C22 3 Bozeman Fencing Association, Llc 2295 3047 571.7 82%
T8
D 3:10 OSTRIKOFF Michelle 4 - D22 3 1715 2500 822.9 76%