Dan Kellner
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April 16, 1976 Livingston, New Jersey, United States |
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| Weapon(s) | foil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hand | left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIE Ranking | ranking (archive) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel "Dan" Kellner (born April 16, 1976, in Livingston, New Jersey) is an American foil fencer.
“When I was 13, I had a video game called ‘Summer Games,’ with all the Olympic Sports on it, even fencing," said Kellner. "I couldn’t make the fencing game work very well. So, I asked my mother about fencing, and she said that my high school offered it, and that I should go and see the coach. The coach turned out to be Olympic Armorer Ted Li.”
Kellner attended the Pingry School ('94).
Fencing for Columbia University, where he graduated in 1998 with a degree in American History, Kellner was a 4-time All-American and 3-time All-Ivy League First Team Selection (1995-97-98).
He was the NCAA Fencer of the Year in 1998.
After failing to make the 2000 Olympic team, Kellner retired from fencing. He stopped working out, gained weight (at one point, weighing 205 pounds), and started smoking.
A year later, he walked back into the club and his love for the sport seized him again. He came back. He got back in shape, stopped smoking, and earned his way back to win a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games, and his first national championship in 2004.
Kellner was formerly ranked No. 1 in men’s foil in the U.S.
He won the foil competition at the U.S. fencing national championships in 2004. Kellner rallied from a 0–6 and 1–7 deficit in his semifinal against Jed Dupree, countered with 7 straight touches, and took the lead at 8–7. The bout went to 14–14 before Kellner won it. In the championship bout, Kellner beat Jonathan Tiomkin 15–6.
He finished 2nd in 1997, 1998, and 2000.
He had podium finishes in World Cups for several seasons in a row.
In the Olympics in Athens he came in 16th, and the U.S. team came in 4th.
Kellner, seeded 26th, won his first bout, upsetting # 7 seed Cedric Gohy of Belgium, 15–12. His next bout, in the round of 16, was against Richard Kruse of Great Britain. In a very close match, in which he had been leading 14–12, Kellner lost 15–14.
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