Ivan Lee

[3][4] Lee was arrested in March 2024 in Nassau County with regard to a second incident, and in December 2024 Lee pled guilty with regard to the second incident in Nassau County District Court in New York to third-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching-intimate parts.

[4] On January 31, 2025, SafeSport permanently banned Lee from U.S. Olympic sports due to his criminal dispositions for sexual misconduct.

[5][6][7][8][9][10] He began fencing in 1994 at the Peter Westbrook Foundation (PWF) in New York City, which he continued to represent throughout his competitive career along with the Fencers Club in Manhattan.

[21] He went on to win individual and team gold medals at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

[30] Lee was the Head Coach of the Women's Fencing Team of Long Island University from March 2019 until December 1, 2023, when he resigned.

[31] Lee was suspended by USA Fencing on December 22, 2023, for his alleged conduct that would constitute a violation of the SafeSport Code.

[37] They related to an incident in November 2023 in a college gym while he was the Head Coach of the Women's Fencing Team of Long Island University.

[31][38] He pleaded guilty September 3, 2024, at Kings County Criminal Court in Brooklyn to forcible touching-intimate parts and harassment in the second degree — physical contact.

[4] Lee was arrested in March 2024 in Nassau County with regard to a second incident, and in December 2024 Lee pled guilty with regard to the second incident in Nassau County District Court in New York to third-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching-intimate parts.

[4] On January 31, 2025, SafeSport permanently banned Lee from U.S. Olympic sports due to his criminal dispositions for sexual misconduct.

[10] The PSAL is a scholastic athletic program that coordinates sports competitions for New York City public high schools.

He has served as a deacon, administrator, and youth leader at his church, taught classes at PWF, mentored high school and college students at the USOC's F.L.A.M.E.

[44] Lee has also been the Head Sabre Coach at Long Island Fencing Center in Carle Place, New York.

2004 fencing Olympians from Peter Westbrook Foundation , Keeth Smart , Erinn Smart , Ivan Lee, and Kamara James (l-r)
Ivan Lee and Keeth Smart fencing each other; 2006