Birthplace: Manilla, Philippines
Club: New York Athletic Club
Coach: Aladar Kogler
Hobbies: Music and playing drums, yoga, walking on the beach.
Favorite Moment in Fencing: The thrill of tricking my opponent and scoring a touch, also standing on the podium to receive a medal.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 13
Current World Ranking: No. 111
Honors:
- Six-time USA Fencing Division I National Champion
- 2015 NCAA First-Team All-American
- Three-time First-Team All-Ivy (2013, 2014, 2015)
Senior World Championship Teams: 2018, 2017 (Silver - Team), 2015, 2014, 2013
Pan American Championship Teams: 2018 (Gold - Team), 2017 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual), 2015 (Gold - Team), 2014, 2013 (Gold - Team, Bronze - Individual)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2014 (Gold - Team), 2013 (Silver - Team), 2012 (Silver - Team), 2011 (Silver - Team, Bronze - Individual), 2010
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2011, 2010, 2009
Personal
Lu's brother took up fencing 'because he wanted to be a Star Wars Jedi' and she says she tagged along at first and later fell in love with the sport. By age 16, Lu won the first of her six Division I National Championship titles (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). In 2011, Lu took bronze in the individual event at her first Junior Worlds and won silver in team -- a feat she would repeat in 2012 and 2013 before winning gold in the team event at the 2014 Junior Worlds during her final year of eligibility.
Results
2019:
- Fourth - Cairo World Cup (Team)
- Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
- 27th - St. Maur World Cup
- 38th - Torino Grand Prix
- 45th - Cairo World Cup
- 58th - Katowice World Cup
2018:
- Gold - Senior World Championships (Team)
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Silver - July Challenge (Division I)
- Silver - January North American Cup (Division I)
- Fourth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
- Fifth - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Eighth - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- 12th - Algiers World Cup
- 18th - December North American Cup (Division I)
- 19th - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Anaheim
- 36th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- 40th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
- 41st - Shanghai Grand Prix
- 45th - Katowice World Cup
2017:
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Silver - Senior World Championships (Team)
- Silver - Bratislava Satellite Tournament
- Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Bronze - Cancun World Cup (Team)
- Fourth - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
- Fourth - Gdansk World Cup (Team)
- Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
- Seventh - Absolute Fencing Gear FIE Grand Prix Long Beach
- 29th - Senior World Championships (Individual)
- 34th - Cancun World Cup
- 37th - Shanghai Grand Prix
- 41st - Torino Grand Prix
- 45th - St. Maur World Cup
- 50th - Gdansk World Cup
2016:
- Gold - January North American Cup (Division I)
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Silver - July Challenge (Division I)
- Silver - December Division I Foil North American Cup (Division I)
- Silver - Cancun World Cup (Team)
- Bronze - St. Maur World Cup (Team)
- Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 13th - Cancun World Cup
- 25th - Gdansk World Cup
- 25th - St. Maur World Cup
- 39th - Torino Grand Prix
- 49th - Havana Grand Prix
- 60th - Alger World Cup
2015:
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Gold - NCAA Championships (Team)
- Silver - NCAA Championships (Individual)
- Fifth - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Team)
- Sixth - Senior World Championships (Team)
- Ninth - July Challenge (Division I)
- Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
- 12th - Cancun World Cup
- 24th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup (Individual)
- 33rd - Shanghai Grand Prix
- 35th - Havana Grand Prix
- 35th - St. Maur World Cup
2014:
- Gold - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Gold - January North American Cup (Junior)
- Gold - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
- Sixth - July North American Cup (Division I)
- Ninth - January North American Cup (Division I)
- 12th - Pan American Championships
- 13th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
- 22nd - Senior World Championships
- 24th - Torino Grand Prix
- 31st - Torino World Cup
- 39th - Gdansk Grand Prix
- 40th - St. Maur World Cup
- 43rd - Marseille Grand Prix
- 44th - Shanghai World Cup
- 53rd - Cancun World Cup
2013:
- Gold - Pan American Championships (Team)
- Gold - July North American Cup (Junior)
- Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Bronze - Pan American Championships (Individual)
- Fifth - November North American Cup (Division I)
- 13th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- 15th - Bratislava Junior World Cup
- 21st - Gdansk Grand Prix
- 34th - Marseille Grand Prix
- 44th - Senior World Championships
- 47th - Seoul Grand Prix
- 54th - Tauberbischofsheim World Cup
- 58th - Torino World Cup
2012:
- Gold - Bratislava Junior World Cup
- Gold - November North American Cup (Junior)
- Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Silver - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Bronze - January North American Cup (Junior)
- Fifth - October North American Cup (Division I)
- Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
- Ninth - November North American Cup (Division I)
- 17th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- 18th - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
- 45th - Seoul Grand Prix
- 49th - Gdansk Grand Prix
2011:
- Gold - Bratislava Junior World Cup
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Divsion I)
- Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Bronze - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- Bronze - North American Cup C (Junior)
- Bronze - November North American Cup (Junior)
- Fifth - North American Cup F (Junior)
- Fifth - Zagreb Junior World Cup
- Fifth - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Sixth - North American Cup C (Division I)
- Ninth - Cadet World Championships
- 18th - Bochum Junior World Cup
- 32nd - Budapest World Cup
- 41st - Gdansk Grand Prix
- 47th - Seoul Grand Prix
- 49th - Tauberbischofscheim World Cup
2010:
- Gold - Budapest Cadet European Cup
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
- Bronze - Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- Bronze - North American Cup F (Division I)
- Bronze - December North American Cup (Division I)
- Bronze - Luxembourg Junior World Cup
- Bronze - Budapest Junior World Cup
- Fourth - Junior World Championships (Team)
- Sixth - Waldkirch Junior World Cup
- Eighth - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
- Ninth - North American Cup B (Junior)
- 11th - North American Cup A (Division I)
- 12th - Lyon Junior World Cup
- 13th - North American Cup D (Division I)
- 15th - Junior World Championships (Individual)
- 16th - Cadet World Championships
- 19th - Waldkirch Junior World Cup
- 45th - St. Petersbourg World Cup
- 54th - New York World Cup
2009:
- Gold - USA Fencing National Championships (Junior)
- Gold - Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
- Gold - North American Cup B (Junior)
- Silver - USA Fencing National Championships (Cadet)
- Silver - North American Cup B (Cadet)
- Silver- North American Cup C (Division I)
- Bronze - Cabris Cadet European Cup
- Bronze - Bochum Junior World Cup
- 12th - Cadet World Championships
- 20th - Dallas World Cup
- 23rd - Budapest Junior World Cup
- 62nd - Lyon Junior World Cup
2008:
- 12th - Lignano Junior World Cup
- 14th - Las Vegas World Cup
- 27th - Bratislava Junior World Cup