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List Of American Foil Fencers
This is a list of American foil fencers. (Only noted and contemporary American foil fencers are included): * Albert Axelrod *Cliff Bayer *Daniel Bukantz *Miles Chamley-Watson *Emily Cross * Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro * Jedediah Dupree *Nick Evangelista *Harold Goldsmith *Race Imboden *Nick Itkin *Dan Kellner *Lee Kiefer *Byron Krieger Byron Lester Krieger (July 20, 1920 – November 8, 2015) was an American foil, sabre and épée fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and in the 1951 Pan American Games where he ... * David Littell *Nathaniel Lubell *Michael Marx *Alexander Massialas *Gregory Massialas *Helene Mayer *Michael Sean McClain *Gerek Meinhardt *Janice Romary *Erinn Smart *Mark Smith (fencer), Mark Smith *Molly Sullivan Sliney, Molly Sullivan *Hanna Thompson *Jonathan Tiomkin *Doris Willette *Felicia Zimmermann *Iris Zimmermann See also *Fencing *Foil (sword), Foil *List of American epee fencers *List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
America (United States)
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Lubell
Bennet Nathaniel Lubell (August 15, 1916 – September 17, 2006) was an American three-time Olympian fencer. Early and personal life Lubell was born in New York City, and was Jewish. Later in life he lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Fencing career He fenced for the City College of New York, graduating in 1936, and Lubell was inducted into the CCNY Athletic Hall of Fame in 1969. Lubell won the United States Foil Fencing Championship in 1948, fencing for the Fencers Club of New York. He also helped the Fencers Club win the team foil in 1949-51, 1953, and 1955-56 at the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) Championships. At the 1951 Pan American Games, Lubell won the bronze medal in individual foil, team gold medals in foil and saber, and the silver medal in team epee. The entire USA Foil Fencing Team at the 1956 Olympics was Jewish, with the other Jewish fencers being Daniel Bukantz, Albert Axelrod, Harold Goldsmith, and Byron Krieger. Lubell competed for the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Willette
Doris Willette (born February 11, 1988 in Lafayette, California ) is an American foil fencer. Her mother is an immigrant from Taiwan. Willette was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's foil team competition. Willette is a graduate of Penn State University. She won NCAA Championships in foil in 2009 and 2011. Willette won a gold medal in the team foil competition at the 2011 Pan American Games. See also *List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians The List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State students (129) and coaches/faculty members (12) that have made an appearance as athletes or medaled at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycott ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Willette, Doris 1988 births American female foil fencers American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent American sportswomen of Chinese descent Fencers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic fencers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Tiomkin
Jonathan Tiomkin (known as "Jon"; born July 12, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Olympic foil fencer. Fencing career High school Tiomkin began fencing when he was a freshman at Hewlett High School in Hewlett, New York. He defeated the team captain on the first day of practice. NCAA Championships Fencing for St. John's University, Tiomkin won the bronze medal in foil at the 1999 NCAA Championships, and was a 1st-team All-American. In 2001 he came in 6th. He won the silver medal in 2002. National competitions Tiomkin won that national title in foil in 1999 and 2003, and placed second in 2004. Pan American Games At the 2003 Pan American Games, he won a gold medal in the team foil event and silver in individual foil. World Championships His individual results at the World Fencing Championships were 64th at the 2001 World Fencing Championships and 2003 World Fencing Championships, 52nd at the 2002 World Fencing Championships, and 45th at the 2006 World Fenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Thompson
Hanna Thompson (born November 1, 1983 in Rochester, New York) is an American foil fencer who was a member of the 2008 Olympics U.S. Women's foil team, which won the silver medal. A 2006 graduate of Ohio State University, Thompson was a four-time NCAA All-America and helped the Buckeyes capture the 2004 NCAA National Championship. Thompson also placed third individually at the NCAA Championships in 2002 and 2004 and helped Ohio State capture four consecutive Midwest Championship titles. Thompson has also competed with six national teams and two junior squads, earning a third-place team medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani, Italy. In 2005, she won a Senior National Championship with the Rochester Fencing Club and also helped that squad bring in five senior team titles. Thompson served as a volunteer assistant coach at Ohio State from 2005–07 and assistant coach at Duke from 2009-2010. She graduated from Golden Gate University Golden Gate University (G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Sullivan Sliney
Molly Sullivan Sliney (born August 13, 1966) is a former American foil fencer, now working as a motivational speaker and fencing instructor. Sliney was a member of the 1988 and 1992 United States Olympic fencing teams. She also won two gold medals in the 1987 and 1991 Pan American Games. While fencing for the University of Notre Dame, she was the NCAA Women's Foil Individual Champion in 1986 and 1988. At the time she was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for winning two individual NCAA titles. Sliney also was U.S. National Champion in 1985. In 1987, she led the Notre Dame Women's Foil Team to an NCAA championship by posting a 10-0 record in the tournament. This was the first time the Fighting Irish had ever won an NCAA Women's title in any sport. She graduated with a 160-14 record, and Notre Dame named her 1980s Female Athlete of the Decade. Since retiring from competition in 1992, Sliney has been an active motivational speaker and fencing instructor. She primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Smith (fencer)
Mark Smith (born May 17, 1956) is an American fencer, engineer and educator. He competed in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. From 2003 to 2009, he served as the 18th head of Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Smith is now the dean of the graduate school at The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 .... References External links * 1956 births Living people American male foil fencers Olympic fencers of the United States Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New York City Purdue University faculty Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States University of Texas at Austin faculty Fencers at the 1983 Pan American G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erinn Smart
Erinn Smart (born January 12, 1980Erinn Smart , USA Fencing. Accessed July 27, 2012.) is an American fencing (sport), fencer who was a member of the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics#Fencing, United States Fencing Team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's individual and team foil (fencing), foil events. Smart is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 125 pounds, and is coached by Buckie Leach. Smart's brother Keeth Smart, Keeth is also a nationally ranked competitive fencer who also started fencing with the Peter Westbrook Foundation. Early life and education Smart was born in New York City, New York (state), New York, and lived on Ocean Avenue (Brooklyn), Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn. Before taking u ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janice Romary
Janice-Lee York Romary (August 6, 1927 – May 31, 2007) was a U.S. women's Olympic foilist who was the first woman to appear at six Olympic Games. Early life Born Janice-Lee York in Palo Alto, California, she learned fencing at Max Reinhardt's Dramatic Workshop in Hollywood, California, a club managed by her father. Romary attended the University of Southern California from 1946–1949, where she fenced at the University of Southern California Fencing Club. Olympics and U.S. championships She competed in women's individual foil at the 1948 London Olympics, the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the 1960 Rome Olympics, the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — the first woman to compete in six Olympics, a feat matched four years later by Romanian discus thrower Lia Manoliu and finally surpassed in 1988 by fellow fencer, Sweden's Kerstin Palm. In recognition of her extraordinary streak of Olympic appearances, Romary was honored at the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerek Meinhardt
Gerek Lin Meinhardt (born July 27, 1990) is an American right-handed foil fencer. Meinhardt is a two-time individual NCAA champion, 12-time team Pan American champion, three-time individual Pan American champion and 2019 team world champion. A four-time Olympian, Meinhardt is a two-time team Olympic bronze medalist. Meinhardt competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Biography Meinhardt is one of two children born to Kurt and Jane Meinhardt. He attended Lick-Wilmerding High School in San Francisco for two years and completed high school in a home schooling program. He attended the University of Notre Dame on a full fencing scholarship. He majored in business and finance, and was a member of the school's fencing team from 2009 to 2014. Gerek was employed by Deloitte Advisory before enrolling at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2020. He married fellow Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sean McClain
Michael Sean McClain (born September 13, 1975) is an American foil fencer who attended Stanford University in the 1990s. He moved out of his home in Round Rock, Texas, at the age of 14 to train in New York to pursue his dreams. He fenced for Stanford University in the 1990s and is one of only two fencers to win a USFA Division I National Championship title in two weapons in recent history. He was a fencing coach at the Fencing Academy of Westchester, and is now coaching at Empire United F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helene Mayer
Helene Julie Mayer (20 December 1910 – 10 October 1953) was a German-born fencer who won the gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, and the silver medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. She competed for Nazi Germany in Berlin, despite having been forced to leave Germany in 1935 and resettle in the United States because she was of Jewish descent. She was studying in an American University and later returned to Germany in 1952 where she died of breast cancer. Mayer had been called the greatest female fencer of all time, and was named by ''Sports Illustrated'' as one of the Top 100 Female Athletes of the 20th Century, but her legacy remains clouded. At the Olympics in Berlin, where she was the only German athlete of Jewish origin to win a medal, she gave the Nazi salute during the medal ceremony and later said it might have protected her family that was still in Germany, in labor camps. Some consider her a traitor and opportunist, while others consider her a tragic figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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