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List Of USFA Hall Of Fame Members
This is a list of the members of the United States Fencing Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame itself is on display at the Museum of American Fencing, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 1963–1978 ''Note:'' The USFA Hall of Fame Committee was disbanded in 1978. Individuals who are indicated as entered into the Hall of Fame before 1978 may have been entered in years other than those listed. The USFA Hall of Fame Committee was reinstated in 1996. ;1963 *Norman Armitage * George Calnan *Julio Castello *Clovis Deladrier *Robert Grasson *Sherman Hall *Graeme Hammond *John Huffman *Joseph Levis *Helene Mayer *James Murray *Leo Nunes *William Scott O’Connor *Joseph Brooks Bloodgood Parker *John Sanford Saltus *Giorgio Santelli * Maria Cerra ;1967 *Hugo Castello *Lajos Csiszar *Miguel de Capriles *Irving DeKoff *Andre Deladrier *Maxwell Garret *James Montague *Stanley Sieja ;Prior to 1974 *Dean Cetrulo *José de Capriles *Michael DeCicco *Ralph Faulkner *Ralph Goldstein *Alvar Herman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Fencing Hall Of Fame
The United States Fencing Association (USFA) is the national governing body for the sport of fencing in the United States. The USFA was founded on April 22, 1891, as the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) by a group of 20 New York City fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union, in a dispute over rules for national championships.Michelle Dunkley McCarthy, Peter Matthews (1992)''The Guinness Book of Records, 1993''/ref>Kenneth T. Jackson, Lisa Keller, Nancy Flood (2010)''The Encyclopedia of New York City'' Second Edition, Yale University Press. The AFLA changed its name to the United States Fencing Association in 1981 and again in 2010 to USA Fencing. History The organization was founded on April 22, 1891, in New York City, initially as the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA). Graeme Hammond was its first president, from 1891 to 1925. It was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in Pennsylvania in 1964. The organization changed its name to the ... [...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] |
Michael D'Asaro Sr
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Caitlin Bilodeaux
Caitlin Bilodeaux (born March 17, 1965) is an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. She is married to Jean-Marie Banos, who represented Canada at the Olympics in fencing. She fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. She graduated from Columbia University in 1987, and was the first woman fencer to win multiple NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ... titles. In her freshman bio, she was described as "one of the most significant athletes ever to enter Columbia." References External links * 1965 births Living people American female sabre fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Kwartler
Allan S. Kwartler (nicknamed "Doc"; September 10, 1917 – November 11, 1998), born in New York City, was an American sabre and foil fencer. He was Pan-American sabre champion, 3-time Olympian, and twice a member of sabre teams that earned 4th-place in Olympic Games (1952, 1960). Early and personal life He was born in New York City, later lived in Yonkers, New York, and was Jewish. He attended Benjamin Franklin Junior High School and Morris High School in the Bronx. He had careers in advertising sales and insurance underwriting. In 1958 he moved to Yonkers, New York. Fencing career Kwartler began fencing at Wayne State University under Bela de Tuscan at age 28. In 1946 he transferred to and continued fencing at Michigan State University under Charles Schmitter, while he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 1948 in bacteriology. He returned to New York City in 1948, when he joined Salle Santelli, where he studied sabre under Maestro Giorgio Santelli, the Olympic fenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tatham (fencer)
Charles T. Tatham (September 3, 1854 – September 24, 1939) was an American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in New York City and worked for his father's lead manufacturing company in Philadelphia. In 1891, Tatham was one of the founders of the AFLA/ USFA. Tatham won both the National Individual Epee title and the National Individual Foil title in 1901 and repeated as the individual epee champion in 1902 and 1903. He was a member of the National Team Epee title winners in 1908. At the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the bi-state metropolitan area, which e ..., Tatham won silver medals in the individual épée and team foil competition, and a bronze medal in the individual foil competition. Although born in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Stone
Donna Stone is an American athlete who is a former Olympian fencer and USA Fencing Hall of Fame member. During her over 20 years competitive fencing carrier, Stone collected a World Championship 5th place, multiple Fencing World Cup medals, three US National Champion titles and two Pan American Women's Épée Team gold medals. She has fenced foil but became competitive in épée. She was inducted into the Fencing Hall of Fame in 2000. She is a coach at Rockland Fencers Club in New York State. References Living people American female épée fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Female Olympic competitors Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing Fencers at the 1991 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1995 Pan American Games Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{US-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Orban
Alex Orban (August 25, 1939 – December 2, 2021) was a Hungarian-American sabre fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Orban also qualified for the 1980 Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, USSR. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later. See also * List of USFA Division I National Champions This is a list of USA Fencing (USFA) Division I national champions. The Division I National Championship in each weapon was contested at Summer Nationals until recently, when it started taking place during the April North American Cup. Men's Fenci ... References External links * 1939 births 2021 deaths American male sabre fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Hungarian emigrants to the United States Spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertson Van Zo Post
Albertson Van Zo Post (July 28, 1866 – January 23, 1938) was an American fencer and writer. He earned two gold medals in the 1904 Summer Olympics as well as a silver and two bronze medals, and also competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Post was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Caroline Burnet, a daughter of General Nathaniel McLean, and Henry A. V. Post, an engineer and sharpshooter during the American Civil War. Albertson, known as Van Zo, was the eldest of seven children; his brother Edwin married the etiquette writer Emily Post. He studied civil engineering at the Columbia College School of Mines, graduating in 1889. Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, Van Zo entered the 12th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, serving from May 2 to December 22, 1898 and achieving the rank of captain. In the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Post won the gold medal in the singlestick and team foil competition, silver in individual foil and bronze in indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Franke
Nikki Franke (born March 31, 1951) is an American former fencer and fencing coach. She fenced for Brooklyn College, and was an All American. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and fenced at the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games, earning a silver medal in the individual competition in 1975, and a bronze medal in the team event in both years. As head coach of the Temple University women’s fencing team, she was named the USFCA Coach of the Year in 1983, 1987, 1988, and 1991. Brooklyn College Franke attended Brooklyn College, where she earned a B.S. with honors in 1972. She chose it for its fencing, and fenced for Brooklyn College for four years, from 1968–72. She was an All-American, and her senior year she took third at the NIWFA collegiate championship. In 1979 she was inducted into the Brooklyn College Hall of Fame. Competition She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Marx
Michael Marx (born July 7, 1958) is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by their mother, fencing coach Colleen Olney, who is considered by many prominent fencers to be "the mother of fencing in Oregon". Fencing career Marx won a silver medal in foil at the World University Games in 1985. He is an 8-time United States national men's foil champion (1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, and 1993). He is also a five-time Olympian in both foil and epee (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996). Although Marx qualified for the 1980 Olympic team he did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead. Marx won the silver medal in team foil at the Pan American Games in 1979 and 1983, and the bronze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Westbrook
Peter Jonathan Westbrook (born April 16, 1952) is an American former sabre fencing champion, active businessman and founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation. A former U.S. champion and Olympic medalist, Westbrook's career began when his Japanese mother convinced him to try fencing. He founded the Peter Westbrook Foundation (PWF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit that uses fencing as a vehicle in developing life and academic skills for young people from under-served communities of New York City. Biography Westbrook's father, Ulysses, was a G.I. stationed in Japan during the Korean War, when he met Mariko, a Japanese woman from a sheltered home. Soon after their marriage they returned to the United States, travelling first to St. Louis, Missouri and eventually settling in Newark, New Jersey, where Peter and his younger sister Vivian were born. Peter's earliest memories are of frequent bouts of domestic violence. Peter was 4 when his father left, leaving his mother to raise the family with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
