Adrian Brooke Makler (March 16, 1951 – August 29, 2010) was an American Olympic foil and épée fencer.

Early and personal life

Makler was born in

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, and was Jewish.Martin Harry Greenberg
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/ref> He was the son of Paul Makler, Sr., and the brother of Paul Makler, Jr., both of whom fenced for the United States at the Olympics.

Fencing career

He competed for Salle Csiszar. Makler fenced at the

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(graduating in 1973) for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, won the

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Championship in Foil in 1973, and was a Second Team

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in Foil in 1972 and a First Team All American in Foil in 1973."Penn Fencing."
/ref> He was co-captain of the team in 1973, and was All-

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First Team in 1971 and 1972. He won gold medals for the US in team épée at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

and the

1979 Pan American Games The 1979 Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos de 1979''), officially the VIII Pan American Games were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization, and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15 ...

, and a silver medal in team foil at the 1975 Games. Makler competed in the team foil and individual and team

épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains ...

events at the

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, at the age of 25. He was National

Amateur Fencers League of America The Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) was founded on April 22, 1891, in New York City by a group of fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union. As early as 1940, the AFLA was recognized by the Fédération Internationale ...

Épée Champion in 1978.">"Makler Is Epee Victor After 4‐Man Barrage,"
''The New York Times''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makler, Brooke 1951 births 2010 deaths American male foil fencers American male épée fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers from Philadelphia Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Jewish male épée fencers Jewish male foil fencers Jewish American sportspeople Fencers at the 1975 Pan American Games University of Pennsylvania alumni Penn Quakers fencers 21st-century American Jews Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games

Early and personal life

Fencing career

See also

References

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