Edwin "Ed" Richards (November 3, 1929 – November 18, 2012) was an American fencer. Richards won the US foil championship in 1962 and 1963, and represented Team USA at the 1959, 1963, and 1967 Pan American Games where he won two gold medals and a silver medal in team competition.Olympian and USA Fencing Hall of Fame Member Ed Richards passes away
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1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. He was a 2005 USA Fencing Hall of Fame inductee.

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* 1929 births 2012 deaths American male foil fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States MIT Engineers fencing coaches Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1963 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1967 Pan American Games {{US-fencing-bio-stub