Henry Kolowrat, Jr.
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Henry Kolowrat ( cz, JindÅ™ich Kolowrat; August 25, 1933 – March 16, 2021) was an American fencer. He was born in Prague into a noble Kolowrat family. He moved with his parents to the United States in 1948 after the communist coup d'état in Czechoslovakia. He became a U.S. citizen in 1956. He competed in the team épée event at the
1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
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* List of NCAA fencing champions


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* 1933 births 2021 deaths American male épée fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers from Prague Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games Habsburg Bohemian nobility American people of Czech descent 20th-century American sportsmen 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-fencing-bio-stub