James Strauch (September 30, 1921 – November 30, 1998) was an American Olympic fencer.

Early and personal life

Strauch was born in

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, and was Jewish.Martin Harry Greenberg
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/ref> He attended

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(CCNY) for college, and graduated in 1942 with a degree in

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. He later went to graduate school at

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, and became a

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(CPA). He worked as a senior accountant at

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Fencing career

Strauch represented Salle Montague of New York and the

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of New York. In college, he fenced for CCNY. He was the US Epee Champion in 1947. Strauch also competed in the team

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event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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''The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle'', July 7, 1950.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strauch, James 1921 births 1998 deaths American male sabre fencers Olympic fencers of the United States Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New York City Jewish male sabre fencers Jewish American sportspeople City College of New York alumni CCNY Beavers fencers Georgetown University alumni American accountants 20th-century American Jews

Early and personal life

Fencing career

See also

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