John Friedberg (born March 9, 1961) is an American Olympic saber fencer.

Early and personal life

Friedberg was born in

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, and is Jewish. He is the younger brother of Olympic fencer Paul Friedberg. He lives in

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Fencing career

Friedberg fenced for the

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, took second in the

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Saber Championship in 1982, and won it as a senior in 1983. He was a three-time All American. Friedberg won silver medal in team sabre at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

and gold in the

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. He competed in the team

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event at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. Friedberg came in second in the 1993 US Championship in sabre, and won the 1994 US Championship in sabre. Friedberg founded and is head coach of the Fencing Club of Mercer County in New Jersey.">"Fencing Club of Mercer County » About"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Friedberg, John 1961 births Living people Jewish male sabre fencers Jewish American sportspeople American male sabre fencers Olympic fencers of the United States Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Baltimore Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Sportspeople from Mercer County, New Jersey Fencers at the 1991 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1995 Pan American Games University of North Carolina alumni People from Robbinsville Township, New Jersey Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 21st-century American Jews

Early and personal life

Fencing career

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