Udo Birnbaum (born 8 February 1937) is an Austrian

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...

and fencer. He competed at the

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. His son, Axel Birnbaum, fenced at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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* 1937 births Living people Austrian male fencers Austrian épée fencers Austrian male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers for Austria Olympic modern pentathletes for Austria Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1960 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lower Austria {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub