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Revision as of 13:26, 12 June 2018
- For other people named Eugene Glazer, see Gene Glazer (disambiguation).
Personal information | |
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Full name | Eugene Gerson "Gene" Glazer |
Born | New York, New York, U.S. | November 24, 1939
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Fencing |
College team | New York University |
Club | Fencers Club |
Eugene Gerson "Gene" Glazer (born November 24, 1939) is an American fencer.[1]
Early and personal life
Glazer was born in New York City, lived in Flushing, Queens, New York, and is Jewish.[2][3][4] He became a securities analyst after college.[5]
Fencing career
In 1958, Glazer was third in the Amateur Fencers League of America National Championships in foil.[6]
Glazer fenced for New York University.[1] In 1960, he won the NCAA National Championship in foil with a 24-2 record while he was a junior.[1][7][8] He also fenced for the Fencers Club of New York.[1]
Fencing for the United States, Glazer won a gold medal in team foil at the 1959 Pan American Games.[1]
Glazer competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics (individual and team foil) in Rome at the age of 20, and the 1964 Summer Olympics (team foil) in Tokyo at the age of 24.[1]
He was inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eugene Glazer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^ "Jewish Currents; Vol. 18". Jewish Currents. February 8, 1964. Retrieved February 8, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Glazer, Gene," Jews in Sports.
- ^ Amateur Athlete, Volume 30, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, 1959.
- ^ "Axelrod, Cohen Among 5 Picked For U.S. Olympic Foils Team" The New York Times.
- ^ "Lion Fencers to Host Powerful NYU Squad," Columbia Spectator.
- ^ "Faces in the Crowd," Sports Illustrated.
- ^ 1960-61 Yearbook, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
- ^ "Eugene Glazer; Class of 1962," NYU Athletics.
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Jewish fencers
- Jewish American sportspeople
- American male fencers
- Olympic fencers of the United States
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from New York (state)
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- American fencing biography stubs