Eugene Glazer (fencer)

Gene Glazer
Fencing at the 17th Summer Olympics. 1960
Personal information
Full nameEugene Gerson "Gene" Glazer
Born (1939-11-24) November 24, 1939 (age 85)
New York, New York, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportFencing
College teamNew York University
ClubFencers Club

Eugene Gerson "Gene" Glazer (born November 24, 1939) is an American former foil 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 April 17, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  2. ^ "Jewish Currents; Vol. 18". Jewish Currents. February 8, 1964. Retrieved February 8, 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Glazer, Gene," Archived October 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Jews in Sports.
  4. ^ Amateur Athlete, Volume 30, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, 1959.
  5. ^ "Axelrod, Cohen Among 5 Picked For U.S. Olympic Foils Team" The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Lion Fencers to Host Powerful NYU Squad," Columbia Spectator.
  7. ^ "Faces in the Crowd," Sports Illustrated.
  8. ^ 1960-61 Yearbook, National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  9. ^ "Eugene Glazer; Class of 1962," NYU Athletics.