Paul Makler Jr.

Paul Makler Jr.
Personal information
Full namePaul Todd Makler Jr.
Born (1946-01-08) January 8, 1946 (age 78)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Sport
CountryUSA
SportFencing
Event(s)Saber and epee
College teamUniversity of Pennsylvania Quakers
ClubSalle Csiszar

Paul Todd Makler Jr. (born January 8, 1946) is an American Olympic saber and épée fencer.[1]

Early and personal life

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later lived in Merion, Pennsylvania, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] After college, he attended and in 1972 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.[4][5] He is the son of Paul Makler Sr. who fenced for the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics. His brother Brooke Makler fenced at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Fencing career

His fencing club is Salle Csiszar.[1]

Makler fenced at the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1968) for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers.[4][5] He was NCAA individual saber champion in both 1967 and 1968, and was a first-team All-American both years.[4]

He competed in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich at the age of 26.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Paul Makler Jr. Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "A REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES TEAMS: A record of the achievements of the fine athletes and administrators who represented the United States of America at the VI PAN AMERICAN GAMES" United States Olympic Committee.
  3. ^ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports.
  4. ^ a b c "P. Todd Makler, Jr.," University of Pennsylvania.
  5. ^ a b "Penn Athletes Competing in the Olympics," Archived December 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine University of Pennsylvania University Archives.