Mark Midler
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| Born | 24 September 1931 Moscow, Soviet Union |
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Mark Petrovich Midler (Russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games[3] and won two gold medals.
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Fencing career
Midler was a member of the USSR National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967.[4] He trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.[5]
World Championships
Midler won four consecutive World Championships in Foil, in 1959 to 1962. He also won a silver medal in 1957 and bronze medals in 1959 and 1961.[6] Along with his Soviet teammates, he won the World Team Championshipsin Foil five times: in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1966. They also won a silver medal in 1967.
Olympics
Midler was captain of the Foil team for the 1960 Olympic Games and the 1964 Olympic Games. They won the gold medal in Team Foil at both Olympics.
Coaching career
Midler coached fencing for the Olympic teams of the Soviet Union and Russia.
Awards
Midler, who was Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[7] In 1960 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.[5]
See also
References
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External links
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- 1931 births
- 2012 deaths
- Soviet fencers
- Russian male fencers
- Jewish fencers
- Russian Jews
- Olympic fencers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in fencing
- Burevestnik athletes
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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