Harold Goldsmith
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Infobox sportsperson Harold David Goldsmith (born Hans Goldschmidt), known as Hal (July 20, 1930 – March 13, 2004) was an American Olympic foil and epee fencer.[1]
Early and personal life
Goldsmith was born in Gensungen, Felsberg, Hessen, Germany, and was Jewish.[2][3][4][5][6] In 1938 when he was eight years old, his family fled Germany and immigrated to Manhattan.[3][2] He attended Stuyvesant High School.[3] He served as an officer in the United States Army.[3]
In 1956 he married DelRene Millner and had sons John and Bob. In 1964 they moved to Ardsley, New York, and in 1991 they moved to Chilmark, Massachusetts.[3]
Fencing career
Goldsmith fenced for the Fencers Club in New York.[2] He attended The City College of New York.[3] Goldsmith won the 1952 NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) foil championship.[7] He was inducted into the CCNY Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970.[8]
He won the individual gold medal in foil in the 1955 Pan American Games and 1959 Pan American Games, and a team gold medal in foil in 1959.[3][2] Goldsmith also won silver medals in both team foil and team epee in 1955.[2][9]
Goldsmith was a member of three Olympic fencing teams, competing for the United States in 1952 in Helsinki, in 1956 in Melbourne, and in 1960 in Rome.[3][9] The entire USA Foil Fencing Team at the 1956 Olympics was Jewish, with the other Jewish fencers being Daniel Bukantz, Albert Axelrod, Nathaniel Lubell, and Byron Krieger.[10][11]
At the US National Championships, Goldsmith won medals in 1952, 1957, and 1960.[9]
Hal Goldsmith died in New York City at the age of 73.
See also
References
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- ↑ a b c d e "Hal Goldsmith Bio, Stats, and Results," Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h "Harold D. Goldsmith, 73 Was Executive, Athlete," The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News.
- ↑ Bob Wechsler. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History
- ↑ Paul Taylor. Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists
- ↑ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
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