Mark Midler
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Mark Petrovich Midler (Template:Langx; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, at which he won two gold medals.[1]
Early and personal life
Midler was born in Moscow, in the Soviet Union, and was Jewish.[1][2][3][4][5]
Fencing career
Midler was a member of the USSR National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967.[6][1] He trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.[7][1]
Midler won the Soviet individual foil title six times (1954–57, 1963, and 1965) and the Soviet Cup in 1961.[1]
World Championships
Midler won four consecutive World Championships in Foil, in 1959 to 1962.[1] He also won a silver medal in 1957 and bronze medals in 1959 and 1961.[8][1] Along with his Soviet teammates, he won the World Team Championships in Foil five times: in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1966.[1] They also won a silver medal in 1967.[1]
Olympics
Midler was captain of the Foil team for the 1960 Olympic Games and the 1964 Olympic Games.[1] They won the gold medal in Team Foil at both Olympics.[1]
Coaching career
Midler coached fencing for the Olympic teams of the Soviet Union and Russia.[1] From 1971 until 2000, Midler was the coach of the Soviet and later Russian national foil team.[1] He was also the head coach of the Soviet 1980 Olympic foil team, Unified Team 1992 Olympic foil team, and Russian 1996 and 2000 Olympic foil teams.[1]
Awards
Midler was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[9] In 1960 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
- ↑ Great Jews in Sports – Robert Slater
- ↑ Jewish Affairs
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports – Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver
- ↑ Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation
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External links
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- 1931 births
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- Soviet male foil fencers
- Russian male foil fencers
- Jewish foil fencers
- Jewish Russian sportspeople
- Olympic fencers for 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 (sports society) sportspeople
- International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Russian fencing coaches
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen