Olympic Men’s Individual Foil
1904 Albertson Van Zo Post, Silver
1904 Charles Tatham, Bronze
1932 Joseph Levis, Silver
1960 Albert Axelrod, Bronze
Olympic Men’s Team Foil
1904 Albertson Van Zo Post, Gold w/ Cuban Team
1904 Charles Tatham, Silver
1904 Fitzhugh Townsend, Silver
1904 Arthur Fox, Silver
Bronze Medalists
1997, Cliff Bayer, JMF
2002, Brendan Meyers, CMF
2004, Brendan Meyers, JMF
2007, Enzo Castellani, CMF
Carl Borack, Dave Micahnik, Albert Axelrod
1969 Maccabiah Games
1888-2007
1888 William Thornton Lawson
1889 Bernard Francis O’Connor
1890 Samuel T. Shaw
1891 Graeme Monroe Hammond
1892 William Scott O’Connor
1893 William T. Heintz
1894 Charles George Bothner
1895 Albertson Van Zo Post
1896 Georges Kavanagh
SUMMER OLYMPICS: Foiled once, Bravin focuses on team
(1906-1994) – AFLA national foil champion (1938, ’40, ’45). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1928, ’32, ’40, ’48). He won the Olympic bronze medal in Men’s foil team in 1932. Secretary of the AFLA (1941-45 and 1948-52); president of the AFLA (1945-48). Editor, “The Riposte” (newsletter) (1941-45). IFA foil champion for Yale (1927, 1928).
2-time Pan AM Gold Medalist, National foil champion 1969, Olympian, Olympic Team Captain
Danny Bukantz, a Hall of Famer, was a 4-time National foil champion and a 4-time US Olympian.
Great foil fencers from the Amsterdam Games of 1928
Every, Peroy, Breckinridge, Calnan, Levis, Rayner
Silvio Giolito took the US Foil nationals in 1950 and again in 1951 both times undefeated.
Ranked first in the nation in five age groups, Ranked second in the world U20, Youngest men’s foil national champion in US history.
6 times US Foil Champion
1 time US Epee Champion
1 time US Outdoor Epee Champion
1928 Olympic Bronze medal in Epee
1932 Olympic Bronze medal in Men’s Foil Team
1932 Olympic Bronze medal in Men’s Epee Team
Killed at the age of 33 in crash of dirigible “Akron”
Heik Hambarzumian Interviewed by Andy Shaw for the Museum of American Fencing
July, 2012 at the Summer National Championships in Anaheim, California
Otto Schoenfeld was the first American known to have fenced in the Olympics* at the Paris games in 1900. He competed in the Master’s Sabre Event.
’96 Olympians, photo taken in the holding area prior to Opening Ceremonies in Atlanta
Photo By Carl Borack
Sean McClain (center) pictured with the 1995 Pan Am men’s foil team. Sean was 2-time U.S. champion (foil & epee), 4-time Jr. Olympic champion (foil & epee), and Empire United fencing coach in New York City
Hugh Alessandroni (inducted into the US Fencing Hall of Fame 2010) against Joe Levis (also in the Hall of Fame) This photo was a gift from Robert Levis, son of Joe Levis.
Austin “Gus” Prokop became a member of the 1948 US Olympic fencing team for the London Games
William Scott O’Connor, Charles Tatham, C. C. Nadal, and Albertson Van Zo Post
Charles Bothner won thirteen US championships – 11 individual and two team. In 1897, he was champion in Foil, Sabre, and Epee – a record that is unlikely ever to be approached again. He represented the Pastime Athletic Club and the NYAC.
Illinois Athletic Club stars Alfred Ernest Sauer, Arthur G. Fox, James W. Knox in 1909
l to r Chicago Stars – Alfred Ernest Sauer, Arthur G. Fox, James W. Knox (Illinois Athletic Club)
Advertisement at the 2004 Athens’ Games, featuring Al Carter and Gago Demirchian. Photo by John Heil
