Alessandro Emanuele "Alex" Treves (January 14, 1929 – December 12, 2020) was an Italian-born American Olympic fencer. Treves was born in

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, and was Jewish.Bob Wechsler
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Jews In Sports. He later lived in New York City.

Career

Treves fenced for Salle Santelli. He fenced for

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(class of 1950), and won the

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(NCAA) saber title in both 1949 and 1950. Treves was undefeated in three years of competing in college. He competed for the United States at the 1950 Maccabiah Games. Treves competed for the United States in the team

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event at the

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in Helsinki, and the team came in fourth. He won three

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(AFLA) National Championships in team sabre; in 1952, 1955, and 1956. In 1953, Treves won the World Military Sabre Championship, and in 1954 he won the Italian University Sabre Championship. In 2000, Treves was elected to the Rutgers Sports Hall of Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Treves, Alex 1929 births 2020 deaths American male sabre fencers Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games competitors for the United States Maccabiah Games fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers from New York City Fencers from Turin Jewish sabre fencers Jewish American sportspeople Italian emigrants to the United States 20th-century Italian Jews Rutgers University alumni 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American sportsmen

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