Gilbert Eisner is an American former épée fencer. Eisner is Jewish, and was a commercial artist.

Fencing career

A resident of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, New York, he fenced for Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York.Thinking Back on the Stuyvesant Fencing Team
/ref> In 1960, he won the NCAA épée championship while fencing for New York University. He was undefeated in épée in three years at NYU, and graduated in 1961. He won the épée title at the 1962 U.S. Fencing Championships in New York. In 1963, he won a

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in team épée for the United States at the

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. He is a member of the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1987.

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Living people American male épée fencers NYU Violets fencers Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American artists Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Jewish male épée fencers Jewish American sportspeople Forest Hills High School (New York) alumni Fencers at the 1963 Pan American Games 21st-century American Jews Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games {{US-fencing-bio-stub

Fencing career

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