Carl Borack (born July 12, 1947) is an American former fencer. He competed in the individual and team

foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ...

events at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He won a gold medal in epee at the 1967 Pan American Games. In 1969 he won the US national foil championship, and in Israel the

1969 Maccabiah Games At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second (48; though it won the greatest numbe ...

sabre championship. He won a gold medal in foil at the

1971 Pan American Games * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

. He is Jewish, and in 1990 he was inducted into the

Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame The Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, in Beverly Hills, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring American Jewish athletes, other sports personalities, and teams from Southern California who have distinguished themselves ...

. He is also a producer, photographer with works on display with the

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* 1947 births Living people American male foil fencers American male épée fencers American male sabre fencers Jewish male foil fencers Jewish male épée fencers Jewish male sabre fencers Jewish American sportspeople Olympic fencers of the United States Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Staten Island Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Fencers at the 1967 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1971 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{US-fencing-bio-stub