Adrian Brooke Makler (March 16, 1951 – August 29, 2010) was an American Olympic foil and épée fencer.

Early and personal life

Makler was born in

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, and was Jewish.Martin Harry Greenberg
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/ref> He was the son of Paul Makler, Sr., and the brother of Paul Makler, Jr., both of whom fenced for the United States at the Olympics.

Fencing career

He competed for Salle Csiszar. Makler fenced at the

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(graduating in 1973) for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, won the

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Championship in Foil in 1973, and was a Second Team All American in Foil in 1972 and a First Team All American in Foil in 1973."Penn Fencing."
/ref> He was co-captain of the team in 1973, and was All-

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First Team in 1971 and 1972. He won gold medals for the US in team épée at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games ...

and the

1979 Pan American Games The 1979 Pan American Games, officially the VIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as San Juan 1979, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization (PASO), and were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to Jul ...

, and a silver medal in team foil at the 1975 Games. Makler competed in the team

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and individual and team

épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. The modern derives from the 19th-century , a weapon which itself derives from the French small sword. This contains a ...

events at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

, at the age of 25. He was National

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Épée Champion in 1978.">"Makler Is Epee Victor After 4-Man Barrage,"
''The New York Times''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Makler, Brooke 1951 births 2010 deaths American male foil fencers American male épée fencers Olympic fencers for the United States Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers from Philadelphia Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing Jewish épée fencers Jewish foil fencers Jewish American sportspeople Fencers at the 1975 Pan American Games University of Pennsylvania alumni Penn Quakers fencers 21st-century American Jews Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century American sportsmen

Early and personal life

Fencing career

See also

References

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