Eugene Gerson "Gene" Glazer (born November 24, 1939) is an American former foil
fencer.
Early and personal life
Glazer was born in New York City, lived in
Flushing, Queens
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City. Downtown Flushing is a major commercial ...
, New York, and is Jewish. He became a securities analyst after college.
Fencing career
In 1958, Glazer was third in the
Amateur Fencers League of America
The Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) was founded on April 22, 1891, in New York City by a group of fencers seeking independence from the Amateur Athletic Union. As early as 1940, the AFLA was recognized by the Fédération Internationale ...
National Championships in foil.
Glazer fenced for
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...
.
In 1960, he won the
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
National Championship in foil with a 24–2 record while he was a junior.
He also fenced for the
Fencers Club
The Fencers Club in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, is the oldest fencing club in the Western Hemisphere. It is a member of the Metropolitan Division of the U.S. Fencing Association. Established in 1883, it has evolved into a 501(c)(3) not-for- ...
of New York.
Fencing for the United States, Glazer won a gold medal in team foil at the
1959 Pan American Games
The 1959 Pan American Games, officially known as the III Pan American Games and commonly known as Chicago 1959, were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959.
Host city selection
One city initially su ...
.
Glazer competed at the
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...
(individual and team foil) in Rome at the age of 20, and the
1964 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...
(team foil) in Tokyo at the age of 24.
He was inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984.
"Eugene Glazer; Class of 1962,"
NYU Athletics.
See also
* List of NCAA fencing champions
References
External links
*
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1939 births
Living people
Jewish foil fencers
Jewish American sportspeople
American male foil fencers
Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
NYU Violets fencers
Olympic fencers for the United States
Fencers from New York (state)
Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
21st-century American Jews
20th-century American sportsmen