Herbert Obst (born 26 June 1936) is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team

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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 ...

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. Herbert was a Canadian National Champion in fencing.

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1936 births Living people Olympic fencers for Canada Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics German emigrants to Canada People from Strzegom Sportspeople from the Province of Silesia Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Canadian male foil fencers Canadian male épée fencers 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-fencing-bio-stub