Byron Krieger
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  United States |
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| Pan American Games | |||
| Gold | 1951 Buenos Aires | Team Foil | |
| Gold | 1951 Buenos Aires | Team Sabre | |
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| Maccabiah Games | ||
| Gold | 1957 Israel | Individual Foil |
| Gold | 1957 Israel | Individual Sabre |
Byron Lester Krieger (born July 20, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan) was an American foil, sabre, and epee fencer.
He graduated from Northwestern High School.
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[edit] College
Krieger attended Wayne State University in Michigan, and was the NCAA champion in foil in 1942. He was 62-7 in dual meets at WSU, including 30-0 in foil. He was WSU's first All-American.
[edit] Pan American Games
Krieger won gold medals in team foil and team sabre at the 1951 Pan American Games. He came in 6th in both the individual foil and sabre events.[1]
[edit] Olympics
Krieger was a two-time Olympian for the United States in the 1950s.
At the 1952 Helsinki Games, Krieger competed in the team foil event, and the U.S. reached the quarterfinals.
At the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, he in the individual foil competition, Krieger finished 8th in his first-round pool and was eliminated, while the U.S. team that he was on reached the finals in the team competition. The U.S. finished 4th overall as they lost to France, Hungary, and Italy (Krieger competed in the matches against France and Italy). Among Krieger's teammates at both the 1952 and 1956 Games were International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame members Albert Axelrod and Daniel Bukantz.
[edit] Maccabiah Games
In 1957 Krieger, who is Jewish, won the gold medal in the foil and sabre at the Maccabiah Games.
[edit] Halls of Fame & Awards
Krieger received the Detroit Sports Guild Outstanding Athlete Award in 1951.
He was elected to the Michigan Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1974.
Krieger was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976.[2]
He is an inductee into the The Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Krieger won 55 State and Midwest titles in all three fencing weapons, including all three weapons in the same year five times.
- Krieger met his wife while training in New York City for the 1956 Olympics.
