David Tyshler
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 David Tyshler |
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union |
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| Bronze | 1956 Melbourne | Sabre Team | |
David Abramovich Tyshler (Russian: Давид Абрамович Тышлер; born July 13, 1927, in Kherson, Ukraine) - is a sabreur and coach from the Soviet era. Tyshler, a doctor, was one of the best sabre fencers in the world in the 1950s.
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[edit] Fencing career
Tyshler trained at the Armed Forces Sports Society in Moscow.
[edit] Olympics
Tyshler won a bronze medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games in the team sabre competition. In the final pool, they lost to Poland and Hungary, but defeated France in the 3rd place match to capture the bronze.
At the 1960 Rome Olympics, Tyshler competed in both the team and individual events. While the Soviet team failed to medal, Tyshler advanced to the finals in the individual competition. After winning his first round pool and his quarterfinal pool, he placed 3rd in his semifinal. In the finals he finished in 7th place (one spot ahead of Soviet teammate Yakov Rylsky).
[edit] World Championships
In addition, Tyshler earned silver and bronze medals in the
- 1955 World Championship
- 1956 World Championship
- 1957 World Championship
- 1958 World Championship (silver medals in individual and team)[1]
- 1959 World Championship
[edit] Coaching career
After helping the Soviet National Team gain prominence as a competitor, Tyshler turned to coaching and teaching fencing technique. He has coached 5 Olympic champions.[2] Tyshler served as a coach of the USSR National team for 13 years. He became a Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, and Honoured Trainer of the USSR.
Tyshler returned to the Olympics as the coach of the Soviet fencing team at the 1964 Games. Among his pupils on the Olympic team were Mark Midler and Mark Rakita (both are members of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame).
Other pupils included Viktor Sidjak and Victor Krovopouskov.
There are Tyshler Fencing Schools located in Russia and South Africa.[3]
René Roch, President of the FIE, honoured Tysher with a gold medal of the FIE for his untiring dedication to the sport of fencing.
[edit] Academic career
Tyshler holds a doctorate of Pedagogical Science (1983). In 1984 Tyshler became a professor, Head of Fencing and Modern Pentathlon Department of the Russian State Academy of Physical Education, a position that he held for 24 years.
He has published 170 scientific papers.
He also won the All-Russian contest as Best Scientist of Russia in the sphere of Olympic training (1995).
[edit] Books
Professor Tyshler has published over 40 textbooks on the methods of fencing training. He is also well known for a book of stage/film fencing.
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Tyshler is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Charity Fund for Future of Fencing.[4]
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