Gilbert Eisner

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Gilbert Eisner is an American former épée fencer.[1]

He fenced for Forest Hills High School.[2]

In 1960, he won the NCAA épée championship, in Urbana, Illinois, while fencing for New York University.[1] He was undefeated in three years at NYU, and graduated in 1961.[3]

In 1962 he won the épée title at the U.S. Fencing Championships in New York.[1][4] In 1963, he won a gold medal in team épée for the United States at the 1963 Pan American Games.[1]

Eisner is Jewish, and was a commercial artist.[5][1][4]

He is a member of the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame, having been inducted in 1987.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bob Wechsler. "Day by Day in Jewish Sports History". Retrieved October 28, 2013. 
  2. 3.0 3.1 "NYU Athletics - Hall of Fame". Gonyuathletics.com. Retrieved October 28, 2013. 
  3. 4.0 4.1 Werden, Lincoln A. (July 4, 1962). "EISNER CAPTURES TITLE IN FENCING - Former N.Y.U. Star Takes U.S. Epee Championship Wins Fence-Off Richards Finishes Second". nytimes.com. Retrieved October 28, 2013. 
  4. Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Retrieved October 28, 2013. 


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