Abram Cohen
Personal information | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | October 25, 1924
Died | February 2, 2016 Fishkill, New York, U.S. | (aged 91)
Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm) |
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
Spouse |
Simone Cohen (m. 1959–2016) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | CCNY |
Club | Fencers Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1956 Summer Olympics Round One |
World finals | 1955 Pan American Games team épée (2nd place) |
Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, épée, and sabre fencer.[1][2][3]
Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish.
Fencing career
He fenced for the Fencers Club in New York.[5] In college, in 1948 he was a member of the NCAA Champion
In 1955 and 1956 he won the épée AAU/Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) United States National Fencing Championship.[2][7][4][8]
He won the silver medal in the
Cohen competed in the team épée and sabre events at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[4]
He was the AFLA President's 3-Weapon Champion in 1955 and 1956 and the winner of the 1957 and 1958 Giorgio Santelli Masters’ Sabre. [6]
He is a member of the US Fencing Hall of Fame (inducted in 2005), and the CCNY Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted in 1971).[6][9]
See also
References
- ^ "Abram Cohen Obituary". The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ a b c Bob Wechsler. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History
- ^ a b Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abe Cohen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
- ^ TEAM HONORS GO TO FENCERS CLUB - Margolis, Axelrod, Abram Cohen Help Beat N.Y.A.C. - NYTimes
- ^ a b c Cohen, Abram – US Fencing Hall of Fame
- ^ a b Martin Harry Greenberg. The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews
- ^ COHEN IS WINNER IN EPEE FENCE-OFF; Beats Andre of U.S. Navy by 5-3 to Keep National Title -Mrs. Romary Victor THE FINAL STANDINGS - NYTimes
- ^ ABRAM COHEN Obituary - New York, NY | New York Times
External links
- Abram Cohen at Olympedia