Benjamin (Benji) Ungar
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Full name | Benjamin Nathanial Ungar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Benji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bronx, NY, United States | January 19, 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Men's Epee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Harvard Crimson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | New York Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin "Benji" Nathanial Ungar (born January 19, 1986) is a US Men's Épée fencer.[1][2] He was the NCAA Men's Épée Champion in 2006, and was a member of the USA Men's Épée team that won the silver medal at the 2010 World Fencing Championships.
Early life[]
Ungar is a native New Yorker, and has lived in The Bronx in New York.[3][4] He was a child actor, with film credits in The Substance of Fire and Billy Budd.[5] His brother, Jonathan Ungar, also fenced at Harvard ('03).[6]
Ungar was the valedictorian of his class at Bronx High School of Science.[3] In high school, Ungar was a member of the National Honors Society and was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist.[6]
Fencing career[]
Ungar has fenced with the New York Athletic Club.[4] He was a member of US National Men's Epee Team at Cadet and Junior World Championships in 2002, 2003, and 2006.[6] He was a bronze medalist at the World Fencing Junior Championships.[6] Ungar was the first American to win a Junior Épée World Cup, winning the Junior Men's Épée World Cup in 2006.[7][8] He was also the Junior Men's Épée World Championships Bronze Medalist in 2006.[9][10]
Fencing for Harvard University as a sophomore, Ungar was the NCAA Men's Épée Champion in 2006. His win was listed as one of Harvard's 25 greatest athletic accomplishments.[11] Ungar became the third Harvard men's fencer to win an NCAA individual title, and was Academic All-Ivy League. He was Harvard University's Male Athlete of the Year 2006.[12] Ungar was also a two time All-American and two-time All-Ivy League honoree.[13]
Ungar was a Senior Men's Épée World Championships Silver Medalist in 2010.
Medical career[]
Ungar is a 2017 graduate of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and, as of summer of 2021, is a resident in dermatology.[14] In 2011, he accepted an award for Best Basic Science Paper by the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.[15]
See also[]
- List of select Jewish fencers
References[]
- ^ "Ben Ungar | Fencing.Net". Archived from the original on December 25, 2010. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ^ "Achievement Ceremony"
- ^ a b "Undefeated Bronx Science Fencers Three-peat," Newsday.
- ^ a b FENCING US Fencers Set for 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris
- ^ "Benjamin Ungar - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Benjamin Ungar" - Harvard
- ^ "Detail of points". fie.ch. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "FENCING | Epéeist pierces the competition". Yale Daily News. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ "Fencer". fie.ch. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ^ "Ungar Captures Bronze at Worlds". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ^ "25 great moments in Harvard sports history | Sep–Oct 2011". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ^ "MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Benjamin Ungar". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 7, 2014.
- ^ "Ungar Claims Title at Summer Fencing Nationals - Ivy League". ivyleaguesports.com. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ https://www.doximity.com/pub/benjamin-ungar-md retrieved August 27, 2021
- ^ "SAS11 - Awards Ceremony". isass.org. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- American male épée fencers
- Jewish fencers
- Harvard University alumni
- The Bronx High School of Science alumni
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in fencing
- Sportspeople from New York City
- Fencers at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- 21st-century American Jews