James Strauch
Personal information | |
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Born | New York, New York, United States | September 30, 1921
Died | November 30, 1998 Tenafly, New Jersey, United States | (aged 77)
Sport | |
Country | USA |
Sport | Fencing |
Event(s) | Epee |
College team | City College of New York |
Club | Salle Montague of New York and the Fencers Club |
James Strauch (September 30, 1921 – November 30, 1998) was an American Olympic fencer.
Early and personal life[]
Strauch was born in New York, New York, and was Jewish.[1][2] He attended City College of New York (CCNY) for college, and graduated in 1942 with a degree in business administration.[3] He later went to graduate school at Georgetown University, and became a certified public accountant (CPA).[3] He worked as a senior accountant at H. L. Green.[4]
Fencing career[]
Strauch represented Salle Montague of New York and the Fencers Club of New York.[3][5] In college, he fenced for CCNY.[6]
He was the US Epee Champion in 1947.[1][2] Strauch also competed in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3][7]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Martin Harry Greenberg. The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews.
- ^ a b Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
- ^ a b c d "James Strauch Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ Chain Store Age
- ^ Britannica book of the year
- ^ Page 16 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 8, 1941.
- ^ Page 10 The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, July 7, 1950.
External links[]
- James Strauch at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1921 births
- 1998 deaths
- American male sabre fencers
- Olympic fencers of the United States
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from New York City
- Jewish male sabre fencers
- Jewish American sportspeople
- City College of New York alumni
- CCNY Beavers fencers
- Georgetown University alumni
- American accountants
- 20th-century American Jews