Paul Makler Jr.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Todd Makler Jr. |
| Born | January 8, 1946 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Country | USA |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event(s) | Saber and epee |
| College team | University of Pennsylvania Quakers |
| Club | Salle Csiszar |
Paul Todd Makler Jr. (born January 8, 1946) is an American Olympic saber and épée fencer.[1]
Early and personal life
[edit]He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, later lived in Merion, Pennsylvania, and is Jewish.[1][2][3] After college, he attended and in 1972 graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.[4][5] He is the son of Paul Makler Sr. who fenced for the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics. His brother Brooke Makler fenced at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Fencing career
[edit]His fencing club is Salle Csiszar.[1]
Makler fenced at the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1968) for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers.[4][5] He was NCAA individual saber champion in both 1967 and 1968, and was a first-team All-American both years.[4]
He competed in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich at the age of 26.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Paul Makler Jr. Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ "A REVIEW OF THE UNITED STATES TEAMS: A record of the achievements of the fine athletes and administrators who represented the United States of America at the VI PAN AMERICAN GAMES" United States Olympic Committee.
- ^ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports.
- ^ a b c "P. Todd Makler, Jr.," University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ a b "Penn Athletes Competing in the Olympics," Archived December 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine University of Pennsylvania University Archives.
External links
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- American male sabre fencers
- American female épée fencers
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Fencers from Philadelphia
- Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
- People from Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
- Jewish épée fencers
- Jewish sabre fencers
- Jewish American sportspeople
- University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- American physicians
- Penn Quakers fencers
- 21st-century American Jews