broken blade went through his mask causing a fatal brain injury (through the left eye orbit—not the eye itself); his death prompted an extensive review of safety standards in fencing. Tragic though his death was, it ultimately resulted in making the sport statistically safer than golf. David Tyshler, Jewish Russian sabreur, member of the first generation of internationally successful Soviet fencers, won medals at 1956 Olympics and five World Championships, best known for his achievements as a coach, one of the founding fathers of the Soviet school of fencing, pupils include Mark Rakita and Viktor Sidjak Eduard Vinokurov, Jewish Russian sabreur, twice Olympic Champion (1968, 1976) Iosif Vitebskiy, Jewish Russian épée fencer, 19-time national championship medallist. Sweden Johan Harmenberg, Swedish fencer (épée), Olympic champion (1980) Björne Väggö, Swedish fencer (épée), Silver medalist in 1984 Olympics Switzerland Marcel Fischer, Swiss fencer (épée), Olympic champion (2004) Ukraine Sergei Golubitsky, World Foil Champion 1997, 1998, 1999; Winner of 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1999 World Cup, Olympic silver medallist 1992. Vadim Gutzeit, Ukrainian fencer (saber), Olympic champion United States of America Maitre Michel Alaux (1924–74), French-American fencing master & author; 3-time U.S. Olympic coach. Norman Armitage, 17-time national sabre champion Albert Axelrod, Jewish American bronze medallist in the 1960 Summer Olympics in foil Abraham Balk, only man to win both foil & epeé NCAA championships (1947) Cliff Bayer, 4-time U.S. foil champion Caitlin Bilodeaux, USFA Women's Foil Champ (1986, '87, '89, '92), she is tied for third on the women's championship list. Pan American Individual and Team champion, 1987, 2-time NCAA women's foil champion (1985, '87) and 4-time NCAA All-America. 2-time U-20 National Champion. Tamir Bloom, 2-time U.S. épée champion Muriel Bower, first woman fencing master in the U.S. Daniel Bukantz, Jewish American Olympian, U.S. Foil Fencer, Member of Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro, 1976, 1980 Olympian U.S. Women's Foil Fencer (now Gay MacLellan) Michael D'Asaro Sr. Eli Dershwitz, saber, US champion, junior world champion, 4x Pan-American champion, NCAA champion Jed Dupree, 2001 NCAA Men's Foil Champion, 2002 U.S. National Champion, 2003 Pan American Gold Medal, 2004 Olympian in Athens Csaba Elthes, legendary coach to 6 U.S. Olympic teams, immigrated from Hungary Race Imboden, 2011 & 2014 U.S. National Men's Foil Champion, 2011 & 2012 Pan Am Champion, Men's Foil World Cup Gold Medalist (Havana 2013), 2012 Olympian in London Emily Jacobson, NCAA sabre champion. Sada Jacobson, Jewish American silver medallist