Mark Petrovich Midler (Russian: Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, at which he won two gold medals.[3]
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| Full name | Mark Petrovich Midler | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 September 1931 Moscow, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 May 2012 (aged 80)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Burevestnik Moskva | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life
editMidler was born in Moscow, in the Soviet Union, and was Jewish.[3][4][5][6][7]
Fencing career
editMidler was a member of the USSR National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967.[8][3] He trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.[9][3]
Midler won the Soviet individual foil title six times (1954–57, 1963, and 1965) and the Soviet Cup in 1961.[3]
World Championships
editMidler won four consecutive World Championships in Foil, in 1959 to 1962.[3] He also won a silver medal in 1957 and bronze medals in 1959 and 1961.[10][3] Along with his Soviet teammates, he won the World Team Championships in Foil five times: in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1966.[3] They also won a silver medal in 1967.[3]
Olympics
editMidler was captain of the Foil team for the 1960 Olympic Games and the 1964 Olympic Games.[3] They won the gold medal in Team Foil at both Olympics.[3]
Coaching career
editMidler coached fencing for the Olympic teams of the Soviet Union and Russia.[3] From 1971 until 2000, Midler was the coach of the Soviet and later Russian national foil team.[3] He was also the head coach of the Soviet 1980 Olympic foil team, Unified Team 1992 Olympic foil team, and Russian 1996 and 2000 Olympic foil teams.[3]
Awards
editMidler was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[11] In 1960 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NOS Sport – Schermlegende Midler overleden". Nos.nl. June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "Olympics Statistics: Mark Midler". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Mark Midler Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-09-25.
- ^ Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
- ^ Great Jews in Sports – Robert Slater
- ^ Jewish Affairs
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports – Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver
- ^ Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation
- ^ a b Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 564.
- ^ "Sports 123: Fencing: World Championships: Men: Foil". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- ^ Siegman, Joseph (2000). Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame – Joseph Siegman. ISBN 9781574882841. Retrieved 2012-06-01.