Personal information | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | October 25, 1924
Died | February 2, 2016 Fishkill, New York, U.S. | (aged 91)
Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (189.2 cm) |
Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) |
Spouse |
Simone Cohen (m. 1959–2016) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Fencing |
Event(s) | Épée, foil, and sabre |
College team | CCNY |
Club | Fencers Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1956 Summer Olympics Round One |
World finals | 1955 Pan American Games team épée (2nd place) |
Abram "Abe" Dreyer Cohen (October 25, 1924 – February 2, 2016) was an American Olympic foil, épée, and sabre fencer.[1][2][3]
Cohen was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was Jewish.[2][3] His brother Herb Cohen competed at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel, won the NCAA foil championship in 1961–62, won a bronze medal in individual foil and a gold medal with the US foil team at the 1963 Pan American Games, was Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) foil champion in 1964, and fenced individual and team foil for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[4]
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