Ed Richards (fencer)
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Personal information | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, USA | November 3, 1929
Died | November 18, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | (aged 83)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Edwin "Ed" Richards (November 3, 1929 – November 18, 2012) was an American fencer. Richards won the US foil championship in 1962 and 1963, and represented Team USA at the 1959, 1963, and 1967 Pan American Games where he won two gold medals and a silver medal in team competition.[1]
He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2][3] He was a 2005 USA Fencing Hall of Fame inductee.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Olympian and USA Fencing Hall of Fame Member Ed Richards passes away
- ^ "Ed Richards Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Olympian and USA Fencing Hall of Fame Member Ed Richards passes away". boxscorenews.com. November 20, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
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- Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Fencers at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in fencing
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in fencing
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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