Grigory Kriss

Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940[1]) is a retired Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals.

Grigory Kriss
Personal information
Full nameHryhoriy Yakovych Kriss
Born (1940-12-24) 24 December 1940
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
CountrySoviet Union
SportFencing
Event(s)Épée
ClubSKA Kiev
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Ind. epée
1968 Mexico City Ind. epée
1968 Mexico City Team epée
1972 Munich Team epée
World Championships
1965 ParisTeam epée
1966 MoscowTeam epée
1967 MontrealTeam epée
1967 MontrealInd. epée
1969 HavanaTeam epée
1971 VienaInd. epée
1971 VienaTeam epée

Early life

Kriss was born in Kiev, Ukraine, and is Jewish.[2][3][4][5][6] He was an officer in the Red Army of the Soviet Union.[7]

Fencing career

He competed at the 1964 Olympics winning a gold medal in Individual Epee, the 1968 Olympics winning silver medals in both Individual Epee and Team Epee, and the 1972 Olympics winning a bronze medal in Team Epee.[8][9]

At the World Championships he won the Individual Epee silver medal in 1967, the Individual Epee gold medal in 1971, and four World Team Epee medals: a bronze in 1965, a silver in 1966, a gold in 1969, and a silver in 1971.[10]

Hall of Fame

Kriss was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[11][12]

Life outside competitive fencing

He was a physical education teacher, and a fencing coach.[13][14]

See also

References
  1. Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 556.
  2. The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Joseph M. Siegman
  3. Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 235. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. Encyclopaedia Judaica - Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
  5. Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
  6. The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds ... - Martin Harry Greenberg
  7. The Games: A Global History of the Olympics - David Goldblatt
  8. "Hryhoriy Kriss Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  9. XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, Grenoble 1968 - Carl Posey
  10. "Grigori Kriss"
  11. "Grigori Kriss". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  12. Northern California Jewish Bulletin
  13. "Kriss, Soviet Union Fencer, Regains World Epee Crown" - The New York Times
  14. Culture and Life
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