Eugene Gerson "Gene" Glazer (born November 24, 1939) is an American former foil fencer.
Early and personal life Glazer was born in New York City, lived in Flushing, Queens, New York, and is Jewish."Glazer, Gene," Jews in Sports.Amateur Athlete, Volume 30, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, 1959. He became a securities analyst after college."Axelrod, Cohen Among 5 Picked For U.S. Olympic Foils Team" The New York Times.
Fencing career In 1958, Glazer was third in the Amateur Fencers League of America National Championships in foil."Lion Fencers to Host Powerful NYU Squad," Columbia Spectator.
Glazer fenced for New York University. In 1960, he won the NCAA National Championship in foil with a 24–2 record while he was a junior."Faces in the Crowd," Sports Illustrated.1960-61 Yearbook, National Collegiate Athletic Association. He also fenced for the Fencers Club of New York.
Fencing for the United States, Glazer won a gold medal in team foil at the 1959 Pan American Games.
Glazer competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics (individual and team foil) in Rome at the age of 20, and the 1964 Summer Olympics (team foil) in Tokyo at the age of 24.
He was inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1984."Eugene Glazer; Class of 1962," NYU Athletics.
See also
List of NCAA fencing champions
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