John Merrill Friedberg (born March 9, 1961) is an American Olympic saber fencer.
Early and personal life Friedberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is Jewish.Encyclopaedia Judaica Year Book He is the younger brother of Olympic fencer Paul Friedberg.William S. Burroughs. -- Esquire. He lives in Robbinsville Township, New Jersey."Learn the way of the Jedi this summer at the Fencing Club of Mercer County"
Fencing career Friedberg fenced for the University of North Carolina, took second in the NCAA Saber Championship in 1982, and won it as a senior in 1983. 22 June 1983 Jewish Post. He was a three-time All American."Carolina Individual National Champions," UNC Tar Heels Athletics.
Friedberg won silver medal in team sabre at the 1991 Pan American Games and gold in the 1995 Pan American Games.
He competed in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Friedberg came in second in the 1993 US Championship in sabre, and won the 1994 US Championship in sabre.
Friedberg founded and is head coach of the Fencing Club of Mercer County in New Jersey.
See also List of USFA Division I National Champions List of NCAA fencing champions
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