Carl Borack

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Carl Borack
Carl Borack, 1965.jpg
Borack in 1965
Personal information
Born (1947-07-12) July 12, 1947 (age 76)
Staten Island, New York, United States
Sport
Sport Fencing

Carl Borack (born July 12, 1947) is an American former fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. [1] He won a gold medal in epee at the 1967 Pan American Games. [2] In 1969 he won the US national foil championship, and in Israel the 1969 Maccabiah Games sabre championship. [2] [3] He won a gold medal in foil at the 1971 Pan American Games. [4] He is Jewish, and in 1990 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [5] [4] [6]

He is also a producer, photographer with works on display with the Art of the Olympians. [7]

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References

  1. "Carl Borack Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. Amdur, Neil (July 23, 2012). "For Fencing Veteran, Witnessing the Best and the Worst at the Olympics". London 2012. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. 1 2 The Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1990-1999. Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 1999. ISBN   9780914615088. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. "Carl Borack". So Cal Jewish Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. team, Carl Borack is the former head of the USA Olympic fencing; Fix, a producer of films including The Big (September 4, 2020). "Despite Murder and Mayhem". City Journal. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  7. "Carl Borack". Art of the Olympians. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.