Jeff Spear | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jeffrey Kimball Spear |
Born | Albany, New York, USA | June 28, 1988
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
Sport | |
Country | USA |
Sport | Fencing |
Weapon | Sabre |
Hand | Left-handed |
Club | New York Athletic Club |
FIE ranking | current ranking |
Jeff Spear (born June 28, 1988) is an American sabre fencer. He competed in the men's team sabre competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1]
He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. Spear graduated from Columbia University in 2010 as the salutatorian of Columbia College. [2] [3] [4]
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