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Born | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | March 9, 1961||||||||||||||
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Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
Event | Saber | ||||||||||||||
College team | University of North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
Now coaching | Fencing Club of Mercer County in New Jersey | ||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1992 U.S. Sabre Team Member | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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John Merrill Friedberg (born March 9, 1961) is an American Olympic saber fencer.
Friedberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is Jewish. [1] [2] He is the younger brother of Olympic fencer Paul Friedberg. [3] He lives in Robbinsville Township, New Jersey. [4]
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. [5] He was a three-time All American. [6]
Friedberg won silver medal in team sabre at the 1991 Pan American Games and gold in the 1995 Pan American Games. [1]
He competed in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] Friedberg came in second in the 1993 US Championship in sabre, and won the 1994 US Championship in sabre. [1]
Friedberg founded and is head coach of the Fencing Club of Mercer County in New Jersey. [1] [7]