Michael Marx

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Michael Marx
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5-time Olympian Michael Marx, 2016
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1958-07-07) July 7, 1958 (age 65)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Website marxfencingacademy.com
Sport
CountryUSA
Sport Fencing
Medal record
Men's fencing
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1979 San Juan Team foil
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1983 Caracas Team foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Individual foil
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Indianapolis Team foil

Michael Marx (born July 7, 1958) is an American foil and epee fencer and fencing master. He is the brother of Robert Marx, who has also represented the U.S. in multiple Olympic fencing events. Michael and his brother were taught to fence by their mother, fencing coach Colleen Olney, who is considered by many prominent fencers to be "the mother of fencing in Oregon". [1]

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Fencing career

Marx won a silver medal in foil at the World University Games in 1985. He is an 8-time United States national men's foil champion (1977, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, and 1993). [2] He is also a five-time Olympian in both foil and epee (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996). [3] Although Marx qualified for the 1980 Olympic team he did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead. [4] Marx won the silver medal in team foil at the Pan American Games in 1979 and 1983, and the bronze in 1987. He won the bronze medal in individual foil in 1987.

USFA

He served as vice president of the United States Fencing Association (USFA) from 1992 and 1996. He is a staff member of the USFA Coaches College.

Coaching career

Marx received his Master of Arms degree in Poland in 1993 after spending several months studying under Prof. Zbigniew Czajkowski at the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice. In recent years he has served as the U.S. national women's épée coach, and his students have included U.S. Team member Cody Mattern.

Marx was fencing master at Northwest Fencing Center in Beaverton, Oregon, until 2008 when he accepted a position as full-time assistant coach at Duke University in North Carolina. Marx returned to Northwest Fencing Center after a year as a coach at Duke University. Since January 2010 he has been Director of Fencing Operations at the Boston Fencing Club.

In July 2014, Marx founded Marx Fencing Academy, located in Acton, Massachusetts.

Awards

Marx was inducted into the USFA Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2003, Marx was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, the first fencer to be so honored. [5] Marx is also a 5-time USOC Athlete of the Year. In 2007, he was named Developmental Coach of the Year by the USFA.

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References

  1. ↑ "Colleen Marx Olney" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Northwest Fencing Center". Archived from the original on February 21, 2006. Retrieved August 17, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Michael Marx Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN   978-0942257403.
  5. ↑ "Michael Marx – Fencing". Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
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