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| Full name | Paul Ronald Friedberg | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 14, 1959 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Saber | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Pennsylvania Quakers | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | USA Men's Sabre Fencing Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic finals | 1988 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
| National finals | 1980 NCAA Fencing Championship | |||||||||||||||||
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Paul Ronald Friedberg (born December 14, 1959) is an American former fencer.
Friedberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is Jewish. [1] [2] His brother is Olympic fencer John Friedberg. [3] [4]
Fencing at the University of Pennsylvania for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, Friedberg was four-time All-Ivy League, and a three-time All-American. [3] He won the NCAA saber titles in 1979, 1980, and 1981. [3] As a senior in 1981, Friedberg received the Class of 1915 Award, given to a senior class athlete who most closely approaches the ideal University of Pennsylvania student-athlete. [5] He graduated with degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, and later earned an MBA from Penn's Wharton School of Business. [3]
Friedberg won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games. [6] He competed at the 1983 Pan American Games, won silver medals in team saber at the 1987 Pan American Games and the 1991 Pan American Games, and won a gold medal in team saber at the 1995 Pan American Games. [3]
He competed in the team sabre event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [3] Friedberg was inducted into the Penn Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996. [7]
Friedberg appeared on season 29 of This Old House , renovating his house in Newton, Massachusetts. [8]
