Stephen_Kaplan_(fencer)
Stephen Kaplan (fencer)
American fencer
Stephen Kaplan (born December 1, 1949) is an American former fencer.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1949-12-01) December 1, 1949 (age 74) New York, New York, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event | Saber |
| College team | New York University |
| Club | Fencers Club |
He attended Martin Van Buren High School in Queens, along with Marty Lang, who also became an Olympic fencer.[1][2]
Kaplan then attended and fenced at New York University, graduating in 1971 with a degree in English.[3] He was an All-American in 1971.[3] In 1996, he was elected to the NYU Athletic Hall of Fame.[3]
He competed for the New York Fencers Club, and won four US national team sabre titles with the club.[3] Kaplan won a silver medal in team sabre at the 1975 Pan American Games.[3]
Kaplan competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[3]
He later coached fencing at NYU from 1980-86.[3]
- "Lang, Tishman Head N.Y.U. Fencing Team," The New York Times.
- Tara Ryazansky. "SPORTS CORNER: JCM; En Garde Like the cobra the fencer must be able to strike so the touch is felt before it is seen -Fencer Aldo Nadi," Archived February 10, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Hudson Reporter.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephen Kaplan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
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