Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940[1]) is a retired Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals.
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| Full name | Hryhoriy Yakovych Kriss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1940 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Épée | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SKA Kiev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editKriss was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is Jewish.[2][3][4][5][6] He was an officer in the Red Army of the Soviet Union.[7]
Fencing career
editHe competed at the 1964 Olympics winning a gold medal in Individual Epee, the 1968 Olympics winning silver medals in both Individual Epee and Team Epee, and the 1972 Olympics winning a bronze medal in Team Epee.[8][9]
At the World Championships he won the Individual Epee silver medal in 1967, the Individual Epee gold medal in 1971, and four World Team Epee medals: a bronze in 1965, a silver in 1966, a gold in 1969, and a silver in 1971.[10]
Hall of Fame
editKriss was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[11][12]
Life outside competitive fencing
editHe was a physical education teacher, and a fencing coach.[13][14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 556.
- ^ The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Joseph M. Siegman
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. p. 235. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica - Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
- ^ Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
- ^ The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds ... - Martin Harry Greenberg
- ^ The Games: A Global History of the Olympics - David Goldblatt
- ^ "Hryhoriy Kriss Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, Grenoble 1968 - Carl Posey
- ^ "Grigori Kriss"
- ^ "Grigori Kriss". International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ Northern California Jewish Bulletin
- ^ "Kriss, Soviet Union Fencer, Regains World Epee Crown" - The New York Times
- ^ Culture and Life