Alex Treves
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Emanuele Treves |
| Born | January 14, 1929 Torino, Italy |
| Died | December 12, 2020 (aged 91) Monte-Carlo, Monaco |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
Event | Saber |
| College team | Rutgers University |
| Club | Salle Santelli |
Alessandro Emanuele "Alex" Treves (January 14, 1929 – December 12, 2020)[1] was an Italian-born American Olympic fencer.[2] Treves was born in Torino, Italy, and was Jewish.[3][4][5] He later lived in New York City.[6]
Career
[edit | edit source]Treves fenced for Salle Santelli.[2][7] He fenced for Rutgers University (class of 1950), and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) saber title in both 1949 and 1950.[3][8] Treves was undefeated in three years of competing in college.[2][5] He competed for the United States at the 1950 Maccabiah Games.[9]
Treves competed for the United States in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the team came in fourth.[2][5] He won three Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) National Championships in team sabre; in 1952, 1955, and 1956.[2] In 1953, Treves won the World Military Sabre Championship, and in 1954 he won the Italian University Sabre Championship.[2][5] In 2000, Treves was elected to the Rutgers Sports Hall of Fame.[2][5]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b Bob Wechsler. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History,
- ^ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports.
- ^ a b c d e "Treves, Alex," Jews In Sports.
- ^ United States 1952 Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report of the United States Olympic Committee: Games of the XVth Olympiad, Helsinki, Finland, July 19 to August 3, 1952: VIth Olympic Winter Games, Oslo, Norway, February 14 to 25, 1952: 1st Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 25 to March 8, 1951, Volume 1952.
- ^ "For the Record," Sports Illustrated.
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External links
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- 1929 births
- 2020 deaths
- American male sabre fencers
- Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games
- Maccabiah Games competitors for the United States
- Maccabiah Games fencers
- Olympic fencers for the United States
- Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Fencers from New York City
- Fencers from Turin
- Jewish sabre fencers
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Italian emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Italian Jews
- Rutgers University alumni
- 21st-century American Jews
- 20th-century American sportsmen