Grigory Kriss Explained
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.
Early life
Kriss 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
He 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
Kriss was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[11] [12]
Life outside competitive fencing
He was a physical education teacher, and a fencing coach.[13] [14]
See also
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Notes and References
- Book: All about Olympic Games.. Boris Khavin. Fizkultura i sport. 2nd. 556. 1979. Moscow. ru.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&dq=Grigory+Kriss&pg=PA12 The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Joseph M. Siegman
- Book: Taylor, Paul . Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists . 2004 . Sussex Academic Press . 9781903900888 . 235 . 2015-06-20.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=JD0OAQAAMAAJ&q=Grigory+Kriss Encyclopaedia Judaica - Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1bZtAAAAMAAJ&q=Grigory+Kriss Everyman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
- https://archive.org/details/jewishlistsphysi00gree The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds ... - Martin Harry Greenberg
- https://books.google.com/books?id=dxqZCgAAQBAJ&dq=Grigory+Kriss&pg=PT292 The Games: A Global History of the Olympics - David Goldblatt
- Web site: Hryhoriy Kriss Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kr/hryhoriy-kriss-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 21 December 2010 . sports-reference.com .
- https://books.google.com/books?id=pab4CgAAQBAJ&dq=Grigory+Kriss&pg=PT120 XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, Grenoble 1968 - Carl Posey
- http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GrigoriKriss.htm "Grigori Kriss"
- Web site: Grigori Kriss . International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame . 21 June 2015.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=_uBNAQAAIAAJ&q=Grigory+Kriss Northern California Jewish Bulletin
- https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/13/archives/kriss-soviet-union-fencer-regains-world-epee-crown.html "Kriss, Soviet Union Fencer, Regains World Epee Crown" - The New York Times
- https://books.google.com/books?id=3UAtAQAAMAAJ&q=Grigory+Kriss Culture and Life
