James Strauch Explained

James Strauch
Birth Date:30 September 1921
Birth Place:New York, New York, United States
Death Place:Mercer Island, WA, United States
Height:5’9״
Country:USA
Sport:Fencing
Event:Epee, Foil
Collegeteam:City College of New York
Club:Salle Montague of New York and the Fencers Club

James Strauch (September 30, 1921  - November 30, 1998) was an American Olympic fencer.

Early and personal life

Strauch was born in New York, New York, and was Jewish.[1] [2] He attended City College of New York (CCNY) for college, and graduated in 1942 with a degree in business administration. He later went to graduate school at Georgetown University, and became a certified public accountant (CPA). He worked as a senior accountant at H. L. Green.[3]

Fencing career

Strauch represented Salle Montague of New York and the Fencers Club of New York.[4] In college, he fenced for CCNY.[5]

He was the US Epee Champion in 1947.[1] Strauch also competed in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[6] [7]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Martin Harry Greenberg. The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds of other lists of accomplished Jews.
  2. Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=wWwdAQAAMAAJ&q=%22james+strauch%22+fencer Chain Store Age
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=aXANAQAAMAAJ&q=%22james+strauch%22+fencer Britannica book of the year
  5. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/59244505/ Page 16
  6. Web site: James Strauch Olympic Results . 2010-09-26 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103112333/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/james-strauch-1.html . November 3, 2012 .
  7. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/50010697/ Page 10