Leon Schoonmaker Explained

Leonard Schoonmaker
Birth Date:27 March 1882
Birth Place:Singac, New Jersey, United States
Death Place:Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Sport:Fencing
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Leon Monroe Schoonmaker[1] (March 27, 1882  - May 30, 1950) was an American fencer.[2] He competed in the individual foil and épée events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3] He was a referee in several fencing competitions in the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In the 1930s he served first as a secretary and treasurer and then for term 1934-1935 as the president of Fencing Association of the United States.[4] He was an also an engineer in Queens, New York City.

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  1. News: 1950-05-31 . L.M. SCHOONMAKER, FENCING CHAMPION; Former Olympic Ace, Expert in Sabre, Dies--Had Served as Engineer in Queens . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-03 . 0362-4331.
  2. Web site: Leonard Schoonmaker . Olympedia . August 12, 2021.
  3. Web site: Leonard Schoonmaker Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054943/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/leon-schoonmaker-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . April 22, 2010 . sports-reference.com.
  4. Web site: Past Officers . 2023-06-03 . USA Fencing . en-us.