Mark Midler Explained

Mark Midler
Fullname:Mark Petrovich Midler
Birth Date:24 September 1931
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Death Date:[1]
Sport:Fencing
Club:Burevestnik Moskva
Medaltemplates:[2]
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Mark Petrovich Midler (ru|Марк Петрович Мидлер; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, at which he won two gold medals.[3]

Early and personal life

Midler was born in Moscow, in the Soviet Union, and was Jewish.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Fencing career

Midler was a member of the USSR National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967.[8] [3] He trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.[9] [3]

Midler won the Soviet individual foil title six times (1954–57, 1963, and 1965) and the Soviet Cup in 1961.[3]

World Championships

Midler won four consecutive World Championships in Foil, in 1959 to 1962.[3] He also won a silver medal in 1957 and bronze medals in 1959 and 1961.[10] [3] Along with his Soviet teammates, he won the World Team Championships in Foil five times: in 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1966.[3] They also won a silver medal in 1967.[3]

Olympics

Midler was captain of the Foil team for the 1960 Olympic Games and the 1964 Olympic Games.[3] They won the gold medal in Team Foil at both Olympics.[3]

Coaching career

Midler coached fencing for the Olympic teams of the Soviet Union and Russia.[3] From 1971 until 2000, Midler was the coach of the Soviet and later Russian national foil team.[3] He was also the head coach of the Soviet 1980 Olympic foil team, Unified Team 1992 Olympic foil team, and Russian 1996 and 2000 Olympic foil teams.[3]

Awards

Midler was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[11] In 1960 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NOS Sport – Schermlegende Midler overleden . June 2012 . Nos.nl . 2012-06-01.
  2. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Mark Midler . 2010-09-25 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120213141314/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MIDLEMAR01 . 2012-02-13 .
  3. Web site: Mark Midler Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162625/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/mark-midler-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-09-25 . sports-reference.com.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=mark+midler+jewish&pg=PA268 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History – Bob Wechsler
  5. https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw-DAAAAMAAJ&q=mark+midler+jewish Great Jews in Sports – Robert Slater
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=ay5QAQAAIAAJ&q=mark+midler+jewish Jewish Affairs
  7. https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=mark+midler+jewish Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports – Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119083442/http://www.rusfencing.ru/federation.php?act=&txt_id=2098 Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation
  9. Book: All about Olympic Games.. Boris Khavin. Fizkultura i sport. 2nd. 564. 1979. Moscow. ru.
  10. Web site: Sports 123: Fencing: World Championships: Men: Foil . 2007-02-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103323/http://sports123.com/fen/mw-fo.html . 2007-09-29 .
  11. Book: Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame – Joseph Siegman . 9781574882841 . 2012-06-01. Siegman . Joseph . 2000 .

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