| Paul Friedberg | |
| Fullname: | Paul Ronald Friedberg |
| Nationality: | American |
| Residence: | Newton, Massachusetts |
| Birth Date: | December 14, 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Height: | 5ft 7 in |
| Weight: | 185 lbs |
| Country: | United States |
| Sport: | Fencing |
| Event: | Saber |
| Collegeteam: | University of Pennsylvania Quakers |
| Team: | USA Men's Sabre Fencing Team |
| Worlds: | Pan American games 1984 Indianapolis |
| Nationals: | 1980 NCAA Fencing Championship |
| Olympics: | 1988 Olympics |
Paul Ronald Friedberg (born December 14, 1959) is an American former fencer.
Friedberg was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is Jewish.[1] [2] His brother is Olympic fencer John Friedberg.[3]
Fencing at the University of Pennsylvania for the University of Pennsylvania Quakers, Friedberg was four-time All-Ivy League, and a three-time All-American. He won the NCAA saber titles in 1979, 1980, and 1981. As a senior in 1981, Friedberg received the Class of 1915 Award, given to a senior class athlete who most closely approaches the ideal University of Pennsylvania student-athlete.[4] He graduated with degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science, and later earned an MBA from Penn's Wharton School of Business.
Friedberg won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games.[5] He competed at the 1983 Pan American Games, won silver medals in team saber at the 1987 Pan American Games and the 1991 Pan American Games, and won a gold medal in team saber at the 1995 Pan American Games.
He competed in the team sabre event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[6] Friedberg was inducted into the Penn Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996.[7]
Friedberg appeared on season 29 of This Old House, renovating his house in Newton, Massachusetts.[8]