Personal information | |
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Full name | Paul Ronald Friedberg |
Nationality | American |
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | December 14, 1959
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | Saber |
College team | University of Pennsylvania Quakers |
Team | USA Men's Sabre Fencing Team |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1988 Olympics |
World finals | Pan American games 1984 Indianapolis |
National finals | 1980 NCAA Fencing Championship |
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] [4]
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. [3] He won the NCAA saber titles in 1979, 1980, and 1981. [3] 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. [5] 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. [3]
Friedberg won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games. [6] 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. [3]
He competed in the team sabre event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [3] 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]