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'''Eli Dershwitz''' (born September 23, 1995) is an American left-handed [[Sabre (fencing)|saber]] [[Fencing|fencer]], five-time individual Pan American champion, two-time [[Olympic Games|Olympian]], and the 2023 saber World Champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/athletes/27914 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website= The International Fencing Federation }}</ref>
'''Eli Dershwitz''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɜr|ʃ|w|ɪ|t|s}} {{respell|DURSH|wits}}; born September 23, 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/eli-dershwitz_1950581|title=DERSHWITZ Eli |work=[[Paris 2024 Olympics]] |access-date=8 August 2024}}</ref> is an American left-handed [[Sabre (fencing)|saber]] [[Fencing|fencer]], five-time individual Pan American champion, three-time [[Olympic Games|Olympian]], and the 2023 saber World Champion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website |url=http://fie.org/athletes/27914 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website= The International Fencing Federation }}</ref>


In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest US senior men's saber championship holder. Dershwitz then won the [[2015 Junior World Fencing Championships]] in saber, becoming the inaugural U.S. men's saber fencer to win a world title. He is a five-time Pan-American Championship title holder, and the [[2015 Pan American Games]] champion in saber. Dershwitz competed in [[fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]. He returned to [[Harvard University]] as a sophomore, winning individual saber in the 2017 [[NCAA]] Fencing Championship and as a junior in the 2018 NCAA Fencing Championship. He was ranked #1 in the United States as of February 2018, and was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194612/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/22/Eli-Dershwitz-Rises-To-No-1-In-Saber-Fencer-In-The-World-With-First-World-Championship-Medal "Eli Dershwitz Rises To No. 1 Saber Fencer In The World With First World Championship Medal"]</ref><ref name="bostonglobe.com">[https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/07/19/fencer-eli-dershwitz-ready-strike-rio-olympics/AlzoNjPgDdbLisXOqtEJCK/story.html "Fencer Eli Dershwitz is ready to strike at Rio Olympics,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe''.</ref><ref name="usfencing.org">[http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/2513991-eli-dershwitz "Eli Dershwitz,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] usfencing.org.</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/usoc-announces-best-of-april-finalists-for-team-usa-awards/|title=USOC Announces Best of April Finalists for Team USA Awards|date=May 2, 2018|website=SwimSwam}}</ref> He was the youngest saber fencer among the world's top 25.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/blog/the-back-page/article/2017/11/13/eli-dershwitz-world-cup-2017/|title=Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA &#124; Sports|website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref>
In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest US senior men's saber championship holder. Dershwitz then won the [[2015 Junior World Fencing Championships]] in saber, becoming the inaugural U.S. men's saber fencer to win a world title. He is a five-time Pan-American Championship title holder, and the [[2015 Pan American Games]] champion in saber. Dershwitz competed in [[fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]. He returned to [[Harvard University]] as a sophomore, winning individual saber in the 2017 [[NCAA]] Fencing Championship and as a junior in the 2018 NCAA Fencing Championship. He was ranked #1 in the United States as of February 2018, and was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194612/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/22/Eli-Dershwitz-Rises-To-No-1-In-Saber-Fencer-In-The-World-With-First-World-Championship-Medal "Eli Dershwitz Rises To No. 1 Saber Fencer In The World With First World Championship Medal"]</ref><ref name="bostonglobe.com">[https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2016/07/19/fencer-eli-dershwitz-ready-strike-rio-olympics/AlzoNjPgDdbLisXOqtEJCK/story.html "Fencer Eli Dershwitz is ready to strike at Rio Olympics,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe''.</ref><ref name="usfencing.org">[http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/2513991-eli-dershwitz "Eli Dershwitz,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] usfencing.org.</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|url=https://swimswam.com/usoc-announces-best-of-april-finalists-for-team-usa-awards/|title=USOC Announces Best of April Finalists for Team USA Awards|date=May 2, 2018|website=SwimSwam}}</ref> He was the youngest saber fencer among the world's top 25.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/blog/the-back-page/article/2017/11/13/eli-dershwitz-world-cup-2017/|title=Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA &#124; Sports|website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref>


He won a silver medal in saber at the [[2018 World Fencing Championships]]. He won the gold medal in saber at the [[2023 World Fencing Championships]].
He won a silver medal in saber at the [[2018 World Fencing Championships]]. He won the gold medal in saber at the [[2023 World Fencing Championships]].

Dershwitz is representing the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France, in the [[ Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Men's sabre]] and [[Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Men's team sabre]] on July 27 and 31, 2024.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Dershwitz is Jewish. He was born and raised in [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]].<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref>Gabe Friedman (July 31, 2016). [http://www.jta.org/2016/07/31/life-religion/2016-olympics-7-jewish-american-olympians-to-watch-in-rio 2016 "Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] Jewish Telegraphic Agency.</ref><ref>[http://www.timesofisrael.com/2016-olympics-7-jewish-american-olympians-to-watch-in-rio/ "2016 Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref><ref name="hillel.org">[http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/news-and-views/2016/08/02/meet-the-jewish-harvard-student-going-for-gold-in-rio "Meet The Jewish Harvard Student Going for Gold in Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Hillel News''.</ref><ref name="legacy.com">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=404243 "Arthur Dershwitz Obituary – Boston, MA,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe''.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=152040790 "Ruth Goetzler Obituary – Boston, MA,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe''.</ref> His parents are Renee Goetzler and Mark Dershwitz.<ref name="legacy.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /> His maternal grandparents, both [[Holocaust survivor]]s, were Ruth (née Schmukler) Goetzler (born in [[Tarnów]], Poland, she survived [[the Holocaust]] hidden in a barn by a Polish farmer) and Mark Goetzler (born in [[Jasło]], Poland, he also lived in [[Samarkand, Uzbekistan]]).<ref name="legacy.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="hillel.org" /> His paternal grandparents were Arthur Dershwitz and Tillie (née Segel) Dershwitz.<ref name="legacy.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /> He has an older brother (Phil, who fenced for Princeton University) and a twin sister (Sally, who competed in gymnastics and lacrosse).<ref name="teamusa.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150728110814/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-fencing/athletes/Eli-Dershwitz "Eli Dershwitz",<!-- Bot generated title -->] teamusa.com.</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">Paul Lazdowski (March 20, 2013). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/03/20/three-greater-boston-teens-make-national-fencing-squad/zhetUdMAwYZleecyKsNyiN/story.html "Three Greater Boston teens make national fencing squad,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe''.</ref> He attended the [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] synagogue Temple Israel of [[Natick]], Massachusetts, and was [[bar mitzvah]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hillel.org/meet-the-jewish-harvard-student-going-for-gold-in-rio/|title=Meet The Jewish Harvard Student Going for Gold in Rio|first=Hillel|last=International|date=August 2, 2016|website=Hillel International}}</ref><ref name="hillel.org" />
Dershwitz was born and raised in [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]], and is Jewish.<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref>Gabe Friedman (July 31, 2016). [http://www.jta.org/2016/07/31/life-religion/2016-olympics-7-jewish-american-olympians-to-watch-in-rio 2016 "Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] Jewish Telegraphic Agency.</ref><ref>Gabe Friedman (1 August 2016). [http://www.timesofisrael.com/2016-olympics-7-jewish-american-olympians-to-watch-in-rio/ "2016 Olympics: 7 Jewish American Olympians to watch in Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Times of Israel''.</ref><ref name="hillel.org">[https://www.hillel.org/meet-the-jewish-harvard-student-going-for-gold-in-rio/ "Meet The Jewish Harvard Student Going for Gold in Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Hillel News'', August 2, 2016.</ref><ref name="legacy.com">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=404243 "Arthur Dershwitz Obituary – Boston, MA,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe'', July 15, 2002.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?pid=152040790 "Ruth Goetzler Obituary – Boston, MA,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe'', June 19, 2011.</ref> His parents are Renee Goetzler and Mark Dershwitz.<ref name="legacy.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /> His maternal grandparents, both [[Holocaust survivor]]s, were Ruth (née Schmukler) Goetzler (born in [[Tarnów]], Poland, she survived [[the Holocaust]] hidden in a barn by a Polish farmer) and Mark Goetzler (born in [[Jasło]], Poland, he also lived in [[Samarkand, Uzbekistan]]).<ref name="legacy.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="hillel.org" /> His paternal grandparents were Arthur Dershwitz and Tillie (née Segel) Dershwitz.<ref name="legacy.com" /><ref name="ReferenceA" /> He has an older brother (Phil, who fenced for Princeton University) and a twin sister (Sally, who competed in gymnastics and lacrosse).<ref name="teamusa.org">[https://web.archive.org/web/20150728110814/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-fencing/athletes/Eli-Dershwitz "Eli Dershwitz",<!-- Bot generated title -->] teamusa.com.</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">Paul Lazdowski (March 20, 2013). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2013/03/20/three-greater-boston-teens-make-national-fencing-squad/zhetUdMAwYZleecyKsNyiN/story.html "Three Greater Boston teens make national fencing squad,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Boston Globe''.</ref> He attended the [[Conservative Judaism|Conservative]] synagogue Temple Israel of [[Natick]], Massachusetts, was [[circumsized]] in 1996 and was ''[[bar mitzvah]]'' in 2008.<ref name="hillel.org" />


Dershwitz played basketball and soccer up until the end of middle school.<ref name="milforddailynews.com">Tim Whelan Jr. (December 7, 2015). [http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151208/SPORTS/151128791/?Start=2 "The Beat: Natick's Zeta Fencing truly a home of champions,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Milford Daily News''.</ref> He attended [[Dover-Sherborn High School]], graduating in 2014.<ref name="gocrimson.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2014-15/bios/dershwitz_eli_7m7n?view=bio|title=Eli Dershwitz – Harvard|work=gocrimson.com}}</ref><ref name="teamusa.org"/>
Dershwitz played basketball and soccer up until the end of middle school.<ref name="milforddailynews.com">Tim Whelan Jr. (December 7, 2015). [http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20151208/SPORTS/151128791/?Start=2 "The Beat: Natick's Zeta Fencing truly a home of champions,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Milford Daily News''.</ref> He attended [[Dover-Sherborn High School]], graduating in 2014.<ref name="gocrimson.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2014-15/bios/dershwitz_eli_7m7n?view=bio|title=Eli Dershwitz – Harvard|work=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref><ref name="teamusa.org"/>


He was a student at [[Harvard University]], where he majored in history and graduated in 2019.<ref name="milforddailynews.com"/> He was a member of the varsity [[Harvard Crimson fencing]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/aotw/2014-15/20141209_dershwitz|title=Eli Dershwitz – Men's Fencing – Harvard}}</ref> As a freshman in 2014–15, he was a First Team [[All-American]], All-[[Ivy League]], and finished third at the [[NCAA Fencing Championships]] with a 22–2 record.<ref name="gocrimson.com"/> He was the seventh Harvard fencer to compete in the Olympics, with the prior two having been [[Emily Cross]] '09 (Team USA) and [[Noam Mills]] '12 (Team Israel), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<ref>Caleb Lee (March 29, 2016). [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/3/29/jarocki-dershwitz-fencing-forces/ "Jarocki Reclaims Crown, Dershwitz Makes Olympics,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Harvard Crimson''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2015-16/releases/20160326hot3cu|title="Rio Bound! Dershwitz Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team with Gold Medal in Seoul" – Harvard|work=gocrimson.com}}</ref> Dershwitz took off the 2015–16 school year to train full-time for the Olympics.<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/> As a sophomore in 2016–17, he was again a First Team All-American, All-Ivy League, and this time he won the NCAA Fencing Championship in men's saber, becoming the first fencer to win an NCAA fencing championship for Harvard since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/blog/the-back-page/article/2017/11/13/eli-dershwitz-world-cup-2017/ |website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref> As a junior in 2017–18, he again won the NCAA Saber Fencing Championship. He became the first Harvard male fencer to win back-to-back NCAA championships, and was again voted an All American.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2017-18/releases/20180325vep5id|title=Dershwitz Clinches Second Straight NCAA Championship Crown|date=March 25, 2018|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201832/https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2017-18/releases/20180325vep5id|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was a student at [[Harvard University]], where he majored in history and graduated in 2019.<ref name="milforddailynews.com"/> There, Dershwitz was a member of the varsity [[Harvard Crimson fencing]] team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/aotw/2014-15/20141209_dershwitz|title=Eli Dershwitz – Men's Fencing – Harvard}}</ref> As a freshman in 2014–15, he was a First Team [[All-American]], All-[[Ivy League]], and finished third at the [[NCAA Fencing Championships]] with a 22–2 record.<ref name="gocrimson.com"/> He was the seventh Harvard fencer to compete in the Olympics, with the prior two having been [[Emily Cross]] '09 (Team USA) and [[Noam Mills]] '12 (Team Israel), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<ref>Caleb Lee (March 29, 2016). [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/3/29/jarocki-dershwitz-fencing-forces/ "Jarocki Reclaims Crown, Dershwitz Makes Olympics,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Harvard Crimson''.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2015-16/releases/20160326hot3cu|title="Rio Bound! Dershwitz Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team with Gold Medal in Seoul" – Harvard|work=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref> Dershwitz took off the 2015–16 school year to train full-time for the Olympics.<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/> As a sophomore in 2016–17, he was again a First Team All-American, All-Ivy League, and this time he won the NCAA Fencing Championship in men's saber, becoming the first fencer to win an NCAA fencing championship for Harvard since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|author= Leon K. Yang|date=November 13, 2017 |title=Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/blog/the-back-page/article/2017/11/13/eli-dershwitz-world-cup-2017/ |website=The Harvard Crimson}}</ref> As a junior in 2017–18, he again won the NCAA Saber Fencing Championship. He became the first Harvard male fencer to win back-to-back NCAA championships, and was again voted an All American.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2017-18/releases/20180325vep5id|title=Dershwitz Clinches Second Straight NCAA Championship Crown|date=March 25, 2018|work=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=May 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527201832/https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2017-18/releases/20180325vep5id|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Fencing career==
==Fencing career==
[[File:Eli4.jpg|thumb|250px|Dershwitz in 2016]]
[[File:Eli4.jpg|thumb|280px|Dershwitz in 2016]]
Dershwitz was ranked number 1 in saber in the United States, and number 10 in the world, as of the summer of 2016.<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref name="usfencing.org"/> In March 2016, US Olympic saber coach [[Zoran Tulum]] said: "Eli’s world ranking is remarkable... he is the youngest [saber] fencer among the world’s top 25."<ref>[http://dover.wickedlocal.com/news/20160305/sherborns-eli-dershwitz-part-of-championship-us-fencing-team "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz part of championship U.S. fencing team,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Dover-Sherborn Press'' – Dover, MA.</ref> He was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194612/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/22/Eli-Dershwitz-Rises-To-No-1-In-Saber-Fencer-In-The-World-With-First-World-Championship-Medal Eli Dershwitz Rises ...]</ref>
Dershwitz was ranked number 1 in saber in the United States, and number 10 in the world, as of the summer of 2016.<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref name="usfencing.org"/> In March 2016, US Olympic saber coach [[Zoran Tulum]] said: "Eli’s world ranking is remarkable... he is the youngest [saber] fencer among the world’s top 25."<ref>[http://dover.wickedlocal.com/news/20160305/sherborns-eli-dershwitz-part-of-championship-us-fencing-team "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz part of championship U.S. fencing team,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Dover-Sherborn Press'' – Dover, MA.</ref> He was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194612/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/22/Eli-Dershwitz-Rises-To-No-1-In-Saber-Fencer-In-The-World-With-First-World-Championship-Medal Eli Dershwitz Rises ...]</ref>


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In February 2017, Dershwitz won the individual saber Ivy League Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mfencing/2016-17/releases/Columbia-_Penn-_Princeton_Share_Men |title="Columbia, Penn, Princeton Share Men's Fencing Championship" – Ivy League |access-date=July 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711195746/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mfencing/2016-17/releases/Columbia-_Penn-_Princeton_Share_Men |archive-date=July 11, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2017, he won the individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championships, and was again named a first-team All-American.<ref>[https://www.fencing.net/16355/notre-dame-dominates-ncaa-championships/ "Notre Dame Dominates NCAA Championships,"] fencing.net.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2016-17/bios/dershwitz_eli_3xqo?view=bio|title="Eli Dershwitz" – Harvard}}</ref> In May 2017, Dershwitz won a silver medal at the Villa de Madrid, his first individual world cup medal.<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170603210047/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/May/21/US-Fencer-Eli-Dershwitz-Wins-Career-First-Individual-World-Cup-Medal-A-Silver "U.S. Fencer Eli Dershwitz Wins Career-First Individual World Cup Medal, A Silver"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> By that time he had already won two gold and three silver team world cup medals from 2014 to 2016, three junior world championships medals, a Pan American Games gold medal in 2015, and a grand prix gold medal in 2016.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> In June 2017 he won an individual saber silver medal at the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1051587/united-states-double-up-at-pan-american-fencing-championships|title=United States double up at Pan American Fencing Championships|date=June 15, 2017|website=insidethegames.biz}}</ref> In July 2017 he won the gold medal in saber at the [[2017 Maccabiah Games]].<ref>[http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/the-games/results?pages=result_basic_one_on_one.php&discipline=475&stage=23&event=1358 "Open Fencing Sabre (M) Results,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730023430/http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/the-games/results?pages=result_basic_one_on_one.php&discipline=475&stage=23&event=1358 |date=July 30, 2017 }} maccabiah.com.</ref> In November 2017 he won a saber World Cup in Algeria (while he was the youngest of the top 25 saber fencers in the world).<ref name=autogenerated3 /> '
In February 2017, Dershwitz won the individual saber Ivy League Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mfencing/2016-17/releases/Columbia-_Penn-_Princeton_Share_Men |title="Columbia, Penn, Princeton Share Men's Fencing Championship" – Ivy League |access-date=July 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711195746/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mfencing/2016-17/releases/Columbia-_Penn-_Princeton_Share_Men |archive-date=July 11, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2017, he won the individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championships, and was again named a first-team All-American.<ref>[https://www.fencing.net/16355/notre-dame-dominates-ncaa-championships/ "Notre Dame Dominates NCAA Championships,"] fencing.net.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2016-17/bios/dershwitz_eli_3xqo?view=bio|title="Eli Dershwitz" – Harvard}}</ref> In May 2017, Dershwitz won a silver medal at the Villa de Madrid, his first individual world cup medal.<ref name=autogenerated1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170603210047/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/May/21/US-Fencer-Eli-Dershwitz-Wins-Career-First-Individual-World-Cup-Medal-A-Silver "U.S. Fencer Eli Dershwitz Wins Career-First Individual World Cup Medal, A Silver"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> By that time he had already won two gold and three silver team world cup medals from 2014 to 2016, three junior world championships medals, a Pan American Games gold medal in 2015, and a grand prix gold medal in 2016.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> In June 2017 he won an individual saber silver medal at the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1051587/united-states-double-up-at-pan-american-fencing-championships|title=United States double up at Pan American Fencing Championships|date=June 15, 2017|website=insidethegames.biz}}</ref> In July 2017 he won the gold medal in saber at the [[2017 Maccabiah Games]].<ref>[http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/the-games/results?pages=result_basic_one_on_one.php&discipline=475&stage=23&event=1358 "Open Fencing Sabre (M) Results,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730023430/http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/the-games/results?pages=result_basic_one_on_one.php&discipline=475&stage=23&event=1358 |date=July 30, 2017 }} maccabiah.com.</ref> In November 2017 he won a saber World Cup in Algeria (while he was the youngest of the top 25 saber fencers in the world).<ref name=autogenerated3 /> '


In February 2018 (while ranked 6th in the world) he beat two-time Olympic champion [[Áron Szilágyi]] of Hungary to win the saber fencing World Cup event in [[Padua, Italy]], and in April 2018 he won a bronze medal at a men's saber grand prix in Seoul, South Korea.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180203195652/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/February/03/Eli-Dershwitz-Takes-Saber-Fencing-World-Cup-Title-In-Italy "Eli Dershwitz Takes Saber Fencing World Cup Title In Italy,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] Team USA.</ref><ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/blog/the-back-page/article/2017/11/13/eli-dershwitz-world-cup-2017/ "Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Crimson''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180401202743/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/April/01/Eli-Dershwitz-Continues-String-Of-International-Medals-For-Career-Best-World-Ranking-Of-Third "Eli Dershwitz Continues String Of International Medals For Career-Best World Ranking Of Third"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In February 2019 he won the gold medal at the Men's Saber World Cup in [[Warsaw, Poland]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190203025324/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/February/02/Top-Ranked-Eli-Dershwitz-Wins-Gold-In-Mens-Sabre-In-Poland "Top-Ranked Eli Dershwitz Wins Gold In Men’s Saber In Poland"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> After his win, he posted on his Instagram account: "Amazing and emotional day as my mother told me this morning that my Polish grandparents, who came to America 75 years ago, would be watching over me today."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fencing.net/17214/eli-dershwitz-wins-in-warsaw/|title=Eli Dershwitz wins in Warsaw|date=February 6, 2019|website=Fencing.Net}}</ref>
In February 2018 (while ranked 6th in the world) he beat two-time Olympic champion [[Áron Szilágyi]] of Hungary to win the saber fencing World Cup event in [[Padua, Italy]], and in April 2018 Dershwitz won a bronze medal at a men's saber grand prix in Seoul, South Korea.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180203195652/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/February/03/Eli-Dershwitz-Takes-Saber-Fencing-World-Cup-Title-In-Italy "Eli Dershwitz Takes Saber Fencing World Cup Title In Italy,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] Team USA.</ref><ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/blog/the-back-page/article/2017/11/13/eli-dershwitz-world-cup-2017/ "Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''The Crimson''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180401202743/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/April/01/Eli-Dershwitz-Continues-String-Of-International-Medals-For-Career-Best-World-Ranking-Of-Third "Eli Dershwitz Continues String Of International Medals For Career-Best World Ranking Of Third"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In February 2019 he won the gold medal at the Men's Saber World Cup in [[Warsaw, Poland]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190203025324/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/February/02/Top-Ranked-Eli-Dershwitz-Wins-Gold-In-Mens-Sabre-In-Poland "Top-Ranked Eli Dershwitz Wins Gold In Men’s Saber In Poland"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> After his win, he posted on his Instagram account: "Amazing and emotional day as my mother told me this morning that my Polish grandparents, who came to America 75 years ago, would be watching over me today."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fencing.net/17214/eli-dershwitz-wins-in-warsaw/|title=Eli Dershwitz wins in Warsaw|date=February 6, 2019|website=Fencing.Net}}</ref>


===US Championships===
===US Championships===
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Dershwitz was the 2023 World Saber Champion, and the 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion.<ref name="fencingworldwide.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/competition/1724-14/result/ |title=Fencing Worldwide |access-date=April 13, 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408083333/http://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/competition/1724-14/result/ |archive-date=April 8, 2015 }}</ref> He was the only American men's saber fencer to win a world title.<ref name="fencingworldwide.com"/>
Dershwitz was the 2023 World Saber Champion, and the 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion.<ref name="fencingworldwide.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/competition/1724-14/result/ |title=Fencing Worldwide |access-date=April 13, 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408083333/http://www.fencingworldwide.com/en/competition/1724-14/result/ |archive-date=April 8, 2015 }}</ref> He was the only American men's saber fencer to win a world title.<ref name="fencingworldwide.com"/>


He is a five-time [[Junior World Fencing Championships]] and Cadet World Championships team member.<ref name="fencingworldwide.com" /> He won a [[silver medal]] at the 2012 Junior World Championships, a [[bronze medal]] at the 2013 Junior World Championships, and the [[gold medal]] at the [[2015 Junior World Fencing Championships]] (in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where relatives of his are buried)—the first title for a US men's saber fencer at the junior world championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/meet-athletes-eli-dershwitz|title=Meet the Athletes: Eli Dershwitz &#124; NBC Olympics|website=www.nbcolympics.com}}</ref><ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/> In March 2013, Dershwitz was the number-two-ranked world junior saber fencer.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
Dershwitz is a five-time [[Junior World Fencing Championships]] and Cadet World Championships team member.<ref name="fencingworldwide.com" /> He won a [[silver medal]] at the 2012 Junior World Championships, a [[bronze medal]] at the 2013 Junior World Championships, and the [[gold medal]] at the [[2015 Junior World Fencing Championships]] (in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where relatives of his are buried)—the first title for a US men's saber fencer at the junior world championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/meet-athletes-eli-dershwitz|title=Meet the Athletes: Eli Dershwitz &#124; NBC Olympics|website=www.nbcolympics.com}}</ref><ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref name="ReferenceC"/> In March 2013, Dershwitz was the number-two-ranked world junior saber fencer.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>


In 2013, Dershwitz fenced in [[men's sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships]], where he finished 36th after a 15–12 loss to [[Matyas Szabo]] (Germany). He was also the youngest member of the US national team in 2013, at 17 years of age, and a rising high school senior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/eli-dershwitz-fencing-world-championships-sabre|title=Eli Dershwitz's decade-long quest yields U.S. fencing history at world championships|date=July 25, 2023|website=NBC Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/739653-eli-dershwitz |title=Senior Athletes &#124; Athlete Bios |publisher=USA Fencing |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201606/http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/739653-eli-dershwitz |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref> Dershwitz also competed in [[men's sabre at the 2014 World Fencing Championships]] in [[Kazan]], Russia, in [[men's sabre at the 2015 World Fencing Championships]] in Moscow, Russia, and in the 2016 Senior Team World Championships in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/246|title=The International Fencing Federation |website=The International Fencing Federation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/?Key=6411845B1D970A3EB0F3378EF9406167|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website|website=The International Fencing Federation}}</ref> He won a silver medal in saber at the [[2018 World Fencing Championships]] in China.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194612/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/22/Eli-Dershwitz-Rises-To-No-1-In-Saber-Fencer-In-The-World-With-First-World-Championship-Medal Eli Dershwitz Rises To No. 1 Saber Fencer In The World With First World Championship Medal] Team USA</ref>
In 2013, Dershwitz fenced in [[men's sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships]], where he finished 36th after a 15–12 loss to [[Matyas Szabo]] (Germany). He was also the youngest member of the US national team in 2013, at 17 years of age, and a rising high school senior.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/eli-dershwitz-fencing-world-championships-sabre|title=Eli Dershwitz's decade-long quest yields U.S. fencing history at world championships|date=July 25, 2023|website=NBC Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/739653-eli-dershwitz |title=Senior Athletes &#124; Athlete Bios |publisher=USA Fencing |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201606/http://www.usfencing.org/page/show/739653-eli-dershwitz |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref> Dershwitz also competed in [[men's sabre at the 2014 World Fencing Championships]] in [[Kazan]], Russia, in [[men's sabre at the 2015 World Fencing Championships]] in Moscow, Russia, and in the 2016 Senior Team World Championships in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/competitions/2015/246|title=The International Fencing Federation |website=The International Fencing Federation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fie.org/?Key=6411845B1D970A3EB0F3378EF9406167|title=INTERNATIONAL FENCING FEDERATION – The International Fencing Federation official website|website=The International Fencing Federation}}</ref> He won a silver medal in saber at the [[2018 World Fencing Championships]] in China.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180722194612/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/July/22/Eli-Dershwitz-Rises-To-No-1-In-Saber-Fencer-In-The-World-With-First-World-Championship-Medal Eli Dershwitz Rises To No. 1 Saber Fencer In The World With First World Championship Medal] Team USA</ref>
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===Olympics===
===Olympics===
Dershwitz competed at the [[fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Summer Olympics]], on August 10.<ref name="news.harvard.edu" /><ref>[http://dover.wickedlocal.com/article/20160329/NEWS/160325978 "Eli Dershwitz earns spot on U.S. Olympic team,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Dover-Sherborn Press'' – Dover, MA.</ref> He qualified by being in the top 14 of the [[FIE]] adjusted official ranking list, and was the youngest member of the US Olympic fencing team.<ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref>Jason Devaney/ [http://www.metro.us/boston/summer-olympics-previews-sherborn-native-eli-dershwitz-ready-to-carve-up-rio/zsJpgl---aCMhgeGSedAJo/ "Summer Olympics previews: Sherborn native Eli Dershwitz ready to carve up Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Metro''.</ref> He said, "I am excited to represent my country... at a sporting event that brings the entire world together in peace."<ref name="hillel.org"/> Dershwitz commented on his rise from a viewer of the Games as a teenager, "just to think that in three short years ... it can go from watching on a computer screen ... screaming in my pajamas at 3 in the morning to actually being on the biggest stage in sports, it’s so hard to picture. But now it’s all I think about."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usafencing.org/page/show/2272806-home|title=home|website=USA Fencing}}</ref> Dershwitz lost to [[Seppe van Holsbeke]] of Belgium in the opening competition round of the Olympics men's sabre,<ref name="thecrimson.com"/> 15–12, who advanced to the Round of 16.<ref>[http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/news/20160810/sherborns-eli-dershwitz-competes-in-olympics-this-wednesday "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz falls in first round at Olympics,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Somerville Journal'' – Somerville, MA.</ref> He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore six days following the [[2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]].<ref name="hillel.org"/>
Dershwitz competed at the [[fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Summer Olympics]], on August 10.<ref name="news.harvard.edu" /><ref>[http://dover.wickedlocal.com/article/20160329/NEWS/160325978 "Eli Dershwitz earns spot on U.S. Olympic team,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Dover-Sherborn Press'' – Dover, MA, March 29, 2016.</ref> He qualified by being in the top 14 of the [[FIE]] adjusted official ranking list, and was the youngest member of the US Olympic fencing team.<ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref>Jason Devaney (July 11, 2016). [http://www.metro.us/boston/summer-olympics-previews-sherborn-native-eli-dershwitz-ready-to-carve-up-rio/zsJpgl---aCMhgeGSedAJo/ "Summer Olympics previews: Sherborn native Eli Dershwitz ready to carve up Rio,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Metro''.</ref> He said, "I am excited to represent my country... at a sporting event that brings the entire world together in peace."<ref name="hillel.org"/> Dershwitz commented on his rise from a viewer of the Games as a teenager, "just to think that in three short years ... it can go from watching on a computer screen ... screaming in my pajamas at 3 in the morning to actually being on the biggest stage in sports, it’s so hard to picture. But now it’s all I think about."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usafencing.org/page/show/2272806-home|title=home|website=USA Fencing}}</ref> Dershwitz lost to [[Seppe van Holsbeke]] of Belgium in the opening competition round of the Olympics men's sabre,<ref name="thecrimson.com"/> 15–12, who advanced to the Round of 16.<ref>[http://somerville.wickedlocal.com/news/20160810/sherborns-eli-dershwitz-competes-in-olympics-this-wednesday "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz falls in first round at Olympics,"<!-- Bot generated title -->] ''Somerville Journal'' – Somerville, MA.</ref> He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore six days following the [[2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony]].<ref name="hillel.org"/>


He fenced for the [[United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Fencing|United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics]] in Tokyo in 2021, losing in the round of 16 to [[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-Hwan]] of Korea, who went on to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/eli-dershwitz-misses-quarterfinals-mens-sabre-individual-event-after-upset-round-16|title=Eli Dershwitz misses quarterfinals of men's sabre individual event after upset in Round of 16 &#124; NBC Olympics|website=nbcolympics.com}}</ref>
He fenced for the [[United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Fencing|United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics]] in Tokyo in 2021, losing in the round of 16 to [[Kim Jung-hwan (fencer)|Kim Jung-Hwan]] of Korea, who went on to win the bronze medal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/eli-dershwitz-misses-quarterfinals-mens-sabre-individual-event-after-upset-round-16|title=Eli Dershwitz misses quarterfinals of men's sabre individual event after upset in Round of 16 |website=NBC Olympics|author= Tess DeMeyer|date=July 24, 2021}}</ref>

Dershwitz is representing the [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics]] in Paris, France, in the [[Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Men's sabre]] and [[Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|Men's team sabre]] on July 27 and 31, 2024.<ref>[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/eli-dershwitz "Eli Dershwitz,"] Olympics.com.</ref>


===2017 Maccabiah Games===
===2017 Maccabiah Games===
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Fencing|List of select Jewish fencers]]
*[[List of Jews in sports#Fencing|List of select Jewish fencers]]
*[[NCAA Fencing Championships|List of NCAA fencing champions]]


==References==
==References==
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* [https://www.instagram.com/eli.dershwitz/?hl=en Eli Dershwitz] on [[Instagram]]
* [https://www.usafencing.org/eli-dershwitz Eli Dershwitz] at [[USA Fencing]]
* {{Team USA|new_id=eli-dershwitz-845768|old_id=DE/Eli-Dershwitz|archive=20220711224913}}
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Eli Dershwitz
Personal information
Born (1995-09-23) September 23, 1995 (age 29)
Sherborn, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country United States
Training locationNatick, Massachusetts
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
ClubTim Morehouse Fencing Club
Head coachZoran Tulum
FIE ranking17
Domestic ranking1[1]
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Milan Individual
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Milan Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Individual
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 San José Individual
Gold medal – first place 2015 Santiago Individual
Gold medal – first place 2016 Panama City Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Montreal Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Havana Individual
Gold medal – first place 2018 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toronto Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Toronto Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima Individual
Gold medal – first place 2024 Lima Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Montreal Individual
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Panama City Individual
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tashkent Individual
Silver medal – second place 2012 Moscow Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Porec Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Plovdiv Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Tashkent Team
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tel Aviv Individual
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tel Aviv Team
FIE profile

Eli Dershwitz (/ˈdɜːrʃwɪts/ DURSH-wits; born September 23, 1995)[2] is an American left-handed saber fencer, five-time individual Pan American champion, three-time Olympian, and the 2023 saber World Champion.[3]

In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest US senior men's saber championship holder. Dershwitz then won the 2015 Junior World Fencing Championships in saber, becoming the inaugural U.S. men's saber fencer to win a world title. He is a five-time Pan-American Championship title holder, and the 2015 Pan American Games champion in saber. Dershwitz competed in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore, winning individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championship and as a junior in the 2018 NCAA Fencing Championship. He was ranked #1 in the United States as of February 2018, and was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.[4][5][6][7] He was the youngest saber fencer among the world's top 25.[8]

He won a silver medal in saber at the 2018 World Fencing Championships. He won the gold medal in saber at the 2023 World Fencing Championships.

Dershwitz is representing the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in the Men's sabre and Men's team sabre on July 27 and 31, 2024.

Early life and education

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Dershwitz was born and raised in Sherborn, Massachusetts, and is Jewish.[5][9][10][11][12][13] His parents are Renee Goetzler and Mark Dershwitz.[12][13] His maternal grandparents, both Holocaust survivors, were Ruth (née Schmukler) Goetzler (born in Tarnów, Poland, she survived the Holocaust hidden in a barn by a Polish farmer) and Mark Goetzler (born in Jasło, Poland, he also lived in Samarkand, Uzbekistan).[12][13][11] His paternal grandparents were Arthur Dershwitz and Tillie (née Segel) Dershwitz.[12][13] He has an older brother (Phil, who fenced for Princeton University) and a twin sister (Sally, who competed in gymnastics and lacrosse).[14][15] He attended the Conservative synagogue Temple Israel of Natick, Massachusetts, was circumsized in 1996 and was bar mitzvah in 2008.[11]

Dershwitz played basketball and soccer up until the end of middle school.[16] He attended Dover-Sherborn High School, graduating in 2014.[17][14]

He was a student at Harvard University, where he majored in history and graduated in 2019.[16] There, Dershwitz was a member of the varsity Harvard Crimson fencing team.[18] As a freshman in 2014–15, he was a First Team All-American, All-Ivy League, and finished third at the NCAA Fencing Championships with a 22–2 record.[17] He was the seventh Harvard fencer to compete in the Olympics, with the prior two having been Emily Cross '09 (Team USA) and Noam Mills '12 (Team Israel), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[19][20] Dershwitz took off the 2015–16 school year to train full-time for the Olympics.[5] As a sophomore in 2016–17, he was again a First Team All-American, All-Ivy League, and this time he won the NCAA Fencing Championship in men's saber, becoming the first fencer to win an NCAA fencing championship for Harvard since 2007.[21] As a junior in 2017–18, he again won the NCAA Saber Fencing Championship. He became the first Harvard male fencer to win back-to-back NCAA championships, and was again voted an All American.[22]

Fencing career

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Dershwitz in 2016

Dershwitz was ranked number 1 in saber in the United States, and number 10 in the world, as of the summer of 2016.[5][6] In March 2016, US Olympic saber coach Zoran Tulum said: "Eli’s world ranking is remarkable... he is the youngest [saber] fencer among the world’s top 25."[23] He was ranked #1 in the world as of July 2018.[24]

He followed his older brother into fencing.[6] Dershwitz has been coached since 2004 when he was 9 years old by Tulum, at the Zeta Fencing club in Natick, Massachusetts (the club later moved to Ashland, Massachusetts).[25][26] Tulum coached the US men's saber team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][15][27][28]

In February 2016, Dershwitz beat Russia's 2015 world champion Alexey Yakimenko at the Warsaw World Cup.[29] In March 2016, while winning the gold medal at the Seoul Grand Prix in South Korea, he defeated 2014 world silver medalist Gu Bon-gil of Korea in the quarterfinals, 2014 world champion Nikolay Kovalev of Russia in the semifinals, and Iranian Mojtaba Abedini in the final.[30]

In February 2017, Dershwitz won the individual saber Ivy League Championship.[31] In March 2017, he won the individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championships, and was again named a first-team All-American.[32][33] In May 2017, Dershwitz won a silver medal at the Villa de Madrid, his first individual world cup medal.[34] By that time he had already won two gold and three silver team world cup medals from 2014 to 2016, three junior world championships medals, a Pan American Games gold medal in 2015, and a grand prix gold medal in 2016.[34] In June 2017 he won an individual saber silver medal at the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships.[35] In July 2017 he won the gold medal in saber at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[36] In November 2017 he won a saber World Cup in Algeria (while he was the youngest of the top 25 saber fencers in the world).[8] '

In February 2018 (while ranked 6th in the world) he beat two-time Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi of Hungary to win the saber fencing World Cup event in Padua, Italy, and in April 2018 Dershwitz won a bronze medal at a men's saber grand prix in Seoul, South Korea.[37][38][39] In February 2019 he won the gold medal at the Men's Saber World Cup in Warsaw, Poland.[40] After his win, he posted on his Instagram account: "Amazing and emotional day as my mother told me this morning that my Polish grandparents, who came to America 75 years ago, would be watching over me today."[41]

US Championships

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In March 2013, Dershwitz was the top-ranked US junior saber fencer.[15] In April 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest-ever US senior men's saber champion.[42][43][44][45] As of July 1, 2016, he was ranked #1 in the United States, ahead of teammate Daryl Homer.[46]

World Championships

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Dershwitz was the 2023 World Saber Champion, and the 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion.[47] He was the only American men's saber fencer to win a world title.[47]

Dershwitz is a five-time Junior World Fencing Championships and Cadet World Championships team member.[47] He won a silver medal at the 2012 Junior World Championships, a bronze medal at the 2013 Junior World Championships, and the gold medal at the 2015 Junior World Fencing Championships (in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where relatives of his are buried)—the first title for a US men's saber fencer at the junior world championships.[48][5][29] In March 2013, Dershwitz was the number-two-ranked world junior saber fencer.[15]

In 2013, Dershwitz fenced in men's sabre at the 2013 World Fencing Championships, where he finished 36th after a 15–12 loss to Matyas Szabo (Germany). He was also the youngest member of the US national team in 2013, at 17 years of age, and a rising high school senior.[49][50] Dershwitz also competed in men's sabre at the 2014 World Fencing Championships in Kazan, Russia, in men's sabre at the 2015 World Fencing Championships in Moscow, Russia, and in the 2016 Senior Team World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.[51][52] He won a silver medal in saber at the 2018 World Fencing Championships in China.[53]

In 2023, Dershwitz won the men's World Saber Championship at 27 years of age, becoming the first American male world saber champion.[54] In the competition he defeated reigning Hungary's world champion and three-time Olympic champion Áron Szilágyi (trailing Szilagyi 10-4, he rallied and won 15-13), Korea's Gu Bon-gil (two-time Olympic gold medalist), Italy's World No. 3 and three-time Olympic medalist Luigi Samele, Korean 2019 Team World Champion Ha Han-sol, and Georgia's World No. 1 and reigning European champion Sandro Bazadze.[55] He became the first American man to win an individual world championship title in saber.[56] He joined a number of other Jewish fencers who had won the saber world championship: Hungarian János Garay, won the third world saber championship in 1925, he died at the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1945), Hungarian Sándor Gombos (1926 and 1927), Hungarian Endre Kabos (1934 and 1935; who also died during the Holocaust), Russian Yakov Rylsky (1958, 1961 and 1963), and Russian Mark Rakita (1967).[56]

In 2023, Dershwitz was named the men's recipient of the Jewish Sports Heritage Association 2023 Dolph Schayes Outstanding Achievement by a Jewish Athlete Award.[57]

Pan American Games and Pan American Championships

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Dershwitz is a four-time Pan-American Champion. He won individual gold medals at the 2014 Pan American Fencing Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, and the 2015 Pan American Fencing Championships in Santiago, Chile. He also won team gold medals in the 2013 Pan American Fencing Championships in Cartagena, Colombia, and the 2016 Pan American Fencing Championships in Panama City, Panama.[58]

Dershwitz also won gold medals in both individual and team saber in fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.[59]

Olympics

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Dershwitz competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, on August 10.[1][60] He qualified by being in the top 14 of the FIE adjusted official ranking list, and was the youngest member of the US Olympic fencing team.[29][61] He said, "I am excited to represent my country... at a sporting event that brings the entire world together in peace."[11] Dershwitz commented on his rise from a viewer of the Games as a teenager, "just to think that in three short years ... it can go from watching on a computer screen ... screaming in my pajamas at 3 in the morning to actually being on the biggest stage in sports, it’s so hard to picture. But now it’s all I think about."[62] Dershwitz lost to Seppe van Holsbeke of Belgium in the opening competition round of the Olympics men's sabre,[46] 15–12, who advanced to the Round of 16.[63] He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore six days following the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.[11]

He fenced for the United States in fencing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, losing in the round of 16 to Kim Jung-Hwan of Korea, who went on to win the bronze medal.[64]

Dershwitz is representing the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, in the Men's sabre and Men's team sabre on July 27 and 31, 2024.[65]

2017 Maccabiah Games

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In 2017, Dershwitz represented the United States, fencing sabre at the 2017 Maccabiah Games held in Israel.[66][67][68] He was awarded the honor of being a banner bearer during the Opening Ceremony, and came back with two gold medals.[69] He won the individual men's saber event, beating Harvard teammate Philippe Guy in the finals.[70] In the team event, Dershwitz competed alongside Philippe Guy, Ben Stone, and Matt Rothenberg. They beat Hungary in the semi-finals, and defeated their hosts, Israel, in the finals.

Medal record

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World Championship

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Date Location Event Position
2018-07-22 China Wuxi, China Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[71]
2023-07-25 Italy Milan, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 1st[72]
2023-07-27 Italy Milan, Italy Team Men's Sabre 3rd[73]

Grand Prix

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Date Location Event Position
2016-03-25 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Sabre 1st[74]
2018-03-30 South Korea Seoul, South Korea Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[75]
2019-05-24 Russia Moscow, Russia Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[76]
2023-01-13 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[77]

World Cup

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Date Location Event Position
2017-05-19 Spain Madrid, Spain Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[78]
2017-11-03 Algeria Alger, Algeria Individual Men's Sabre 1st[79]
2018-02-02 Italy Padoue, Italy Individual Men's Sabre 1st[80]
2019-02-01 Poland Varsovie, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 1st[81]
2020-02-21 Poland Varsovie, Poland Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[82]
2024-03-24 Hungary Budapest, Hungary Team Men's Sabre 1st[83]
2024-05-19 Spain Madrid, Spain Team Men's Sabre 1st[84]

Pan American Championship

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Date Location Event Position
2013-06-21 Colombia Cartagena, Colombia Team Men's Sabre 1st[85]
2014-06-03 Costa Rica San José, Costa Rica Individual Men's Sabre 1st[86]
2015-04-17 Chile Santiago, Chile Individual Men's Sabre 1st[87]
2016-06-23 Panama Panama, Panama Individual Men's Sabre 3rd[88]
2016-06-26 Panama Panama, Panama Team Men's Sabre 1st[89]
2017-06-15 Canada Montreal, Canada Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[90]
2017-06-18 Canada Montreal, Canada Team Men's Sabre 1st[91]
2018-06-17 Cuba Havana, Cuba Individual Men's Sabre 1st[92]
2018-06-20 Cuba Havana, Cuba Team Men's Sabre 1st[93]
2019-06-27 Canada Toronto, Canada Individual Men's Sabre 1st[94]
2019-06-30 Canada Toronto, Canada Team Men's Sabre 1st[95]
2022-06-03 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Individual Men's Sabre 2nd[96]
2022-06-04 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay Team Men's Sabre 1st[97]
2023-06-20 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Sabre 1st [98]
2024-06-27 Peru Lima, Peru Individual Men's Sabre 1st[99]
2024-06-30 Peru Lima, Peru Team Men's Sabre 1st[100]

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