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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Dershwitz is Jewish, and was born and raised in [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]].<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref>[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 parents 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" /><ref name="ReferenceB">[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 synagogue Temple Israel of [[Natick]], was bar mitzvah in 2008, and considers himself a "proud member of the Jewish community."<ref>[https://www.tiofnatick.org/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/site/Home/2014%20May%20June%20HaKol%202014.pdf "Congratulations to the Graduates of 2014!"]</ref><ref name="hillel.org" />
Dershwitz was born and raised in [[Sherborn, Massachusetts]].<ref name="bostonglobe.com"/><ref>[http://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> 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" /><ref name="ReferenceB">[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>

Dershwitz played basketball and soccer up until the end of middle school.<ref name="milforddailynews.com">[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"/><ref name="teamusa.org"/>

He is a student at [[Harvard University]], where he is majoring in history.<ref name="milforddailynews.com"/> He is a member of the varsity [[Harvard Crimson fencing]] team.<ref>[http://www.gocrimson.com/aotw/2014-15/20141209_dershwitz Eli Dershwitz - Men's Fencing - Harvard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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 (Israel), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<ref>[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>[http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2015-16/releases/20160326hot3cu "Rio Bound! Dershwitz Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team with Gold Medal in Seoul" - Harvard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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>[https://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 -->]</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.[https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2017-18/releases/20180325vep5id]
He is a student at [[Harvard University]], where he is majoring in history.<ref name="milforddailynews.com"/> He is a member of the varsity [[Harvard Crimson fencing]] team.<ref>[http://www.gocrimson.com/aotw/2014-15/20141209_dershwitz Eli Dershwitz - Men's Fencing - Harvard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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 (Israel), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.<ref>[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>[http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2015-16/releases/20160326hot3cu "Rio Bound! Dershwitz Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team with Gold Medal in Seoul" - Harvard<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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>[https://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 -->]</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.[https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2017-18/releases/20180325vep5id]


Revision as of 02:23, 31 July 2018

Eli Dershwitz
Personal information
Born (1995-09-23) September 23, 1995 (age 29)
Sherborn, Massachusetts
ResidenceSherborn, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Training locationNatick, Massachusetts
WeaponSabre
Handleft-handed
ClubZeta Fencing
Head coachZoran Tulum
FIE ranking3
Domestic ranking1[1]
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Wuxi Individual
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 Individual
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place Panama City 2016 Team
Gold medal – first place Santiago de Chile 2015 Individual
Gold medal – first place San José 2014 Individual
Gold medal – first place Cartagena 2013 Team
Bronze medal – third place Panama 2016 Individual
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place Tashkent 2015 Individual
Silver medal – second place Moscow 2012 Individual
Bronze medal – third place Porec 2013 Individual
Bronze medal – third place Plovdiv 2014 Team
Bronze medal – third place Tashkent 2015 Team

Eli Dershwitz (born September 23, 1995) is an American Olympic sabre fencer.[2][3][4]

He was ranked #1 in the United States as of February 2018, and #3 in the world as of April 2018.[5][6][7] He was the youngest saber fencer among the world’s top 25.

In 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest-ever US senior men's saber champion. Dershwitz then won the 2015 Junior World Fencing Championships in saber, becoming the first American men's saber fencer to win a world title. He is a four-time Pan-American Champion, and the 2015 Pan American Games champion in saber. Dershwitz represented the US in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore, winning individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championship.

Early life and education

Dershwitz was born and raised in Sherborn, Massachusetts.[5][8][9] He has an older brother (Phil, who fenced for Princeton University) and a twin sister (Sally, who competed in gymnastics and lacrosse).[3][10] He is a student at Harvard University, where he is majoring in history.[11] He is a member of the varsity Harvard Crimson fencing team.[12] 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.[2] 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 (Israel), who both competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[13][14] 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.[15] 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.[1]

Fencing career

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."[16] He was ranked #3 in the world as of April 2018.[7]

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.[17][18] Tulum coached the US men’s saber team in the 2016 Olympics.[5][10][19][20]

In February 2016, Dershwitz beat Russia's 2015 world champion Alexey Yakimenko at the Warsaw World Cup.[21] 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.[22]

In February 2017, Dershwitz won the individual saber Ivy League Championship.[23] In March 2017, he won the individual saber in the 2017 NCAA Fencing Championships, and was again named a first-team All-American.[24][25] In May 2017, Dershwitz won a silver medal at the Villa de Madrid, his first individual world cup medal.[26] By that time he had already won two gold and three silver team world cup medals from 2014-16, three junior world championships medals, a Pan American Games gold medal in 2015, and a grand prix gold medal in 2016.[26] In June 2017 he won an individual saber silver medal at the 2017 Pan American Fencing Championships.[27] In July 2017 he won the gold medal in saber at the 2017 Maccabiah Games.[28] 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), in February 2018 (while ranked 6th in the world) he beat two-time Olympic champion Aron Szilagyi 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.[29][30][31]

US Championship competitions

In March 2013, Dershwitz was the top-ranked US junior saber fencer.[10] In April 2014, Dershwitz won the US Men's Saber National Championship, becoming the youngest-ever US senior men's saber champion.[32][33][34][35] As of July 1, 2016, he was ranked #1 in the United States, ahead of teammate Daryl Homer.[36]

World Championship competitions

Dershwitz was the 2015 Under-20 World Saber Champion.[37] He was the only American men's saber fencer to win a world title.[37] He is a five-time Junior World Fencing Championships and Cadet World Championships team member.[37]

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—the first title for a US men’s saber fencer at the junior world championships.[5][21] In March 2013, Dershwitz was the number-two-ranked world junior saber fencer.[10]

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.[38] 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.[39][40]

Pan American Games and Pan American Championships

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.[41]

Dershwitz also won gold medals in both individual and team saber in fencing at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.[42]

Olympics

Dershwitz represented the United States in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 10.[1][43] 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.[21][44] He said, "I am excited to represent my country... at a sporting event that brings the entire world together in peace."[45] Commenting on having watched the last Olympics from home as a teenager, Dershwitz said "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."[46]

Dershwitz fenced Seppe van Holsbeke of Belgium in the opening round of the Olympics men’s sabre competition.[36] He lost 15-12 to Van Holsbeke, who advanced to the Round of 16.[47]

He returned to Harvard University as a sophomore six days after the 2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.[45]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b Eli Dershwitz - Harvard
  3. ^ a b Eli Dershwitz
  4. ^ Fencing Schedule & Results - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Fencer Eli Dershwitz is ready to strike at Rio Olympics," The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ a b c "Eli Dershwitz," usfencing.org.
  7. ^ a b "USOC Announces Best of April Finalists for Team USA Awards"
  8. ^ [http://The Boston Globe.
  9. ^ "Ruth Goetzler Obituary - Boston, MA," The Boston Globe.
  10. ^ a b c d "Three Greater Boston teens make national fencing squad," The Boston Globe.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference milforddailynews.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ Eli Dershwitz - Men's Fencing - Harvard
  13. ^ "Jarocki Reclaims Crown, Dershwitz Makes Olympics," The Harvard Crimson.
  14. ^ "Rio Bound! Dershwitz Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team with Gold Medal in Seoul" - Harvard
  15. ^ "Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA"
  16. ^ "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz part of championship U.S. fencing team," Dover-Sherborn Press - Dover, MA.
  17. ^ "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz among world's top saber fencers," Dover-Sherborn Press - Dover, MA.
  18. ^ Ivy League - "Feature: Men's Fencing's Eli Dershwitz, an Olympic Hopeful"
  19. ^ Pave, Martin (June 26, 2014). "Sherborn teen Eli Dershwitz, US Sabre champion, off to worlds in Russia". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 3, 2015. ...youngest-ever national champion in the sabre...
  20. ^ "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz among world's top saber fencers" - Wicked Local Sherborn - Sherborn, MA
  21. ^ a b c "Meet New England’s Olympians," The Boston Globe.
  22. ^ "Eli Dershwitz Qualifies For First Olympic Team After His First-Ever Grand Prix Gold Medal"
  23. ^ "Columbia, Penn, Princeton Share Men’s Fencing Championship" - Ivy League
  24. ^ "Notre Dame Dominates NCAA Championships," fencing.net.
  25. ^ Eli Dershwitz - Harvard
  26. ^ a b "U.S. Fencer Eli Dershwitz Wins Career-First Individual World Cup Medal, A Silver"
  27. ^ "United States double up at Pan American Fencing Championships"
  28. ^ "Open Fencing Sabre (M) Results," maccabiah.com.
  29. ^ "Eli Dershwitz Takes Saber Fencing World Cup Title In Italy," Team USA.
  30. ^ "Grabbing the Gold: Star Fencer Eli Dershwitz Finds International Success Representing Team USA," The Crimson.
  31. ^ Eli Dershwitz Continues String Of International Medals For Career-Best World Ranking Of Third
  32. ^ "2014 DIV I & Wheelchair Championship + April North American Cup | National Tournament Results". USA Fencing. March 31, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  33. ^ Lazdowski, Paul (March 21, 2013). "Three Greater Boston teens make national fencing squad". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 3, 2015. [Eli] Dershwitz, [Andrew] Mackiewicz, and [Alex] House ... were named to the 18-member US National Junior Fencing Team
  34. ^ Larson, Craig (April 26, 2015). "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz repeats as Pan American champion in Sabre". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 3, 2015. ...World Championship title, Sherborn teen Eli Dershwitz returned to the medal podium Monday in Santiago, Chile. ... defended his Pan American title and won the individual gold medal for the second year in a row
  35. ^ "Sherborn teen Eli Dershwitz, US Sabre champion, off to worlds in Russia," The Boston Globe.
  36. ^ a b "Eli Dershwitz," The Harvard Crimson.
  37. ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  38. ^ "Senior Athletes | Athlete Bios". USA Fencing. May 19, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  39. ^ Result: overall ranking, pools, tablo 64, quarterfinal - Championnats du Monde - Moscow - 14.07.15 - FIE - International Fencing Federation
  40. ^ International Fencing Federation
  41. ^ "Results", FIE.org.[permanent dead link‍]
  42. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am & Parapan Am Games"
  43. ^ "Eli Dershwitz earns spot on U.S. Olympic team," Dover-Sherborn Press - Dover, MA.
  44. ^ "Summer Olympics previews: Sherborn native Eli Dershwitz ready to carve up Rio"
  45. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference hillel.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  46. ^ "16 for 2016: Eli Dershwitz – Men’s Saber"
  47. ^ "Sherborn's Eli Dershwitz falls in first round at Olympics," Somerville Journal - Somerville, MA.
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