Grigory Kriss

Grigory Kriss

Grigori Yakovlevich Kriss ( _ru. Григорий Яковлевич Крисс) (born December 24 1940,cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 556|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.

Fencing career

He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev. Kriss was a member of the USSR National Team between 1963 and 1973. [ru icon [http://www.rusfencing.ru/history.php?txt_id=1900 Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation] ]

World Championships

In World Championships competition, Kriss won the Individual Epee silver medal in 1967, and Individual gold medal in 1971. [http://sports123.com/fen/mw-ep.html]

He won 4 World Team Epee medals: bronze in 1965, silver in 1966, gold in 1969, and silver in 1971.

Olympics

Kriss won 4 Olympic medals in three Olympiads.

He captured a gold medal in Individual Epee at the 1964 Games.

In 1968, he earned silvers in both the Individual Epee and Team Epee events.

In 1972, Kriss won a bronze medal in Team Epee.

Hall of Fame

Kriss, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989. [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GrigoriKriss.htm]

References

Links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KRISSGRI01 Olympic results]
* [http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/GrigoriKriss.htm Jewish Sports bio]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=lvszXWxqAR4C&pg=RA1-PA75&lpg=RA1-PA75&dq=%22jewish+sports+legends%22+allan+jay&source=web&ots=37b0Eu9H41&sig=VtctN-ReJZybhmupnjSBdU3MstE#PRA1-PA76,M1 Jewish Sports Legends bio]


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