Alessandro Emanuele "Alex" Treves (January 14, 1929 – December 12, 2020)[1] was an Italian-born American Olympic fencer.[2] Treves was born in Torino, Italy, and was Jewish.[3][4][5] He later lived in New York City.[6]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Emanuele Treves |
| Born | January 14, 1929 Torino, Italy |
| Died | December 12, 2020 (aged 91) Monte-Carlo, Monaco |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Fencing |
| Event | Saber |
| College team | Rutgers University |
| Club | Salle Santelli |
Career
editTreves fenced for Salle Santelli.[2][7] He fenced for Rutgers University (class of 1950), and won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) saber title in both 1949 and 1950.[3][8] Treves was undefeated in three years of competing in college.[2][5] He competed for the United States at the 1950 Maccabiah Games.[9]
Treves competed for the United States in the team sabre event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the team came in fourth.[2][5] He won three Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) National Championships in team sabre; in 1952, 1955, and 1956.[2] In 1953, Treves won the World Military Sabre Championship, and in 1954 he won the Italian University Sabre Championship.[2][5] In 2000, Treves was elected to the Rutgers Sports Hall of Fame.[2][5]
References
edit- ^ "Alex Treves". La Stampa. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Alex Treves Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2010.
- ^ a b Bob Wechsler. Day by Day in Jewish Sports History,
- ^ Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports.
- ^ a b c d e "Treves, Alex," Jews In Sports.
- ^ United States 1952 Olympic Book: Quadrennial Report of the United States Olympic Committee: Games of the XVth Olympiad, Helsinki, Finland, July 19 to August 3, 1952: VIth Olympic Winter Games, Oslo, Norway, February 14 to 25, 1952: 1st Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 25 to March 8, 1951, Volume 1952.
- ^ "For the Record," Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Association, National Collegiate Athletic (August 3, 1976). "National Collegiate Championships Records Book". National Collegiate Athletic Association. – via Google Books.
- ^ "ENTER MACCABIAH GAMES; Alex, Edward Treves Will Seek Meet Fencing Laurels". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
