Personal information | |
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Full name | Alessandro Emanuele Treves |
Born | Torino, Italy | January 14, 1929
Died | December 12, 2020 Monte-Carlo, Monaco | (aged 91)
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | Saber |
College team | Rutgers University |
Club | Salle Santelli |
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 is Jewish. [3] [4] [5] He later lived in New York City. [6]
Treves 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]