Personal information | |
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Full name | James Arthur Margolis |
Born | New York, New York, United States | July 17, 1936
Sport | |
Sport | Fencing |
Event | Epee |
College team | Columbia University |
James Arthur Margolis (born July 17, 1936) is an American Olympic épée fencer. [1]
Margolis was born in New York, New York, and is Jewish. [2] [3] His brother Don also fenced for Columbia University, coming in third in the NCAA nationals in épée in 1963. [4] He later lived in Teaneck, New Jersey. [5]
He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. Margolis was the 1957 NCAA épée champion, as well as the 1957 IFA champion, fencing as a junior for Columbia University, from which he graduated in 1958. [2] [6] [7] [4] He was All-Ivy League in 1957 and 1958, All-American in 1957, and Eastern Champion in épée in 1957. [4] He then joined the U.S. Navy, and became a Lieutenant. [8]
In 1960, Margolis placed third in epee at the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA) national tournament. [1]
Margolis also competed on behalf of the United States in the individual and team épée events at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. [9] He was the Ivy League's first Olympian in fencing. [10]
He competed in the 1960 Pan American Games. [7] Margolis won a gold medal in team épée at the 1963 Pan American Games. [11]
Margolis was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame. [7]
After his fencing career concluded, Margolis worked in the life insurance business for 40 years, and served as manager at the Brookline Emergency Food Pantry, a food shelter for individuals, families, and seniors in need. [7]