Carl Borack
Borack in 1965
Personal information
Born (1947-07-12) July 12, 1947
Staten Island, New York, United States
Sport
SportFencing

Carl Borack (born July 12, 1947) is an American former fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] He won a gold medal in epee at the 1967 Pan American Games.[2] In 1969 he won the US national foil championship, and in Israel the 1969 Maccabiah Games sabre championship.[2][3] He won a gold medal in foil at the 1971 Pan American Games.[4] He is Jewish, and in 1990 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5][4][6]

He is also a producer, photographer with works on display with the Art of the Olympians.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Carl Borack Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com.
  3. ↑ Amdur, Neil (July 23, 2012). "For Fencing Veteran, Witnessing the Best and the Worst at the Olympics". London 2012.
  4. 1 2 The Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, 1990-1999. Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. 1999. ISBN 9780914615088.
  5. ↑ "Carl Borack". So Cal Jewish Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ team, Carl Borack is the former head of the USA Olympic fencing; Fix, a producer of films including The Big (September 4, 2020). "Despite Murder and Mayhem". City Journal.
  7. ↑ "Carl Borack". Art of the Olympians. Retrieved December 12, 2015.


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