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DERSHWITZ Eli |
NOC |
United States
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Gender | Men |
Born |
23 Sep 1995
in Boston, MA, USA
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Height | 1.85 m |
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Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Tim Morehouse Fencing Club: United States |
General Interest |
Famous relatives |
His older brother Philip has competed in fencing for Princeton University in the United States of America. (collegefencing360.com, 02 Sep 2015) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
His brother Philip encouraged him to start fencing. He also enjoyed the creative aspect of the sport. "I love how, no matter what you do, your opponent can do something and then you do something else to try and win a touch. No two touches are the same." |
Handedness |
Left |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete, Coach |
General Interest |
Sporting philosophy / motto |
"I always hear staying at a high level is harder than getting there. It pushes me to work harder, practise more, eat healthier, and try to push myself to be the best that I can." (boston.com, 20 Mar 2013) |
Further Personal Information |
Languages |
English, Spanish |
General Interest |
Awards and honours |
While studying at Harvard University in the United States of America, he received the 2019 William J. Bingham Award as Harvard Varsity Club's most outstanding athlete on a men's sports team. In 2015 and 2017 he was named in the All-Ivy First Team and All-America First Team. (harvardvarsityclub.org, 31 Dec 2020; gocrimson.com, 2017) |
Other information |
COACHING He has worked as an assistant fencing coach at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, United States of America. (timmorehousefencing.com, 04 Nov 2021; gocrimson.com, 01 Jan 2022, 01 Jan 2019) |
Hobbies |
Supporting American football team the New England Patriots and basketball team the Boston Celtics. (usafencing.org, 16 Feb 2021) |
Ambitions |
To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (timmorehousefencing.com, 04 Nov 2021) |
Sport Specific Information |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
He took up the sport at Zeta Fencing in Natick, MA, United States of America. The club was a few minutes from his house, and run by national men's sabre coach Zoran Tulum. He began focusing on fencing ahead of all other sports while he was in high school. |
Further Personal Information |
Higher education |
History - Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, USA |
General Interest |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning silver in individual sabre at the 2018 World Championships in Wuxi, People's Republic of China. (bostonherald.com, 22 Mar 2020) |
Milestones |
In the 2017/18 season he became the first US male sabre fencer to win the overall World Cup title. (usafencing.org, 16 Feb 2021)
He became the first male fencer representing the United States of America to win gold in individual sabre at the world junior championships by securing victory at the 2015 edition of the tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Jun 2019; usfencing.org, 08 Apr 2015) |
Hero / Idol |
US fencers Mariel Zagunis, Tim Morehouse, and Daryl Homer. (usafencing.org, 16 Feb 2021) |
Olympic Games |
2020 |
Classification Round 5-8 |
Team Sabre |
Tokyo, Japan |
World Championships |
2023 |
1 |
Individual Sabre |
Milan, Italy |
2023 |
3 |
Team Sabre |
Milan, Italy |
2018 |
2 |
Individual Sabre |
Wuxi, China |
2017 |
4 |
Team Sabre |
Leipzig, Germany |
Pan American Championships |
2023 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Lima, Peru |
2023 |
7 |
Individual Sabre |
Lima, Peru |
2022 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Asunción, Paraguay |
2022 |
2 |
Individual Sabre |
Asunción, Paraguay |
2019 |
1 |
Individual Sabre |
Toronto, Canada |
2019 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Toronto, Canada |
2018 |
1 |
Individual Sabre |
Havana, Cuba |
2018 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Havana, Cuba |
2017 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Montreal, Canada |
2017 |
2 |
Individual Sabre |
Montreal, Canada |
2016 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Panama, Panama |
2016 |
3 |
Individual Sabre |
Panama, Panama |
2015 |
1 |
Individual Sabre |
Santiago, Chile |
2015 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Santiago, Chile |
2014 |
1 |
Individual Sabre |
San José, Costa Rica |
2013 |
1 |
Team Sabre |
Cartagena, Colombia |
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