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DERSHWITZ Eli
NOC United States   
GenderMen
Born 23 Sep 1995 in Boston, MA, USA
Height1.85 m
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Club / Team Tim Morehouse Fencing Club: United States
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Famous relatives His older brother Philip has competed in fencing for Princeton University in the United States of America. (collegefencing360.com, 02 Sep 2015)
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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
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Occupation Athlete, Coach
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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)
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Languages English, Spanish
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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)
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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)
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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.
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Higher education History - Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, USA
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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)

Major Results
Year Rank Event Venue
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