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Jonathan Tiomkin

Jonathan Tiomkin (known as "Jon"; born July 12, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Olympic foil fencer.

Fencing career

High school

Tiomkin began fencing when he was a freshman at Hewlett High School in Hewlett, New York.

NCAA Championships

Fencing for St. John's University, Tiomkin won the bronze medal in foil at the 1999 NCAA Championships,[1] and was a 1st-team All-American.[2] In 2001 he came in 6th.[3] He won the silver medal in 2002.[4]

National competitions

Tiomkin won that national title in foil in 1999 and 2003, and placed second in 2004.[5]

Pan American Games

At the 2003 Pan American Games, he won a gold medal in the team foil event and silver in individual foil.[5]

World Championships

His individual results at the World Fencing Championships were 64th at the 2001 World Fencing Championships and 2003 World Fencing Championships, 52nd at the 2002 World Fencing Championships,[6] and 45th at the 2006 World Fencing Championships. His best team result was 9th in 2003.[5]

World Cup

Tiomkin won the bronze medal in the 2005 Shanghai World Cup.[7]

Olympics

At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Tiomkin advanced to the round of 32, where he was defeated 3–15 by the number 1 seed, Andrea Cassarà of Italy.[5][8] In the team foil event, the US team reached the semifinals, and finished in 4th place.[5][9]

Maccabiah Games

Tiomkin, who is Jewish, fenced in the 2001 Maccabiah Games, winning team silver medals in épée and foil.[10]

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. ^ a b careym (March 31, 1976). "ST. JOHN'S FENCING 2000". Retrieved January 3, 2011. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Observer Newspaper – Sports". Nd.edu. March 22, 2001. Archived from the original on March 1, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "CBS Sports - News, Live Scores, Schedules, Fantasy Games, Video and more". Archived from the original on 2002-02-23.
  4. ^ https://www.southwestfencing.org/01-02/ncaafencing2002NCAA2002.html[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d e "Jon Tiomkin (1979 - )". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Fencing.net Forums". www.fencing.net. Archived from the original on May 23, 2015.
  7. ^ http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:-AOI-vTPxbsJ:www.fencing.net/content/view/403/27/+%22jonathan+tiomkin%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=24&gl=us[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Jonathan Tiomkin Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  9. ^ Cody Cafe » Pictures » Sports & Outdoors » Athens Summer Olympics 2004 » U.S. Jonathan Tiomkin
  10. ^ "Elite Athletes: Jonathan Tiomkin". Maccabi World Union. Archived from the original on 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

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