Albertson Van Zo Post
| Albertson Van Zo Post medal table |
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 O'Connor, Tatham, Nadal and Van Zo Post (seated), 1891 |
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| gold | 1904 St. Louis | Single stick |
| gold | 1904 St. Louis | Foil team |
| silver | 1904 St. Louis | Foil, single |
| bronze | 1904 St. Louis | Rapier, single |
| bronze | 1904 St. Louis | Saber, single |
Albertson Van Zo Post (born July 28, 1866 in Cincinnati , † January 23, 1938 in New York City ) was an American fencer and two-time Olympic champion . He is one of the few fencers who has won the national championship with all three weapons.
At the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis , he took part in all five fencing competitions and was able to win a medal in each. In foil fencing he won silver in singles. Olympic champion he was in stock fencing and in the team competition of the Florettfechtens, where he in a mixed team ( mixed team ) against a US took selection. Stick fencing was a demonstration sport and was only on the Olympic program in 1904. In the individual competitions with the sword and the saber he reached third place.
Web links
- Albertson Van Zo Post in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1904: Fonst , Van Zo Post , Díaz | 1920: Olivier , Baldi , Costantino , A. Nadi , N. Nadi , Puliti , Speciale , Terlizzi | 1924: Cattiau , Coutrot , Ducret , Gaudin , Jobier , Labatut , de Luget , Peroteaux | 1928: Chiavacci , Gaudini , Guaragna , Pessina , Pignotti , Puliti | 1932: Bondoux , Bougnol , Cattiau , Gardère , Lemoine , Piot | 1936: Bocchino , Gaudini , Guaragna , Marzi , Di Rosa , Verratti | 1948: Bonin , Bougnol , Buhan , Lataste , d'Oriola , Rommel | 1952: Buhan , Lataste , Netter , Noël , d'Oriola , Rommel | 1956: Bergamini , Carpaneda , Lucarelli , Mangiarotti , Di Rosa , Spallino | 1960: Midler , Rudow , Schdanowitsch , Sissikin , Sweschnikow | 1964: Midler , Scharow , Schdanowitsch , Sissikin , Sweschnikow | 1968: Berolatti , Dimont , Magnan , Noël , Revenu | 1972: Dąbrowski , Godel , Kaczmarek , Koziejowski , Woyda | 1976: Bach , Behr , Hein , Reichert , Sens-Gorius | 1980: Bonnin , Boscherie , Flament , Jolyot , Pietruszka | 1984: Borella , Cerioni , Cipressa , Numa , Scuri | 1988: Apziauri , Ibragimow , Korezki , Məmmədov , Romankow | 1992: Koch , Schreck , Wagner , Weißenborn , Weidner | 1996: Məmmədov , Pavlovich , Shevchenko | 2000: Ferrari , Guyart , Lhôtellier , Plumenail | 2004: Cassarà , Sanzo , Vanni | 2012: Aspromonte , Avola , Baldini , Cassarà | 2016: Akhmatchusin , Safin , Cheremissinov
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| SURNAME | Van Zo Post, Albertson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American fencer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1938 |
| Place of death | New York City |