Hans Halberstadt

Hans Halberstadt
Personal information
Born (1885-06-10)10 June 1885
Offenbach am Main, Germany
Died 22 September 1966(1966-09-22) (aged 81)
San Francisco, California, United States
Sport
Sport Fencing

Hans Halberstadt (10 June 1885 – 22 September 1966) was a German fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1] After the Nazis came to power, he fled Germany, first to London, and then San Francisco, where he taught fencing and ran a fencing supply company. Among his students in San Francisco were Helene Mayer and Tommy Angell. His name lives on through a San Francisco fencing club founded by his students after his 1966 death.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hans Halberstadt Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Halberstadt Fencers' Club". Retrieved 2013-06-17.


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