Iosif Vitebskiy

Personal information

Full name| Иосиф Давидович Витебский
Born|  (1938-01-09) 9 January 1938 (age 85)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height| 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight| 185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
Country|  Soviet Union
Sport| Fencing
Event(s)| épée
Club| Dynamo

Medal record

Men's fencing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
| 1968 Mexico City | Team épée

Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (Russian: Иосиф Давидович Витебский; born January 9, 1938, in Kiev)[1] is a former Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer, and current US fencing coach.

## Early life[edit]

Vitebskiy was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, and is Jewish.[2] He attended Kiev State University, where he studied physical culture and sport.[3]

## Fencing career[edit]

During his fencing career, Vitebskiy trained at Dynamo in Kiev.[4] He was a member of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian national teams, and won 19 medals in national championships (10 gold, 6 silver, and three bronze).[5][6] He won several tournaments in Europe and the Soviet Union, and won in the team event at the World Fencing Championships in 1967, 1968, and 1969.[3] He also won a silver medal in team épée at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City at the age of 30.[7][8][9]

Vitebskiy won the Veteran 60 Men’s Épée category at the Summer US National Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1999.[3]

## Coaching[edit]

He was head coach of the Ukraine Republic National Team for 13 years, and then served for 10 years (1988–98) as the Director of the school for high sport achievements at the State University of Ukraine.[3][5] He served for a dozen years as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers fencing team.[3][6]

## Personal life[edit]

Vitebskiy and his wife, Emma have two sons, Dmitriy and Alex, and lived in Philadelphia.[3][6]

## See also[edit]

* List of select Jewish fencers

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Витебский Иосиф Давидович" [Vitebsky, Iosif Davidovich]. rusfencing.ru (in Russian). Russian Fencing Federation. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28.
2. ^ Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medalists – Paul Taylor
3. ^ a b c d e f "Iosif Vitebskiy". University of Pennsylvania Athletics. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
4. ^ Khavin, Boris (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 444.
5. ^ a b "Fencing coaches trace ties to '68 Games" | The Daily Pennsylvanian
6. ^ a b c "Iosif Viteskiy; 12th season; Kiev St. University," Media Guide.
7. ^ "Iosif Vitebsky". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
8. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iosif Vitebsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-09-05. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
9. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Iosyp Vitebskiy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2017-10-25.

Authority control

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States