Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (, , born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals.
Early life Kriss was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is Jewish.The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Joseph M. SiegmanEncyclopaedia Judaica - Fred Skolnik, Michael BerenbaumEveryman's Judaica: An Encyclopedic Dictionary The Jewish lists: physicists and generals, actors and writers, and hundreds ... - Martin Harry Greenberg He was an officer in the Red Army of the Soviet Union.The Games: A Global History of the Olympics - David Goldblatt
Fencing career He competed at the 1964 Olympics winning a gold medal in Individual Épée, the 1968 Olympics winning silver medals in both Individual Épée and Team Épée, and the 1972 Olympics winning a bronze medal in Team Épée.XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, Grenoble 1968 - Carl Posey
At the World Championships he won the Individual Épée silver medal in 1967, the Individual Épée gold medal in 1971, and four World Team Épée medals: a bronze in 1965, a silver in 1966, a gold in 1969, and a silver in 1971."Grigori Kriss"
Hall of Fame Kriss was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.Northern California Jewish Bulletin
Life outside competitive fencing He was a physical education teacher, and a fencing coach."Kriss, Soviet Union Fencer, Regains World Epee Crown" - The New York TimesCulture and Life
See also List of select Jewish fencers List of Jewish Olympic medalists
References
External links
Jewish Sports Legends bio