Grigory Kriss - Biography

Grigori Yakovlevich Kriss (Григорий Яковлевич Крисс) (born December 24, 1940, in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.

Fencing career

He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev. Kriss was a member of the USSR National Team between 1963 and 1973.

World Championships

In World Championships competition, Kriss won the Individual Épée silver medal in 1967, and Individual gold medal in 1971.[1]

He won 4 World Team Épée medals: bronze in 1965, silver in 1966, gold in 1969, and silver in 1971.

Olympics

Kriss won 4 Olympic medals in three Olympiads.

He won a gold medal in Individual Epee at the 1964 Games.

In 1968, he earned silvers in both the Individual Épée and Team Épée events.

In 1972, Kriss won a bronze medal in Team Épée.

Hall of Fame

Kriss, who is Jewish, was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[2]

See also

• List of select Jewish fencers

External links

• Jewish Sports bio
• Jewish Sports Legends bio