Allan Kwartler

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Referee
SexMale
Full nameAllan Sidney (Abraham-)•Kwartler
Used nameAllan•Kwartler
Born10 September 1917 in New York, New York (USA)
Died11 November 1998 in Mount Vernon, New York (USA)
Measurements175 cm / 73 kg
AffiliationsSalle Santelli, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Allan Kwartler began to fence while at Michigan State. He eventually competed in three Olympics and at the 1955 and 1959 Pan American Games, winning gold with the sabre team (with George Worth, Dick Dyer, and Tibor Nyilas) and silver with the foil team (with Albie Axelrod, Paul Makler, Sr., and Hal Goldsmith) in 1955 and gold medals in both the individual and team sabre (with Robert Blum, Tibor Nyilas, George Worth, and the non-Olympians Walter Farber and William Goering) at the 1959 PanAms. He competed on 10 U.S. team national champions. From 1960 to 1995 he worked as an insurance underwriter, but also coached fencing at Brooklyn Polytechnic, SUNY Purchase and West Point. He was known as Doc to his students and was remembered by them for the pipe he always smoked, and his fencing skill. He was inducted into the Yonkers Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame in 1991.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Allan Kwartler
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 8 p1 r2/4
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States 4
1956 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Allan Kwartler
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 7 p1 r3/4
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States =5
1960 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Allan Kwartler
Foil, Team, Men (Olympic) United States DNS
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 6 p1 r3/5
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States 4

Referee

Games Sport (Discipline) / Event NOC / Team Phase Unit Role As
1960 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Allan Kwartler
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Jury President
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) Final Pool Final Pool, Barrage 2-5 Jury President

Special Notes