Alfonso Morales

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAlfonso Hector•Morales
Used nameAlfonso•Morales
Born19 May 1937 in Douglas, Arizona (USA)
Measurements188 cm / 86 kg
AffiliationsNYAC, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Alfonso Morales started out at Yale University but then attended the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he tried to make the baseball team. After failing that he turned to fencing. In 1959 Morales won the NCAA sabre championship. His teammates, Joseph Paletta and Roland Wommack, won the foil and épée, respectively, that year at NCAAs, the first time one school had won all three individual weapons. Morales later fenced at the 1963 Pan American Games, winning a gold medal in team sabre with the US team. In 1960 he was a US Navy ensign.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Alfonso Morales
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 6 p2 r3/5
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States 4
1964 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Alfonso Morales
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States =7
1968 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Alfonso Morales
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) =9
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States 6
1972 Summer Olympics Fencing USA Alfonso Morales
Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) 5 p1 r3/5
Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) United States 11

Special Notes