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BACK TO NYAC HOMEPRESENTATIONHOMENYAC FENCINGPRESENTSOLYMPIC FENCING ARTIFACTSA BIG THANK YOU TO THIS SECTIONS BENEFACTORGEORGE MASIN - 2 TIME OLYMPIAN AND USA FENCING OLYMPIC HISTORIANAND TWO OF OUR NYAC ELITE YOUTH FENCERS, ERIC BASILE and MARTIN RIDGE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATIONGeorge MasinGEORGE MASIN - 2 TIME OLYMPIC FENCER and HISTORIANGeorge is a true Olympic Fencing Historian. He has been collecting artifacts and memorabilia from Olympic fencing events dating back to the late 1890's, and has been gracious enough to share some of these items with you while visiting the NYAC Epee website.George began fencing in September 1964 as a walk-on on the NYU fencing team. In March 1967, he won the ECAC individual championship, and later that month won the NCAA individual championship and helped NYU win the overall fencing team championship. In 1968, he finished second in the ECAC individual championships and fourth in the NCAA individual championships, and helped NYU finish second in the overall fencing team championship.As an administrator, he has served at various times as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the USFA Metropolitan Division, a member of the USFA National Board of Directors, a Vice President of the USFA, an Executive Vice President of the USFA, a member of various USF national committees and commissions, and on the bout committee of various National Championships, Junior Olympics, and North American Circuit competitions.In 1973, he proposed a comprehensive point system for the selection of members of U.S. international fencing teams. Since its adoption, all U.S. international fencing team members have been selected via objective criteria. The last team member to be selected via subjective criteria was for the 1972 Olympic Games. Largely as a result of this effort, the USFA created the position of Athlete Representative, a non-voting member of the USFA committee that develops the criteria for international team selection. Masin was selected as the first Athlete Representitive.He has also been responsible for several important changes as to how fencers are seeded into competitions. For example, he proposed and established the criteria for the awarding of "D" and "E" classifications, and proposed the system by which classifications are slowly lost if not re-earned by appending the year of achievement to the classification letter.He proposed the establishment of the first national-level competitions restricted by classification, now known as Division II and Division III competitions.PreludeThe New York Athletic Club has been deeply involved in the Olympic Games since 1900, when Captain Sherrill put together a team of amateur athletes to compete in the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. Since that time, the Olympic Games have grown to include all nations and all people. It is fortunate for us, that our own historian, George Masin, has been collecting Olympic Fencing memorabilia dating back to the late 1800's, and we are proud to be able to bring you a picture presentation of some of those valuable items that reflect the growth of this sport throughout Olympic history.George CredentialsGeorge Masin's Olympic Credentials1900 Poster1900 Olympic Fencing Poster. The Olympic games were held in Paris in 19001900 Postcard1900 Olympic postcard showing inside the venue1900 admissions1900 Paris World's Fair Admission ticket that allowed you to watch any of the Olympic events.1900 Olympic Medal1900 Paris Olympic Medal. Front reads "Concourse D'Epee" awarded to Ed Wallace, who finished in 6th Place.1906 Fencing PosterPoster for an Italian International fencing competition of May 1906. These competitions were usually by invitation only and were held before the first European or World fencing championships.1906 Posrcard1906 Postcard showing outdoor Epee1908 Rules Book1908 Olympic Fencing Rules Book1912 Program Cover1912 Olympic Games Program Cover1912 George PattonGen. George Patton (on left) fencing in the 1912 Olympic Games1920 rules book1920 Olympic Fencing Rules Booklet1924 Medal1924 Olympic Games fencing Medal1928 spoon1928 Olympic Sterling Silver Spoon1932 ID Pin1932 Los Angeles Olympics Pin - this pin was used to verify workers associated with the fencing pavilion before the use of laminated identification cards.1936 US Team Patch1936 US Olympic Team Patch1936 Postcard1936 Olympics postcard showing MP fencing1940 acceptance letter1940 US Olympic Team Acceptance Letter to participate in the Olympic Games1948 tickets1948 Olympics fencing admission tickets for fencer and press personnel1948 armband1948 Olympic Fencing Supervisor Arm BandLadies 1956 Gold MedalAmateur Fencing Association Ladies World Team Championship Competitors Medal, September 14-15, 19561956 Olympics1956 Olympics1960 team trials1960 US Olympic Team Trials Program front cover.1960 Rome Games Medal1960 Rome Olympic Games Bronze Fencing Medal1960 ashtray1960 Roman Olympic Spoon ashtray1960 Rome Postcard1960 Roman Olympic dish designed to look like a postcard.1960 Olympic Brandy Bottle1960 Roman Olympic Brandy Bottle1964 Tokyo Olympic cert1964 Tokyo Olympic Diploma given only to Olympic Medalists.1964 Olympic Gold MedalOlympic Gold Medal awarded to Tamas Gabor in the 1964 Olympics held in Tokyo Japan.1965 Tokyo PosterFencing Movie Poster ("Tokyo Olympiad, 1965) one of the earliest fencing films in popular culture.1968 Mexican Banner1968 Mexican Olympic Banner1972 Olympic Pewter1972 Olympic Pewter Beer Mug and water cup1976 Montreal Silver Medal1976 Montreal Olympic Silver Medal1988 Olympic certificate1988 Olympic Diploma awarded to Alexander Seigfried Pusch in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games1988 Seoul Olympics PlateSeoul South Korea Olympic Games PlateAtlanta 1996 MedalAtlanta 1996 Olympic Games Medal - Olive Green ribbon with gold outlines2000 Sydney booklet"Games of the Olympiad", Sydney 2000 spectator fencing rules booklet. (Fencing logo can be seen in the bottom right corner).2000 Sydney MedalFront and back of 2000 Sydney Olympic games Bronze Fencing Medal2000 Sydney Part2000 Sydney Games Pin with all of the sport logos.2000 Booklet2000 Sydney Olympic Games Program Booklet given to all ticket holders upon admission to sports pavillions.2004 Seth KelseyNYAC's own Seth Weston Kelsey at 2004 OlympicsMA Thank YouTHE ENDThe NYAC Epee Program wishes to thank you for visiting our site and viewing this Olympic Picture Presentation. While we have hundreds of photo's of Olympic fencing, we thought you would find the artifacts that were collected during these games interesting and reflective of the period throughout the history of the Olympic Games.Michael Aufrichtig, Chairman NYAC FencingprevnextBACK TO BEGINNINGStay featured or remove this badge.NYAC Epee Fencing - New York Athletic Club - All Rights reserved -2011 Musical Score by John Williams - 1984 Olympic Fanfare and Theme

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