Iosif Vitebskiy

Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (Russian: Иосиф Давидович Витебский; 9 January 1938 – 7 December 2024) was a Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer,[1] and later a U.S. fencing coach.

Vitebskiy was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, and was Jewish.

[3] He also won a silver medal in team épée at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City at the age of 30.

[7][8][9] Vitebskiy won the Veteran 60 Men’s Épée category at the Summer US National Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1999.

[3][6] Vitebskiy and his wife, Emma had two sons, Dmitriy and Alex, and lived in Philadelphia.