Norman Lewis (fencer)

Norman Lewis (December 10, 1915 – June 6, 2006) was an American Olympic épée fencer, who also competed in foil.

[2][3][1] He later lived in Kew Gardens, New York, and on Candlewood Lake in Connecticut.

[6][7][8] Lewis won the Amateur Fencers League of America (AFLA)/AAU United States National Fencing Championship in foil in 1939, and in épée in 1948, 1949, and 1950.

[9][3][10] Lewis competed in the individual (coming in 9th, despite defeating both the Swiss silver medalist Oswald Zappelli and the Italian bronze medalist Edoardo Mangiarotti) and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

[12] He later served as President of the Amateur Fencers League of America from 1965 to 1968, and as Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Games Fencing Committee.