Norman Armitage
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For the mayor of Cali, Colombia, see Norman Maurice Armitage.
Norman Armitage (January 1, 1907, as Norman Cudworth Cohn – March 14, 1972) was an American patent lawyer, and chemical engineer who became an accomplished textile executive. He was an exceptional saber fencer who competed in six Olympics from 1928 to 1956 and won a bronze Team medal in Sabre in the 1948 London Olympics.[2] Considered one of the greatest sabremen ever produced in America because of his long reign in the sport, after 1930 he was the American Sabre Champion ten times indoors and seven times outdoors, taking an unprecedented seventeen titles in sixteen years.[3]
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Birth name | Norman Cudworth Cohn | ||||||||||||||
Born | January 1, 1907 Albany, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||
Died | March 14, 1972(1972-03-14) (aged 65) New York City, United States | ||||||||||||||
Education | Columbia BS, PHd Chemistry NYU JD Patent Law | ||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Chem. Eng., Patent Lawyer VP Deering-Miliken Textiles | ||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) (Olympics) | ||||||||||||||
Spouse | Constance Roberta Dean | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
College team | Columbia University | ||||||||||||||
Club | Fencer's Club NYC | ||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956 | ||||||||||||||
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