About Joseph Levis
Joseph Levis was an American foil fencer. He won nine national fencing championships, and participated in three Olympic Games representing the United States. The Roll of Honor at the US Fencing Hall of Fame (USFA) credits his individual Olympic silver medal in foil (1932) as the finest accomplishment ever by an American fencer and his victory in the 1954 nationals, after a 16-year layoff from competition, as the greatest comeback in the history of American fencing. Under his tutelage, Levis won the Intercollegiate Fencing Championship in foil in 1926, after placing second the previous year. As a teenager, he first learned the basics of fencing from his father, who had won several championships in his home country of Italy. In addition, he also won the National Three-Weapon Championship in 1929.
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