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Their son Jeff Bukantz was captain of the 2004 and 2008 United States Olympic fencing teams, has won 13 medals (including three gold medals) at the Maccabiah Games, and is the President of the Maccabi USA organization. Jeff was third alternate on the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Fencing teams, and earned a
507:(reaching the quarter-finals). He placed 4th in team foil at the 1948 and 1956 Olympic Games, and 5th in team foil at the 1960 Olympic Games. The entire USA Foil Fencing Team at the 1956 Olympics was Jewish, with the other Jewish fencers being 1231:"How the Maccabiah Games supported a Jewish family in the face of tragedy; Adam Henry, now a 20-year-old goalie playing Division I soccer at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, faced a terrible loss during a 2017 trip to Israel" 1425: 500: 496: 492: 488: 1405: 1083: 1410: 504: 1365: 1355: 1375: 1267: 1017: 680: 1370: 1360: 1211: 644:, New York, for about 40 years. He provided free dental care to members of the fencing community who could not afford it. Bukantz died in 2008 from 1430: 1141: 1450: 427: 1420: 1445: 1440: 1435: 1415: 1340: 1156: 1101: 923: 545:(1958, 1967, and 1983). In the Olympic Games in 1952, 1956, and 1960 he was both a competitor and a referee. He was a head referee at the 1335: 944: 469: 256: 541:
Bukantz also became a fencing official, judging at eight Olympics (from 1952 to 1984, except the U.S.-boycotted 1980 Games) and three
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has won as many as four US national foil championships. Bukantz was also part of nine national championship teams for the
1485: 1480: 1400: 1350: 574: 523:; at the time, the only fencing clubs in New York that accepted Jewish members were the Fencers Club and Salle Santelli. 455: 361: 1190: 716: 558: 357: 1102:"U.S. ACES SHATTER 3 MARKS IN ISRAEL; Korik Annexes Decathlon Lead With Record Pole Vault and Then Goes On to Triumph" 569:. In 1967 he was inducted into the City College of New York Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1975 he was inducted into the 466: 1070:
Jews and the Olympic Games; The Clash Between Sport and Politics: with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists
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Foil individual champion in 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1957; foil team champion nine times.
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On April 29, 1956, Bukantz married Alice Ellenbogen Bukantz (1924-2019), a
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in New York City in the United States, to Barnett Bukantz (born in 1885 in
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in foil four times -- in 1949, 1952, 1953, and 1957; since then, only
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fencer, fencing referee, and a dentist. He has been inducted into the
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Closing the Distance: Chasing a father’s Olympic Fencing Legacy
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George B. Kirsch, Othello Harris, Claire Elaine Nolte (2000).
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Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
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while her parents and 87 other relatives were killed in
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Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
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Dental Survey Publications. 1959. 829:Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver (1965). 787:"Dr. Daniel Bukantz, 90, a Champion Fencer, Dies" 1317: 1005: 315: 298: 281: 264: 238: 1411:New York University College of Dentistry alumni 1366:United States Army personnel of World War II 1356:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent 1228: 717:"Alumni Newsletter; Spring 2019, Edition 99" 1376:Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state) 1280:, NYPR Archives & Preservation (audio). 580: 903:"Dr. Daniel Bukantz (1967) - Hall of Fame" 1371:United States Army Medical Corps officers 1361:American people of Russian-Jewish descent 945:"BUKANTZ TAKES TITLE IN EPEE COMPETITION" 784: 1206: 1204: 1119: 1117: 1115: 1045: 1043: 939: 937: 897: 895: 893: 780: 778: 776: 774: 772: 770: 571:International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 417:New York University College of Dentistry 366:International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 1431:Competitors at the 1950 Maccabiah Games 918: 916: 874: 872: 870: 868: 866: 864: 862: 860: 858: 856: 806: 804: 802: 800: 768: 766: 764: 762: 760: 758: 756: 754: 752: 750: 675: 673: 573:, and in 2008 he was inducted into the 1318: 907:The City College of New York Athletics 810: 640:Bukantz operated a dental practice in 557:In 1978 Bukantz was inducted into the 1451:Olympic fencers for the United States 1201: 1112: 1040: 934: 890: 633:. Jeff also wrote a memoir entitled 1421:Maccabiah Games medalists in fencing 995:"National Champions; Division I Men" 913: 853: 797: 785:Goldstein, Richard (July 31, 2008). 747: 670: 480:of New York, in the years 1949-62. 352:individual foil champion, four-time 1446:Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics 1441:Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1436:Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1416:Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1341:Sportspeople from Sarasota, Florida 1305:Richard Goldstein (July 31, 2008). 1297:"A Righteous Recipe for Longevity," 1162:, Vol. 7, No. 6, p. 2, August 1956. 811:Vecsey, George (December 2, 2007). 575:National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 456:Intercollegiate Fencing Association 362:National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 13: 1336:Sportspeople from Queens, New York 1295:George Vecsey (December 2, 2007). 813:"A Righteous Recipe for Longevity" 559:United States Fencing Hall of Fame 454:his senior year, and won the 1938 358:United States Fencing Hall of Fame 14: 1497: 1261: 467:Amateur Fencers League of America 452:City College Beavers fencing team 445: 1456:People from Forest Hills, Queens 1283:Daniel Bukantz (July 20, 1997). 1268:"Daniel Bukantz; Olympic results 1073:, Sussex Academic Press, p. 224. 1018:"Daniel Bukantz Olympic Results" 683:. April 17, 2020. Archived from 552: 483:Bukantz competed in foil in the 314: 297: 280: 263: 237: 215: 126: 1381:City College of New York alumni 1247:Richard Kagan (February 2007). 1241: 1222: 1191:"Alice Bukantz Obituary (2019)" 1183: 1165: 1150: 1135: 1094: 1076: 1061: 987: 971: 955: 637:(Acanthus Publishing, 2006). 505:individual foil as well in 1952 415:dental degree in 1943 from the 1229:Jacob Gurvis (July 23, 2022). 838: 832:Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports 823: 729: 709: 691: 547:1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games 534:in Israel, defeating teammate 404:in the 1930s. He was Jewish. 58:, New York City, United States 1: 1278:New York: A Portrait in Sound 924:"C. C. N. Y. Fencers Triumph" 663: 658:List of select Jewish fencers 487:four consecutive times -- in 411:('38). Bukantz then earned a 371: 1391:Jewish American sportspeople 603:Auschwitz concentration camp 7: 1471:United States Army officers 1466:Sportspeople from Manhattan 1461:Sportspeople from the Bronx 1254:, Volume XII, No. 6, p. 21. 1147:, Spring/Summer 2021, p. 8. 835:, Bloch Publishing Company. 651: 543:World Fencing Championships 458:individual championship in 450:Bukantz was Captain of the 94:6-0.5 ft (185 cm) 16:American fencer (1917–2008) 10: 1502: 1486:21st-century American Jews 1481:20th-century American Jews 1401:Jews from New York (state) 1351:American male foil fencers 1055:Museum Of American Fencing 255: 229: 211: 207: 203: 192: 184: 179: 169: 159: 149: 139: 121: 116: 106: 98: 90: 82: 63: 41: 31: 26: 581:Family and personal life 409:City College of New York 164:City College of New York 112:Alice Ellenbogen Bukantz 102:194 lb (88 kg) 699:"Dr. Daniel A. Bukantz" 631:1987 Pan American Games 601:, who had survived the 470:individual championship 465:He won the US national 180:Achievements and titles 1051:"Men's Foil Olympians" 593:, a town in a part of 436:87th Infantry Division 75:Forest Hills, New York 1476:20th-century dentists 1386:CCNY Beavers fencers 1270:," Sports-Reference. 1067:Paul Taylor (2004). 1022:sports-reference.com 930:. February 20, 1938. 725:. November 25, 2019. 611:Forest Hills, Queens 532:1950 Maccabiah Games 491:at 30 years of age, 376:Bukantz was born in 257:US National Champion 27:Personal information 1396:Jewish foil fencers 1285:"Premature 'Best,'" 1218:. February 3, 2017. 1173:"Daniel A. Bukantz" 1088:constantcontact.com 982:Global Health Nexus 880:"Daniel B. Bukantz" 440:Battle of the Bulge 434:. He served in the 23: 1310:The New York Times 1300:The New York Times 1289:The New York Times 1273:Shannon Campbell. 1235:The Jerusalem Post 1195:The New York Times 1106:The New York Times 949:The New York Times 928:The New York Times 850:, Greenwood Press. 817:The New York Times 791:The New York Times 705:. 4 December 1917. 587:Holocaust survivor 19: 1346:American dentists 1028:on April 17, 2020 615:Sarasota, Florida 497:1956 in Melbourne 428:Army Dental Corps 336: 335: 330: 329: 1493: 1255: 1252:Education Update 1245: 1239: 1238: 1226: 1220: 1219: 1208: 1199: 1198: 1187: 1181: 1180: 1169: 1163: 1160:American Fencing 1157:"Wedding Bells," 1154: 1148: 1139: 1133: 1132: 1131:. July 28, 2008. 1121: 1110: 1109: 1098: 1092: 1091: 1080: 1074: 1065: 1059: 1058: 1047: 1038: 1037: 1035: 1033: 1024:. Archived from 1014: 1003: 1002: 991: 985: 975: 969: 968: 959: 953: 952: 951:. 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Index

Manhattan
Forest Hills, New York
United States
Fencing
Foil
City College of New York
Fencers Club
United States
Maccabiah Games
1950 Tel Aviv
US National Champion
foil
fencing
Maccabiah Games
Olympic
United States Fencing Hall of Fame
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Manhattan
Ukmerge
Kaunas
Lithuania
the Bronx
Grand Concourse
Camp Scatico
City College of New York
D.D.S.
New York University College of Dentistry
captain
Army Dental Corps

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