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Krieger was selected to referee
Olympia style Latin American Games in Venezuela and Guatemala. He served for many years as both President of the Michigan Division of the Amateur Fencers' League and the Salle de Tuscan Fencing Club, and devoted many years to officiating at State and Intercollegiate
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Krieger received the
Detroit Sports Guild Outstanding Athlete Award in 1951. He was elected to the Michigan Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1974, the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 (one of six original inductees), and the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 in West
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Melbourne, at 36 years of age, he was eliminated in the opening round, and reached the final round in team foil with the American team, placing fourth. Krieger competed in the matches against France and Italy, and was the first American fencer to beat the French two-time Olympic champion
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Krieger established himself as a top-ranked fencer competing in an All Star
Midwest team against Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and the U.S. Sectional teams. He also represented the United States in the British-American matches in Toronto, where he was undefeated in the U.S. victory.
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in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He came in 6th in both the individual foil and sabre events. He fenced 113 bouts in 10 days—more than any fencer from any other country. Krieger was the only
American to defeat the Argentine National Champion.
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Bloomfield, Michigan/ He was officially rated as one of the nation's top 10 fencers for 15 years during his career. His
Olympic jacket warm-up suit and press photographs are on loan at the
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community. In 2015 they celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary with six children, 16 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Krieger's grandson, Sam Larson, fenced for the
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Krieger won 55 state and
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champion in foil in 1942. He was 62–7 in dual meets at WSU, including 30–0 in foil. He was named an
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565:. November 10, 2015.
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241:Byron Lester Krieger
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