Grigory Kriss
Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (Ukrainian: Григорій Якович Крісс, Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940[1]) is a retired Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals.[2][3][4][5][6] He was an officer in the Red Army of the Soviet Union.[8][9] At the World Championships he won the Individual Epee silver medal in 1967, the Individual Epee gold medal in 1971, and four World Team Epee medals: a bronze in 1965, a silver in 1966, a gold in 1969, and a silver in 1971.[10] Kriss was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[11][12] He was a physical education teacher, and a fencing coach.