# Harold Goldsmith
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{{Short description|American fencer (1930–2004)}}
{{other people|Hal Goldsmith}}
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| name = Harold "Hal" Goldsmith
| birth_name = Hans Goldschmidt
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|7|20}}
| birth_place = [Gensungen](/source/Gensungen), [Felsberg](/source/Felsberg%2C_Hesse), [Hessen](/source/Hessen), [Germany](/source/Germany)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2004|3|13|1930|7|20}}
| death_place = [New York, New York](/source/New_York%2C_New_York), United States
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| country = {{USA}}
| sport = [Fencing](/source/Fencing)
| event = Foil and Epee
| collegeteam = [The City College of New York](/source/The_City_College_of_New_York)
| club = Fencers Club
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [fencing](/source/Fencing_(sport))}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold|[1951 Buenos Aires](/source/1951_Pan_American_Games)|Individual Foil}}
{{MedalGold|[1951 Buenos Aires](/source/1951_Pan_American_Games)|Team Foil}}
{{MedalSilver|[1955 Mexico City](/source/1955_Pan_American_Games)|Team Epee}}
{{MedalSilver|[1955 Mexico City](/source/1955_Pan_American_Games)|Team Foil}}
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'''Harold David Goldsmith''' (born Hans Goldschmidt), known as '''Hal''' (July 20, 1930 – March 13, 2004) was an American Olympic [foil](/source/Foil_(fencing)) and [epee](/source/epee) [fencer](/source/Fencing).[{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/hal-goldsmith-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/hal-goldsmith-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Harold Goldsmith Olympic Results |accessdate=2010-09-26 |work=sports-reference.com}}]
==Early and personal life==
Goldsmith was born in [Gensungen](/source/Gensungen), [Felsberg](/source/Felsberg%2C_Hesse), [Hessen](/source/Hessen), Germany, and was Jewish.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/hal-goldsmith-1.html "Hal Goldsmith Bio, Stats, and Results,"] Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.][[https://vineyardgazette.com/obituaries/2004/07/20/harold-d-goldsmith-73-was-executive-athlete "Harold D. Goldsmith, 73 Was Executive, Athlete,"] ''The Vineyard Gazette'' - Martha's Vineyard News.][Bob Wechsler. [https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&dq=Harold+Goldsmith+fencer&pg=PA382 ''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History'' ]][Paul Taylor. [https://books.google.com/books?id=A3-BAAAAMAAJ&q=Harold+Goldsmith+fencer ''Jews and the Olympic Games: the clash between sport and politics: with a complete review of Jewish Olympic medallists'']][Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver. [https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=Harold+Goldsmith+fencer ''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports'']] In 1938 when he was eight years old, his family fled Germany and immigrated to Manhattan.[{{cite web |url=http://www.hickoksports.com/history/ncaafencing.shtml |title=NCAA Fencing Champions |accessdate=2011-01-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223000910/http://hickoksports.com/history/ncaafencing.shtml |archivedate=2002-02-23 }}] He was inducted into the CCNY Athletic Hall of Fame in 1970.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.alumniassociationccny.org/alumnirelation/affiliates/aluv2.html |title="alumniassociationccny.org" |access-date=2012-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402013107/http://www.alumniassociationccny.org/alumnirelation/affiliates/aluv2.html |archive-date=2015-04-02 |url-status=dead }}]
He won the individual gold medal in foil in the [1955 Pan American Games](/source/1955_Pan_American_Games) and [1959 Pan American Games](/source/1959_Pan_American_Games), and a team gold medal in foil in 1959.[[http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/document/0123/2596/Biography_for_Harold_Goldsmith.pdf "Biography for Harold Goldsmith"]]
Goldsmith was a member of three Olympic fencing teams, competing for the United States in 1952 in Helsinki, in 1956 in Melbourne, and in 1960 in Rome.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A3-BAAAAMAAJ&q=dan+bukantz|isbn = 9781903900888|title = Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists|year = 2004|publisher = Sussex Academic Press}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/sports/othersports/02vecsey.html|title=A Righteous Recipe for Longevity|first=George|last=Vecsey|date=December 2, 2007|newspaper=The New York Times}}]
At the US National Championships, Goldsmith won medals in 1952, 1957, and 1960.