# Mark Midler
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{{Short description|Soviet fencer (1931–2012)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|9|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|5|31|1931|9|24|df=yes}}[{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/379079-schermlegende-midler-overleden.html |title=NOS Sport – Schermlegende Midler overleden |date=June 2012 |publisher=Nos.nl |access-date=2012-06-01}}]
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| club = [Burevestnik](/source/Burevestnik_(society)) Moskva
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [fencing](/source/Fencing_(sport))}}[{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MIDLEMAR01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Mark Midler |access-date=2010-09-25 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213141314/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MIDLEMAR01 |archive-date=2012-02-13 }}]
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{{MedalGold |[1960 Rome](/source/1960_Summer_Olympics) | [Team foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_foil)}}
{{MedalGold |[1964 Tokyo](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics) | [Team foil](/source/Fencing_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_foil)}}
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'''Mark Petrovich Midler''' ({{langx|ru|Марк Петрович Мидлер}}; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) [Russian](/source/Russians) [foil](/source/Foil_(fencing)) [fencer](/source/Fencing). He competed at four Olympic Games, at which he won two [gold medal](/source/gold_medal)s.[{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/mark-midler-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162625/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/mark-midler-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Mark Midler Olympic Results |access-date=2010-09-25 |work=sports-reference.com}}]
==Early and personal life==
Midler was born in [Moscow](/source/Moscow), in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union), and was Jewish.[[https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=mark+midler+jewish&pg=PA268 ''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History'' – Bob Wechsler]][[https://books.google.com/books?id=Yw-DAAAAMAAJ&q=mark+midler+jewish ''Great Jews in Sports'' – Robert Slater]][[https://books.google.com/books?id=ay5QAQAAIAAJ&q=mark+midler+jewish ''Jewish Affairs'']][[https://books.google.com/books?id=AgmDAAAAMAAJ&q=mark+midler+jewish ''Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports'' – Bernard Postal, Jesse Silver, Roy Silver]]
==Fencing career==
Midler was a member of the [USSR](/source/USSR) National Fencing Team between 1951 and 1967.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20210119083442/http://www.rusfencing.ru/federation.php?act=&txt_id=2098 Profile at the Russian Fencing Federation]][{{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=[Fizkultura i sport](/source/Fizkultura_i_sport_(publisher))|edition = 2nd|page=564|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=ru}}][{{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/fen/mw-fo.html |title=Sports 123: Fencing: World Championships: Men: Foil |access-date=2007-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103323/http://sports123.com/fen/mw-fo.html |archive-date=2007-09-29 }}][{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lvszXWxqAR4C&q=%22mark+midler%22+foil&pg=RA1-PA77 |title=Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Hall of Fame – Joseph Siegman |isbn=9781574882841 |access-date=2012-06-01|last1=Siegman |first1=Joseph |year=2000 |publisher=Brassey's }}] In 1960 he was awarded the [Order of the Badge of Honor](/source/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honor).